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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

Electric Auto Association

“Mothers are driving the kids, the dog, and lots of stuff around town and there haven’t been a lot of electric minivans. Education is the tool “The more we can educate women on the benefits of driving electric, the more women will buy and lease electric,” Sinclair remarked. They just don’t realize how easy it is to drive electric.

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UC Davis, ITDP report finds shared mobility essential for realizing full benefits of electrification and automation

Green Car Congress

A new report from a team at the University of California, Davis, and the New York-based nonprofit Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) has concluded that shared mobility is a critical enabler for realizing the benefits of electrification and autonomous driving.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thankfully, since parts of the powertrain in the Circuit are also used in other Chrysler ENVI vehicles - like the all-electric USPS minivan that was unveiled earlier today - work that is done on one model can be applied to others. Can these things add up to make a car that people want to buy? No coasting available. Small size.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. People wont buy a full car. Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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