But Wynne just smiles when asked whether DMC will launch its own electric model.
Late last year, Toyota pulled the plug on its iQ electric model.
The next step was a leap to an all-electric model, and we saw an opportunity with the Smart electric.
Yet not everyone is bullish on hybrid and electric cars, with Toyota, for example, pulling the plug on its iQ electric model late last year.
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The powertrain, which we saw earlier on a concept car, combines a V6 bi-turbo gas engine with a 95 horsepower electric model for 416 total system horsepower.
Elon Musk, the founder and chief executive of Tesla Motors, is accusing the New York Times of faking data about how the electric Model S performed in cold Northeast weather.
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Cancellation of the iQ will leave Toyota with one pure EV in its lineup, an all-electric RAV4 model to be produced in the U.S. with Tesla Motors.
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Also, the all-electric Tesla Model S is off to a racing start, selling an estimated 1, 500 units in December alone, while more than 23, 000 Chevrolet Volts were sold in 2012.
The first electric cars of this model fitted with Siemens electric motors will be on the test tracks as early as the end of this year.
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And United Technologies, which makes Sikorsky helicopters, has flown a large model electric-helicopter powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
The electric drive produces 95 hp, more than double the power of the previous model's electric motor (47 hp).
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For that reason the electric grid is a model of a neutral, innovation-driving network.
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One of his first successes: IBM's Model B electric typewriter (a precursor to the Selectric).
Newcomers are also entering the fray, including Tesla Motors, which is rolling out its Model S electric sedan.
Setting the bar for electric driving range, Model S offers 40 kWh, 60 kWh and 85 kWh battery options.
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Tesla Motors with its new Model S electric sedan, will be one of many the World will see soon.
Among the coming in-car devices is a 17-inch touch screen display with Internet access and four USB ports to attach devices in the Tesla Model S electric car.
Details of its announced production contract with a major U.S. manufacturer for an all-electric vehicle for the 2013 model year.
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These join the luxury-oriented limited-production Tesla Model S all-electric and Fisker Karma extended-range electric sedans.
Nissan just announced that it will ramp up U.S. assembly of the 2013 model year all-electric LEAF at its manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn.
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Axeon has worked closely with Jaguar Land Rover South Africa to produce an all-electric version of its iconic Defender model for use in game parks, minimising both environmental and noise pollution.
In a separate announcement, Toyota, which was a pioneer of petrol-electric hybrid vehicles with its Prius model in 1997, said sales of these and its other hybrid models had now passed five million.
Meanwhile, Tesla is due to launch the Model X, a battery electric SUV, by 2014.
Broder published a piece over the weekend called "Stalled Out on Tesla's Electric Highway" in which he panned the Model S for inaccurate range estimates and drastically reduced range in cold weather.
Unlike most electric vehicles sold in the US, the Model S lacks the standard J1772 power connector and uses Tesla's Universal Mobile Connector instead to enable faster charging (up to 62 miles of range per hour of charge).
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At CEATEC JAPAN 2009, Mitsubishi Electric unveiled the world's first prototype model of a large-scale OLED display with a 155-inch screen, developed through utilizing the company's large-scale display technology accumulated from the development of Diamond Vision screens installed at numerous sports stadiums and other public facilities.
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Oki Electric, by contrast, hews to the Japanese model of relying largely on organic growth.
Oki Electric, by contrast, hews to the Japanese model of relying largely on organic growth or none at all.
The Tesla Model S is a plug-in electric luxury sedan than can travel between 160 and 300 miles on a single charge, depending on the type of battery chosen.
Now that Tesla is striving to be a mass-market automaker, it cannot realistically expect all 20, 000 buyers a year (the Model S sales goal) to be electric-car acolytes who will plug in at every Walmart stop.
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