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Nissan Leases First Fuel Cell Vehicle in North America

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Nissan, which began development of fuel cell vehicle technology in 1996, has previously used FCVs in demonstration fleets in Japan and in California through the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP), but this is Nissan’s first commercial FCV lease in North America. Earlier post.) The new fuel cell stack. Click to enlarge.

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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By the fourth quarter of 2009, the company expects to begin selling c-Zone utility EVs for commercial and government applications as well the e-Zone City Drive EVs. The company has also announced a joint venture with PUES Corporation (Japan) for the development and production of inverters and new technology in-wheel motors.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

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nk City in 2008. Daimler is set to be the first on the street with 100 test vehicle SMARTs in 2008. Mitsubishi could be the first with cars for sale if the UK distributor has its way. If the tests turn out as Daimler hopes, the company plans to begin commercial production in 2010, before the end of the pilot. “We

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Honda Maintaining 200-Unit Lease Sales Targets for FCX Clarity, Showroom Sales in 2015

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Honda Motor Co continues to target lease of sales of about 200 of its FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicles combined in the US and Japan in its first three years, Sachito Fujimoto, FCX Clarity’s chief project manager, told Reuters at the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit. kg at 5000 psi/34.5 Earlier post.).

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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Write to Sharon Terlep at sharon.terlep@dowjones.com Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page B2 Copyright 2008 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Enter your answer Answer More questions: Horatio Mitchell asks… Q: who are the top auto part maker in japan?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Batteries not ready.

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