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Old 11-28-2010, 11:07 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Here's great news -- they plan on producing 300 Th!nk City cars in Elkhart this year!

EVWORLD.COM : Think Begins Electric Car Production in North America

Elkhart goes to work building the world's best-selling electric car (video)

Many more to come early in 2011, too!
I noticed this from the second article :

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The Elkhart crew begins its work by inserting the lithium-ion battery, made by EnerDel in Indianapolis, Turner said. Next they put in the motor and gearbox, followed by the seats, headlights and other components.
This is the same company that is making a battery pack for an experimental Volvo C30 BEV (see here).

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