Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2012

Pike suggests that North America will experience a rebound in a few years, as the economy stabilizes along with public transit funding levels. Annual sales of hybrid buses in China surpassed that of North America in 2011, reaching almost 1,700 units. key markets will be the United States, where California’s Zero.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius ( earlier post ) equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. This will be the first time a lithium-ion battery is to be employed in a Toyota vehicle for propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In the United States, trucks represent approximately 13% of the total fleet market (in number of vehicles). As a result, government incentives and emissions or fuel economy regulations will continue to play a very important role in promoting hybrids and plug-in trucks. The Li-ion market is expected to reach 3.6

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 22, 2006

As production volume increases, however, costs will come down with the introduction of automated manufacturing lines and economies of scale. With roughly 16 million new cars sold in the United States every year, once auto manufactures commit to the PHEV, that tipping point should be easily reached." Become a Partner today.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O.,

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