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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That would put the F3DM well below GM’s $40,000 Chevy Volt and competitive with Honda’s 2010 Insight, expected to have a base price of just under $20,000. BYD aims to bring that price down to about $16,000 through higher production volumes, helped along by U.S. and EU buyers. Alex Koppelman Joan Walsh Me vs. G. Watch the debate.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. Honda Insight, Civic and Accord use an entirely different design: the electric motor never runs without the gasoline engine running at the same time. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants?

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