electric cars
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Magna building composite rear hatch for BMW i3 electric car
Company building complete liftgate for i3, which is then shipped to BMW and directly installed on car
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Cadillac ELR customers in Canada to get free home chargers
Promotion part of bid to boost stagnant sales of $78,000 Cadillac ELR electric coupe in Canada
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Experts say Ontario’s utility bureaucracy hinders rise of electric cars
Industry estimates claim less than half a per cent of province’s passenger vehicles are electric cars
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Top stories of 2012
From syrup thieves to search warrants to the end of the venerable Twinkie, these are CanadianManufacturing.com’s top news stories of the year, as chosen by our readers.
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GM discounts Volt, showing that electric cars must be cheaper for people to buy them
Discounts on Volt more than four times industry’s per-vehicle average, according to estimates
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Comparing ROI shows high costs putting brakes on electric vehicle market
High battery prices, outlandish MSRPs keeping the masses away from owning electric vehicles
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Ford and Best Buy team up for home car charging
Best Buy will sell Ford’s 240-volt home charging station—as well as consultation and installation—for the Ford Focus Electric battery electric vehicle and future plug-in electric vehicles.
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McMaster University gets $11.5M for auto research centre
McMaster University has been given $11.5 million from the federal government to create the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC) to research and develop green automotive innovations.
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Tesla signs $100-million powertrain agreement
Electric car-maker Tesla Motors Inc. has reached a three-year agreement to supply powertrain equipment worth about $100 million to a Japanese auto-maker.
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World’s fastest electric vehicle makes pit stop in BC
VANCOUVER: One of the world’s fastest electric cars made its first stop in Vancouver last week. The Racing Green Endurance (RGE) left Prudhoe Bay, Ala, on July 4, headed for Ushuaia, Argentina. After its 84-day journey through 14 counties, the…
