 Volkswagen hopes to launch their Electric Car by 2010. An electric car is a type of Alternative Fuel car that utilizes electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine The electric power is usually derived from battery packs in the vehicle.
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Larger
automotive manufacturers are making ineffective attempts to go greener and
become more fuel efficient. One
of the latest to the arena is Renault. Renault is a French automaker who
announced they too are working on an EV city car.
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 SmartCarofAmerica.com has tried to be on the cutting edge of all intelligent types of transportation. In 2005, we were in discussions with the Th!nk group, and sang the praises of the Th!nk car. At the time, we believed this car could be part of the solution to what we believed was ahead of us all - $4.00-a-gallon gas.
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 Mitsubishi will be testing our response to their all-electric car at the up coming International Auto Show in New York. Mitsubishi has been researching their iMiEV since 2005. The four-door Mitsubishi iMiEV can travel over 80 miles on a full charge. The iMiEV is smaller than a subcompact, about the size of a four-door Smart car.
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 Toyota has unveiled a production version of its iQ micro city car at the Geneva Motor Show. The Toyota iQ will be called the iQ 3+1. It was designed in southern France by Toyota's design studio. The
design is intended to place emphasis on low fuel consumption,
maneuverability and environmental friendliness.
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Israeli government becomes the electric car's biggest supporter. Early this year the Israeli Cabinet agreed to tax new vehicles on their emissions levels. Allowing biggest tax breaks to go to zero-emissions cars. While a 7-cent a gallon tax break for E85 was allowed to expire without action from the Michigan state legislature. With Michigan's financial situation they won't be in any hurry to restore the tax break.
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Martin Eberhard, the CEO of Tesla Motors would be bored out of his mind and out of business with a $99.00 deposit. His required deposit for the Tesla Roadsters was a slick $100,000 which guaranteed those lucky 100 folks, one of the first Roadsters off his production line in 2007.
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