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Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project

Green Car Congress

The EV Project began in October 2009 when ECOtality’s eTec was awarded a federal stimulus grant of nearly $100 million from the DOE, and will deploy 4,700 Nissan LEAF EVs for the three-year study. to test and certify eTec’s vehicle charging stations that will be used in the project.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. Nissan LEAF buyers are excluded. If you are a business in a program area, you can get the same deal - free charge stations paid for by stimulus money. Ecotality's EV Project got an exclusive.)

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Nine United States regions will receive 4,600 free chargers for public and private use through the ChargePoint America program, funded in part by $15 million in stimulus funds administered by the Energy Department. California-based Coulomb Technologies makes the program’s ChargePoint chargers, which were shipped to 130 customers in 2009.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. Here's my June column. Plug-in cars are inevitable. No plug, no deal!

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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The car maker is rumoured to be in so much trouble that it is considering closing a major auto assembly plant for the first time ever – the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc based in Fremont, California, which it shares with General Motors. Tags: Electric cars The Green Piece green piece Nissan LEAF. Turning over a new LEAF.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

As of March, almost 56,000 people had signed up to reserve Nissan’s all-electric Leaf, due in dealerships by December. •In Nissan is planning to start deploying it in only five states. Nissan has teamed up with AeroVironment and eTec, firms that specialize in installing public charging stations.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December, when Nissan introduces the Leaf, a five-passenger electric car that will have a range of 100 miles on a fully charged battery and be priced for middle-class families. When the president of the California Public Utilities Commission, Michael R.