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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

However, saying that this is the vehicle women most desire — let alone are willing to spend money buying — is probably a stretch. The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. Women tend to buy smaller vehicles boasting lower MSRPs than their male counterparts. Both liked crossovers and high-volume Japanese sedans.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

However, saying that this is the vehicle women most desire — let alone are willing to spend money buying — is probably a stretch. The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. Women tend to buy smaller vehicles boasting lower MSRPs than their male counterparts. Both liked crossovers and high-volume Japanese sedans.

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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But in recent months new players, including the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Daimler AG and battery maker Electrovaya , have come onto the scene as well — making China look more and more likely to give electric cars a strong push into the mass market. Some of these companies are also working on electric models for the U.S.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

Creative Greenius

After hearing Frank Langfitt’s report on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition this morning I quickly realized two things. Frank doesn’t know too much about electric cars and didn’t do much research before doing his report. Everyone knows electric cars have great torque and zoom off the line.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. The 100 m.p.g.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Here we go again.or

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