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Taiwan goes up market with EVs

Taiwan makes electric bicycles but mainly with most of the added value being in China, often by collaboration, in joint ventures with Chinese manufacturers.

US truck, bus, military EV producers get active

manufacturing plant will produce 2,500 electric buses a year, and employ around 1,300 workers over the next five years

Department of Energy announces closing of $529 million loan to Fisker

Manufacturing at shuttered Delaware GM plant expected to create over 2,000 jobs

General Motors ventures gets ambitious

General Motors (GM) has established a new subsidiary designed to help the company identify and develop innovative technologies in the automotive and transportation sector, called General Motors Ventures.

Electric cars - learning from the past

In 1880, they said that the future of the car was electric. In April 2010, Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company said "It appears that the biggest game-changer will be electric vehicles."

Toyota to invest in Tesla to develop electric vehicles

Japanese motor giant Toyota is preparing to join forces with US car manufacturer, Tesla Motors to develop and manufacture electric vehicles and components.

DOE closes a $529 Million loan to Fisker Automotive

The Department of Energy has closed a $528.7 million loan with Fisker Automotive for the development and production of two lines of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV).

A step toward lighter batteries

Lightweight batteries that can deliver lots of energy are crucial for improving the range of electric cars.

Fuel cell that harvests electricity from glucose and carbohydrates

Researchers at Brigham Young University have developed a fuel cell that harvests electricity from glucose and other sugars known as carbohydrates.

Concerns about lithium supply

Is a problem looming in the electronics industry due to some estimates that the demand for lithium will increase three to seven times by 2012?