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RI building electric car charging stations
Rhode Island is building up to 50 electric vehicle charging stations for motorists around the state and also plans to purchase hybrid or electric-powered vehicles for the state fleet whenever possible, the governor announced Tuesday. Gov. Lincoln Chafee said the moves, paid for by federal stimulus money, will help improve ...
Vt. and Quebec announce electric car corridor
Starting this fall, people who drive electric vehicles should be able to travel the 138-mile route between Burlington and Montreal without worrying they'll run short of a charge thanks to a planned electric vehicle charging corridor, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin and Quebec Premier Pauline Marois announced in Montreal. Initially the ...
Solar-powered plane lands near Washington
A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May. Solar Impulse's website said the aircraft with its massive wings and thousands of photovoltaic ...
Bloomberg advises grads on immigration reform
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his platform as Stanford University's commencement speaker on Sunday to lobby for an immigration reform plan that allows foreign students to remain in the United States after they graduate. Standing before a packed Stanford Stadium on Sunday, Bloomberg noted that about 30 percent of ...
Plan for gas terminal off NJ, NY shores is revived
A company that withdrew its plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the New Jersey and New York shorelines has revived the project. Liberty Natural Gas has applied to federal authorities for permission to build a port in the ocean 17 miles off Jones Beach, N.Y., and 24 ...
Jindal backs limits on alternative fuel tax credit
Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a rewrite of the state's alternative fuel vehicle tax credit program. Baton Rouge Sen. Dan Claitor submitted the bill, addressing concerns that the program could be interpreted in a way that would balloon its costs. Provisions in the bill match regulations already adopted ...
Officials: Indy to get electric car-sharing system
Business and public officials say a French company plans to expand its car-sharing business into Indianapolis by establishing a fleet of 500 electric cars. Mayor Greg Ballard tells The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/18gb4zu ) that the addition of Bolloré Group's $35 million system to a plan to convert the city's 3,100-vehicle ...
States look to tax hybrids to recoup road funding
North Carolina is joining a growing number of states exploring new fees for hybrid and electric car owners to help make up for revenue those drivers aren't paying in gas taxes on their fuel-efficient vehicles. The proposal strikes many owners of alternative-fuel vehicles and some advocacy groups as a wrong-headed ...
RI to build charging stations for electric cars
Rhode Island got its first public charging station for electric vehicles at a furniture store in West Warwick back in 2010, before the electric-powered Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S debuted to rave reviews. Three years later, the state has 11 public charging stations, the most recent one ...
Lawsuits filed over Iowa-assembled electric cars
A Des Moines car dealer has been sued over money paid for distribution rights to electric vehicles that never turned up. The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/17ttrA3) that Gene Gabus (GAY'-buhs) is accused in court papers of fraudulent misrepresentations. Court documents say Don Kahan (KAY'-han) Motors and O'Rourke Motors paid ...
Toyota recalls 242,000 Prius, Lexus hybrid cars
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 242,000 of its Prius and Lexus hybrid vehicles due to problems with their braking systems. The recall applies to about 233,000 Prius vehicles made between March and October 2009 and about 9,000 Lexus HS250h models made between June and October 2009. ...
Mass. touts high rankings in clean energy tech
A research and consulting firm has ranked Massachusetts second in the country in clean energy technology. California was the only state above Massachusetts in the 2013 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index's overall clean technology rankings. The rankings are done by Clean Edge Inc., which credited the state for — among ...
FALLOUT FROM FAILURE OF BATTERY SWAP PLAN
c.2013 New York Times News Service When Better Place, the global electric-car charging company with a home base in Israel, announced last month that it had reached the end of the road, it left behind both bold dreams and valuable assets. The company, which took in about $850 million from ...
Limit on alternative fuel credit heads to Jindal
Lawmakers have revamped the state's alternative fuel vehicle tax credit program, after concerns the law was too broadly written and could be too expensive. The House gave unanimous final passage to the proposal by Baton Rouge Sen. Dan Claitor on Thursday, sending it to Gov. Bobby Jindal. The bill would ...
FOR NEW YORK CITY AGENCIES, A CHANCE TO KICK THE TIRES
c.2013 New York Times News Service NEW YORK — When the Unisphere at the 1964 World’s Fair was brand new, the crowds marveled at the Mercury capsule that had carried Scott Carpenter into space, a replica of a two-person Gemini capsule and, for those who remained earthbound, a Picturephone that ...
Cheap leases offered to spur electric car sales
Auto companies are hoping lower lease prices can put a charge into sluggish electric car sales. Honda announced Thursday that it's slashing the monthly lease cost of its tiny Fit EV by one third, following similar moves by other automakers. Honda also is throwing in other goodies, such as a ...
Tesla promises to add charging stations
Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. promises to boost the number of fast-charging stations in the U.S. and Canada to make cross-country travel by electric car possible in the next year. The company said Thursday that by the end of next month, it will triple the number of charging stations ...
Attorneys say CODA bankruptcy issues resolved
The Chapter 11 case of failed electric car maker CODA Holdings continued on the fast track Wednesday after attorneys resolved several objections to the company's bankruptcy financing and sale plans. After meeting behind closed doors for several hours, attorneys for the company and its official creditors committee told a Delaware ...
A look at select electric car makers' sales trends
Better Place is the latest casualty in an electric vehicle market that has struggled to lure consumers who are skeptical of the short battery life, high price, and a lack of infrastructure that can require recharging stops of several hours on long trips. Here's a look at sales trends for ...
ISRAELI VENTURE IN ELECTRIC CARS FILES IN COURT TO LIQUIDATE
c.2013 New York Times News Service JERUSALEM — The vision was ambitious. Better Place, an electric vehicle infrastructure company, unveiled plans more than five years ago to pioneer a system of quick-service battery swapping stations across Israel to enable unlimited travel. The company’s founder predicted that 100,000 electric cars would ...
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