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California Builder to Offer Pre-Wired Homes for Electric Car Owners

California-based Home builder KB Home will begin offering an option to have homes pre-wired to handle charging stations for electric vehicles, the San Jose Business Journal reported.
KB said the option is designed to ease the future installation of a station to charge an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle conveniently at home.
According to the San Jose [...]

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Toyota’s Plug-In Hybrid Will Hit Japan in 2011

Toyota Motor Corp. will release a plug-in hybrid vehicle that can be charged at home beginning in late 2011, the company has said.
The carmaker said it hoped to initially sell about 15,000 vehicles of the new model annually in the United States, and was considering releasing the model in Japan around the same time.
The vehicle [...]

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With Plug-Ins and Hybrids Dominant, Is Diesel Dead in the U.S.?

German automakers Volkswagen, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are selling their newest “clean” diesel vehicles nationally, including in California—home of the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show—a state that, historically, with its air pollution regulations, has been hostile to diesel cars.
But even the auto companies with umlauts on their computer keyboards are making plug-in electrics and hybrids [...]

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Tesla Exposed: Photos With Body Parts Removed.

I was in San Carlos, California today and noticed this car being worked on at a metal shop.
From a distance I was pretty sure it was a Tesla and a closer inspection confirmed my guess.
For you enthusiasts, here are 7  Tesla Photos with some major body parts removed.
Question is – was this one stacked? (Wrecked)
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Ferrari To Produce Its First Hybrid

Ferrari will come out with its first hybrid system on the upcoming replacement for its 612 Scaglietti grand touring car. Britain’s Autocar magazine quoted unnamed Ferrari sources confirming that the Italian exotic car company is working on a hybrid system that will see electric power going to the front wheels, giving the car all-wheel-drive capability. [...]

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