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Electric, Plug-In Hybrids Ready to Hit the Streets

Electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are two technologies that automakers are trying to develop for mainstream use, but two upstart California companies are leading the alternative vehicle world. Tesla Motors already sells the only electric vehicle legal for highway use, while Fisker Automotive stands to be the first to bring a plug-in hybrid to market.
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Teams Race to Build Super-Fuel-Efficient Car

A field of 111 teams — ranging India’s Tata Motors Ltd., Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors Inc. and a team backed by musician Neil Young — will compete for a $10 million prize to build a practical vehicle capable of getting the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon of gas, the contest’s backers said Monday.
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Battery Cost Holding Back Hybrids and EVs

“Should Uncle Sam provide billions in loans and grants to a promising but unproven business? Or should the government wait for the market to sort things out before it backs a US company?”
Those are questions posed in a BusinessWeek article last week. However, the questions are largely rhetorical: the US Department of Energy (DOE) already [...]

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Tesla Spotting – With Photos

Tesla spottings are becoming more common in the Bay Area. Here was one spotted today with the license plate “UZ VOLTS”
There are more photos at the Author’s Blog: FatherDan.com
Tesla Motors’ first production vehicle, the Tesla Roadster, is an all-electric sports car. According to test results from an EPA certified laboratory, the car has a range [...]

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The Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Sports Car.

Fisker Automotive on Tuesday said it raised $65 million to build the Fisker Karma, a planned $80,000 plug-in hybrid sports car.
The series C funding, first reported earlier in May, was led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and joined by existing investors Palo Alto Investors and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company had previously raised [...]

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