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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com. Follow the money.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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ENVI A symbol that represents the first four letters of environment is Chrysler LLCs entrepreneurial in-house organization focused on electric-drive production vehicles and related advanced technologies. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. By partnering with these two industries. Kwong asked.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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The result is a quiet, controlled environment free of intrusive noises. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc. Electronic systems determine the signal needed to provide cancellation which is then seamlessly generated through the in-car entertainment system.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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↓ ↑ report 4 jzj 11:02AM (4/13/2009) Ernie, indeed I have spoken to engineers: they are quite concerned regarding the future of EVs in various non-coordinated low-use environments pulling a tremendous amount of power at the same time. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags.