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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

“What’s so great about our meetings is the action they can inspire,” Hanson said, referencing a recent gathering that featured a representative from Aptera who spoke about the company’s plans to build a 3-wheeled, solar-powered vehicle. Kevin Douglass is an ambassador for Aptera,” Hanson continued. “As No Teslas allowed.

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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

As there are no dealers, and all sales will happen directly with customers, assuming a margin of a lac rupees per car, that will be Rs 20 CR profit per annum if Strom manages to sell 200 cars each year. This will lead to more conversions. Now, can Strom Motors sustain themselves for the next 4-5 years?

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Establishing dealer network. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) That said, the interest in conversions continues to validate hybrid technology as a core technology thats here to stay.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Or if you don’t want to go into details, just compare the Volt to the Aptera :-) — James 15. Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them. How about using a competition sailplane for comparison, instead? April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it.

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