Plug In Partners

JANUARY 11, 2008

E ven as the President of Honda says he doesn't think that Plug-ins make sense, a new car company in China announces their plans to build one and Hyundai says it is considering developing a plug-in hybrid car. China's Plucky Plug-In Hybrid BYD's car hits the stage at the Detroit auto show—but will it really be ready to roll this summer?

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

was marching in the direction, it would give America a lot of stick to go to developing countries like India and China and say…”We figured it out… this is the technology we all should be investing in to save the planet. It’s hopeful to think that if the U.S. more If the Autobeat of Newsweek sees this, it looks for real.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

T o make this announcement even more timely, the first real Plug in Hybrid was unveiled in China last week. The City of Austin and Austin Energy have played an important role in moving our nation forward with a practical inexpensive short-term solution to our transportation fuel problem."

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JANUARY 26, 2006

The price for what could be China's first foray into America's overheated love affair with cars: around $10,000. That's not all that surprising when you consider that earlier this month, the Chinese automaker Geely did something no Chinese company had ever done.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2006

This creates a dependency that is as unsustainable as it is strategically perilous, especially as the appetite for oil of our emerging rival, Communist China, continues to skyrocket. Yet, our transportation sector remains reliant upon oil — sixty percent of it imported — for the gasoline and diesel fuel on which it runs almost exclusively.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

China will be first to receive the F6DM. The company will show off a prototype at the Detroit Auto Show , according to the company's somewhat cryptic Web site. Unfortunately, there are no immediate plans to release the plug-in hybrids in North America.The car will be priced at about 150,000 yuan ($19,966)."

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