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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

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for sale to regular folks. said Monday that Tennessee is one of the first locations where it will sell its new all-electric car after it arrives in late 2010. He said Toyota’s 2010 Prius hybrid electric gets about 10 miles range on pure battery, while the planned Chevy Volt will get 40. A top Nissan official in the U.S.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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Ford’s rollout of electrified vehicles began in December 2010 with the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric—a small commercial van built in collaboration with Azure Dynamics. Earlier post.). When C-MAX Hybrid launches, Ford becomes North America’s largest maker of hybrid transmissions.

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The 60,000 Volt Question

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GM Could Reportedly Produce 60,000 Plug-in Hybrids in 2010 Source: GreenBiz.com by Jeff Green at Bloomberg OAKLAND, Calif., could reportedly produce up to 60,000 Volt electric cars in 2010 , its first anticipated year on the market. Toyota sold 5,562 Prius models in 2000, when it was on the market for part of the year.

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2021 US EV Sales Scoreboard: RAV4 Prime and Mustang Mach-E Are The Top-Selling Non-Tesla EVs

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What is a surprise to us, was the rebound in sales of the Prius Prime, which was up 128% YOY. And as you can see from the chart below, the the Prius is heading toward 60% of its sales being for the Prime PHEV version. 4 (16,742) BEVs. In fact two models, the Mach-E and ID.4,

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Study finds testing the technology the strongest initial motivation for fleet managers adopting EVs

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The study by William Sierzchula at Delft University of Technology, published in the journal Transportation Research Part D , used fleet manager interviews and pilot project report to investigate 14 US and Dutch organizations that adopted EVs from 2010 to 2013 to determine which factors influenced their purchase decisions.

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Can Toyota really claim to be green? The Green Piece

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Through it all Toyota has had a clear ray of hope, with the launch of the 2010 Toyota Prius just around the corner. The Prius came under fire in The Washington Post , which openly questioned its manufacturing process as explained in our article ‘ Could the Prius be harmful to the environment? ’. Our verdict.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

Today, EVs are making a comeback, and Paine’s chronicling the EV’s resurrection in his follow-up film, The Revenge of the Electric Car, set to jolt theaters in spring 2010. After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., Q: What about hydrogen? I think we’re halfway there.

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