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MAEAA Web Links

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PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Home PowerMagazine : While not an EV magazine, they do have a regular EV section. Nuts& Volts Magazine : For the serious gadgeteer. Pontiac Fiero : rechargedwith solar array. Porsche911T : D. V is for Voltage: electricscooters {Returnto top of page} Misc.

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

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Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained. Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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No party for Citis owners: You and me FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- When gas was topping $4 a gallon last summer, the urgency to find alternative sources of energy to power cars and trucks became clear to most Americans. It hung in as other industries left the U.S., and it still leads globally.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Batteries not ready. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. Well, the cheapest source is from steam reformed fossil fuels, and that process produces CO2, especially when that fossil fuel is coal.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

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I wish the thing was for sale as-is. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc. Well they did give brief bursts of acceleration through the parking lot to show that it does have some Roadster goodness to it. Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more.

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