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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Persu Mobility (formerly VentureOne) 3-wheel Persu Hybrid PHEV-20 in development. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." Lutz said lithium-ion batteries must be improved to hold a bigger charge and deliver the charge gradually.

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