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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The most promising of these, according to Mike Omotoso, senior manager of power-train forecasting at JD Power and Associates , are Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors , a company that is already producing its first car, the electric Roadster, a small, very high-performance car that can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds.

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Octopus launches ‘Electric Dreams’ – An EV leasing company unlocking salary sacrifice for businesses

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Octopus, who already offer business and personal leasing through its Octopus Electric Vehicles brand, has designed their scheme to be low effort and zero cost for a business to set up. James McMaster, CEO at Huel, said : “We’re not the sort of company that would go with a traditional car scheme.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. before 2010.

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

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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. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. “You guys own the cars.&# — J Connors 4.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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

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Finally, in a first-of-its-kind partnership in the United States, Mitsubishi announced a strategic alliance with Oregon to develop an electric car charging infrastructure in the state. Treehugger More Videos of the Tesla Model S Electric Car In Action Whats This? If you charge with solar, is way less. — Larry 4.

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