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Polaris to buy Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM) from Chrysler

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The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. The six GEM passenger and utility models are legal on most streets with posted speeds of 35 mph or less. To date, GEM cars have driven more than 450 million emission-free miles. Click to enlarge.

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Chrysler launches the 2011 GEM line

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With a top speed of 25 mph (40 km/h) and a range of up to 30 miles (48 km) on a charge, GEM electric vehicles are designed for short-distance transportation and are driven on medical and corporate campuses, universities, military bases, resorts, sports stadiums, gated communities and residential streets.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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This service allows users to pick up and drop off a vehicle at any legal public parking spot, including metered locations, within a 13 sq. mile “Home Zone.” Perfect for a first-mile-last-mile connection, the user either pays for rental time or distance traveled, whichever is less expensive. EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

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GEM creates first mapping tool for low-speed roads

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LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. More than half of United States roadways are assigned speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less, and that number is growing constantly as more cities are lowering speed limits to increase safe, healthy and equitable mobility.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

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Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. Bright Automotive, which spun out of the Rocky Mountain Institute in January, is building a plug-in hybrid vehicle that will get 100 miles a gallon (see Green Lightpost).

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

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ReachNow Fleet Solutions for residential buildings will begin at The Solaire, a LEED Gold Certified building, in Manhattan’s Battery Park City neighborhood on 8 Dec. Cars can be returned to any legal parking space on the street within the city’s designated Home Area. Residents of The Solaire can inquire with building management.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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On a full lifecycle basis, with an average European electricity mix, the i3 offers approximately a 30% lower carbon footprint over 150,000 km (93,200 miles) of use than the fuel-efficient diesel-powered BMW 118d, said Dr. Julian Weber, head of Innovation Projects e-Mobility at BMW. earlier post ), but gain their advantage in the use phase.

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