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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. I would buy a Volt for $40K. — Ken Smith 4.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us You can buy it now. How many millions have they spent to develop a vehicle that you cant buy, that no one is prepared to service and that most Americans wouldnt want if you gave it to them?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. People wont buy a full car. They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. Doubts PHEVs have environmental benefits. The biggest barrier is the battery."

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