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Nissan to Warranty LEAF Battery for 8 Years, 100,000 Miles

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Nissan will warranty the battery pack in its LEAF EV for 8 years and 100,000 miles, according to Carlos Tavares, executive vice president and a member of the Board of Directors of Nissan Motor Co., in his talk at the opening plenary of Plug-in 2010 in San Jose, California. Earlier post.).

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Ford Anticipates 10-25% Of Its Global Fleet to Be Electrified by 2020

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Ford anticipates that hybrids will represent about 70% of the 2020 numbers, with plug-in hybrids contributing 20-25% and battery-electric vehicles the remainder, she said. However, she noted, that assumes that a 100-mile range is acceptable to the customers. Affordability. Nancy Gioia. This takes an enormous amount of staying power.

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GM Will Apply Plug-in Hybrid Technology To One of Its Remaining Four Core Brands, Delivery Still in 2011

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Prototype Saturn Vue PHEV plugging in to a Coulomb Chargepoint ( earlier post ) in San Jose, CA. In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Vice Chairman Tom Stephens said that the company will apply plug-in hybrid technology to one of the four core brands remaining after the restructuring: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.

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Navigant forecasts annual plug-in electric vehicle sales in N America to exceed 1.1M by 2024

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In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts that North American plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales will exceed 1.1 To date, North America is the strongest market for light duty (LD) plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), with more than 133,000 sold in 2014. million annually by 2024. million in the aggressive. between 2015 and 2024.

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Better Place bringing switchable battery electric taxi program to the San Francisco Bay Area

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Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. Sacramento Municipal Util. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

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High-power plug-in battery system with active cooling. With its conventional diesel powertrain, the NPR averaged about 12 miles per gallon in testing with a metro drive cycle. The CEC grant funds are to accelerate manufacturing of Wrightspeed’s Route retrofit powertrain for the medium-duty commercial fleet market ( earlier post ).

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