... many limitations including power, acceleration, reliability and range. All of this however is about to change when the next line of EV's are released. GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Daimler-Chrysler and Even the U.S. Army are in on the race because electric will be one of the leading alternative fuels in the near ... is producing a product similar to GM's EV in everyway except that the body of the vehicle is Americas best selling pickup, the Ford Ranger. The estimated range of the Ranger is 77 miles using the lead-acid battery pack which is comparable to GM's version. Also like GM ... interest...

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... very bright. Their impacts are very significant ranging from economic, to new technology that can be applied elsewhere, to most importantly, the environment. Ford and GM, through its Saturn plant, have already begun production on their own version of the electric vehicle and have made them available to ... that a specified manufacturer's sales consist of ZEV's. The ZEV mandate may be the single most important event in the history of transportation since Henry Ford began mass-producing cars eighty years ago (Sperling 1995). The mandate is set to take effect in 1998 in California and as m...

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... record. Experts agree that GM will maintain about a 30% market share but no more, Toyota, Honda and Nissan all will gain share, Ford and Daimler Chrysler will be the biggest share losers. However, they also have reported that during the same period, automotive suppliers have laid off ... business and these cost savings can be reflected back to the ultimate customer. Threat Until the 1970's, technical collaboration involving the former Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. was unlikely because they dominated the U.S. market and viewed each other as primary competitors. ...

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