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Putting the “Utility” in Sport Utility Vehicle: Which Electric SUVs Perform Best Off-Road?

EV Life

Rivian also offers a number of additional options to beef up your R1S for rugged terrain, including a reinforced underbody shield/skid plate, recovery boards, a compact spare tire, all-weather floor mats, and an off-road recovery kit. Model Trim Horsepower 0-60mph Torque Est. Range Dual Motor AWD 533 hp 4.5

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.)

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. based Fisker plans to produce just 15,000 plug-in hybrids a year, starting later this year, with pricing to start at $87,900. The 100 m.p.g. The Irvine, Calif.-based based Tesla Motors Inc.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Fisker – try and try again could be the motto of the once-failed Fisker brand. Now it has big plans… Fisker Pear – electric urban SUV is now taking pre-orders in America ahead of 2024 deliveries. Foxconn Foxtron – Taiwanese-based iPhone manufacturer plans to get into EVs.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Fisker is a good example. Posted by: Mike99 | Apr 13, 2009 6:25:20 PM The EV1 was an engineering Success. It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved.

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