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NewsJuly 2, 2009

City of Hillsboro to Install 16 EV Charging Stations

HILLSBORO, OR - The charging stations, to be installed in downtown Hillsboro, are available for public use and are part of the city's large-scale sustainability and green movement.

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NewsJune 30, 2009

Tesla to Use Loan on Model S, Powertrain Plant

SAN CARLOS, CA --- Tesla Motors has received approval for about $465 million in low-interest loans from the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the production of affordable, fuel-efficient electric vehicles.

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NewsJune 29, 2009

GM Test Drives Volt

WARREN, MI --- Andrew Farah, chief engineer on the Chevy Volt, took the first preproduction model out for a test drive Tuesday, June 23 -- a couple of weeks before schedule. The vehicle was taken out again the following day.

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NewsJune 23, 2009

EV Charging Stations to Total 5 Million+ by 2015

BOULDER, CO – By 2015, the globally-installed base of charge points for plug-in hybrids and other electric vehicles will surpass 5 million with cumulative equipment revenues of $6.5 billion, according to a new report from Pike Research.

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NewsJune 23, 2009

San Francisco Bay City Unveils EV Charging Stations

WALNUT CREEK, CA --- Coulomb Technologies this month announced that Walnut Creek, Calif., has become the third San Francisco Bay Area city to deploy the ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles.

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NewsJune 22, 2009

PG&E to Test First Smith Electric Vehicles All-Electric Utility Truck

KANSAS CITY, MO – The all-electric aerial utility truck, produced by SEV U.S. and SEV U.K. with an aerial bucket integrated by Altec Industries Inc., is the first unit of its kind to be put into operation by a major utility company before being brought to the market.

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NewsJune 22, 2009

City of Santa Monica Purchases All-Electric Zero-Emission Truck

SANTA MONICA, CA – The ZeroTruck meets the needs of the city's Water Division and sustainability goals to reduce emissions and use of petroleum.

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NewsJune 18, 2009

EV Innovations Battery Travels 211 Miles on Single Charge

Using a 29.6 kWh of lithium ion battery energy, EV Innovations has increased the driving range of its LiV WISE electric vehicle from 120 miles to 211 miles.

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NewsJune 16, 2009

Ohio State Engineers Win EcoCAR Contest

TORONTO --- Students from Ohio State University on June 12 earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the "EcoCAR: the Next Challenge" competition in Toronto, Canada, for their design of an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV).

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NewsJune 10, 2009

ZAP Completes Made in USA Electric Pickup Engineering Project

SANTA ROSA, CA - Electric vehicle pioneer ZAP has completed an engineering project to develop a four-wheel electric pickup with the majority of the parts and components supplied by US companies.

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