Today Tesla issued a partial recall for Model S cars built between May 10, 2013 and June 8, 2013. The recall is for a potentially weakened mounting bracket for the left hand latch of the second row seat, and concerns are that if a crash occurred, the left-hand rear seat may not be properly retained.
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Drive Oregon yesterday announced that it has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge, a collaborative initiative to increase the number of U.S. employers offering workplace charging by tenfold in the next five years. To help reach this goal, Drive Oregon has hired Zach Henkin to lead its work in this area. Drive
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Allan McNish will start the 81st Le Mans 24 Hours on Saturday June 22 aiming to win the legendary race for a third time and re-take the lead in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The driver who won the annual French race in 1998 and 2008 will drive a hybrid-diesel Audi sports car in the
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In recent weeks Tesla Motors has garnered much favorable press with several announcements serving to reduce would-be buyer resistance to its products, and this Thursday more of the same will come via a live demonstration of swappable batteries. The Model S is the car, and Tesla’s LA Design studio at 7:30 p.m. PST is the
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If talks now underway with automakers are successful, KLD Energy Technologies may in due time contribute its OneDrive propulsion technology not just to the off-highway utility vehicle and scooter pictured, but to a composite-bodied series plug-in hybrid passenger car produced by a maker with household name-brand recognition. This we learned from KLD’s business development manager
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ChargePoint, Inc. announced June 11 the completion of its ChargePoint America Program with more than 4,600 shipments and installations of its home, public and commercial EV charging ports. In May 2010, ChargePoint was awarded a $15 million dollar matching grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by
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VW’s Spanish division, Seat, has showcased a brand new plug-in hybrid prototype based on the new Leon. Most Seat vehicles are based on VW products, like the Golf and Jetta. This means the technology in this prototype could easily be transferred to VW vehicles offered in North America, even though Seat has said there are
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Cool Planet Energy Systems announced it closed on $29.9 Million of its anticipated $100 Million D series financing that will fund construction of its first commercial biofuel production facility. Cool Planet is currently operating a pilot facility in Camarillo, CA. The company said this next round of funding represents an important next step in commercializing
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Three years ago, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) was asked to demonstrate the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. In a project co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the consortium has proven just that with a Honda
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Fiat’s 0.9 TwinAir Turbo bi-fuel methane-powered engine received the “Best Green Engine of the Year 2013″ title. “Best Green Engine of the Year 2013″: is one of the twelve categories of the “International Engine of the Year Awards.” Now in its 15th edition, the international contest is considered by the automotive industry as one of the
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