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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Fisker – try and try again could be the motto of the once-failed Fisker brand. Now it has big plans… Fisker Pear – electric urban SUV is now taking pre-orders in America ahead of 2024 deliveries. Foxconn Foxtron – Taiwanese-based iPhone manufacturer plans to get into EVs.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far. Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Establishing dealer network. Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. battery technology; 2.

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