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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

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But Maruti Suzuki recently launched the fourth-generation version of its highly popular hatchback, Swift—with prices starting at Rs 6.49 The average on-road prices for hatchbacks—the most price-sensitive automobile segment—have risen from Rs 5.2 The price increase for small cars was much higher than (for) the bigger cars.

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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

Plug In India

Many of you want to convert your existing petrol/diesel cars into electric cars. Your electric car will also be more reliable and require much less maintenance than a pollution car. At these prices, many people would prefer to add a few more lakhs and get a new car. And the interest in electric car conversions was immense.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

Video: Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Electric Car FUD The first thing I want to talk about is the constant FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- regarding electric vehicles propagated by ICE car CEOs, the media, ICE-car-centric magazines and websites, and petrol heads. Imagine you have a petrol car.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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They also point out that this would reduce the price of the EV , since batteries account for about 30 percent of an EVs total cost. 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

Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. 9/4/07 Nick Reilly, the President of General Motors Asia Pacific, said that GM is looking at leasing batteries for the Volt to customers, rather than asking them to pay a prohibitive price for the new technology. People wont buy a full car.

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