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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

With this price I can buy a nice used C200 class Mercedes and still have money to afford Gas……uuuuuugh. The US Car industry has already taken a big hit from all the large vehicle produced instead of smaller economical cars (price and size), I guess they haven’t learned their lesson totally.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Rolf Bartke, head of the Mercedes-Benz van division ( Time Magazine, June 27, 2005 ) Nick Cappa, manager of advanced technology communications: "Its just an idea program," ( Automotive News, March 28, 2005 ) FORD Bill Ford, Chairman and CEO: "We.

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