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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is β€œ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that Volkswagen would introduce its first electric vehicles based on the up! VW and the electric car. Earlier post.).

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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President Biden says his EV policies will result in β€œone million new jobs in the American automobile industry. The impact of EVs on auto manufacturing and supplier jobs is harder to assess. Electric vehicles require new or re-tooled factories , each requiring thousands of employees. One million.”.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible.

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