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Fisker Karma Electric-Car Charging Stations Have EV1 Roots

Green Car Reports

When you buy an electric car, you will most likely need a charging station. As buyers start to bring home plug-in cars, they will also expect their dealer to help them acquire and install a 240-Volt charging station (technically known as an EVSE, though few people call them that).

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Now we were an all EV family charging our cars on the free solar energy falling like money from the sky. Let me tell you about it.

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Tesla Model 3 reservations, FTC VW lawsuit, 2017 Hyundai Ioniq: today's car news

Green Car Reports

Looking to buy electric-car charging station? The 2017 Karma may get some changes, but will likely. Today, Tesla updates its reservation policy for the Model 3 electric car, the Federal Trade Commission sues Volkswagen, and we preview the 2017 Hyundai Ioniq. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. “It’s like charging your cell phone.&#.

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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

Green Car Congress

Fisker Karma EREV. Whether this interest translates into sales beyond the initial “early adopter” market will depend on initial consumer experience with these early vehicles, and on how that experience is communicated and perceived by the rest of the car buying public. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. Fisker Nina EREV.

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China EV maker Seres adjusts U.S. plan to fit reality

China EV

Most recently, he has held various positions at Karma and Fisker , two EV startups with Chinese owners, albeit radically different types of Chinese owners. I guess John Zhang is in charge of the brand in China? Buying or building a plant at such an early stage is expensive. Then reality set in.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. The Karma can be refueled quickly.) Price: $87,000.