<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<title>Hybrid Cars Newsletter (050): Hybrid Safety, Toyota EV Position, Rare
Metals</title>
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Corbel;
panose-1:2 11 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:#3F7228;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:#3F7228'>Interesting stuff …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:#3F7228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Bradley Berman -
HybridCars.com [mailto:brad@hybridcars.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> sstruby@cox.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Hybrid Cars Newsletter (050): Hybrid Safety, Toyota EV
Position, Rare Metals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~
Hybrid Cars Newsletter: Issue No. 0050 ~~~</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moderator: Bradley
Berman [brad@hybridcars.com]</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IN
THIS ISSUE:</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prius and Insight
Hybrids Earn Top Safety Awards</span></strong><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Top
safety ratings from the top hybrids dispel the myth that high fuel efficiency
requires a compromise for safety’s sake.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exclusive:
Toyota Explains Its Position on Electric Cars</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“If
we had a technology that was ready today…we’d do it,” said Toyota’s Doug
Coleman. “We’re trying to get to that point in the future.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best
Answers to the Riddle of 230 MPG</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What
is the real mpg for the upcoming Chevy Volt? What is the sound of one hand
clapping?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GM
Pulls Plug on Buick Plug-in Hybrid</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Two
weeks after announcing a plug-in hybrid Buick crossover SUV, GM executives
changed their mind.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shortage
of Rare Metals for Hybrids Is Overblown</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>China
is talking about tightening grip on rare earth metals used in hybrids. Will it
slow down hybrids? Experts say no.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Automakers
Race to Design Car-to-Grid Communications</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Plug-in
cars will be grid-connected electric devices on wheels. But how will the car
“talk” to meters? We speak with Ford’s Greg Frenette.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Greetings,
Hybrid Car Enthusiasts,<br>
As Prius-style conventional hybrids continue to prove their ability to deliver
reliable, safe and efficient transportation, the auto industry is pushing
forward with plug-in hybrids and electric cars. Which models make sense? Should
we ditch MPG as a measurement? How will drivers control charging? Do we have
the raw materials to supply a new industry? Some companies are boldly moving
forward, despite uncertain answers to these and other questions. Others, most
notably Toyota, are cautious. We speak with insiders and share what we learned
in HybridCars.com’s newsletter number 50. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No need to
wait for next month’s newsletter. Get the news and discuss it online by
following us on Facebook:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163926&s=53284179">http://www.facebook.com/pages/HybridCarscom/134218412523<br>
</a><br>
And Twitter:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163927&s=53284179">http://twitter.com/HybridCarsCom</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prius
and Insight Hybrids Earn Top Safety Awards</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163928&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/safety/prius-and-insight-hybrids-earn-top-safety-awards-25992.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Honda
Insight and Toyota Prius received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's
“Top Safety Pick” award based on front, side, and rear crash testing. The
rating dispels the myth that high fuel efficiency always requires a compromise
for safety’s sake. To earn the Insurance Institute’s "Top Safety
Pick," a vehicle has to earn good ratings in all three tests. It also must
offer electronic stability control, which comes standard on all Prius models
and on the Insight EX model. It's available as on option on the less expensive
Insight LX.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The IIHS
gave top safety designations to 10 out of the 27 small cars that were tested.
Other small cars with the top safety rating are the 2010 Kia Soul, 2009 Subaru
Impreza, 2009 Scion xB, four-door 2009 Honda Civic, 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer,
2009 Volkswagen Rabbit, 2010 Toyota Corolla and two-door 2009 Ford Focus.
"The latest results show that consumers who want good fuel economy can
also get a high level of safety," said institute spokesman Russ Rader.
"Because there are so many small cars that test well, there's no reason to
settle for a small car with less-than-stellar safety ratings."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also check
out the next wave of hybrid cars coming from Japanese carmakers:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163929&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/next-wave-japanese-hybrids-heading-us-26067.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Exclusive:
Toyota Explains Its Position on Electric Cars</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163930&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/exclusive-toyota-explains-position-electric-cars-26031.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It appears
that every automaker in the world has caught electric car fever, save one:
Toyota, the one best known for green cars.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A few weeks
ago, the New York Times declared, “Toyota has fallen behind in the race for the
all-electric car.” Toyota’s response? “Our hair is never on fire. We’re not
looking around at the latest PR articles, and saying oh my gosh, we have to
change our plans because somebody said this or that,” explained Doug Coleman,
U.S.-based Prius product manager at Toyota. “We’re pacing ourselves in a way
that we think that we can be competitive in a few years time for a market that
makes sense for both us and the customer.” Jana Hartline, Toyota’s
environmental communication manager, added, “Our outlook has never been to be
the first to market. We want to be the best to market.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In an
exclusive interview with HybridCars.com, we asked Coleman and Hartline to
explain Toyota’s position on plug-in hybrids and electric cars. “We’re
listening to all perspectives, but we’re making our own judgments based upon
our own data and our own forecasts.” </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Costs for
the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid are running much higher than anticipated—forcing
the sticker price from the high $20,000 range to beyond $40,000. General Motors
is betting the farm that, at some uncertain point in the future, it will be
able to reduce those costs as it ramps up production.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Toyota is
not yet ready to make the same bet. “If we had a technology that was ready
today. IIf we had the battery at a performance and quality and durability and
price point that we could put into a car and mass manufacture it for some
market and both sustain our business and provide value to the customer, we’d do
it,” Coleman said. “We’re trying to get to that point in the future.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Get the
details:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163931&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/exclusive-toyota-explains-position-electric-cars-26031.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best
Answers to the Riddle of 230 MPG</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163932&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/gas-mileage/chevy-volt-and-riddle-of-230-25994.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Taking its
place right next to other great existential riddles—such as “What is the sound
of one hand clapping?"—GM’s claim that the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid will
get 230 mpg left journalists bewildered.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GM
executives said they used a preliminary EPA methodology to determine the mpg of
the Volt, which uses only electricity for approximately 40 miles, then uses
gasoline to recharge batteries until the vehicle can be recharged with more
electricity. But the EPA has not finalized its procedure, has not tested the
vehicle, and is not claiming responsibility for the 230-mpg figure.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here are our
favorite candidates for the best explanation of a number that defies
explanation. We hope it clears up everything.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Under
the rationale that GM says the EPA applied to the Volt, an all-electric car
such as the upcoming Nissan Leaf or existing Tesla Roadster would have an
official rating of 'infinity miles per gallon.'"<br>
- John O'Dell, Edmunds.com Green Car Advisor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nuclear-Powered
Cars<br>
"If the Volt were powered mostly by a windmill or a nuclear reactor, it
would also get great gas mileage, since the fuel would be coming from some
other source."<br>
- Rick Newman, US News and World Report</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Check out
other explanations:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163933&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/gas-mileage/chevy-volt-and-riddle-of-230-25994.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GM
Pulls Plug on Buick Plug-in Hybrid</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163934&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/gm-pulls-plug-buick-plug-hybrid-26027.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>General
Motors announced on Aug. 19 that it has canceled plans for a Buick plug-in
hybrid crossover. The company cited poor feedback from media, dealers, and
consumers to the proposed model, which was unveiled two weeks earlier. Both the
conventional and plug-in hybrid versions of the Buick crossover have been
canceled.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>General
Motors vice chairman Tom Stephens wrote on GM’s FastLane Blog: “The Buick
crossover we showed received consistent feedback from large parts of all the
audiences that it didn’t fit the premium characteristics that customers have
come to expect from Buick." He added, "We decided that the important
plug-in hybrid technology would be applied to another vehicle, at no delay,
that we’ll discuss in the very near future."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GM says it
will use the plug-in hybrid powertrain for another vehicle that will debut in
2011. The plug-in hybrid system was originally intended for the Saturn Vue
crossover, but those plans were canceled when GM sold the Saturn brand.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read more:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163935&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/gm-pulls-plug-buick-plug-hybrid-26027.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Shortage
of Rare Metals for Hybrids Is Overblown</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163936&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/shortage-rare-metals-hybrids-overblown-26072.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>China is
tightening its grip on its rare earth metals, which may derail production of
hybrid and electric cars, according to the New York Times and Bloomberg. Hybrid
cars use rare metals, especially neodymium for magnets in electric motors, and
lanthanum in nickel metal hydride batteries. But experts we spoke with
questioned the level of alarm.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prabhakar
Patil, CEO of battery-maker Compact Power and former chief engineer of Ford’s
hybrid program, sees the rare earth supply concern as “not very high,” when
compared to other factors that could limit production of hybrids and electric
cars. Patil believes that if supplies or prices for rare earth metals become an
issue, car companies will work around a shortage by using induction motors and
power electronics. He admits that there will be a penalty in terms of size,
cost, and efficiency of motors. “But it is not a show stopper,” Patil told
HybridCars.com.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jack Lifton,
an independent Michigan-based strategic metals expert, believes there could be
“a gap” in hybrid and electric car production in the future—but only if new
North American production of rare earth metals does not come on board as
expected, and auto engineers fail to plan for a shift to magnets and motors
that require fewer or no rare earth metals.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read more:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163937&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/news/shortage-rare-metals-hybrids-overblown-26072.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Automakers
Race to Design Car-to-Grid Communications</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163938&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/types-systems/automakers-race-design-car-grid-communications-26070.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ford is
scheduled to introduce the all-electric Ford Focus in 2011 and the Ford Escape
Plug-in Hybrid in 2012—but the system to control how and when the car is
charged is still early in development. “The clock is ticking,” Greg Frenette,
Ford manager of battery electric vehicle applications, told HybridCars.com. “We
have data to generate, information to absorb, and decisions to make.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In an
interview with HybridCars.com, Frenette described what the system can do:<br>
“On the navigation screen, the driver can tell the vehicle, for example, that
even though the vehicle is plugged in and it’s 5 p.m.—I don’t want to pay the
kind of electric rates that are prevalent at that time. Don’t accept the juice
until the rates are lower, or I need to have a full charge by 6 a.m. tomorrow
morning. It’s all menu driven. There’s going to be that level of control and
communication between the vehicle and the meter that gives consumers some
options.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He suggested
that the system will monitor battery state of charge from the road, inform
customers about nearby charging stations, and get tied in with an iPhone app.
But rapid charging is another matter:<br>
“You can’t just charge batteries at any level without some sort of impact on
safety, battery life, reliability and durability. We all have to abide by the
same laws of physics. When forced to do that, and do it in an economically
responsible manner, you find out pretty quickly who is just talking and who has
serious proposals out there.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read the
entire interview:<br>
<a href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163939&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/types-systems/automakers-race-design-car-grid-communications-26070.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WRAP-UP</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks
for checking out the 50th issue of our newsletter. Our first newsletter was
sent out five years ago. Can you imagine what hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and
electric cars we might be talking about in Issue 100, five years from now?
Getting from here to there will be a fun and wild ride.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Happy
Driving,<br>
Bradley Berman<br>
<a href="mailto:brad@hybridcars.com">brad@hybridcars.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Hybrid Cars Newsletter is a free email-based newsletter discussing the latest
news and information in the world of hybrid gas-electric vehicles.<br>
Subscribe and unsubscribe at <a
href="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163940&s=53284179">http://www.hybridcars.com/newsletter.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Feel free to
forward this email in its entirety to anyone you think might be interested. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><br>
[<a href="http://sub.ezinedirector.net/?fa=m&s=53284179&c=964886999">Change
Subscription</a>] [<a
href="http://sub.ezinedirector.net/?fa=r&id=53284179&c=964886999">Cancel
Subscription</a>]<br>
<img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="http://srv.ezinedirector.net/?n=3163925&s=53284179" alt=pixel><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>