Novatel began to ship its next-generation Ovation wireless router for EV-DO Revision A networks during the third quarter.
Despite having shaved off greenbacks from its all-electric sedan's price tag, it appears business isn't going as well as hoped for EV-maker Coda Automotive.
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The TDI engine charges the battery while driving in order to store enough electrical energy for EV operation later in the journey-for instance, in an urban area.
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"Some of the most premium parking spaces were used for EV charging, and there weren't the vehicles to support them, and you can imagine what the impact was for non-EV drives, " said Mike Tinskey, manager of global electrification at Ford Motor Co.
And while the EV-DO connection was fast enough for web browsing, the review cautioned against trying to use it for real-time applications like VoIP (of course, the same could be said for standalone EV-DO as well).
"Being able to provide our customers with the best overall efficiency of any retail EV has always been a key target for the Spark EV engineering team, " said Pam Fletcher, GM executive chief engineer for electrified vehicles.
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None of the Karma's instrument software, the graphical flowcharts and gauges for the EV range and power depletion, has been recoded.
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The immediate goal is to develop a secondary battery for an EV that could provide extra mileage in a matter of seconds.
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Things are rocking north of the border for the EV-DO crowd, so here's hoping they land here soon, and yes, we're looking at you Sprint and Verizon.
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This'll give LTE carriers a technology path that should easily carry CDMA through the end of its life without oversaturation, and as an added bonus, it frees up space for more EV-DO spectrum.
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Since the previous sentence probably only made sense to about four of our readers out there, we'll break it down for you: EV-DO is the same 3G wireless technology being used by Verizon for the next-generation network they're currently building, and has average download speeds of around 500 Kbps.
For years, EV boosters have mulled the possibility of all those car batteries being used to store energy.
The HondaLink family also includes HondaLink EV, specifically designed for the all-new Fit EV all-electric vehicle and the upcoming Accord Plug-In Hybrid.
And, by implication, a right EV for just about no one.
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The motor and other driveline parts for the Spark EV are made in Baltimore, but the car is assembled in South Korea along with the gasoline version.
IBM, infrastructure companies and utilities are mining electric vehicle data to plan where to put charging stations, manage the impact on the power grid and develop new services for the nascent EV industry.
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It runs on battery power for about 40 miles, after which a small gasoline engine kicks in to power an electric motor that extends the EV range for up to 300 miles.
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Furthermore, diversified firms often report EV only for their life divisions, making it harder still to compare companies on a consistent basis.
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Tesla is also in production of battery packs for the Daimler Smart EV's and in battery development programs with other vehicle and stationary customers.
The company has issued another statement after a parked, thankfully empty Karma EV opted for some self-immolation in a Californian parking lot last Friday.
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Meanwhile, drugstore chain Walgreens has plans for up to 800 EV chargers on site, and has 400 deployed in 18 areas including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Tampa, and Portland, Oregon.
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C-MAX Energi will soon be available for order at Ford Certified EV Dealers.
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"We believe that for the foreseeable future most EV drivers will primarily charge at home, " said Tanvir Arfi, President, Bosch Automotive Service Solutions.
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Sprint, which originally was supposed to use a standard called EV-DV for their next-generation high-speed wireless network, have made an about face and now say they're going to use EV-DO instead.
The sales rate in these hybrid-hating markets is 1.5 percent, half the national average, and they account for only 1 percent of EV sales, even though they represent 6.6 percent of all vehicle sales.
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First unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show last month, Verizon is pimping V CAST as a new multimedia service for the high-speed EV-DO wireless network they're currently rolling out in different cities across the country.
As a long term holder of KNDI, I understand your frustration, but If you had been following the China press, particularly yesterday and today, you would have realized that the long awaited approval from Hangzhou for its 20, 000 EV program is finally about to happen with KNDI as the only logical participant.
Ford has published a guide for first responders encountering its Focus EV involved in accidents.
Spark EV will be eligible for coveted high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes in California.
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Palo Alto, California-based Tesla designs and manufactures EVs and EV power train components for partners such as Toyota and Daimler.
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