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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Newsweek ).

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GM on the brink…

Revenge of the Electric Car

Suffice to say, all of GM’s development programs including the Volt are threatened. Ford and Chrysler have been lobbying hard in Washington for more help. But Ford executives said much of the cash was spent on one-time actions related to promoting the company’s new F-150 pickup truck. Cash Is Its Best Hope.

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