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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week event connects Indiana’s EV future with its EV past. In 2006, desiring an electric motorcycle with lithium batteries, he found a start-up EV motorcycle manufacturer using acid batteries and gave the firm a special order. “I Richard Steiner (right) and his Waverley at the Hoosier EVA 2021 NDEW event.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week event connects Indiana’s EV future with its EV past. In 2006, desiring an electric motorcycle with lithium batteries, he found a start-up EV motorcycle manufacturer using acid batteries and gave the firm a special order. “I Richard Steiner (right) and his Waverley at the Hoosier EVA 2021 NDEW event.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. The average new vehicle costs around $28,000, and most midsize cars are in the $20,000 to $25,000 range." -- ( Chicago Tribune ). BYD also developed the motors and software for the system.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. The telecom companies will always be primarily motivated by: customers x arpu = revenue Because of this they will push caps on connections, charge for crap like text messaging and stunt the growth of our communications systems.

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