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PHEV conversion company Echo Automotive completes $3M financing, joins CALSTART

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Echo’s Chief Technology Officer is John Waters, the founder & CEO of Bright Automotive ( earlier post ).

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EDAG Showcases Latest Version of Light Car Concept EV at Geneva; Emphasis on Space Frame

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With the idea of uniting specific technologies provided by specialists in a vehicle that was quite independent of any car manufacturer, it was our intention to create a technology carrier that would show what could be done now and in the future in electric car concepts. EDAG CEO, Jörg Ohlsen. Earlier post.).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Expects production around 2014.

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