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Tom Hanks on his electric car

Plugs and Cars

Tom Hanks' letter to the editor of the New Yorker about his electric car, a Toyota RAV4 EV. Boyer, in his otherwise spot-on piece about the car industry, assumes that I once leased G.M.’s Boyer, in his otherwise spot-on piece about the car industry, assumes that I once leased G.M.’s Luckily, I did not. But not mine.

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Tom Hanks, The New Yorker — and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

We were delighted to see Tom Hanks’s letter in this week’s ‘New Yorker’ — singing the praises of electric vehicles and name checking ‘Who Killed the Electric Car ?’ Boyer, in his otherwise spot-on piece about the car industry, assumes that I once leased G.M.’s A letter in response to Peter J.

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Energy Conversion Devices seeking to sell Ovonic Battery Company; focus on solar

Green Car Congress

OBC’s principal activities are licensing its advanced battery technologies (including NiMH and Li-ion technologies), participating in joint development programs to support application of these technologies, and manufacturing mixed-metal hydroxide cathode materials for sale to its licensees for use in battery production.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). Filmmaker Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and its forthcoming sequel, talks to us about the fate of GM, the downfall of hydrogen and why electric cars truly are making a comeback By Siel.

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Tom Hanks expresses green car commitment

Green Cars News

Ah those Hollywood stars and their green cars. Tom Hanks is the latest green car enthusiast to wear his colours proudly. He wrote a letter to the New Yorker in a bid to set the record straight on the electric cars he has owned over the years. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Tom Hanks Toyota RAV4 EV.

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Toyota Snags a RAV4 EV

Plugs and Cars

From Who Killed the Electric Car? to Who Revived the Electric Car? Now that automakers seem to be reevaluating plug-in cars, you'd think the era of automakers taking extraordinary steps to keep electric cars from private ownership would be over. The Toyota computer had a block on the car - the dealer couldn't buy the car.

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