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Electric Car Watch #11: Hyundai's Electric Car Plans for India

Plug In India

Throw in Chinese electric car companies like BYD, MG Motors, Great Wall and others, and Hyundai India has some serious competition. This includes 14,243 Pure Battery Electric Cars, 4,451 Plugin Hybrids, and 1010 Fuel Cell cars. The plug-in EV segment continues to grow. Meanwhile, Hyundai sold 18 Konas in India. Most probably yes.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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As people have seen the EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plugin hybrids instead. How long would it take your best Chinese competitors to copy that? Lars Moravy: I have no idea. Lars Moravy: Or home phones. Elon Musk: Exactly. In a hotel.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." The "normal plug" idea doesnt neccessarily work dude. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

RSS News Feeds Feeds by category Featured Galleries Ford Fusion hybrid hypermiling test Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster Concept ElectricAid questions politicians SAE 2009: Yazaki SAE 2009: Honda Fuel Cells Lexus RX 450h clean plant SAE 2009: Dodge Circuit quick drive SAE 2009: H-ERGO hydrogen vehicle Bright IDEA Find Your Next Car New Used Select a New (..)

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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AutoblogGreen bloggers (30 days) # Blogger Posts Cmts 1 Jeremy Korzeniewski 129 4 2 Sebastian Blanco 117 15 3 Sam Abuelsamid 111 10 4 Domenick Yoney 32 0 5 Xavier Navarro 22 0 6 Jonathon Ramsey 1 0 7 Gary Witzenburg 1 0 8 Chris Paukert 1 0 Most Commented On (7 days) Obama outlines high-speed rail plan for U.S. (62)

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I 5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption. Reuters ) 1/8/07 Indefatigable auto entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, no longer planning to import Chinese-made cars to the U.S., Reuters ).

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