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Ford Motors to Manufacture Batteries

Electric Vehicles India

The role of this park would be researching in manufacturing of new battery technology which could cut down the cost of the vehicle rapidly and it plans to produce batteries internally and set to open next year. This will help Ion Park to find the right battery chemistries. For the latest electric vehicles news, follow electricvehicles.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

IBM lowered the PCjr's price, added functions, and tried to persuade dealers to promote it, to no avail. The cost of performing a calculation on a PC dropped so much that it was often significantly cheaper to use a little machine than a mainframe. In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Establishing dealer network. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. "By unit, said. "We

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