THE SURPRISING RESULTS of a TMR poll show that the impending release of electric cars into the Australian market may not meet the buyer resistance some may be expecting.

Of the 1009 respondents to the poll, 44 percent indicated that they would consider the purchase of an electric car if priced competitively.

Equally surprising, a further nine [...]

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WITH JUST ABOUT every volume-selling carmaker - and more than a few supercar and luxury manufacturers - getting set to offer all-electric vehicles in the near future, a universal infrastructure is vital.

So important is the electric car’s future in the new car market that, according to US consulting firm Pike Research, the number of recharge [...]

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WHILE SUBARU AND TOYOTA work to bring a Subaru hybrid to market in 2012, the all-electric version of the Subaru Stella, which combines technology from the company’s R1-E prototype with the regular Japan-only Stella platform, is about to go on sale in the home islands.

With deliveries scheduled to begin in late July, Subaru is expecting [...]

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