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GM looking to combination of internal R&D and external investments for new technology; focus on five key areas; the importance of generational change

Green Car Congress

It’s about higher performance at lower cost. Everybody in a certain way understands the benefit of electric drive, but the cost of the technology is too high. It’s not about rapidly changing electric drive technology as much as it is changing the technology in a way to give customers more capability at lower cost. GM Ventures.

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Electrification Coalition Roadmap Calls for 75% of Light-Duty Vehicle Miles Traveled in the US to Be Electric by 2040

Green Car Congress

Establish tax credits equal to 75% of the cost to construct public charging infrastructure in phase one ecosystems. Establish tax credits equal to 50% of the costs of the necessary IT upgrades for utilities or power aggregators to sell power to GEVs in phase one ecosystems. Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries.

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