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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

Here's the press release: PLUG-IN PARTNERS DECLARES VICTORY In January 2006, Austin Energy launched the national Plug-In Partners campaign, a grassroots effort to demonstrate to automakers that there is sufficient demand to support the mass production of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Automakers are now on board.

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Governor Pataki On Board

Plug In Partners

This will allow the vehicles to operate on emissions-free battery power, reducing the amount of fuel utilized and significantly decreasing the release of harmful pollutants, including greenhouse gases. The company’s lithium-ion batteries can be used in a variety of products and applications.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", See our frequent comments at our news archive. The biggest barrier is the battery."

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

Hans Greimel Automotive News July 6, 2009 - 12:01 am ET. That bet takes shape at a new lithium ion battery plant and at an electric-vehicle assembly line that Nissan will build at its Smyrna, Tenn., In California, Nissan of Elk Grove owner John Driebe thinks Nissan has identified a powerful new market segment.

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