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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. car’s introduction. If electric cars can’t break out of niche status in. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40 percent of $1.9

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. He's also a contributing editor to Car and Driver , and is the editor of Green Car Reports. Finally, age.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. He's also a contributing editor to Car and Driver , and is the editor of Green Car Reports. Finally, age.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Where Can I Buy One? Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm Who Killed the Electric Car?" 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know?

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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. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009. Establishing dealer network.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? By then Volt would be hopelessly obsolete.

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