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Electric Vehicle Adoption Divide Mapped

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The populace is split between gasoline-loving Luddites, endlessly bemoaning the current regulatory landscape and smug EV adopters who proselytize battery-powered vehicles with all the zealotry of a religious fanatic. The study suggested battery-electric sales comprised 8.6 There’s plenty of overlap between the two groups.

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NTSB Head Raises Concerns on the Aftermath of Collision Between EVs & Lighter Vehicles 

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The National Transportation Safety Board’s head raised her concern about the safety and dangers posed by large electric vehicles in collisions with lighter vehicles.    Jennifer Homendy, the head of NTSB highlighted the matter in a speech to the Transportation Research Board in Washington. of all new vehicle sales.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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