Automobile Industry Battery Powered Europe MIT 
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Were encouraged by the improvements in the technology represented by hybrid batteries today," Savagian says. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. The car is expected to cost around $40,000. Never again.
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