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iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Mitsubishi plans on building around 2000 of them in 2009 for use in fleet applications in Japan. The biggest thing you notice about the car is how quite it is. The steering is light but precise.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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 ). In some areas where wind and hydropower is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

Was 2000 hrs by then. It was a dark desert highway, and there was cool wind in the hair. We used a constant power of 2-3 bar, did some wind-cheating and reached Jaipur in 2 hrs 45 minutes. Delhi Police waits patiently till the vehicle comes up for sale, and then recovers all the dues.) Was 1900 hrs by the time we left.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. " When he got back to the U.S., Sokol told Buffett, "This guys amazing. You want to meet him."

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