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Jul 11, 2012
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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units …
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Mar 9, 2012
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My Kiss of Death Still Works – More Doom for Fisker

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I have bad Karma (ha) when it comes to choosing favorites.  Every electric car or EV I’ve chosen as a favorite turns out to be a pile of crap and soon goes out of business.  I first noticed this in July of 2010. At that point, I’d already doomed the Aptera to a dismal fate …
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Feb 8, 2012
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Think Goes Bust, More Government Money Wasted

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Indiana bet big on becoming the mecca of electric vehicle production in the U.S.  The state and several counties and cities within it spent millions in incentives to get electric car makers, manufacturers, etc. into the state.  One of those was Think, a Norwegian company with a long, rocky history of financial woes, that hoped …
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Jan 11, 2012
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Tesla Model S to have optional throwback third row seating

by Aaron Turpen, TorqueNews Remember when you were a kid riding in the back of your family station wagon, facing the wrong way and making faces at the cars behind you? Well, engineers at Tesla Motors do and they’ve thrown in an optional third row of rear-facing kiddie seats in the Model S. Read more …
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Dec 30, 2011
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CRK Electric Urban Showermat Lookalike Concept – With Solar!

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I personally jump for joy whenever I get another press release or email telling me about the latest in electric concept cars.  Concept cars in general fall into two categories: the “This One Might Get Made” and the “Looks Good On the Auto Show Floor, But Never Gonna See Production”.  You can usually tell the …
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Dec 14, 2011
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Suzuki Q – Yet Antoher Lame EV Concept

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For some reason, the Q from Suzuki is getting a lot of buzz in the alternative automotive press.  I’m not sure why.  It could be because it’s a whacky throwback to early ugly, unsellable EV designs or it could be because it was really the only standout whacky, unmarketable design at Tokyo this year.  Since …
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