All About Alternate Fuel Vehicles (AFV)

December 11, 2007
Source: DesignNews.com
http://www.designnews.com/blog/460000246/post/470018647.html

In January 2007, a member of our Design News staff claimed responsibility for a murder; see “I Killed the Electric Car” by Chuck Murray. Chuck’s article presented simple calculations to illustrate that for standard American drivers, conventional electric cars make no sense due to long charge time and low mileage-per-charge. Nonetheless, Chuck elicited some angry reader feedback including a post, “What about the Chevy Volt, Chuck!?”, by our Editor-In-Chief, John Dodge, who apparently likes to wait 6 hours every time he needs to fuel his car.
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Miles Electric was one of two vehicle companies invited to attend and showcase their alternative fuel vehicles at the GreenXchange Global Marketplace Conference in Los Angeles December 10-11, 2007. The GreenXchange Global Marketplace Conference aims to facilitate and accelerate the diffusion of sustainable, green technology on a global scale.

Los Angeles, CA, December 13, 2007
Source:Miles Electric Vehicles milesev.com /press release /eMediaWire
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/12/emw576116.htm
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Tokyo, Dec 13, 2007
Source: Edmunds Inside Line
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=123961

A Japanese joint venture that links Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and GS Yuasa Corp. in the development and mass production of large lithium-ion batteries said it will start annual capacity at 200,000 units and plans to ramp up production in 2009.   The companies, which announced plans for the lithium-ion battery venture in May, formalized their relationship on Wednesday. (more…)

Santa Rosa, CA, Dec 7, 2007
Source: ZAP.com news
http://www.zapworld.com/node/280

By special invitation, advanced transportation pioneer ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB - News) met in California this week with a delegation of 46 experts in the electric car and related fields from throughout China.  The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) delegation is composed of officials, experts and entrepreneurs engaged in electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicle and related component developments, including motors, batteries, power electronics, and energy management.
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London, UK  November 20, 2007
Source: ZAP.com news
http://www.zapworld.com/node/205

A new four-dour electric car design from ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB - News) called the Xebra® has passed Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) inspection, allowing it to be driven on roads in the United Kingdom.  Electric car pioneer ZAP announced that the 100 percent electric Xebra sedan passed Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) inspection, allowing the car to be driven on roads in the United Kingdom.
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Danish Electric Car Scientists Extend Range of ZAP Xebra to 152 Miles With New Battery Management Technology. Lithium Balance Develops Battery Management Technology for ZAP
Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec 10, 2007
Source: ZAP.com press release/MarketWire
http://www.zapworld.com/node/281

Electric car scientists at Lithium Balance in Copenhagen and ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB) of California announced results of their latest tests of a new battery management system for lithium batteries, reporting that the Xebra pickup traveled 152 miles on a single charge.
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By: Bill Brown. Dec 12, 2007
Source: Hurricane Valley Journal
http://www.hvjournal.com/articles.php?id=3906
&art_title=HHS_Building_Electric_Car

With the price of gasoline rising every year, and no end in sight, the electric car may be in our future. An electric car is definitely in the future of a group of Hurricane High School students. Tera Houston’s Introduction to Engineering class is, among other projects, building an electric car. They plan on taking it to an Electrathon America race in Salt Lake City in May, 2008. (more…)

By Chuck Squatriglia, Dec. 11, 2007
Source: TheWired.com
http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/news/2007/12/eflex

General Motors has launched what it calls the auto industry’s first design studio focused exclusively on electric plug-in vehicles. Its first order of business is getting the Chevrolet Volt on the road by 2010.  The E-Flex Design Studio will employ 45 designers, engineers and scientists to develop vehicles featuring plug-in hybrid technology.  The ambitious program offers the strongest evidence yet that the world’s largest automaker is serious about its campaign to improve fuel efficiency, embrace hybrids and develop alternative-fuel vehicles. (more…)

GM is aiming to reclaim the lost mantle of automotive technology leadership from foreign auto makers
by Jeremy Cato,  Los Angeles, CA, December 13, 2007
Source: Globe and Mail
http://www.globeauto.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071212.wh-GMmain-1213/
GAStory/specialGlobeAuto/home

Byron McCormick — slightly balding and with glasses — looks just like your grandfather. This seems reasonable enough because he is a grandfather. And those grandkids have made him a true believer.  “I didn’t think about it with my kids and they’re grown up now. But I look at my grandchildren and I think to myself, the decisions we make today are going to directly affect them when they’re my age, say in 2050. We have to do this, to make these changes,” McCormick says over lunch at Electric Drive University.
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By Gwen Bristol, Bismarck Tribune / Dec. 16, 2007
Source: Bismarck Tribune
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/12/16/news/
business/doc4764bb066e85d917392135.txt

From the outside, Basin Electric Cooperative’s plug-in hybrid vehicle looks about like any other Ford Escape. A short cord extending from the rear bumper and the PLUG-1-IN license plate are the only indicators that this car is something special.  Chris VandeVenter, legislative representative for Basin Electric, said the vehicle was converted from a conventional hybrid to a plug-in hybrid with a rechargeable battery at the end of October.
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