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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. Manufacturing: Elkhart County, IN; Deployment: Portland, Chicago, and Sacramento. gross vehicle weight) with a 100 mile range. Chrysler LLC. $70. Manufacturing: Warren, MI and St. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. Navistar, Inc.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. The average new vehicle costs around $28,000, and most midsize cars are in the $20,000 to $25,000 range." -- ( Chicago Tribune ). Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

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