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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

I have seen the future my friends and it looks exactly like a 76 degree January day filled with beautiful people driving gorgeous plug-in hybrid and plug-in electric cars. Come with me now as I take you there… And do not let anyone tell you that you must wait for this tomorrow, because you don’t. It is already here today.

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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

In the US, Chrysler and General Motors fell into bankruptcy; while in Japan even its major automakers have been left reeling from significant profit falls. Late last week Japanese automotive giant Nissan unveiled its first production ready electric car – the Nissan LEAF (pictured). Turning over a new LEAF.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. The Mitsubishi i-MiEV, only here because SCE is testing it. It’s in fleet lease use in Japan already and I have confidence they’ll be producing them and selling them to actual people. Check the oil?

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Electric vehicles the key for Japan

Green Cars News

That’s the verdict of Osamu Masuko, the president of Mitsubishi Motors which is preparing to launch the i-MiEV electric vehicle. The i-MiEV will be rolled out in July for corporate clients before making its way to the wider public beginning next April. The product will be released in Britain later this year.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In addition to a recent electric car deal with NISSAN Motors ( NSANY ), Portland General Electric, the Oregon state governor and GE have also announced a joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors ( MMTOF.PK ) to develop and sell the Miev electric car with 85 mile range by 2011. Electric cars a still a joke.

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Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

Green Car Congress

Mitsubishi i-MiEV). Asked about the prospect of bringing cell production in-house to reduce costs, Krebs cautioned “ I would not recommend that. Volkswagen estimates the production cost of a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle’s powertrain to be about five times the cost of a conventional powertrain.

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