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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. But they may be relevant for use in certain areas, he added. Detroit Free Press ).

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. Charge, drain, repeat is extremely inefficient. Bolivia is no friend of the USA. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. — DonO 5.

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