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General Electric plans to purchase 25,000 battery-powered vehicles during the next five years for its own use and to lease to commercial customers.
Tesla Motors has signed a $60 million contract with Toyota Motor to develop an all-electric version of the popular RAV4 compact sports-utility vehicle, Tesla said Wednesday.
GM has finally put a sticker price on its much anticipated plug-in electric hybrid. Granted, a hefty federal tax credit will defray the cost, but the Volt carries a premium price. GM's challenge now is convincing consumers the Volt is worth it.
With Honda's president saying the company had "no future" if it didn't make vehicles that emitted less carbon dioxide, the Japanese carmaker is now gearing up to join Toyota, GM and Nissan in the electric-car and plug-in hybrid derby.
To reassure customers who want to purchase Chevrolet's electrically powered Volt, General Motors will offer an extended, 8-year, 100,000 mile warranty on critical components used in the all-new vehicles.
Two start-ups, biofuel maker Codexis and solar-energy firm Solyndra, recently filed, and others are rumored to be doing so, including sexy electric-car company Tesla Motors and smart-grid integrated-technology maker Silver Spring Networks.
