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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

But down the road, the idea of the Tesla is to use this car to kick the company off, and then to get a sedan under $50,000 that’ll appeal to a lot more people. With the promise of GM’s Chevy Volt and other EVs, are you more hopeful now? A: The Tesla is a beautiful car — I’ll give it that. A: We didn’t think about a sequel at all.

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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

Green Car Congress

Joining dissimilar materials is a critical technical barrier to weight reduction of both civilian and military vehicles however breakthrough ideas for methods to produce these joints are lacking. The objective of this AOI is to establish new techniques for producing dissimilar material joints in vehicle structures.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Nuts& Volts Magazine : For the serious gadgeteer. Mini :Hans Hochwald "unique" conversion Mini :Kaptain Kleavers Mini Pickup Nissan: Bill and Sharon Hoopes EVs PlymouthHorizon : Mike Chanceys former EV, a Jet Electrica 007. Porsche911T : D.

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Korean Model 3 clone, or something else altogether?

Charged EVs

Quick, name all the battery-electric sedans for sale in the US—that aren’t Teslas. Now, there’s another: the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is on sale at your local Hyundai dealer, joining the Ioniq 5 crossover utility and the smaller Kona Electric hatchback. By our count, there’s only been one: the pricey, luxury Lucid Air.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. Follow us on Twitter! 61) REPORT: Buyer perception holding back U.S.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. See Chevy Volt for latest. I want to stick around to see the Volt come to market. Newsweek ).

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I wish the thing was for sale as-is. Well they did give brief bursts of acceleration through the parking lot to show that it does have some Roadster goodness to it. But yes, there was no slalom to see how it handles the twisties. It is probably a real rocket compared to the Daimler version that will eventually show up.

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