Hybrid and Electric Cars News published on March 19, 2010

• China's BYD Seems to be Losing Momentum on Electric Cars

  Treehugger

  by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 03.18.10 For a while it looked like BYD would be a leader in electric cars and plug-in hybrids. …
  
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• British jobs secured as Nissan electric car to be built in Sunderland
  Japanese carmaker Nissan has announced it will build its electric car at its Sunderland plant. The announcement will safeguard hundreds of jobs when production begins in 2013 – as part of a £420 million investment from Nissan. …

  
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• The Alternative Consumer – EMC electric cars get U.S. distributor
  Electric car buyers will soon have a new option. EnVision Motor Company has named Gabus Automotive Distributors of Des Moines, Iowa as the sole sub-distributor of Electric Motor Cars (EMC) in thirty-three states in the USA. …

  
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• Celestial Junk: The Dinosaur Powered Electric Car
  Nor, of course, do they tell you that, in terms of net efficiency, the electric car performs far less well than a petrol-driven motor, by the time you have taken into account the power station and transmission losses, to say nothing of …

  
  Celestial Junk – http://cjunk.blogspot.com/

• Five myths about electric cars | MNN – Mother Nature Network
  Electric cars are not slow, they're not dangerous, and they're not dirty just because they recharge from coal plants. … According to Sherry Boschert, author of the book Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America (New Society),
  EVs reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 11 to 100 percent (depending on the type of power plant) compared to internal-combustion cars, and 24 to 54 percent compared to hybrid cars. Even if all our plants burned coal, we'd still reduce CO2
  …

  
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• Nissan Leaf 2010: World's first battery-electric car to be built …
  It has been confirmed that the Nissan Leaf – the world's first battery-electric car to be mass produced, will be built in the UK, at a Nissan plant in Sunderland. As reported from the Telegraph, the decision to build the Leaf in the UK, …

  
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• Bets big on electric cars

  Hindu Business Line

  The only problem is that the electric car doesn't have scale. So for the time to build 1-2 million electric cars you're going to be suffering because you …
  
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• Can Radically Smaller Electric Cars Transform Traffic Patterns?
  SYNOPSIS: Profile of CommuterCars Tango electric car and its developer, Rick Woodbury after appearance at Detroit Auto Show. By Mary Cronin Rick Woodbury, …
  
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• Electric Cars & Solar System Combination Pays Nicely
  SYNOPSIS: Steve Butler see economic benefits of powering electric cars with home solar power systems. By Steve Butler I just sent in my modest, …
  
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• North-east hails Nissan's electric car move
  By Chris Tighe, North-East of England Correspondent Nissan's decision to site European production of its Leaf electric car at Sunderland has been hailed in …
  
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• Free Electric Cars: State Incentives to Drive Green

  BNET

  By Jim Motavalli | Mar 18, 2010 I reported yesterday that price was one of the “Seven Barriers to the Electric Car.” Indeed it is, but some states are …
  
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• Electric, hybrid cars could spur more coal usage
  Dear EarthTalk: Isn't the interest in electric cars and plug-in hybrids going to spur increased reliance on coal as a power source? …
  
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• Nissan's Sunderland factory to build new electric car | Business …
  These electric cars dont need refuelling like other vehicles sobig oil have nothing ….. httpwwwtheengineercouknewsnissansettomanufactureallelectriccarinuk …
• Nissan to make Leaf electric cars in Sunderland – Yahoo! News
  Nissan to make Leaf electric cars in Sunderland AFP/File – A model poses next to … its zero-emission Leaf electric car at a plant in Sunderland from 2013, …
• Audi To Focus On Hybrid And Electric Cars

  Mibz (blog)

  The first electric car from Audi will debut in 2012 and was called e-Trone. In 2013, the Volkswagen Group will launch another three electric vehicles – E-Up …
  
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• Hawaii revving up to era of electric cars
  The estimates are subject to much debate since electric car prices, the cost of gasoline and electricity as well as available charge stations and the …
  
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• Golf courses drive cart sales
  There is a new Electric Car Outlet in La Quinta that sells environmentally and street-friendly golf carts. “They have seat belts so that they can be used on …
  
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• Nissan electric car to boost jobs in Sunderland | Business | The …
  Nissan has announced plans to build new zero emissions electric car, … in 2013 and forms part of a £420m investment in electric cars by the Japanese firm …
• Nissan Leaf electric car to be built in Sunderland

  BBC News

  Production is due to begin in 2013 as part of a £420m investment in electric cars. The investment is backed by a £20.7m government grant and up to £220m …
  
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• BBC News Nissan Leaf electric car to be built in Sunderland
  Last year Nissan's chief executive Carlos Ghosn underlined his company's commitment to its electric cars programme. The electric car will account for 10% of …

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