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

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Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained. Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013.

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MAEAA Web Links

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GM/SaturnEV-1 : Join Kris Trexler on his "ChargeAcross America" GM/SaturnEV-1 : Peter Ohlers new EV. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. ElectricVehicles of America, Inc. Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion. HondaAccord : Bob Taylors conversion. Honda Civic :Mike Chanceys conversion.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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No party for Citis owners: You and me FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- When gas was topping $4 a gallon last summer, the urgency to find alternative sources of energy to power cars and trucks became clear to most Americans. This does not bode well for U.S. auto manufacturers. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Korean Model 3 clone, or something else altogether?

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Quick, name all the battery-electric sedans for sale in the US—that aren’t Teslas. Now, there’s another: the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is on sale at your local Hyundai dealer, joining the Ioniq 5 crossover utility and the smaller Kona Electric hatchback. Hyundai’s well aware that SUVs now handily outsell sedans in North America.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Visionary Vehicles Team w/Malcolm Bricklin (who brought the Subaru and the Yugo to America) aims for luxury PHEV. We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc.

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