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Electric Auto Association

Pohorsky also spoke of chapter members Tom McCalmont, founder and CEO of Paired Power , building solar canopy charging stations that can be assembled and installed in four hours, and Richard Hatfield, founder and CEO of Lightning Motorcycle. He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. The rechargeable battery is made up of 5,088 cells grouped into 48 modules.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China.

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