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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

The rules and regulations now are byzantine, a kludge upon a patchwork altered every few years. BMW found that the quickest and cheapest way to get the credits that it will need to accumulate is, of course, to build electric cars. Pioneers’ inquiries about the applicability of the federal $7500 tax credit continue to be stonewalled.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace. During his campaign, President Obama said he would work to put one million plug-in hybrids on American roads by 2015. and Chrysler. . and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

(Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Treehugger More Videos of the Tesla Model S Electric Car In Action Whats This? Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1.

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