Hybrid and Electric Cars News published on February 4, 2012

• Good-Natured Misinformation About Electric Cars More Damaging Than Attacks
  By Brad Berman · February 03, 2012 PluginCars.com has done a lot of reporting about direct anti-electric-car venom. EV-Haters, YouTube ranters and politically motivated attackers do their best to arrest the growth of electric car sales—which is …
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• Charge the electric car while you drive
  The long-term goal of the high-efficiency charging system—that uses magnetic fields to transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart—is to dramatically increasing the driving range of electric cars and trucks and …
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• Company aims to build viable electric car in – Featured Articles From …

  Company aims to build viable electric car in Md. … But that hasn't stopped the nation's … articles.baltimoresun.com/…/bs-bz-electric-hybrid-car-201201…

• How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car ProPublica
  The electric car has always struggled with a chickenandegg dilemma Automakers have been reluctant to build electric cars without consumer demand But …
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• A greener future's not all about electric cars
  A greener future's not all about electric cars; it's about smart building engineering too. Façades are the skin of buildings and can be important environment moderators. But what kind of smart technologies will we want from façades in our new, …
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• Audi Going Hybrid for 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

  They just announced they too will field hybrid cars at 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours. They will have the old TDI car on the grid as well, but it will be driven by the tier two drivers. The tier one hotshots led by Allan McNish will get the hybrid car. See all stories on this topic »

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• Highways to wirelessly charge electric cars?
  Researchers at Stanford University have designed a new technology that could lead to wireless charging of electric vehicles while they cruise down the highway. The high-efficiency charging system uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large …
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• A Day in the Life of an Electric Car
  TFLcar.com ) In the very near future will we all be driving electric cars? That's a question that only 10 years ago seemed like a dream, but today with all electric cars like the 2012 Nissan Leaf, it doesn't seem so far fetched.
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• California Woman's Small Claims Victory Resonates

  … Peter's computer crashed under the onslaught of messages following her unique victory over Honda in small claims court — a win the California woman is hoping will lead other consumers to reject a class action settlement over defective hybrid cars. See all stories on this topic »

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• Electric Cars Start Rolling Into Israel

  TEL AVIV, Israel, February 2, 2012 (ENS) – On Sunday, 100 electric cars rolled down Israeli roads on their way to employees of Better Place LLC, a US startup poised to do big business supplying EVs and charging infrastructure in Israel. See all stories on this topic »

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• Obama's Green Energy Investments Continue to Fail
  January car sales data out this week provided additional proof that consumers are turning their backs on electric cars, making President Obama's pledge to get a million of them on the road in three years look even more ridiculous.
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• BMW's SA unit to trial electric car during 2012
  BMW South Africa (BMW SA) says it will conduct a local trial study of the Mini E during the first quarter of 2012, with the intention of launching the elec- tric vehicle “locally at a later stage”. This announcement comes as Mini, a BMW brand, …
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• Woman wins suit against Honda over hybrid gas mileage
  By Linda Deutsch / AP LOS ANGELES — The Southern California owner of a Honda hybrid car won her unusual small-claims court lawsuit against the automaker over the vehicle's failure to deliver its stated fuel economy. Los Angeles Superior Court …
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• Eric Test Drives Chevy Volt- 'The Five' Gives Their Take on the Electric Car
  'The Five's' Eric Bolling took the Chevy Volt for a test drive and found some serious issues with the President's favorite car. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize …
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