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Mitsubishi Sees 2009 launch for iMiEV EV

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Mitsubishi Motors President Osamu Mashiko clearly stated "We will commercialize a small electric vehicle in 2009.". Techon blog from Japan gives more details. 16kWh of Lithium betteries. 160 kilometer range.

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Subaru to Begin EV Sales in Japan in 2009

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Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has issued a press release, according to Green Car Congress , announcing that 2009 rather than 2010 will see the sales of the first 100 electric Subarus in Japan. FHI's President Ikuo Mori foresees the price down below $20,00 by 2012 for this subcompact, as production ramps up for the Lithium battery packs.

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Financial Times on Th!nk

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10,000 Think City electric cars in 2009. It plans to begin selling its cars in Norway, Denmark, Switzerland and the UK next year, with projected sales of 10,000 cars in 2009 and double that by 2011. If Think can begin making thousands of cars per year in 2009, I suspect there won't be much competition for years.

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Tom Hanks on his electric car

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Boyer’s article (April 27, 2009) MAY 18, 2009 Peter J. Tom Hanks' letter to the editor of the New Yorker about his electric car, a Toyota RAV4 EV. RE: THE ROAD AHEAD A letter in response to Peter J. Boyer, in his otherwise spot-on piece about the car industry, assumes that I once leased G.M.’s

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Oregon incentives to shift from hybrids to plug-ins

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Oregon's House has passed a bill to end the $1500 tax credit for conventional hybrid vehicles on the last day of 2009. After that point only plug-in vehicles qualify. House Bill 2180 , which passed overwhelmingly, Creates specific tax credit for purchasers of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related equipment.

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Dissipating Doubt

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As announced in Frankfort and reported in Detroit , GM hopes for a 2009 release of the first Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid SUV. Leaving wiggle room, "2009-ish" brand general manager Jill Lajdziak said Thursday.

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Dodge EV bests Dodge Challenger

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How about tying the billions of bailout dollars to EVs on the road by the end of 2009? It doesn't surprise that the electric car outpaced the competition. That such a car was ready to show so quickly does. No one doubts that a base of early adopters is chomping at the bit for plug-in cars.

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