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Electric Car Watch #11: Hyundai's Electric Car Plans for India

Plug In India

Launching an imported CKD kit in India was never a long term solution. This includes 14,243 Pure Battery Electric Cars, 4,451 Plugin Hybrids, and 1010 Fuel Cell cars. Just to give you an idea, electric cars in India like Nexon EV charge at 25 kW whereas cars like MG can charge at 50 kW rate today.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I 5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption. He said he plans to discuss the idea with [Caroll] Shelby and [Lee] Iacocca. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." Reuters ).

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