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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Tesla’s Superchargers can recharge EVs to 80% in 20 to 40 minutes. Public Policy: National governments including China, the UK, France, the Netherlands and India have stated the intention to phase out the internal combustion engine. of the MoU goal, followed by Oregon with 10%. This works out to 0.05

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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

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A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania.

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