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Two adjacent Southern California cities have been competing for the factory where Tesla Motors will build its all-electric 2012 Model S luxury sports sedan. Now, a pair of local papers have scooped the automotive press and broken the news: Downey beats Long Beach.

Downey Mayor Mario Guerra told the Downey Patriot that the deal is "99.9 percent done," and the Downey City Council could meet as early as tonight to approve the deal that would turn the 80-acre former NASA site over to a development company on Tesla's behalf.

Tesla received $465 million of low-interest loans from the Department of Energy this summer. Those loans require that a...

Listen up, early adopters and EV fans. If you're one of the first 5,000 buyers of the 2012 Nissan LEAF that was just announced this week, it looks like you'll get a home-based charger as part of the deal.

Arizona-based eTec has been selected for a $99.8 million grant and will exclusively supply the first Nissan LEAF EV buyers with chargers.

eTec said that it will be the "largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history."

The tech company intends to cover Corvallis, Eugene, Portland, and Salem, Oregon; Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Nashville, Tennessee; Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California;...

Nissan is getting ready to release its first electric vehicle and to help butter up potential customers the automaker has today revealed images and details of the new car, which has been dubbed the ‘LEAF’. At the opening ceremony of Nissan’s new global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan today, Nissan took the covers off the LEAF for the first time and confirmed a late 2010 launch date for Japan, the U.S. and Europe.

Designed specifically for a lithium-ion battery-powered chassis, the LEAF is a mid-size hatchback that comfortably seats five adults and has a range of more than 100mi to satisfy real-world consumer requirements.

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