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DOE Announces $528.7M Conditional Loan for Fisker Automotive for PHEVs

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Fisker automobiles use an extended range electric vehicle architecture, and will offer a cruising range of about 300 miles. billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6 and $465 million to Tesla Motors. Fisker estimates production of up to 75,000-100,000 of these plug-ins in the US per year beginning in late 2012.

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Electric Vehicle Glossary: The Complete list of Electric Car Related Terms

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Total range per charge of Battery Electric Vehicle is its AER. All-Electric Range of PHEV is the range in charge depleting mode. All Wheel Drive (AWD) : An electric vehicle whose all wheels are powered from electric motors (either from a single motor or multiple motors).

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Are You Plugged In?

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Tesla Motors. Tesla Motor. Tesla Motors. General Motors. Which has the longest range? D: Myers Motors’ NmG. GM calls the Volt an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV. It is different from a plug-in hybrid, or PHEV, which runs on both battery power and gasoline.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

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Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. The car would have been capable of making a lasting impression given the chance, outfitted, as it was, with the motor and gear box 1.0

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

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Written by Josie Garthwaite 9 Comments Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:00 am in Automotive Before unveiling the concept version of its Model S sedan, an $57,400 electric car that Tesla Motors wants to build using loans from the Department of Energy, the startup said the Model S battery would be designed to handle rapid charging.