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Plugin Hybrids to save Big Three, Lee Iacocca

Plugs and Cars

Particularly the parts where he blasts detroit lack of leadership and also particularly the Bush administration. Full Interview here : I don't think I could have said it better myself. I think we are going to be hearing lots on Lee and his book.

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France February 2021

EV Sales

Regarding the plugin share, last month it reached 13% (6.3% but for now, the American arm of Stellantis seems to be the laggard among the Detroit Big 3. (And Peugeot 208 EV beats both of them.) Still, the French market is known to be BEV-friendly, so fully electric models will likely recover as the year advances.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

At a media dinner at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford made some observations on the prospects for electric vehicles: “ Here we are today now, embarking upon something which is very different for our industry. The focus is primarily near term (i.e.,

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

which hopes to sell cars here in three to five years, used the Detroit Auto Show to display a prototype sedan it says can run 60 miles on batteries developed in-house and another 190 miles on a gas/electric system. Detroits horsepower jockey insists the Volt will be his crowning achievement--and his swan song. Detroit Free Press ).

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We can now say with confidence that it is worth waiting 70+ days to make the shift to the left side of the car, following a brief spin around Cobo Hall in a prototype vehicle during the SAE World Congress here in Detroit. One last major area that simply must be changed is that the Circuit has basically zero rear visibility. Small size.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

15 days ago AutoblogGreen for 03.31.09 28 days ago VIDEO: Hayabusa-powered smart , or.

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