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Official: EPA says new Tier 3 emissions levels will clean the air, save lives

2014-03-03 23:27:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA Almost one year after first proposing the stricter vehicle emissions standards known as Tier 3, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized the new levels. These res...

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EVTV offers deal of the decade on used Better Place battery packs

2014-03-03 21:02:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA, Better Place, Videos While the dark cloud that was the Better Place bankruptcy may have had a silver lining for some in Israel, in the US that cumulonimbus is wrapped with lithium. Or, more precisely, lithium manganese ox...

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Official: Nissan Leaf sales up again in January, Chevy Volt dips deeper

2014-03-03 19:45:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM, Nissan Nissan managed to buck the industry's overall trend of lower sales in February with double-digit growth throughout its lineup. That includes a 12th month of record sales for the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle,...

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Official: Atlanta, DC are two EV hotspots in patchwork quilt of green car demand

2014-03-03 17:00:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, USA To put a spin on the old Civil War story, Atlanta indeed is burning. But in this case, it's a good thing because the heat is a reference to the city's demand for electric vehicles. Atlanta is where EV demand is growing fas...

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Video: Nissan Leaf battery cells put through torture test, live to charge again

2014-03-03 02:05:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, USA, Videos One minor chink in the armor of the Tesla Model S is that a small number have caught fire, once their battery packs were penetrated. Nissan Leaf drivers, however, might just be able to weather such an event...