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DLR and Wuppertal publish comprehensive global analysis of e-mobility technologies, outlook and lifecycle assessments

Green Car Congress

They counted more than 500 electric passenger vehicles of all those types worldwide in the period from 2000 to 2013. Number of series-production electric vehicles by OEM, 2000-2013. The focus was in particular on electrical machinery, power electronics and various technologies for traction batteries. Click to enlarge.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. And what will happen when millions of people all start driving these electric cars and the batterys go dead. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Never again.

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