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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. regulatory EPA approval." ( Response to consumer inquiries after NPR story, February, 2006 ) "The mass market is not interested in plug-ins," says Cindy Knight, Toyotas environmental- communications administrator. (IRV battery technology; 2.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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There are companies that are reinventing the lead-acid battery to make it more competitive with lithium-ion and nickel metal hydride in terms of storage capacity versus weight, durability, and cold weather performance. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. In the U.S.

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