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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

I took some surplus parts and motorcycle batteries… it was definitely Rube Goldberg style,” Smith explained. It was like the early days of the automobile industry when everything was so scattered,” Smith explained. North Carolina chapter spawns an LEV training business.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.

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