BMW To Get Into Electric Car Business
The little battery-electric vehicle will primarily target urban commuters who are looking for more than just basic transportation.
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The little battery-electric vehicle will primarily target urban commuters who are looking for more than just basic transportation.
With gas selling at more than $4.00 per gallon in metro Detroit, a lot of people are checking out electric vehicles at the Michigan Electric Vehicle Show Saturday at Schoolcraft College.
Ford delivered its best hybrid sales quarter ever in the first quarter of 2013 with sales totaling 21,080 vehicles -- marking the first time Ford has sold more than 20,000 hybrids in a quarter. Ford's hybrid sales were up 324 percent nationally over 2012, achieving 16 percent share of the electrified vehicle market -- up from 4 percent last year.
Electric sports car maker Fisker Automotive has laid off about 160 people at its California headquarters.
Protean Electric Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with the Plymouth bearing maker SKF to provide critical components for Protean's in-wheel electric drive system. The two companies also will look at additional new areas of collaboration for the hybrid and electric vehicle market.
Ford Motor Co. will promote the launch of the Focus Electric with Plugged In, the first reality competition series from the digital media pioneer Yahoo.
The Center for Automotive Research has decided not to hold a fourth annual Busienss of Plugging In plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle conference later this year.
Electric Vehicles International Tuesday announced the opening of a new office in Southfield. The Michigan office will primarily support EVI's national marketing and sales efforts.
Altair Engineering Inc., a provider of simulation technology and engineering services, says its product development division, Altair ProductDesign, has partnered with the Taiwanese automotive design consultancy Studio X-Gene to develop a new electric concept vehicle.
The city of Novi has recently installed two electric vehicle charging stations; one at the police station and another at the library.
Ford and SunPower Corp. teamed up to offer customers a rooftop solar system that will allow Focus Electric owners to "Drive Green for Life" by providing customers with enough clean, renewable energy to offset the electricity used to charge the vehicle.
Electric car owners have a new place to juice them up ... in Royal Oak.
Lawrence Technological University and the Thuringia Center for Innovation and Mobility, which is associated with Ilmenau University of Technology in Germany, have signed a three-year agreement to cooperate in the development of mechatronic vehicle systems and other innovative technologies for "green" mobility such as hybrid and electric ground vehicles.
As the auto industry continues to develop alternative powertrain vehicles, consumer consideration for these vehicles is on the rise, but its a slow process.
When the mercury starts to rise, people have all sorts of ways for cooling themselves down: sprinklers, lemonade and ice cream all come to mind. But the engineers at Ford have developed a system that cools the lithium-ion battery in the all-new Focus Electric and keeps it working at its prime, even in the hottest of conditions.
Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday it is tripling production capacity of its electrified vehicle lineup through 2013, further boosting volumes of its all-new C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid, which begin production next year and adding hundreds of green auto jobs in the Detroit area.
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A second vehicle--converted from a regular gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle by the owner--was also in the garage.
Michigan Senator Carl Levin says he plans to introduce legislation next week to create charging stations for electric vehicles on Capitol Hill.
Consumers who buy plug-in electric vehicles could get a rebate of up to $7,500 at the point of sale. This, under legislation proposed by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
