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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, without a sensible Federal policy in place that affects the price of petrol in the long term, few customers may pay attention. Will green cars ever be popular there?

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Super Charge It

Plug In Partners

To this end, Toshiba is working on a high-performance version of the SCiB targeted at the automotive industry. M eanwhile in the United States, General Motors has launched what it calls the auto industry's first design studio focused exclusively on electric plug-in vehicles.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Driver’s side view of 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV 3LT. GM, though, is promising it will meet heavier towing requirements with its 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz said he continues to be increasingly confident that GM will bring the range-extended Chevrolet Volt to market by 2010. "We This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Lutz: "The Chevrolet Volt is a new type of electric vehicle.If

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

Alpha Motor EV Startup Reveals Wolf Small Pickup – Irvine, CA-based EV startup Alpha Motor revealed (CGI rendering) its planned small electric pickup, named Wolf that conjures up memories of the Chevrolet Luv (of which I owned as a teenager) and Datsun 620. Alpha estimates 250-275 miles of range, and 0-60 mph acceleration in 6.2

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. Chevrolet Vapor" sounds more fitting.

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