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The New Class

Various automakers have now hopped on the plug-in bandwagon. Let's examine the announcements and decide which vehicles will make it on to the road.

The New Model: Swap N Go

Call them swapping stations, battery cell replacement stations, charging stations or whatever else. The important thing is, we will be talking about them soon:

Charge Times: How Long to Fill Your Battery?

Just exactly how long can we expect to wait to "fill up" our plug-in cars?

Battery Technology – US vs Asia

The global race is on to produce an efficient lithium-ion battery cell.

Why You Can’t Trust MPG

With no existing standards in the advertising of electric vehicles' MPG, how do consumers compare the "range" of vehicles?

Apr 22, 20090

Will Chinese Electric Automakers Leapfrog the Competition?

Categories: Plug-ins, Uncategorized

At the 2009 Auto Show in Shanghai (the heart of China's automobile industry), executives from most of the world's top auto companies appeared to showcase their newest products and keep an eye on the competition. Especially notable at this year's event was that almost every major manufacturer, as well as several smaller companies, had a pure electric vehicle on display. The number of electric vehicles by Chinese companies? Eight. And perhaps the most notable of those companies is BYD (Build ...

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