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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

Clean Fleet Report

With the recent growth of the electric automobile industry , it’s no surprise that EVs are a hot topic of conversation. However, it’s worth noting that battery-powered vehicles have been around for more than a century. It All Began in the More than a Century Ago. Story by Martin Banks. EVs started simple.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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.) This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). This is unusual. Detroit News ).

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