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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

We spoke to EV community member and friend of the channel Mr Zarryl Lobo, who has 30+ years of experience building custom electric golf carts and refurbishing old EVs. Strom should take money from investors who are not from the auto industry. Even the redoubtable Mr Chetan Maini couldn't save his baby.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Apr 24 09:58 AM | Link | Reply BigJake 35 Comments Looks like American car manufacturers are behind the curve once AGAIN!!!! Think has established a U.S. headquarters and will begin sales in the U.S. before 2010.

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Will Biden’s new 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles affect e-bikes?

Baua Electric

The country is simply the world leader in e-bike manufacturing. Despite a tiny amount of US-based electric bicycle manufacturing largely coming from one company , Chinese factories account for almost the entirety of e-bikes in the US. A 100% tariff rate on EVs will protect American manufacturers from China’s unfair trade practices.”

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. For the Jap multinationals who are actually INVESTING in EV battery manufacturing capacity the numbers they announce are approx 1/10th what GM are asking for. WTF do they need ANOTHER $10.3B ODD aint it??},

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