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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) See Chevy Volt for latest.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. The demand-is-everything argument is the cop-out line from the auto industry and our lovely government. and Chrysler. .&# and Chrysler.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. Sorry the market killed the EV1. you see that?

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