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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

Green Car Congress

The Toyota Prius became the biggest selling car in Japan in 2009, and has remained in that position throughout 2010. At the consumer level, dealers have put in more 2011 orders than can be produced for both GM’s Chevrolet Volt and Nissan’s Leaf. An explosion of hybrid sales in Japan.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. Dealers excited. “Customers have already been asking about the cars since the news broke about Nissan’s plans to build the car here in Tennessee.&#. . – In June, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.,

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

If a buyer chooses to convert the tax credit, the auto “dealer” would make a “payment to such taxpayer (whether in cash or in the form of a partial payment or down payment for the purchase of such vehicle) in an amount equal to the credit otherwise allowable to such taxpayer.” kWh battery.