Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos ). Using the average U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

This gives the i-MiEV a top speed of 80mph and a range of up to 100 miles in ideal conditions but more like 70 miles in normal day to day driving. There is no whine from the motor like you get with most electric vehicles, and even the noise from wind and tires on the road is minimal. The steering is light but precise.

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Mitsubishi i-MiEV Electric Vehicles Vehicles 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Ive flown 8,000 miles to meet Wang, and on the way to the interview, my driver pulls to the side of a dusty highway. He wanted to be in business with Buffett - to enhance his brand and open doors in the U.S., "That was a good sign."

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