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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In the 1990s, Waters led development of the battery pack for General Motors Corp.s s ill-fated EV1, which was and remains the only all-electric vehicle from a major automaker. Webster More autos headlines GM: We wont make June debt payment Granholm: Bailed-out banks suffocating Chrysler Mich. and EnerDel Inc.,

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. Ford and whatever it is they call Chrysler this week didn’t even bother to show up. He was the lead guy on the EV1 battery team and now he’s the head honcho of Bright. At least GM did a Disney display.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Don’t hold your breath for Australia… Chrysler luxury EV – now part of Stellantis, Chrysler has big EV plans, including a high-tech luxury EV that was previewed as a concept. Peugeot e-208, e-2008 – at least one of Peugeot’s compact BEVs will arrive Down Under by 2022. 2020 Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. General Motors has sought $10.3 Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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