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GM To Forge Ahead With Electric, Plug-In Hybrid, Other Electrified Vehicles

Green Car Reports

When oil prices drop, the knee-jerk response of many analysts is to forecast doom for sales of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and other green cars. That''s not something General Motors recognizes as an issue, though. General Motors Batteries Plug-In Hybrids GM Future Cars Chevy Volt plug-in cars Chevrolet Bolt'

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GM and Hawaii Gas Company to Collaborate on Hydrogen Infrastructure Pilot; Different Approach to Provisioning Fueling Stations

Green Car Congress

General Motors and Hawaii’s The Gas Company (TGC), the state’s major gas energy provider, are collaborating on a hydrogen infrastructure project. What’s happening here [in terms of energy prices] is happening elsewhere in the world. The US is enjoying a reprieve from high oil prices in form of abundant natural gas.

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NYT Editorial

Plug In Partners

The reality is that all the job cuts in the world won't help if Ford, and General Motors, for that matter, continue to shy away from offering more Americans many more cars that can run on fuels other than gasoline. With the global oil market operating at close to zero excess capacity, oil prices are not coming down anytime soon.

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Toyota Plug In

Plug In Partners

.); New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman; Jon Wellinghoff, commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and CEOs and top executives from Ford, General Motors, Federal Express, and Southern California Edison. Event Summary Oil prices are at record highs.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. Q: When gas prices went up, people started driving less, and interest in EVs soared. But now, gas prices have fallen below $2 in some places.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. Oil prices are going to go up. Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We Naturally, we’regoing to have to accommodate that too.” and Nissan MotorCo.,

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Li-ion Reserve in the World: How it Revolutionised the EV Industry

Get Electric Vehicle

Newly found reservoirs of petroleum and crude oil decreased the oil price. Analysts predict that demand for lithium will more than tenfold by the end of the decade, when Tesla, Volkswagen, General Motors, and other manufacturers launch dozens of electric vehicles. Model T was cheaper and had more range.

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