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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Chrysler Group sales chief Joe Eberhardt, talking to a clutch of reporters later, said his company has no plans for a plug-in at this time. ( Kwong asked. New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace. and Chrysler. .&# and Chrysler. Sure, if you need to make lots of long trips in a car, and can only afford to have one car, then probably a Tesla’s not for you. Where is affordable. rolls toward bankruptcy. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. " BYD can afford to hire lots of them because their salaries are only about $600 to $700 a month; they also get subsidized housing in company-owned apartment complexes and low-cost meals in BYD canteens.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will seat five, be similar in size to Nissans Versa and Sentra and be affordable to a typical family, he said. "We If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. We think the market is ready. We think the consumers are ready."

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. We need an economy electric car that we an afford, not that nonsense. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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