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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We We will have packages that will be verycompetitive at that time.” and Nissan MotorCo.,

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December, when Nissan introduces the Leaf, a five-passenger electric car that will have a range of 100 miles on a fully charged battery and be priced for middle-class families. In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Sperling said.