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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

The findings include: The US PEV Industry in the Global Market. PEV offerings have also been announced throughout Europe and Asia. However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g.,

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

It’s interesting to speculate regarding the relative market share of the EV in relation to the PHEV. But Ghosn thinks rising oil prices will tilt the economics in favor of electrons. Analysts say that will rise as the global economy recovers. I’m guessing close to 50/50. That’s a given.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Here we go again.or

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