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VW Jumps on the Bandwagon

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Here's the story from Motor Trend : VW jumping on plug-in hybrid bandwagon with TwinDrive system Nate Martinez June 26 2008 Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn announced today that pre-production testing of the automaker's plug-in hybrid electric system, dubbed TwinDrive, is underway with the full support of the German government.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the. posted May 10, 2010 at 9:49 am EDT. Beijing and New york —. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

Cars That Think

Coughlin is a regular contributor on digital storage for the Forbes blog and other news outlets. IEEE-USA president as well as chair of the IEEE New Initiatives Committee , the IEEE Public Visibility Committee , and IEEE Region 6. IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The battery is similar to the one selected for the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid due out in November of 2010. Henrik Fisker, a car designer and cofounder of the company, said at the New York Auto Show last week that the car is part of his effort to show that environmentally friendly cars need not be small and underpowered.

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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?", In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. So what I see is that even if GM could sell its Volt platform vehicles in 2010 and at HALF its expected pricing, it would only leave it in with a pack of at least 4 other major players and all selling hybrid models much cheaper than GM. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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