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The plug-in electric vehicle announcements are flying fast and frequently. As always, it’s an educated guessing game to figure out which will make it to the finish line — and when. Here’s a potpourri of interesting news, rated in order from “real” to “wish I knew”.<\/p>\n

\"Nissan One of the few that I’m confident will happen is the Nissan Leaf. CNET gave a pretty good review [review removed from YouTube] of it, minus a couple of misconceptions here and there (like the idea that we’ve got to have public chargers all over the place before people will buy EVs — see my previous post).<\/p>\n

The Chevy Volt is real, too, but the marketing team for it at the L.A. Auto Show came up with a really bad idea<\/a> — a choreographed dance routine set to GM’s official song “Chevy Volt and Me.” (A tip o’ the hat — or complaints — to Chelsea Sexton for the link.)<\/p>\n

\"Th!nk My favorite news of the week is that Th!nk restarted production<\/a> of its City EV. (Th!nk was my very first EV, and I loved that car.) Look for it to hit the U.S. market in late 2010 along with the Leaf and GM Volt plug-in hybrid. Of course, the roller-coaster pattern of news from Th!nk could take another dip before then, but I’m optimistic that Th!nk is back on track<\/p>\n

Chinese EV maker BYD is still making noises about having its electric sedan in the U.S. market in late 2010 too, as reported in the Wall Street Journal<\/a>. But that’s a short time away for a car that no one here (that I know of) has seen or driven, and that doesn’t appear as much more than cartoons on the company website. I wouldn’t count it out, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that dates gets pushed back, either<\/p>\n

And finally, in the category of cartooon-eyes-popping-out, VerdictOnCars reports<\/a> that Enerdel will have batteries in just a few years that provide 30 times the energy density of today’s batteries. I’ve been bullish on Enerdel since a researcher from Argonne National Laboratory presented impressive test data on Enerdel batteries at EVS23 a few years ago, but a 30-fold increase?! Makes me wonder if it’s a typo somewhere along the line. If not, this could get really, really interesting. Imagine a Tesla Roadster’s 240-mile range muscled up to 7,200 miles per charge. Okay, I’m laughing with you. Too good to be true, right?<\/p>\n

Images courtesy of Paul Scott (Leaf) and Sherry Boschert (Th!nk).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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