EVWorldwire http://www.evworld.com/rss/evworldwire.xml Daily sustainable mobility and renewable energy news headlines EV World RSS Tue, 21 May 2013 09:15:00 CST Fiat 500e Electric Car to Lease for $199/Month To be leased and sold only in California, the 500e is priced at $32,500, but with combined federal and state incentives, purchase drops to equivalent of $20,500, one of the lowest priced EV in America. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30288 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30288 Gotta Be Mobile Creating BMW's i3 Electric Megacity Car Auto News interviews BMW's Project i chief Ulrich Kranz about the process of designing what would become the company's i3 electric car. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30287 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30287 Auto News Europe Telsa Raises More Than $1 Billion The success of the new fund-raising, and the company's recent share price explosion, point to strong investor belief in Tesla's long-term prospects. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30286 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30286 Business Spectator Tesla May Be Risky Way to Cash In On Electric Car Trend Globe and Mail reporter Martin Mittelstaedt thinks the safest bet on investing in the growth of electric car market is on the power generation side: electric utilities and merchant power producers. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30285 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30285 Globe and Mail/Canada Graphene-boron Mix Shows Promise in Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Rice University researchers find that while graphene alone doesn't make for good anodes, mixing it with boron dramatically increases the energy density. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30284 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30284 Phys.Org Indian Gov't's Subsidy Delay Stalling Electric Car Sales Subsidy schemes that would help achieve India's National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 of seven million EVs are yet to see the light of the day. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30283 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30283 Hindu Business Line Renault, Formula E Team Up on Electric Car Racing Renault will manufacture the 42 electric Formula E race cars for the 2014 season, which now will include the city of Bangkok, Thailand. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30282 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30282 Examiner.com Toyota Reportedly Increasing Lithium Battery Production Six-Fold Lighter, smaller lithium batteries will enable Toyota to improve fuel economy of their hybrids what currently use heavier nickel-metal hydride batteries Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30281 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30281 Economic Times/India Japan Prepares for Hydrogen Car Future Despite costing five times as much as a standard gasoline station, 13 Japanese companies are planning to build out 100 hydrogen fueling stations. Mon, 20 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30280 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30280 Japan Times 100,000 Electric-Drive Cars Now On American Roads Plug In America pre-emptively celebrates the sale of the 100,000th electric-drive car sold in the United States on or around May 20, 2013. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30279 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30279 EV Worldwire Is BYD Positioning Itself to Replace A123 in Lithium Starter Battery Market? EV World contributor Juan Carlos Zuleta speculates on why BYD is shifting its battery and EV technology towards 48V microhybrids. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30278 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30278 Juan Carlos Zuleta Hero Eco Relaunches A2B Electric-Assist Bicycle in USA Indian conglomerate took over A2B in later 2011 and is reintroducing in the USA, starting in San Francisco, California. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30277 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30277 Triple Pundit Electric Car Sales in France Double Current sales leader is Renault ZOE with 748 units sold, followed by Renault Kangoo Z.E. electric delivery van. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30276 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30276 Inside EVs Forecast: 10 Million Electric Car Charging Stations Worldwide By 2020 IMS Research sees the current global network of 135,000 charging stations to mushroom into 10.7 million by 2020 with most growth in U.S., China, Japan, and Germany. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30275 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30275 NBC News Learning On Earth From 'Off-World' Electric Vehicles All three generations of six-wheeled NASA rovers have used electric power systems of various design and complexity to find their way around the Red Planet. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30274 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30274 Space.com New York City's Latest Ban on E-Bikes Only Adds Confusion Drew Grant finds that New York City Council's vote to 'close loopholes' only further confuses the question of what exactly is an electric bicycle. Sun, 19 May 2013 09:15:00 CST http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30273 http://www.evworld.com/news.cfm?rssid=30273 New York Observer