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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Beijing and New york —. BYD’s all-electric e6 production line at the company’s base in Shenzhen was “ready for manufacturing&# in March, but was only producing the gasoline-powered F6, according to Yang Binbin, who writes for Caixin magazine, a business publication based in Beijing. Advocates disagree.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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in New York Stock Exchangecomposite trading. So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. ,

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

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Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Postal Service * Chrysler exhibits flexibility of its electric vehicle portfolio with a new Chrysler minivan EV concept, targeted for postal delivery use * Chrysler intends to submit an application under the U.S. New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels! Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago.

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

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GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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

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Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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