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USA Today: Environmentalists Laud California’s Electric-Car Mandate

Environmentalists are thrilled about California’s adoption of the toughest, new clean-air regulations in the country that will mandate that one out of seven cars sold in 2025 are plug-ins or full electrics.

In particular, they say that the mandate will help lower prices of electric cars because it will force more of them to be manufactured. Makers will finally achieve economies of scale.

California Air Board To Vote On Landmark Electric-Car Rules

In a move that could reshape the American automobile industry, California regulators Thursday are expected to approve sweeping new rules requiring that 15 percent of new cars sold in California by 2025 run on electricity, hydrogen or other systems producing little or no smog.

Ground Breaks on West Coast Electric Highway

Work starts on state’s first public electric car charging station

BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Today, officials from the Washington State Department of Transportation, Bellingham Mayor Dan Pike and local business leaders celebrated the ground breaking of the state’s first DC fast charger and its segment of the West Coast Electric Highway

Power Technology Industry Executive Wahid Nawabi Joins AeroVironment as Senior Vice President and GM

Power Technology Industry Executive Wahid Nawabi Joins AeroVironment as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Efficient Energy Systems Business Segment

• Senior Vice President Mike Bissonette Transitions to Deputy General Manager
• Bissonette will Focus on Enhancing Operational Performance

America’s First ‘Electric Highway’ Will Be Up And Running Within Months

As more electric cars begin rolling off production lines, the need for infrastructure to support alternative-energy vehicles becomes increasingly vital.

Washington has been prepping its roadways for the future wave of electric cars for more than a year by planning an extensive network of recharging stations in the nation’s first “Electric Highway.”

 

Nissan, Sumitomo Bring Low-Cost Electric-Car Quick Charger to U.S. Market

HONOLULU, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/—Nissan North America Inc. (NNA -0.31%, news) today announced that it is bringing an innovative, low-cost DC quick charger for electric cars to the U.S. market. The DC quick charger is being launched as part of a global collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation, with the first installations planned for early 2012.

Nissan and Sumitomo also announced that they are looking to Nissan North America’s preferred home charging station partner AeroVironment AVAV to be their wholesale and retail distributor, as well as the preferred provider for U.S. installation services. 

Big Ideas Need Time To Develop

Nov 08, 2011 (The Salina Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX)—There are lots of great ideas, but turning one into a usable—and sellable—product can take years, if not decades.

That was part of the message from Tim Conver, chairman and CEO of AeroVironment, a California-based company known worldwide for its innovations.

AeroVironment Completes First Electric Vehicle Commercial Charging Station Installations in Hawaii

• Newly-installed electric vehicle charging stations at the Marriott Waikiki help address growing demand for sustainable tourism
• Upcoming installations planned for Embassy Suites Waikiki Beach Walk and OHANA Waikiki East in Honolulu, Wailea Beach Marriott on Maui
• Solutions tailored for commercial, residential, recreational and transportation parking locations

AeroVironment: EV Pioneer Becomes A Charging Leader



Oregon DOT Selects AeroVironment for Electric Vehicle Chargers

22 fast-chargers will be sited throughout northwest Oregon

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has selected AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) to supply, install, operate and maintain twenty-two (22) electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging stations along major transportation corridors and travel destinations in northwest Oregon. Site review and selection is commencing and construction is scheduled to be complete by December 2012. Funding for the project came from a $2 million U.S. Department of Transportation TIGER II (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant.