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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

It also toyed with the idea of presenting Prius as a sub-brand at the point it had four different models, but dropped it. During this same time GM created Saturn , a totally new brand, which arrived in 1990 with its own showrooms, advertising and vehicles. Next up will be the ID.Buzz electric minivan. Lexus did the trick.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009.

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