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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price. In China, leading automakers BYD and Chery have announced plans to roll out their own electric models within the next two years. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. percent of $1.9 billion invested in 180 green-technology companies.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

The gamble is that Nissan could grab the EV market and dominate it until BYD (China) enters the U.S., The vehicles will be made in the United States, Japan and Europe. – In June, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., – BMW AG’s Mini brand is testing a plug-in model in the United States.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., BYD also developed the motors and software for the system.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Tags: evdriven. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden?

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