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GM CTO says company accelerating electric vehicle development in China; R&D focus on batteries and lightweight materials

Green Car Congress

Electrified vehicles will play a critical role in efforts to conserve and ultimately displace petroleum as the major source of transportation energy. GM’s goal is to improve the energy density of its batteries so that they are smaller, lighter and less costly than today’s batteries. China has made electrification a key strategy.

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Chevrolet to produce Spark battery electric vehicle for US and global markets starting in 2013 with A123 Systems pack; EN-V gets a Chevrolet badge

Green Car Congress

It complements Chevrolet’s growing range of electrified vehicles, including the Volt extended-range EV and the 2013 Malibu Eco with eAssist technology. Introduced during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, EN-V was designed to address environmental issues and help alleviate traffic congestion, parking, safety concerns and energy consumption.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

" This time Buffett asked another trusted partner, David Sokol, chairman of a Berkshire-owned utility company called MidAmerican Energy, to travel to China and take a closer look at BYD. Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct.

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