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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

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Rendering of the Gen 2 series plug-in hybrid powertrain under development. A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Source: ALTe.

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USCAR helps to develop charging-readiness tools for plug-in & electric vehicles through US DRIVE

Green Car Congress

Founded in 1992, USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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How BMW can compete with Tesla electric cars: future i5, plug-in hybrids, says advocate

Green Car Reports

For a decade now, Tesla Motors has been the "black swan" of the auto industry. It's a California company startup, founded from scratch, using a new powertrain, that against all odds has sold more than 100,000 electric cars and created a brand known worldwide.

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How many Tesla Model 3 electric cars can company build this year?

Green Car Reports

It's one of the most fascinating sets of questions in the auto industry. How quickly can Tesla Motors put its Model 3 electric car into production? At a promised starting price of $35,000, the Model 3 is not only Tesla's latest moonshot but the car that. How many cars can it build this year?

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Do Tesla, Panasonic Differ Dramatically On Growth Of Electric Car Batteries?

Green Car Reports

The rate of sales growth for electric cars may be the greatest unknown in the auto industry as companies prepare to spend billions of dollars on new products. Electric-car startup Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] projects annual sales to increase by 50 percent for years to come.

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Will Tesla steamroller German luxury makers? Perhaps not

Green Car Reports

It has become an article of faith among some Tesla fans and owners that the company will inevitably rise to compete with and ultimately defeat the titans of the global auto industry.

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What's ahead for Tesla Model 3? Take our Twitter poll

Green Car Reports

Auto-industry CEOs virtually never admit that the new product that could make or break the company is "in production hell," but that's now obviously the case for the Tesla Model 3. Deliveries last months totaled just 220 units, far below Tesla CEO Elon Musk's July projection of 1,500 during September.

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