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Toyota Industries develops solar charging station for PHVs, EVs
Toyota Industries Corp developed a solar charging station for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). The municipal government of Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, adopted it, planning to build 21 stations at 11 places suc...
Japan accounts for 70% of EV/HEV/FCV patent applications
The Japan Patent Office conducted a survey on trends in global patent applications related to electric vehicles (EVs) and other "electric propulsion vehicles" and announced that about 70% of the applications were filed by Japanese applicants. Elec...
Honda\'s future: small cars, no NSX or Euro Acura
Honda chief executive Takanobu Ito today spelled out his vision for the next decade at Honda to CAR Online. No successor to the NSX is under development, but there will be a smaller city car slotting under the Jazz in Honda's range. It will be launch...
Panasonic to use PC batteries to power cars
Japan's Panasonic Corp. has developed a technology that binds together standard lithium-ion battery cells used in laptop personal computers to power electric vehicles, taking aim at growing demand for green cars.The company said that new technology w...
Honda to display EV-N concept and near-production CR-Z Concept 2009 at Tokyo Motor Show (第41回東京モーターショー Hondaブース展示概要について)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced its lineup of production and concept-model automobiles, motorcycles, power products and other highlights for its display at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show 2009. Organized by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Associatio...
Mitsubish i-Miev: Available in Europe from 2010 for €34,000
Mitsubishi i-Miev will be available in UK from 2010 with prices starting from approximately €34,000. i-Miev is expected to be available in main European markets around 2012.The price is expected to be lowered at around €15,000 by 2012 as the prod...
Mitsubishi discloses what will come after i-MiEV
Mitsubishi Motors Corp will expand the lineup of its electric vehicles (EV).Following the i-MiEV, which was launched in July 2009, the company is now planning to release an EV that is based on the platform of the i-MiEV and has a larger storage space...
5-Nation survey by Electric Vehicle backer shows strong consumer interest in EVs
"The problem with surveys, as countless political polls have shown, is that people often tell the survey takers what they think they want to hear - or give an answer they think makes them look best - then go out and do whatever it is they want to do,...
Suzuki focus on hybrid, EV development includes continued GM collaboration
Suzuki Motors, which makes fuel-efficient small cars but is desperately in need of a hybrid or other advanced technology car to help it break out of the niche-car mold, reportedly is focusing its R&D dollars and efforts on alternatively fueled v...
Renault-Nissan plans 4 lithium-ion battery plants in Europe
The Renault-Nissan alliance plans to build up to four factories in Europe over the coming years to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles."In Europe, we haven't made the final decisions, but we will soon," said Colin Dodge, Nissan's exec...
All-electric i-MiEV city car to play prominent role in government's £25 million 'Real World' trials
Twenty-five of the first fifty all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEV city cars will go onto the Government’s trial in November 2009The all-electric Mitsubishi i MiEV city car is set to play a prominent role in one of the Government’s recently announced ...
Mitsubishi aims to cut price of electric car
Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the maker of the i MiEV electric car (earlier post), plans to cut the vehicle’s purchase price by more than half to less than 2 million yen ($21,000) as government incentives and tighter emission rules boost demand for fuel...
Mitsubishi Motors planning five more EV models
The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi will soon introduce five other electric models, and that by fiscal 2013, it intends to sell upwards of 30,000 electric vehicles and be profitable. Concurrent with beginning production of the i MiEV (earlier post), M...
Toyota Industries to begin selling rechargers for EVs and PHEVs
Toyota Industries Corp. will begin selling EV and PHEV charging stations in Japan later this summer for about ¥450,000 (US$4,560). The chargers, developed with Nitto Electric Works Ltd., are rated for single-phase 200VAC 16A 50Hz/60Hz current, and a...
Mitsubishi Motors to bring new-generation EV i-MiEV to market (三菱自動車、新世代電気自動車『i-MiEV』を市場投入)
- Delivery to corporate, governmental and local authority users starts late July -- Sales to individuals to start April 2010 -Mitsubishi Motors Corporation today, on World Environment Day, unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV *1 *2 new-gener...
三菱 i-MiEV の生産ライン公開…当面月産200台規模
三菱自動車は4日、岡山県倉敷市の水島製作所で本格生産を始めた電気自動車『i-MiEV（アイミーブ）』の生産ラインを報道関係者に初めて公開した。現時点では月間200台程度の生産計画の...
FHI to launch "Subaru Plug-in STELLA" EV in Japan
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the maker of Subaru automobiles, today announced the launch of its Subaru Plug-in STELLA electric vehicle (EV), which is equipped with a high-performance lithium-ion battery. The model will be sold in Japan directly ...
Nissan will steer clear of hybrid look for first EV
Nissan Motors wants a bold design for its upcoming electric vehicle--one that doesn't make it look like a hybrid.The goal is a look that screams green but stands apart from the wedge-shaped silhouette that has come to signify environmentally friendly...
Lithium Energy Japan building second Li-Ion plant for Mitsubishi i MiEV
Lithium Energy Japan, a joint venture between GS Yuasa Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp., plans to construct a battery factory in response to Mitsubishi Motors’ plans to boost production of its i MiEV electric vehicle.The joint ve...
Japan Better Place unveils first automated battery switch technology for electric vehicles, enabling convenient long-distance driving
Better Place achieved a milestone in accelerating the mass-market adoption of electric vehicles by demonstrating the world’s first battery switch technology along with electric car charging spots. This simple range extension technology delivers a ...
ライン 三菱益子社長「EV事業は13年ごろに収益体質に」
三菱自動車工業の益子修社長は26日の決算発表の席上、今年7月に発売する電気自動車（EV）『i MiEV』の採算性について年産「3万台規模がめどになる」との見方を示した。そのうえで「2013...
Honda still strong on hydrogen fuel cells, but eyeing plug-in hybrids as well
As the once-favored hydrogen highway becomes a mere side road on the route to oil independence with the Obama administration's push for rechargeable hybrid powertrains as the new favored alternative to the conventional gasoline engine, hydrogen pione...
Subaru offers details on electric Stella vehicle sales (富士重、電気自動車を７月に発売 三菱自と販売競争)
Subaru parent Fuji Heavy Industries has released a bit more information about the Electric Stella, which will enter the Japanese battery-electric vehicle market this summer.According to Global Insight, an economics and business consulting and analysi...
Nissan's EV to have a 100-mile range but no advanced-tech price premium
Nissan has unveiled a few more details this week about the electric vehicle it will launch in only 18 months.Mark Perry, director of Product Planning and Strategy for Nissan Americas, said the EV will be a "real car" offering real-world practicality....
Toshiba boosts discharge density of SCiB Li-ion battery
The Nikkei reports that Toshiba has improved the discharge density of its SCiB Li-ion battery to 3,900 W/kg. Last year, Toshiba described the development of a 3.0 Ah high-power version of the SCiB with 3,600 W/kg output specifically for hybrid electr...
Mazda to offer hybrids and EVs by 2015, bring new engine tech to Tokyo Auto Show
Mazda declared it wouldn't offer alternative powertrains (earlier post) in order to meet its goal of reducing the fuel economy of its vehicles by 30% by 2015. Now, Mazda CEO Takashi Yamanouchi has announced the automaker will begin offering both hybr...
Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S.
At a press conference in a few minutes here at the New York Auto Show, Mitsubishi representatives will officially announce that the i-MiEV electric vehicle - already a hit in test drives and displays the world over - will be coming to the U.S. This m...
Electric vehicles call for redefinition of automobiles
Metal-air battery drawing attentionQ: I'd like to ask about the batteries first.Hirota: Fuel cell vehicles feature longer driving distances and were expected to be commercialized at an early date. However, the introduction of FC vehicles into the mar...
三菱自、電気自動車生産能力を倍増 11年度２万台に (Mitsubishi doubles output target for i MiEV plug-in electric car)
三菱自動車は2011年度中に電気自動車「アイミーブ」の生産能力を当初計画の2倍の2万台に引き上げる。心臓部分であるリチウムイオン電池の生 産量も現在の2.5倍に増やす。09年度に生...
Mitsubishi signs MoU with the Principality of Monaco regarding testing of i MiEV electric vehicle (三菱自動車、モナコ公国と電気自動車の走行試験に関する覚書を締結)
Following a successful testing exercise conducted in December 2008 (earlier post), the Principality of Monaco, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Europe B.V. and MC Automobile (Europe) N.V. - a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation - yes...
