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Fires, faults and failures: Are the Press unjustly battering electric cars? The Green Piece.

Green Cars News

August 21, 2012. Despite the commonplace occurrence of crashes, mechanical failures and manufacturer recalls for petrol and diesel cars, [.]. The Green Piece Column. A combustion vehicle crashed and burst into flames today. I don’t know that as a fact, it’s just a fairly safe assumption to make in a world of some one billion cars.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production.

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