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Washington to create first EV charging corridor on a scenic byway

Green Car Congress

The Department of Commerce and the Washington State Department of Transportation plan to make the Stevens Pass Greenway the first electric vehicle-friendly National. This route will connect to the I-5 “electric highway” enabling electric vehicle drivers to travel from across the west coast to North Central Washington by the end of 2011.

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Toyota announces priority registration website for Prius Plug-In Hybrid

Green Car Congress

Customers who are interested in being one of the first to own a Prius Plug-in can log on to www.toyota.com/plugin and complete their registration on the site. The first phase of the Online Order System, called Priority Registration, will launch on 22 April 2011. Prius Plug-in online ordering will not be available in Hawaii.).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). 5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption. chief executive, said yesterday in Washington.

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