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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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Plug-in cars are inevitable. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. The other carmakers domestic and foreign have less firm but well press-released plans for plug-ins. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. Click to enlarge.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. by Lars Vercelli.

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

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Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We and Nissan MotorCo., We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said. We are thinking aboutextending that application to plug-in hybrids.”

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Major study concludes achieving EU 2050 transport decarbonization goals will require portfolio of advanced powertrains; fuel cells, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids

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The study—“A portfolio of powertrains for Europe: a fact-based analysis”—compares the economics, sustainability and performance of fuel cell, battery-electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in achieving the decarbonization goal. Click to enlarge. Medium- or heavy-duty vehicles were not included.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr.

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