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IT TAKES A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS TO REFUEL YOUR CAR

The next time you roll into a gasoline service station or forecourt to refuel the family car, just remember this little act was a 100 million years in the making.
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THE BMW I3 & LIGHT BULBS. A CONNECTION IN WATTS

The bottom line… change the most used incandescent light bulbs in your home and save more than enough energy to power your BMW i3 electric car, forever. That’s a bright idea.
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When BMW's Stephan Augustin chided the bicycle industry for its e-backwardness during a recent industry trade show in Germany, Han Goes couldn't sit back and say nothing. Here's his response.

An electric-assist bicycle is a human-electric hybrid, in many respects not unlike a Toyota Prius, so why hasn't anyone come up with a energy display system that functions like that on a Prius? EV World's ePEDALER project issues a crowd-sourcing challenge.

Wireless Charging Forecast To Be Nearly $10 Billion Market By 2018
Several technologies already make wireless charging of electric vehicles feasible today.

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China to Overtake Japan As Leading Automotive Lithium-Ion Battery Maker
Pike Research forecasts global market for light duty vehicle lithium batteries to grow from $1.6 billion in 2012 to $22 billion by 2020.

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Struggle For a Greener America Has Its Share of Causalities
Nichola Groom considers the 'road kill' of businesses and policies meant to promote greener energy and transportation technologies.

Renault, Formula E Team Up on Electric Car Racing
Renault will manufacture the 42 electric Formula E race cars for the 2014 season, which now will include the city of Bangkok, Thailand.

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Graphene-boron Mix Shows Promise in Better Lithium-Ion Batteries
Rice University researchers find that while graphene alone doesn't make for good anodes, mixing it with boron dramatically increases the energy density.

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Tesla May Be Risky Way to Cash In On Electric Car Trend
Globe and Mail reporter Martin Mittelstaedt thinks the safest bet on investing in the growth of electric car market is on the power generation side: electric utilities and merchant power producers.

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Telsa Raises More Than $1 Billion
The success of the new fund-raising, and the company's recent share price explosion, point to strong investor belief in Tesla's long-term prospects.

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Fiat 500e Electric Car to Lease for $199/Month
To be leased and sold only in California, the 500e is priced at $32,500, but with combined federal and state incentives, purchase drops to equivalent of $20,500, one of the lowest priced EV in America.

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Japan Prepares for Hydrogen Car Future
Despite costing five times as much as a standard gasoline station, 13 Japanese companies are planning to build out 100 hydrogen fueling stations.

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Toyota Reportedly Increasing Lithium Battery Production Six-Fold
Lighter, smaller lithium batteries will enable Toyota to improve fuel economy of their hybrids what currently use heavier nickel-metal hydride batteries

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Indian Gov't's Subsidy Delay Stalling Electric Car Sales
Subsidy schemes that would help achieve India's National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 of seven million EVs are yet to see the light of the day.

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Creating BMW's i3 Electric Megacity Car
Auto News interviews BMW's Project i chief Ulrich Kranz about the process of designing what would become the company's i3 electric car.

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New York City's Latest Ban on E-Bikes Only Adds Confusion
Drew Grant finds that New York City Council's vote to 'close loopholes' only further confuses the question of what exactly is an electric bicycle.

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Learning On Earth From 'Off-World' Electric Vehicles
All three generations of six-wheeled NASA rovers have used electric power systems of various design and complexity to find their way around the Red Planet.

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Forecast: 10 Million Electric Car Charging Stations Worldwide By 2020
IMS Research sees the current global network of 135,000 charging stations to mushroom into 10.7 million by 2020 with most growth in U.S., China, Japan, and Germany.

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100,000 Electric-Drive Cars Now On American Roads
Plug In America pre-emptively celebrates the sale of the 100,000th electric-drive car sold in the United States on or around May 20, 2013.

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Is BYD Positioning Itself to Replace A123 in Lithium Starter Battery Market?
EV World contributor Juan Carlos Zuleta speculates on why BYD is shifting its battery and EV technology towards 48V microhybrids.

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Electric Car Sales in France Double
Current sales leader is Renault ZOE with 748 units sold, followed by Renault Kangoo Z.E. electric delivery van.

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Hero Eco Relaunches A2B Electric-Assist Bicycle in USA
Indian conglomerate took over A2B in later 2011 and is reintroducing in the USA, starting in San Francisco, California.

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