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Porsche opens first Charging Lounge

Green Car Congress

All electric and plug-in hybrid models from Porsche can be supplied with electricity at chargers manufactured by South Tyrolean electronic specialist Alpitronic. The digital building management optimises power consumption, for example by automatically dimming the lighting when there are no guests.

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Lancia Continues Teasing Returning to Rally

The Truth About Cars

But the Italian automaker also has to make the finances work before it’s willing to move forward with the program. The outlet likewise noted that Lancia’s performance arm would return to build an HF version of the all-electric Ypsilon. While it’s normally a 1.2-liter But it was also a relatively basic and affordable vehicle.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

Cars That Think

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. based TerraPower and London- and Italy-based Newcleo should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional reactors.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

To survive, help is needed from Italys Fiat but, as negotiations with the Italian automaker bog down and the two week deadline to hammer out a partnership approaches, the companys future - as well as its aspirations for an electric hot rod - are increasingly in doubt.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." I imagine there will be tax incentives to build green generators when were at that stage. However, I dont welcome this news.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. The city has not committed to buying plug-in cars, although it is modifying some hybrid Toyota Priuses to be plug-ins, Nickels said. "We Davids said his family meets its need for longer trips by also owning a hybrid Prius.

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

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In certain European countries, such as Italy or the UK , passenger vehicle sales even dropped as much as 95-97%. In Italy, data from the Italian Foreign Car Maker Association highlights that car registration for gas and diesel-powered vehicles fell by 97.5% billion to build over 450.000 charging stations.

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