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Electric Car Factory: Think Sets Up Shop In Indiana, RV-Land

Green Car Reports

Quick, name the electric cars currently on sale. oh, yeah, Smart Electric Drive. It's the Think City, which is now being assembled in Elkhart, Indiana, from kits imported from. Nissan Leaf, Chevy Volt, and. Now name the ones built in the States. Volt, right?

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Indiana Think Electric-Car Plant Stilled, Owners Quiet On Future

Green Car Reports

A year ago, we visited the Think electric-car plant in Elkhart, Indiana. At the time, several dozen workers were turning out a trickle of Think City electric vehicles assembled from kits shipped in from Finland--with big plans for ramping up production. That never happened.

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New Management, Structure, Cash For Electric-Car Maker Think?

Green Car Reports

Back in January, we toured the Think electric-car assembly facility in Elkhart, Indiana, "the RV capital of the world." We got some striking photos of hundreds of the City electric two-seater cars that Think was gearing up to sell, assembled in the U.S.

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New Management, Structure, Cash For Electric-Car Maker Think?

Green Car Reports

Back in January, we toured the Think electric-car assembly facility in Elkhart, Indiana, "the RV capital of the world." We got some striking photos of hundreds of the City electric two-seater cars that Think was gearing up to sell, assembled in the U.S.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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