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[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] The Electric Car Race is Underway, Who Will Win? | GM-VOLT : Chevy ...: it is just a concept to standarize the shape of rechargeable batteries for all electric cars, its like mandating all EV companies to make their EV batteries the same shape and design…….thats almost impossible to do you know it…..the only way to make that concept work is to get BILL GATES for funding and build their mass produced ‘Better Place EV’s’, sell it below $20k, and build ‘Swapping Stations’ every 100 mile radius everywhere…..and then you have to ask yourself WHEN?….

[WSJ.com: Environmental Capital] Are electric cars really on their way. Nissan says yes, and the ...: According to the article, the money will be used in the US in retooling factories in Tenn and Calif: “$1.6 billion in loans to Nissan Motor and another $465 million for Tesla Motors. The companies will use the money to retool factories in Tennessee and California, respectively.”

[Marc Gunther's latest column/blog post] Obama's dumb $8-billion car loans | Marc Gunther: Nissan forced DOE to change the rules part way through and eliminate the “first come- first served” traditional American business ethic that had been written into the law of ATVM Section 136. They got it changed to “It does not matter how together you were, or that you had your application in on time, we are moving these three guys in ahead of you because they spent more money on the politicians and lobbyists”.

[HybridCars.com] $8 Billion in Loans Goes to Ford, Nissan & Tesla | Hybrid Cars: The biggest difference I see between the money winners (Tesla, Nissan, and Ford) and those who didn't yet get money (Bright, Fisker, etc), however, is not the amount of lobbying money but the fact that all three of the winners actually are making production automobiles today and all have made production electric vehicles (at least in the recent past). Tesla, of course, is the only one that is currently making production automobiles (very fine ones at that).

[CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com] EVs, Hybrids, Plug-Ins, Zero-Emitters: What Comes After The Prius ...: Tesla Motors, along with Ford and Nissan, were recently awarded loans from the US Energy Department, totaling about $8 billion, to help automakers transition to making more fuel-efficient vehicles. Tesla Motors, which produces high performance, consumer-oriented battery electric vehicles, received $465 million to finance the manufacturing plant for their Model S, as well building a powertrain plant.

[Green Prophet] Green Prophet » Study Says World Driver To Go “Total Electric” By 2030: Countries like Japan (who must import nearly 100% of its petroleum) and the USA, which is getting support from the present Administration for developing electric vehicles, are now involved in promoting the future of electric cars. For example, Nissan North America will receive $1.6 billion in federal funds to retool its Smyrna, Tennessee, factory to build advanced electric automobiles and an advanced battery manufacturing facility;

[Cricketdiane's Weblog] Electric Cars - Hybrids - Alternative Energy - Alternative Fuels ...: The pace of decline in auto sales slowed last month from 29 percent in April and 19 percent in May, as government subsidies and tax cuts helped boost sales of Toyota’s new Prius and Honda’s Insight gasoline-electric hybrid cars. Monthly sales may flip to a year-on-year increase as early as August, according to auto consulting company CSM Worldwide.

[Auto Blog, Lease Reviews, Auto News, Vehicle Road Test, Personal Finance] Nissan Zero-Emissions?: Car review blog is here for the auto leasing market to enjoy. Nissan will get $1.6 billion to build a battery assembly facility and retool an existing line to build a new electric car at its Smyrna, Tenn., site starting in 2012.

[Consumer Reports Cars Blog] Plugged in to Nissan's upcoming electric car: Consumer Reports ...: Honda's new hybrid has already made the top of the list for cars sold in April, and this interest in environmentally-friendly cars will certainly be transferable to the purchase of electric cars as well, as long as they are within a certain price range. Particularly in Japan it's expensive to take cars on the highway due to tolls so road trips are very rare compared to North America.

[The Car Connection] Nissan EV Electric Car To Launch at Frankfurt or Tokyo - The Car ...: retail sales will start globally in 2012.By that time, Nissan may be building EVs--or be close to it--in Smyrna, Tennessee. The company was granted $1.6 billion of Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loans by the US Department of Energy earlier this week; it plans to use the money to retool part of that facility to build electric cars.The DoE loan guarantees will not only fund US manufacturing of the 2012 Nissan EV, but also production of the vehicle's high-capacity lithium-ion battery--which may later be offered to firms other than Nissan.Left unclear is whether that US battery plant will produce the lithium-polymer cells developed by Nissan's joint venture with NEC, known as Automotive Energy Supply Corporation, or only the battery pack that will incorporate those cells.We'll keep you posted as soon as we learn more about the release of the 2012 Nissan EV.Nissan EV-02 prototypeEnlarge Photo[Autocar via WorldCarFans;  Nikkei via GreenCarCongress]

[Breaking News] Energy Dept lends $8B to Ford, Nissan, Tesla to develop fuel ...: CHENNAI - Ashok Leyland Nissan Vehicles, whose proposed plant here to make commercial vehicles has been delayed due to land acquisition problems, may use the car manufacturing facility of Nissan-Renault, being set up near here, to roll out trucks, a top official said. Ashok Leyland Nissan is joint venture between India's Ashok Leyland and Japan's Nissan Motor for light commercial vehicles (LCV).

[Lastest News] REPORT: Ford Transit Connect to be built Stateside in 2012 ...: Ford plants in Wayne, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky will be retooled to build cars on that architecture, meaning the that Transit could join them. With an electric version joining the 2.0-liter four-cylinder in 2010, .

[GreenCarReports.com] 2012 Nissan EV Electric Car To Be Revealed August 2 ...: The British Autocar magazine reports the car will be a midsize five-door hatchback, a dedicated electric vehicle that shares no styling with any other Nissan.The production vehicle is likely to be unveiled either at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September or the Tokyo Motor Show in October. Initial manufacturing is said to be scheduled for late this year or early in 2010 at Nissan's Oppama plant.Nissan plans to release small numbers of the EV to fleets starting next year, with retail sale to begin in 2012.

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