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SunEdison to Participate in Pecan Street’s Smart Grid Project

SunEdison, which is a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, will lead the project aimed to develop home solar photovoltaic charging systems for electric vehicles from Chevrolet Electric.

4 Oct 2011

350Green Plans Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at Five Sheetz Stores

Sheetz, a convenience store operator, and 350Green, which develops networks of electric vehicle charging stations, have planned to develop and manage a network of electric vehicle charging stations at five Pennsylvania stores of Sheetz.

3 Oct 2011

Solutia Introduces Saflex S Series Windscreens for Better Fuel Efficiency of Electric Vehicles

Solutia, a manufacturer of interlayers for laminated glass made of polyvinyl butyral (PVB)s, has declared that its Saflex S Series Interlayer is commercially available for automotive applications.

30 Sep 2011

Carnegie Mellon University Research Finds Smaller Sized Battery Packs More Economical

A recent research reported by Jeremy J. Michalek of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and his co-authors indicates that plug-in type of electric vehicles with smaller sized battery packs and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) that do not use plug-in facility bring down the impact of carbon discharges and improve oil security with low or without any extra cost over the lifetime of the product.

27 Sep 2011

Pike Research Unveils Report on Usage of Plug-in Electric Vehicles

Pike Research unveils its latest report titled, “Electric Vehicle Geographic Forecasts”, which supplies statistical data and estimates for the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market in the USA at the metropolitan and state levels.

26 Sep 2011

Portuguese Apps Developed to Assist Electric Vehicle Users

The proliferation of electric vehicles confronts two basic challenges currently such as the want of more number of charging locations to charge the vehicles and power holding duration of the charged batteries.

26 Sep 2011

Car Charging Group Associates with Laxmi to Offer EV Charging Facility

Car Charging Group, a Miami, Florida-based company, which offers electric vehicle (EV) charging services, declared that it has contracted an accord with Palm Bay located company, Laxmi to supply EV charging services at its hotel Comfort Suites, at 1175, Malabar Rd, in Palm Bay, Fla.

23 Sep 2011

Car Charging Group to Provide Nationwide Electric Vehicle Facilities

Car Charging Group, a company that offers electric vehicle (EV) charging services, declared that it has entered into a joint venture with Central Parking System and its auxiliary, USA Parking System, a parking garage operator to offer EV Charging services at its nationwide locations through ChargePoint Network of Coulomb Technologies.

17 Sep 2011

350Green and Walgreens Initiates Installation of EV Charging Stations in Greater Los Angeles Area

350Green, a business that develops a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and Walgreens chain of drug stores, has declared its designs to construct over 100 public charging stations, which include 35 DC Fast Charging facilities in the greater Los Angeles area.

16 Sep 2011

Los Angeles Air Force Base to Convert General Purpose Fleet to Electric Vehicles

Air Force officials unveiled a plan Aug. 31 to establish Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., as the first federal facility to replace 100 percent of its general purpose fleet with plug-in electric vehicles.

1 Sep 2011