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Top 10 green cars at Frankfurt

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Concept – The VW Up doesn’t make its debut until next year, but it has already been surpassed in the innovation stakes by the lithium-ion battery powered e-Up which will have a top speed of 84mph, move from 0-62mph in 11.3seconds and have a range of about 80miles. Lexus LF-Ch – Considered a rival to the BMW 120d and the Audi A3 2.0

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Cadillac electrifies its most popular SUV as the Escalade goes EV

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Cadillac said it would electrify its most popular SUV as the Escalade will go EV with the introduction of its battery-powered Escalade IQ. Rory Harvey, company Vice President said in February, when releasing initial details about the three new EVs this year, that they will begin production in 2024.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. and Canada chosen by their peers.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Some of the new and updated models, such as a battery-powered version of Geelys Panda hatchback, may hit the market as early as October, and in some cases they might carry price tags low enough for farmers and other rural residents with limited financial means. Great Wall Motor Co., Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. in late 2010.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. and Canada chosen by their peers.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Variations of lithium-ion batteries, as used on a smaller scale in laptops andmobile phones, are seen as the next big step. Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models. to charge overnight.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"When I first visited the BYD factory, I was shocked," says Daniel Kim, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst based in Hong Kong, who has been to the fully automated production lines in Japan and Korea. And Wang stresses that BYD, unlike Sony and Sanyo, has never faced a recall of its batteries. On a trip to the U.S.,

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