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Electric Vehicles to Orchestrate the Soundscape of the Future

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I remember getting into a car and I couldn’t feel or believe that I was moving inside a vehicle because I have only traveled in diesel-powered jeeps or buses until then. For me, the noise of the moving vehicle was the primary sign that I am moving. The Responsibility.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Expects production around 2014.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". I am a big proponent of unions but honestly, stop playing ball and just cut the pay of EVERYONE including your top execs and stop yourself from going out of business. We had a Celebrity (1987-1994) and it was a piece of crap. Never again.

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