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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

The conference attendees heard the now familiar if increasingly impassioned representatives of the utility industry trumpet the benefits of electricity for transportation. But neither car, GM execs made clear, will appear for sale on a showroom floor for more that two years. I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Among the most notable: a gas-electric hybrid Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. "But low-cost commuter EVs like ours is already a reality, within the reach of thrifty farmers."

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill., "Too many new roads."

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