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Event: “Building an Electric Future” at the Petersen

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Museum Exhibit Review: 107 Years of Electric Cars. With the recent technological advancements and increased adoption of electric cars, SUVs and trucks, it is lost on most people that electricity was an early popular propulsion system for cars. The next two decades were the heyday of electrically powered cars, vans and trucks.

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Hyundai to offer Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to LA-area retail customers in spring 2014; Honda, Toyota show latest FCV concepts targeting 2015 launch

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Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota highlighted its own new FCV Concept with a world premiere.

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Renault Unveils Four Concept EVs and Quickdrop Battery Switch System; Commits to 100,000 EVs with Better Place

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Aerial view of the four ZE Concepts: Twizy, Kangoo, Zoe, and Fluence. Renault and Better Place also announced an expansion of their current agreement by committing to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016. . Derived from the Twizy ZE Concept, the third vehicle will target urban mobility.

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Daimler starts production of new smart fortwo electric drive; buy or lease the vehicle, rent the battery

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Start of production for the new smart fortwo electric drive. Daimler AG has begun production of the new smart fortwo electric drive at the smart Hambach plant. Like the models with combustion engines, the electric vehicle is now rolling off the production line in the standardized production process. smart fortwo electric drive.

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Toyota Unveils Dedicated Hybrid Concept, Plan for Prius Family; Expands Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration Program in the US

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The FT-CH concept. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Within the next 10 to 20 years, we will not only reach peak oil we will enter a period where demand for all liquid fuels will exceed supply. Click to enlarge.

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

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Electric cars are on the rise. The number of electric car sales nearly doubled from last year until now. About 10% of people buying a new car chose an electric one. When we think about electric cars, the image of Elon Musk shooting a Tesla into space with a Depeche Mode-like dummy promptly comes to our minds.

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Rinspeed To Introduce the “iChange” Concept EV at Geneva

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Swiss auto innovator Rinspeed is unveiling the “iChange,”—an electric car the body of which can adapt through the use of a “pop-up” rear end to seat between one and three passengers, at the upcoming Geneva Motorshow. The car accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just over four seconds, and has a top speed of 220 km/h (137 mph).

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