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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

During this same time GM created Saturn , a totally new brand, which arrived in 1990 with its own showrooms, advertising and vehicles. For our discussion, Saturn dealers were the delivery and service point for GM’s aborted first electric car, the EV1. Some people (by design) probably never knew it was a GM brand.

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Plug-In Prius Goes Up to 12 Miles on Electricity Only - AllCarsElectric.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Establishing dealer network. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Lutz said GM is pushing to have Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid on the road by 2009. -- ( Autoweek ). "I Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. With this price I can buy a nice used C200 class Mercedes and still have money to afford Gas……uuuuuugh. How about using a competition sailplane for comparison, instead? It is completely falling apart.

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