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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

At a media dinner at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford made some observations on the prospects for electric vehicles: “ Here we are today now, embarking upon something which is very different for our industry. Early Adopters vs. Mainstream Car Buyers.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hopefully the funding was from the same place as well… 2 Bill C said on March 13th, 2009 at 1:21 pm I think a few billion should be taken out of the Detroit bailout and give some capital to all of the electric car companies. The tango (commuter cars) says they only need 50 million to become profitable.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm Brown and Shari Prange, 1993 "The Electric and Hybrid Electric Car", by Michael H. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? htm Advocates of the Th! htm Advocates of the Th!

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That Super Sexy Clean Tech Roundtable, Part II of a Greenius Exclusive

Creative Greenius

And by sexy I mean hot and arousing, the way I get when serious people talk serious talk about renewable energy, about the revolution that’s needed to respond to climate change and about the reality of current world situation. Cara Horowitz, Executive Director, UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change (c) 2009 Joe Galliani.

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