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Honda Motor will introduce a hybrid version of its Freed minivan around 2011, President Takanobu Ito told The Nikkei in an interview. He also corroborated an earlier report that Honda will introduce a battery electricvehicle by 2015. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. The Freed is built on the same compact platform as the Fit.
Components of the flex-fuel PHEV minivan. The 25 Chrysler minivans will join a fleet of 140 Ram 1500 PHEV pickup trucks ( earlier post ) that are being deployed to 12 partners including local municipalities, state governments, universities and energy companies across the United States. The minivan project. The minivan project.
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In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. In August, Chrysler took $70 million in grants from the US Department of Energy to develop a test fleet of 220 hybrid pickup trucks and minivans. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Midland, MI.
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and Duke Energy last week announced a 10-year commitment to transition their company cars and trucks to plug-in hybrid or all-electricvehicles. The joint commitment represents more than 10,000 vehicles and potential revenues of at least $600 million for manufacturers who can produce viable plug-in electricvehicles.
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