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Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. 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.

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