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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.) Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types. So far, most start as hybrids.

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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The Beginning (2003). Martin Eberhard , Marc Tarpenning the company’s first CEO and CFO respectively, started the company in 2003 and named it Tesla motors in the honors of Nikola Tesla a great inventor of all time and who changed the course of electrical technology with his A.C Contrary to common belief, Elon Musk did not found Tesla.