Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The battery-powered cars that Chinese companies are showing are intended to be much less expensive than those planned by big foreign companies. Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, which is expected to sell for $40,000 when it goes on sales in the U.S. Gasgoo.com | ?? | Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. in late 2010.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. "The Volt is a case study.

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