By Jonathan Read •
October 12, 2009
While Electric Vehicles (EVs) gear up to hit Main Street next year, EVs are already rolling through Wall Street.
An example is the recent (and successful) initial public offering (IPO) by the American battery maker A123 (AONE). A123 provides lithium-based batteries for EVs, and through its IPO, has now provided the finance community with one of the first mainstream opportunities to invest in a pure EV play. The overwhelming response from the “Street” reflects tremendous market confidence in the future of the EV business.
By Jonathan Read •
August 26, 2009
-Above: the Nissan “Leaf” Electric Vehicle (learn more on the Nissan/eTEC partnership).
With $99.8 million from the Federal Government, ECOtality is on a mission to make America plug-in ready.
There’s been a tremendous flurry of activity in recent weeks with President Obama’s announcement of $2.4 billion in grants to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of the next generation of U.S. batteries and electric vehicles. We at ECOtality and our subsidiary Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec) are thrilled to be a part of that activity as the recipients of $99.8 million grant for the largest electrification transportation project in history.
Our history in electric transportation dates back to 1989 and we have worked on every EV initiative in North America since then. Today, through our grant from the federal government, we’re embarking on an exciting project to truly make America plug-in ready: we are partnering with Nissan to deploy 5,000 zero-emission battery electric vehicles and 12,750 charging stations in five markets across the United States.
The Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. and Nissan North America win a $99.8M grant from the Department of Energy to support the largest deployment of electrical vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history.
The project will use Nissan’s LEAF, an early stage zero-emission EV to study and develop the logistics and necessary scale behind the implementation of a national charging infrastructure, that will in turn, support large-scale EV deployment. Initial stages of the project include the deployment of 5,000 EVs and EV charging stations in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington. Don Karner, President of eTec, sums up the industry e-coup:
By studying lessons learned from electric vehicle operations and the infrastructure supporting these first 5,000 vehicles, the Project enables the streamlined deployment of the next 5,000,000 electric vehicles…Nissan and over 40 government and industry partners, will enable this Project to successfully pave the way for electric transportation nationwide.
By Sam Adams •
August 5, 2009
For a city with so many amazing trees, Portland is getting ready to add a bunch of new LEAFs to our streets.
No, that’s not a typo. I’m talking about the LEAF, Nissan’s just-unveiled electric vehicle, which is set to hit dealerships in the fall of 2010. In our quest to be the nation’s leader in electric vehicle infrastructure, usage and development, the Portland region took a big step forward today with the announcement that Nissan and eTec selected Oregon as one of five test markets for the largest deployment of EV’s and the associated charging station network in American history.
By Susan Kraemer •
July 12, 2009
Electric transport and infrastructure company ECOtality has made a move to expand its manufacturing and distribution operations for electric vehicle charging systems in China by entering into a joint venture with the Chinese firm Shenzhen Goch Investment to establish a manufacturing base in China.
In return for a $10 million investment, Shenzhen Goch Investment will have exclusive sale and distribution rights for ECOtality’s charging stations in China.
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By Andrew Williams •
March 10, 2009
Nissan have announced plans to roll out a ‘fast charge’ electric car network in Arizona, capable of topping up batteries in as little as 10-15 minutes.
The Japanese company has teamed up with EV charge-tech firm ECOtality and the Pima association of government’s, (representing the Tucson, Arizona region), to establish a pilot-scale network in readiness for the launch of Nissan electric cars in the US next year.
By Nick Chambers •
July 24, 2008
In a slew of announcements this week, a picture of what the future of plug-in vehicle charging might look like is starting to emerge.
The Problem:
There are 54 million garages for the 247 million registered cars in the US, meaning that the majority of cars are parked overnight in parking structures, parking lots or curbside.
As a result, most potential plug-in vehicle consumers do not have an adequate place to charge their vehicles. This problem is even more pronounced in urban areas like San Francisco, where only about 16% of cars are parked in garages overnight and the rest end up curbside or in parking lots.
Also, although the US power grid probably has enough overall capacity to supply energy to a nation of plug-in vehicles, it may not have the ability to charge them when they all plug-in and demand energy at the same time — say 6 pm every weekday.
By Ecotality Life •
July 13, 2007
Editor's note: This week, Ecotality's A Siegel reviews Fred Pearce's When the Rivers Run Dry - Water: The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century. This post was originally published on July 12, 2007.
Humanity faces severe challenges in the coming century.
- Are you fearful about Global Warming? I am.
- Peak Oil giving you the blues? Join me in concern.
Well, let me add to your worries — as mine have been mounting. Water, one of the most renewable
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