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LOS ANGELES — Renault/Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn told reporters that Nissan will bring a fleet of electric leased vehicles to the state of Oregon as a first step to having "pure electric" vehicles on U.S. roads by 2010, Edmunds.com reported.

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LONDON – UPS has ordered of 12 electric vehicles from Modec, with six vehicles being introduced into its UK fleet in February 2009 and the remaining six operating in Germany.

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SANTA ROSA, CA – As a result of an increase in demand for electric cars and other forms of plug-in transportation, ZAP has increased its workforce by almost 30 percent since the beginning of the year.

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LONDON – A new market research report analyzing the worldwide markets for electric vehicles in thousands of units is available in Reportlinker.com's catalogue.

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DETROIT – Chrysler LLC's answer to the much-anticipated Chevrolet Volt could be three to five years away, according to the Detroit Free Press.

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TOKYO --- Automotive Energy Supply Corp. (AESC) announced it has begun full operations, focusing on the development and mass production of advanced lithium-ion batteries for a wide range of automotive applications -- from hybrids, electric vehicles to fuel-cell vehicles.

Tags: Automotive Energy Supply Corp. , electric vehicles , lithium-ion batteries, NEC Corp., Nissan

HOUSTON – ExxonMobil Chemical will introduce new co-extruded separator grades for hybrid and electric vehicle batteries at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Tampa, Fla., May 12-16.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- The University of North Carolina in Charlotte received the Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition's annual Clean Cities award for its fuel-reduction program and its move toward alternative-fuel vehicles.

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