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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

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Powered by Share » Digg this Add to del.icio.us Also, answer the “Question of the Week” and enter for a chance to win a free full-conference pass to EmTech—the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT (a $1,795 value). By Kevin Bullis Audio » Listen - Flash Listen - MP3 Subscribe to podcast What is this?

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. A Fiat-based battery powered small car is slated for production shortly after the Circuit, according to Chryslers viability plan.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. must create a strong electric car industry. The answer may lie in Silicon Valley.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we 11/11/06 General Motors Corp. Detroit News ).

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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More Andy Grove on battery power More Is it time to buy American Express? Wang takes a seat across from me - he is 43, a smallish man, with black hair and glasses - and begins, through an interpreter, to tell me his story. More Most Popular Most Read Most Commented Editors Picks No party for Citis owners: You and.

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