Senior government leaders have initiated a major push for hybrid and electric vehicles in a bid to bypass car makers overseas and avoid an environmental meltdown at home.
We saw a reflection of a modern and confident nation, and at the heart of our bid the electric atmosphere of the East End.
MAC WILLIAM BISHOP TAKEOVER BID Schneider Electric of France announced a $2 billion bid on Wednesday for Telvent of Spain, a provider of information technology software and services for energy, transport and infrastructure systems, in the second deal by the French company this week.
Hong Kong has launched a trial run of a fleet of electric taxis in a bid to tackle the island's serious pollution problems which, according to estimates from the independent think tank Civic Exchange, cause 3,200 premature deaths per year.
Chinese electric companies are currently bidding on the grid projects.
But if the South Texas Project expansion is built, it would be the first in a state using a restructured electric system with open bidding, a system that now covers more than half the country.
Chinese state electric companies are currently bidding to build the grid for the DPRK's planned large-scale increase in power generation and transmission capacity, but apart from the goal to build 100,000 new apartments in Pyongyang, few of the DPRK's other objectives for 2012 will likely be achieved.
Her father, a fitter for an electric company, ran an unsuccessful bid for Parliament in 1983.
DealBook » Invensys Receives Bid From Schneider Electric | The British engineering group Invensys said on Thursday that it had received a bid from Schneider Electric of France that valued the company at 3.3 billion pounds, or about $5 billion, The Financial Times reports.
Big automakers including GM, Toyota, the VW Group and Daimler have all launched major electric vehicle initiatives in a bid to meet consumer demand and ward off competition from Tesla.
General Motors is turning Cadillac into its lead electric vehicle brand in a bid to compete against Tesla as well as a host of other automakers bringing EVs onto the market.
