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Chevy Bolt EV electric car to be GM-Lyft self-driving car testbed

Green Car Reports

This week Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced that the Silicon Valley giant would use the Detroit automaker's 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans for its self-driving car research. Now, General Motors has said that the Lyft ride-sharing service, in which it invested half a.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Here we offer some insight into these newcomers and their potential impact on the future of green motoring. Tesla Motors. Founded in 2003, Silicon Valley based Tesla Motors is currently the only car manufacturer in the US or Europe manufacturing and selling highway capable electric vehicles in serial production.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." The turning point came when tiny Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley start-up, announced in 2006 that it would produce a speedy electric sports car powered by those same laptop batteries. Because nobody has fully figured out the optimum use of lithium-ion batteries in automobiles.

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