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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In some areas where wind and hydropower is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh. They are converting up to 40 15-passenger Mercedes commercial vans into PHEVs, with some vehicles using NiMH and others advanced lithium-ion batteries, plus diesel and gasoline engines. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By 2002, BYD had become one of the top four manufacturers worldwide - and the largest Chinese manufacturer - in each of the three rechargeable battery technologies (Li-Ion, NiCad, and NiMH), according to a Harvard Business School case study of the company. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66 40.40% Unisys Corporation 1.49 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) To deal with this major special waste problem has to my knowledge never ever been brought to the attention of the readers of any paper around the world. — Kaare Nilsen 2.

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