Over the last few months, several big car makers, including Nissan, Subaru, and Mitsubishi, have announced plans to produce all-electric cars before the end of the decade, or soon after. Now Daimler has announced that it to plans to jump on the growing EV bandwagon, with plans to roll-out a Mercedes-Benz electric car in 2010. According to Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche, the company also plans to offer an electric Smart car in the same year.
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Mercedes, Smart to Sell Electric Cars in 2010
(via gas2.org)
Submitted by peppapig on Mon, 2008-06-23 18:30. | Tags: technology | cars | daimler | Electric Cars | electric vehicles | environment | EVs | ForTwo | london | mercedes | mercedes-benz | smart | technology | transportation
V2 Green Technology Tested in Texas
(via www.greentechgazette.com)
V2Green of Seattle is collaborating with Austin Energy for Smart Charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that will enable the grid to charge the PHEVs only during off-peak hours and only using renewable energy.
Submitted by greentechgazette on Tue, 2008-02-12 00:42. | Tags: transportation | Austin | charging | electric | energy | hybrid | PHEV | plugin | smart | v2green | vehicles
Smart Cars Get Smarter with Fuel Cells
(via www.hydrogencarsnow.com)
As if Swatch-designed Smart Cars weren't already green enough, now the head cheese for the Swiss company wants them to run on fuel cells as well.
Submitted by hydrokevin on Mon, 2007-08-27 14:56. | Tags: transportation | car | cell | daimlerchrysler | fuel | smart | swatch | zap
