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Microsoft Word - 10-22-2012 - Independence Day - The 5 most important energy developments of 2012.docx
chlorine or air and sulfur with sodium or lithium. Progress has been slow. Affordable mass-produced electric cars are still on the drawing board. « Toyota cancelled plans for sales of eQ vehicles, claiming that the current capabilities of electric vehicles do not meet society’s needs. Toyota planned to
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024200 →planned to sell 40,000 plug-in hybrids in Japan this year; only 8,400 have been sold so far « After receiving a $529mm loan from the US government, Fisker developed and built the Karma in Finland. Its battery failed during the Consumer Reports test drive, and Fisker subsequently recalled all of its 2012
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024200 →harge. The answer to range anxiety for many car- makers i= the plug-in hybrid, an electric car with a backup gasoline engine. =he Chevrolet Volt, the Toyota Prius Plug-In and the Ford C-Max Energi all =se electric power for the first 20 to 50 miles and then switch to gasoline for longer drives.&nbs=; An
ation of the vehicle fleet is a foregon= conclusion," says former GM vice chairman (and former electric-car-basher) Bob Lutz. Haring driven both the Fisker and its main start-up rival Tesla, I found both to have the feel of toys, except that Tesla develrped both a sports car along with a separate sedan,
s in 2008 got everyone complaining. U.S. manufacturers, stuck with large inventories of low-mileage SUVs and facing bankruptcy, watched with envy as Toyota rode the bun from its Prius hybrid to become the world's No. t carmaker. The chief executives of Detroit's Big Three further reassessed after being
federal loan paymentMonday and told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that bankruptcy may be unavoidable. This is likely the end of the road for Fisker. But definitely not for electric cars. Let's dispel some myths. 1. The electric car is dead. This myth is partly my fault, perpetuated by the titl
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