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Electric Car Watch #11: Hyundai's Electric Car Plans for India

Plug In India

Launching an imported CKD kit in India was never a long term solution. This includes 14,243 Pure Battery Electric Cars, 4,451 Plugin Hybrids, and 1010 Fuel Cell cars. The South Korean auto major spent around $900 million to replace the affected batteries. Also, the replacement batteries had to come all the way from Korea.

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Two Week Commuting Report

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

With the charger plugin at both work and home, the PakTrakr fuel gauge doesn't seem to drop below the 80% mark, so I think the batteries will last a little while. I called around to several Porsche repair shops and finally found Dan Hall's Auto Machine. The same thing helps when starting from stopped on a hill. Stay tuned.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ryan Fulcher of Seattle Electric Auto Association, April 2006 CalCars and Maker Faire team ("PriusBlue" EAA-PHEV method later modified by Manzanita Micro as "PiPrius" testbed) King County, WA Contact Ryan Fulcher at webguy2007(at)eaa-phev(dot)org. Calcars/Felix Kramer, March 2006 EnergyCS San Mateo County, CA info@calcars.org 9. mark.lister@.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Everything is on the table."

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