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Cars International, represent-atives of Kia in Malta, have launched the first electric car – Soul – manufactured by the Korean brand, which continues to break into new grounds and increase its market share in the car industry. A landmark in Kia’s history, the zero-emissions Soul EV is Kia’s first electric vehicle to be marketed by the company outside Korea. The

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Last week Bob Lutz’s plug-in truck maker VIA Motors received certification for sale from the EPA for its eREV van. VIA’s plug-in hybrid vans are now cleared for sale across the country, allowing its Mexican factory to begin production in earnest. While VIA Motors has a few demonstration fleets out to companies like California electric utility PG&E, it’s mostly been

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What’s the greenest new car of the year? A BMW electric car. The BMW i3, a wonderful entry electric car from BMW, was just announced the 2015 Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal. With carbon fiber, aluminum, bamboo, recycled plastic, and the greatest efficiency of any vehicle on the market, it’s really no surprise that the BMW

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Yep, you heard that right. The US is sitting on up to five gigawatts of offshore wind energy from just one leasing site alone, and the Interior Department has just put it up for auction. Located off the coast of Massachusetts, this is the largest ever single offshore wind energy site to be auctioned off in the US. More Offshore

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If you were asked whether solar hot water systems or solar PV systems were more economical at heating water, what would you say? Your first guess would probably be that solar hot water systems were more economical, right? Well, it turns out that maybe they aren’t (most of the time, anyways), according to a recent study. The study is coming

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A new startup, the Solar Cloth Company, has developed a lightweight solar cell “cloth” that can be used to “cheaply” and easily harness solar energy while stretched across sports stadiums, parking lots, etc, as per recent reports. The startup — which is based out of Cambridge, England — states that it is currently working to close deals that would see

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Many electric vehicle owners in the city of Chicago, and also in the state of Indiana, will soon have access to free EV charging, as per a number of recent press reports. First of all, the electric utility for the northern part of Indiana — Northern Indiana Public Service Company — will be offering free overnight charging to registered electric

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Advanced lead-carbon batteries could attract the interest of carmakers since they enable them to introduce mild hybrid powertrains based on the new 48V supply network and thus at low additional cost, believes EALABC project coordinator Allan Cooper. “This will help them comply with stringent CO2 regulations being introduced in 2020 with even tougher rules following in 2025”, he said. What’s

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After years of working on prototype vehicles, multiple car companies have announced a major push for hydrogen fuel cell automobiles. At the LA Auto Show last week, Toyota showed off its Mirai, a four-door passenger sedan with a $57,500 base sticker price and a hydrogen-only fuel system. Honda recently delayed its hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle until 2016,

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Canadian marine battery manufacturer Corvus Energy and Germany’s Siemens have been awarded a contract to install an energy storage system (ESS) on Fannefjord LNG hybrid ferry operated by Norway’s Fjord1. The vessel will use a 1,050V, 410kWh ESS consisting of 63 Corvus Energy AT6500 advanced lithium polymer batteries. Powered by two LNG generators, the ESS will be incorporated with the

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