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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ Most homeowners have or can easily set up for plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) battery charging overnight while the driver sleeps. [ 5 ] Increasing numbers of drivers can get PEV charging at their workplace. [

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

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The critical need for government leadership in the emergence of electric vehicles dominated a recent Green Fleet Management discussion in Toronto, hosted by Fleet Challenge Ontario. In an interview published in Maclean’s, a Canadian news magazine, the chairman and CEO of General Electric said, “ Government should be a catalyst for change.

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Electric cars ‘unlikely to ever offer viable alternative’

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An investigation by E&T Magazine suggests that long-term limitations in battery technology could restrict electric cars to under a 100-mile range-while rapid charging could limit the battery life to two years. Published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, [.].

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Audi scraps A2 electric car plan

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Premium car maker Audi is planning a u-turn on some of its electric car plans according to automotive magazine, Car. According to the British mag, Audi has cancelled its plans to produce a battery-powered A2 model and is likely to axe plans for the A1 e-tron hybrid.

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Nissan and EnerDel team up for research

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In an effort to produce a new electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries, Nissan has joined forces with EnerDel to co-fund research at the Argonne National Laboratory. Tags: Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Nissan Argonne National Laboratory electrolyte EnerDel.

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Does the future of electric cars hinge on costs?

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According to Ron Cogan, founder and editor of the Green Car Journal , the Obama administration is betting heavily on technology and that electric cars are not an exclusive answer to future transportation challenges and consumers will not be willing to buy them at all costs.

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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

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Slow, clunky, even potentially “life-threatening” – these are just a handful of the insults that have been thrown the way of electric car maker REVA and particularly its G-Wiz model. According to Chetan Maini, the man behind the company, the factory represents the first mass production of a green car. Leaders of the pack.

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