Thursday, December 17, 2009

Gas 2.0

Gas 2.0


Volvo Bringing Updated Electric C30 To Detroit, Will Start Trials in 2011

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:02 PM PST

Last September, Volvo introduced a proof of concept version of its all-electric C30 compact car. That car was more of a novelty than anything else; but now Volvo has done up the interior and added a complete set of instruments to bring the C30 EV to the prototype stage of a distant production version.

They will be debuting the prototype at next month’s Detroit Auto Show, and plan on producing at least 50 of them for a group of “selected users” to start test driving in 2011.

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More Than Half of Londoners Could Have Their Groceries Delivered by EV in 2010

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:27 AM PST

Sainsbury’s has been testing a fleet of 20 Smith Electric Vehicles for delivering groceries for several years and has found that they easily get the job done. Now it’s just ordered 50 more of the three and a half ton Edison vans—making the grocery chain (at least for now) the world leader in EV grocery deliveries.

Online orders will be delivered in the carbon-conscious all-electric delivery vans and will cover an area that makes it possible to serve an estimated 60% of people living in central London.

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