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Tiny Iowa town has the chargers, awaiting drivers
Associated Press
November 20, 2009

--The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait — if you can get there. The town, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any electric vehicles that venture through western Iowa.
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Batteries not included
San Diego Union Tribune
November 20, 2009

--Nissan and SDG&E unveiled the Leaf electric car. The five-seat hatchback, expected to go on sale in December 2010, is designed to go 100 miles between charges. Batteries sold separately. Not sold, actually, but leased. Drivers will pay for them in part with the money they save by not having to buy gasoline.
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Electric cars cloud miles-per-gallon ratings
The Washington Times
November 20, 2009

--In an age of hybrid, fuel cell and electric cars, miles per gallon aren't what they used to be. That's because you can't measure the energy cost of an alternative-fuel vehicle in gallons of gasoline.
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BMW wades into uncharted market waters with performance luxury gas-electric SUV
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
November 19, 2009

--This is the first hybrid BMW will sell in North America, and the first full hybrid it has introduced to the world. A mild hybrid 7-Series is on sale in Europe now, and coming here in the spring.
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BC's power grid could handle 2.5 million electric cars, study suggests
Guelph Mercury (Ontario, Canada)
November 3, 2009

--A study suggests B.C.'s power grid has the capacity to charge almost 2.5 million electric vehicles, almost equal to the number of vehicles on the province's roads now. The study by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions finds British Columbia has enough under-utilized generation capacity to support a large electric-vehicle fleet even in the winter when power demands are heavy.
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Customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
Asian News International (ANI)
November 17, 2009

--Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have come up with a novel approach of customizing electric cars for cost-effective commuting. The project is exploring how electric vehicles can be customized to cost-effectively meet an individual's specific commuting needs.
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FedEx, Vision Industries to test Tyrano truck
Datamonitor NewsWire
November 17, 2009

--FedEx Freight and Vision Industries, a producer of the zero-emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell hybrid Tyrano Ttruck, have entered into an agreement to test a tractor powered by the hydrogen/electric hybrid Tyrano drive train.
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Electric car takes to roads of national park
Aberdeen Press and Journal
November 17, 2009

--The first electric car in the Highlands has taken to the roads and streets of the Cairngorms National Park.
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Mercedes Debuts ML450 Hybrid SUV
PC Magazine.com
November 16, 2009

--Mercedes-Benz launched the ML450 Hybrid, the first European full hybrid vehicle in the U.S.
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Houston set for electric vehicle program
UPI Energy
November 16, 2009

--Reliant Energy and Nissan signed an agreement to establish Houston as a launch city to advocate the use of electric automobiles by the U.S. public.
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Industry Press Releases:

U.S.-China Electric Vehicles Initiative

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City of Houston Installs Coulomb Technologies Networked Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

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Northern Lights Energy and REVA Agree to Develop Iceland's EV Market
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Nearly 4 Million Hybrid Vehicles to Be Purchased by Fleet Managers Through 2015, Forecasts Pike Research

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Nissan Launches Scholarship Competition for University Students in Conjunction with Nissan LEAF Zero Emissions Tour
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