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How Ford got back in the EV game

Plugs and Cars

Of course Ford needed some plan to deal with last year's high gas prices. As with the BMW MINI E , what is stunning, if not surprising, is how quickly a decent fully electric vehicle can be put on the road. Of course all this electric car hoo-ha bubbled back to the surface with last year's gas prices, now receded.

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Can the UK lead the green car charge? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

For example, Toyota has announced plans to manufacture the hybrid Auris in the UK (see article ) at its Derbyshire factory as it bids to make more European motorists switch from increasingly clean diesel vehicles to low emission technology. What’s more is that Britain’s car industry has a reputation for producing “gas guzzlers”.

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here is the full text of the article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Coulomb’s logo, apt but dull, reimagines a gas pump as a standard three-prong electrical socket. While Lowenthal ordered a Tesla, he has since opted for the Mini E, an all-electric Mini Cooper made by BMW. By Scott Duke Harris.

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