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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. “Families could be making that drive in an emission-free vehicle manufactured in Oregon by Oregonians.&#

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. For the Jap multinationals who are actually INVESTING in EV battery manufacturing capacity the numbers they announce are approx 1/10th what GM are asking for. WTF do they need ANOTHER $10.3B ODD aint it??},

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