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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. But it’ll be clean and fun, so this brand pivot makes a lot of sense. The Toyota Prius, a battery-gasoline hybrid, is a very famous and recognizable example of this approach.

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Maritz study finds growing but still low US consumer awareness about alternative fuel technologies; knowledge gap and confusion a sales challenge for OEMs

Green Car Congress

While awareness is high and knowledge has increased since a Maritz Research 2006 poll, few consumers today purport to be very familiar with either electric-only, flex fuel or gasoline-hybrid vehicles. 13% said they were very familiar with clean diesel and 6% with hydrogen. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles rose from 15 to 22%.

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Toyota highlights its eco-factory

Green Cars News

After facing some questionable criticism about its manufacturing processes and how green the Toyota Prius really is, the Japanese manufacturer has hit back with a Press release highlighting its environmentally focused manufacturing. It suggests that the Prius is a standard bearer for clean operations and the use of renewable energy sources.

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The Road to Independence

Plug In Partners

The Road to Independence Sunday, July 2, 2006 PATRICK MAZZA AND RICH FELDMAN Guest Columnist An economic earthquake is poised to shake the globe. In so doing, we can help lead America toward clean energy independence that protects our economy, our environment and our security. A flex fuel plug-in car could be nearly oil free.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. In the Toyota Prius companies like EDrive and Hybrids-Plus have simply developed their own replacement for the OEM battery management subsystems and replaced the battery pack. it is in miles.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

From there she went on to author and spearhead AB 32 our Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. There’s three different plug-in alternatives for you below, a Tesla, a Mitsubishi MiEV and a Plug-In hybrid coverted Prius. Plug them in, charge them up, drive silent, drive clean. I told you the beautiful people were all there.

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It s Prius; Americans bought 205,790 of them last year. It had gobs of torque," he recalls. In June, U.C.