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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

BMW’s Mini is rolling out its electric car in three phases. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. . The third phase will be released around 2015. “That’s going to be tough.&#.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Mitsubishi to help Oregon build. China auto parts firms face. Chengdu Auto to be Chinas No.1. Gasgoo.com | ?? | Comments ( 0 ) Add Your Comment View Comments Post a comment Name Comment Verify Code Not Clear? Related Articles UK electric car buyers to get £5,000. Chrysler developing electric sports. BYD has a long way off to.

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Bailouts and Beemers

Plugs and Cars

None can deny the importance of the auto industry to the American economy, but no one was in the mood to pay obeisance to the once-powerful supplicants. At the LA Auto Show Ghosn and Governor Ted Kulongoski announced an agreement that will make Oregon the first state to see Nissan electric cars, beginning in 2010.