Largest bus dealership in U.S. opens second alt-fuel conversion facility in Indiana

Filed under: Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, Natural Gas, Green Daily
California-based Creative Bus Sales, the largest commercial bus dealership in the U.S., has officially opened the doors of its 30,000-square-foot alternative fuel conversion facility in Elkhart, IN. The facility will perform the necessary tasks to convert gasoline-powered buses, trucks and vans to run on either propane or compressed [...]

Coulomb Technologies opens first Manhattan electric vehicle charging station

Filed under: EV/Plug-in
Coulomb Technologies opened its first public electric vehicle charging station in Manhattan this week as part of the ChargePoint America program. Under a Department of Energy-funded program, Coulomb and other charging station manufacturers are installing thousands of outlets in cities around the United States. The new Manhattan station has been installed in an [...]

SAIC opens design center at MG’s Longbridge site

Filed under: Concept Cars, China, Plants/Manufacturing, UK, Design/Style

MG Zero Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. has done a stand-up job evangelizing the MG brand with the MG6 and the Zero Concept (the latter slated for production as the MG3). Now, the automaker has added an $8.2 million design center to [...]

Nissan opens first technical training center geared to electric vehicles

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, Green Daily

“I wouldn’t touch that thing with a ten-foot pole!” That’s the statement we often hear when it comes to working on potentially dangerous electric vehicles (EVs). This anti-EV sentiment can be heard from shadetree mechanics and old-timers who aren’t specifically trained to work on the high voltage, amped-up inner workings [...]

GM design studio opens in South Korea, draws first spaceship picture

Filed under: Concept Cars, GM, Design/Style, South Korea

Seoul Advanced Design Studio concept – Click above for high-res image

The General Motors Seoul Advanced Design Studio has been putting out images for at least a year, but GM is only now making the announcement that it’s officially open. Our initial joy was tempered by the fact that [...]

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