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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

Plug In Partners

There's even some speculation at least one of them could be stamped " Made in the USA." clip The Japanese dominate battery tech these days, but Hyundai says the Koreans could catch up by 2013 -- at which point the company hopes to put a plug-in hybrid on the road. We'll see the first of the Hyundais to use that technology in November.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

On-sale in the USA from late 2021, the Hummer lobs with super-expensive launch pricing and immense capability courtesy of a 745kW tri-motor powertrain. The Ford Bronco is also expected to feature this tech. Hummer used to be a stand-alone brand of heavy-duty 4x4s that GM killed off during the Global Financial Crisis.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

While Ford owners in the USA have tremendous loyalty with their FORD pickup trucks, there is no such loyalty with Ford cars. Battery tech will be cheaper. As I said in my earlier video, BYD makes all power electronics, motors, and even semiconductor chips in house. That will give them a competitive advantage. Think about it.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nokia cellphone batteries for example have been halved in size, which shows just how much better the tech is getting, without even getting into supercapacitors and alternate chemistry. ↓ ↑ report 7 jharlan 2:20PM (4/25/2009) You know, I still just have no use for a toy car at a real car price. Follow us on Twitter!

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

EnergyCS/Clean-Tech, May 2005 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 4. Jim Tech Ltd. Contact Toronto Atmospheric Fund Office for Resource Efficiency Escape by Hybrids Plus , Jan 16, 2008, (USA). David Taylor, 2005 Dodge Ram Pickup by David Taylor ( Taylor Automotive ), June, 2008 (Sanford, NC), contact David Taylor.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Follow us on Twitter!

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