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VW mini bus on Geneva Auto Show

It is absolutely the most interesting EV design. I am going to Geneva on the 11. of Marts and look forward to see it: More Pictures on: http://driving-dutchman.com/volkswagen-bulli-the-new-vw-microbus/
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Ecomove a new concept in EV

First pictures of a revolutionary Electric Vehicle from a Danish company Ecomove:   I hope to test it soon! More Pictures on: http://www.ecomove.dk
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Chevy Volt May Soon be Powered by Google

This is the way for modern transport!!! Online with a lot of options for communication and entertainment. I wonder why this comes with Electric Vehicles and not before with traditional cars:   See the whole article: http://gm-volt.com/2010/05/11/report-chevy-volt-may-soon-be-powered-by-google/
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Lithium Air battery

Update on the 12´of may: Study: http://green.autoblog.com/2010/05/11/study-the-future-of-electric-vehicles-could-ride-on-lithium-air/ Problems: http://www.matternetwork.com/2009/7/new-lithium-air-battery-has.cfm Production: www.marklines.com According to this article on All Cars Electric GM is working on a battery that is 10 times better: http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1044955_gm-confirms-lithium-air-battery-research-to-revolutionize-ev This subject will be covered on the EV Li-ion battery forum: http://www.ev-li-ionbatteryforum.com/?langswitch_lang=en
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What to look forward to test in 2011

This a nice list of cars we can expect to see in 2011: http://earth2tech.com/2010/04/27/12-plug-in-cars-you-can-drive-by-2011/
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V2G: What is Standing in the Way of the New Networked Car

I recently interviewed Sales Director for Better place in Denmark Torben Andersen. He told me that Better Place will not be ready with the possibility for sending back power from their Vehicles to the Grid (V2G) when they start operating next year. I was surprised to hear this because I thought that this is an important [...]
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Better Place to work with Chery on electric cars

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63N1GQ20100424 I am very glad about this announcement. At New Year I predicted that Better Place will announce two more partners in 2010 and that one was a Chinese: http://www.easyecar.com/electric-vehicle-test/what-kind-of-news-will-better-place-break-in-2010/ I if my prediction will come through who will be the next? A German? VW, BMW or Daimler. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId: "109100959108493", [...]
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VW Taxi concept

VW has revealed a very interesting taxi concept for Milan in Italy. It has a long range about 300 km but I can only be quick charged in about one hours. I think that is too long for a Taxi! It should be less than 15 min or be able to battery switch like the Better [...]
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Overdrawing batteries without damanging them

Range anxiety is the biggest drawback to electric cars. When the battery is dead, so are you, perhaps miles from the nearest charger. Read the article on: Techpuls 360 FB.init("426710954c28ce0086aa75777cd3d597"); EasyEcar on Facebook
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Looking for speakers to the EV Li-ion Forum in Beijing

I just wanted to inform you in advance that the speakers applications for the 2nd EV Li-ion Forum, Beijing 25-26 August 2010 are now open. Request the full programme and choose from over 40 topics and 4 streams here: http://www.ev-li-ionbatteryforum.com/contact/request-full-program/ If you want to apply as a speaker, we have a Programme Advisory Board (I am also [...]
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