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Toyota and Lexus 800V EVs, F-150 Lightning home power backup cost, Stellantis electrifies in Canada: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Lexus and Toyota have plans involving big battery packs and 800-volt charging. The electric replacements for gas-swilling Dodge muscle cars and Chrysler minivans start to take form in factory revamps. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. And the F-150 Lightning system that can power your home gets priced out.

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Tesla racing, $8,500 Leaf, 300K-mile Volt, Prius-ized Firebird: The Week In Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which luxury plug-in vehicle will soon have a plug-in version using parts from a minivan? And, why is an unusual Toyota electric-car concept made of wood? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, March 11, 2016.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

Green Cars News

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans.

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On the Horizon

Plug In Partners

Mr. Ghosn said Nissan envisioned a broad range of electric vehicles , starting with small cars, and adding: “It’s not only about a small city car or a small minivan. The Chevrolet Volt is the sexiest green car in GM's arsenal. It can also be about a small commercial vehicle and a small crossover.”

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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. See Chevy Volt for latest. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. I want to stick around to see the Volt come to market.

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