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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. “It very definitely opens a window of opportunity for us,” Lutz said of Toyota’s potential delay. Kwong said Toyota is concerned PHEVs might just replace gas problems with more coal emissions, since the cars will require more electricity from utilities.

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

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So it’s definitely not a simple as choosing the Tesla sedan over the Volt. Hyundai will in months offer 2 models that will leap frog toyota and honda by years - it will be based on a lithium POLYMER battery thats lighter, cheaper, and maintains charge many times longer than NiCad batteries and all at a price half that of Volt.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

by homercles82 April 7, 2009 11:23 AM PDT Yes we will just be charging these cars using electricity that is made from naturla gas and coal fired palnts while we ignore nuclear unlike most of Europe. Minus three when people realize that there already are cars like that: The Swatch Car, Hyundai Getz, i10, etc.

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