Daimler and Europcar’s car2go launched in Birmingham May 8 with 250 environmentally-friendly smart fortwo vehicles available to use over an area of 21 square miles. “We are proud to launch car2go in Birmingham,” said Stefan Mueller, CEO at car2go Europe GmbH. “car2go gives you the ability to go where you want, when you want –
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BYD and the City of Lancaster announced yesterday the arrival of two BYD manufacturing facilities in Lancaster, California. BYD will begin operating an electric bus manufacturing facility and an Iron-Phosphate energy module (large-scale battery) manufacturing facility in the coming months. Both will be located in the California city of Lancaster. These mark the first manufacturing
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Starting this summer, European leasing customers will be able to drive and evaluate an upgraded demo fleet of 100 Volvo C30 fully electric cars. The upgraded C30 has a new Siemens motor with a peak power output of 89 kilowatt (120 horsepower), allowing the C30 electric to accelerate from 0 to 70 kilometers per hour
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Nissan and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a new electric vehicle taxi pilot, one using the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle. This pilot program, which puts six LEAF taxis into service beginning this spring, will help Nissan, the city, the taxi industry and the public understand how zero emission vehicles can be integrated into
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It is now possible to rent a hybrid truck in the U.S. and not surprisingly, this first happens in southern California. Avon Rent A Car Truck And Van has become the first rental agency in the U.S. to take delivery of the new 2013 Hino diesel-electric hybrid trucks. The announcement was made April 3 by
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The Chevy Volt’s UK cousin, the Vauxhall Ampera, is entering police service duty in Northern Ireland. Vauxhall has handed over an Ampera to Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) as part of a trial of the revolutionary extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV). The cutting edge vehicle was handed over at eDRIVE, an electric vehicle event sponsored by
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Chrysler Group LLC announced March 6 that it has begun the delivery of 242 new 2013 Ram 2500 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pickup trucks to the state of Oklahoma. The state of Oklahoma’s order is the Company’s largest customer order since production of the CNG trucks began in October. Peter Grady, Vice President of Network
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Will the next hippie-mobile be powered by electricity? It could be as Volkswagen is studying ways to go electric for its next cargo vehicle offering. At next week’s Geneva International Motor Show, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will be showing a transporter concept vehicle it calls the e-Co-Motion. This concept is said by Volkswagen to be rated
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Westport Innovations Inc. announced that its Westport WiNG natural gas (CNG) bi-fuel system will be available for the Ford F-450 and F-550 Super Duty Chassis Cab trucks. The converted trucks will be available starting April 1, 2013. Westport will celebrate the trucks’ debut at next week’s National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show in Indianapolis,
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Hyundai became today the first manufacturer to begin assembly-line production of zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered vehicles when a white Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle rolled off the assembly line at the company’s Ulsan manufacturing facility. The ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle is based on Hyundai’s popular ix35, C-segment SUV, known in North America as the Tucson. “With the
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