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[Gas 2.0] Nissan & Oregon Team Up to Bring Electric Cars to the Masses : Gas 2.0: Citing Oregon’s environmental leadership in developing the transportation infrastructure of tomorrow, Ghosn also said that Nissan would be releasing their first electric car for the US market in Oregon in 2010. After releasing electric cars in Oregon in 2010, Ghosn then affirmed that Nissan-Renault will bring an “entire lineup”

[Environment » Eoin] Bay Area seeks to become electric-car capital | csmonitor.com: For their part, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose will expedite permits for building charging stations in homes, businesses, and public parking spaces. The cities will also offer incentives for businesses that install charging stations, as well as programs for bulk purchases of electric vehicles for state- and municipal-government fleets.

[EnerPub] Foreign companies advance in race for electric car | EnerPub ...: Although, attention has been focused on the Bay Area, Nissan’s Ghosn said the company had already signed an agreement with the state of Oregon and its Portland General Electric utility to develop America’s first extensive recharging infrastructure. Portland, rich in electric grid, has already sprouted its first charging station, built by Shorepower Technologies of Portland.

[Green cars: latest news] » Partnership to push electric drive » Green cars: latest news: They hope to secure a leading role in the field of alternative drive systems with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology combining the expertise of both the Karlsruhe Research Centre and the University of Karlsruhe to create a centre of international excellence in research and higher education both for engineering and natural sciences.

[AutoblogGreen] LA 2008: Nissan announces electric car partnership with Oregon ...: "This partnership represents a major step toward reliable zero-emission mobility in the state of Oregon," said Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Renault SA,. "Together, we are creating conditions that will encourage consumers to consider an electric vehicle as an attractive choice that is also good for the environment."

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: Nissan/Renault CEO: We Need Another Planet: The actual figure varies with the Sun angle at different times of year, according to the distance the sunlight travels through the air, and depending on the extent of atmospheric haze and cloud cover. Ignoring clouds, the average insolation for the Earth's surface is approximately 250 watts per square meter (6 (kW·h/m²)/day), taking into account the lower radiation intensity in early morning and evening, and its near-absence at night." And about half that if you include clouds.

[Green cars: latest news] » Pre-Budget Report and changes to VED » Green cars: latest news: Speculation had been mounting of a reduction on VAT as well as a postponement to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) which were due to be phased in from April 2009. So, now Mr Darling has made his speech did the speculation pan out into policy?

[Hybrid Cars] Hybrid Cars: 10 percent EV by 2016, or 100 percent hybrid?: A while back I was reading about how EnerDel was increasing its battery producing capabilities in expectation of some new lithium-ion contracts. Essentially, EnerDel will have the ability to produce enough batteries for 45,000 electric vehicles per year, or 450,000 hybrid electric vehicles.

[Green cars: latest news] » Oregon green car agreement » Green cars: latest news: Portland General Electric will be one of the participants in the partnership that will see the development of an easily accessible network of charging stations. The alliance is planning to introducing zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) in the United States by 2010 and will mass-market them globally two years later.

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