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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It would then be offered for public use in 2012, said Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America Inc. 2 of 4) "Nissan is taking a leadership role by developing what could be this industrys next big thing," the governor said. The car Bredesen and others drove at Nissans U.S.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts. Like shopping malls for example, or very nearly any manufacturer or industrial consumer. govt/industry defined standards my be required.?? The main benefit associated with the swapping model is speed.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia By partnering with these two industries. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said.

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