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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

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One was the conversion kit by Hyderabad based e-Trio, and the other was Pune based Northway Motorsports. Many of you want to convert your existing petrol/diesel cars into electric cars. The costs of such a conversion will usually be based on your range requirements. Usually, for a 150+ km range car, the cost is around 5-6 lakhs.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

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Go to petrol pump owners and find out who are people who are big time consumers. We shall definitely visit your hotel again. Throw in costs of the driver, electricity and maintenance, that would mean a minimum revenue required of Rs. The womenfolk created some sewing kits and embroidery frames. 5,000 upwards. 3,000 a day.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries. Ford and SCE will explore whether these batteries have other uses that could reduce their cost to consumers. "By partnering with these two industries. Joint Press Release ) 4/4/07 Ford Motor Co. unit, said. "We

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. On the other hand, the cost of a used transportation battery will be set by the next cheapest form of scalable dispatchable storage such as air pressure storage less the battery recycle value. — AH2 14.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success.

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