Hybrid and Electric Cars News published on March 17, 2010

• FuturePundit: Smart Charging Stations For Electric Cars
  Since most electric car charging will happen at night during the lowest demand period electric cars will also increase demand for the lowest cost baseload electric power generators. If 4th gen nuclear power turns out to be cheap then …

  
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• Will Electric Cars Compromise the Power Grid? «
  Will Electric Cars Compromise the Power Grid? buildaroo crew | 16 March 2010, 2:49 pm. electric car charging. As more appealing electric cars hit the market from luxury car manufacturers like Porsche, there is increasing concern that …

  
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• Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car Prototype – Short Take Road Test …
  2009-Mitsubishi-iMiEV-12. It's tiny, it's not fast, and it'll be Lexus-expensive when it arrives late in 2011, but we're okay with this take on future commuting. For our test of the gasoline-powered Mitsubishi i, click here. …

  
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• Blast – EarthTalk: Electric cars? Tainted bakeware? – Boston's …
  A look at the health concerns associated with electric cars and silicone cookware. … On top of this trend, dozens of electric and plug-in hybrid cars are in the works from the world's carmakers. It stands to reason that, unless we start
  to source significant amounts of electricity from renewables (solar, wind, etc.), coal-fired plants will not only continue but may actually increase their discharges of mercury, carbon dioxide and other toxins due to greater numbers of …

  
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• Nissan to sell electric car for less than $44300
  TO) plans to sell its new Leaf 5-person electric car in Japan for between Y3.5 million-Y4 million, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Wednesday. …
  
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• Despite budget woes, CA offering $5000 rebates to electric car buyers
  The bill language excludes hybrid cars and focuses on electric cars that can be plugged in and recharged. Tesla has one car available that meets those …
  
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• Electric car-power pioneers get Brandeis award
  Shai Agassi, the Israeli entrepreneur who has vowed to bring user-friendly electric vehicle power to the world, will explain his ambitious vision and his …
  
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• Is California's New $5000 Electric Car Rebate a Good Idea?

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  by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York on 03.16.10 Normally, we'd be 100% behind incentives designed to spur the development of cleaner technologies, …
  
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• Same Electric Car + Different Brands = $18000 Price Difference …
  3 Responses to “Same Electric Car + Different Brands = $18000 Price Difference?” Chris O Says: March 16th, 2010 at 1:55 pm. Makes it easy to make up your mind which one to pick: obviously…the Nissan Leaf. Why bother with these $48-66K
  overpriced microcars if you can get a decent size car with better range like the Nissan Leaf for (a rumoured) $30K? Eddie Says: March 16th, 2010 at 2:13 pm … Think electric cars are awesome? So do we. Sign up for future discounts. …

  
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• Toyotagate: Hybrid cars not yet a casuality

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  By Hybrid Cars on 03/16/2010 – 1:05 pm UTCLeave a Comment Despite owning Toyota vehicles, I'm no huge Toyota fan. I love their hybrid cars, but I hate their …
  
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• Nissan plans to build 500000 electric cars by 2012

  Chicago Tribune

  … and Nissan will have the largest capacity to manufacture new vehicles of all the companies trying to bring an electric car to the market, Ghosn said. …
  
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• Why Is China's BYD Changing Its Tune on Electric Cars?
  Although BYD has announced plans to sell EVs in Europe and America, it's pretty hard to allot production to electric cars when you're moving regular old …
  
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• Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Car Prototype – Short Take Road Test
  It's tiny, it's not fast, and it'll be Lexus-expensive when it arrives late in 2011, but we're okay with this take on future commuting. …
  
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• Japan Enters Race for Global Electric Car Charging Standards

  Hybrid Cars News

  Last year, Japan surpassed the US to become the world's largest market for hybrid cars—even though the overall size of the auto market is significantly …
  
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• Electric cars may add spark to World Cup
  Discussions have already been held with electric car manufacturers Toyota and Mitsubishi, which have cars that travel up to 160 kilometres on a single …
  
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• YouTube – Electric Car in the Making
  Iranian Electric Car Design Competition. 424 views …. hey eco-fags um they use more oil burning to make the electricity in your electric cars. …
• Electric cars to share design of fast-charge stations
  With this in mind, Toyota and Nissan have set up a working group to establish an international standard for electric car fast-charging stations. …
  
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• Ford electric cars to expand in Europe

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  Ford Motor Company has said it will have five full electric or hybrid vehicles across its C, CD and light commercial vehicle ranges available to European …
  
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• Tar sands money could pay for desert solar or electric cars
  The multi-billion investment needed to expand the extraction of oil from tar sands production over the next 15 years will divert finance from renewable …
  
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• Daimler electric car partner BYD | Top Industry News, Statistics …
  BYD said this month it will launch the F3DM plug-in hybrid in Europe next year.Daimler electric car partner BYD posts record Q4 profitSHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) — BYD Co., the Chinese car and battery maker backed by US billionaire …

  
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