Experts say electric cars are on the way

The Detroit News
Saturday, August 8, 2009
David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau

Traverse City -- Automakers, biofuel companies and battery makers are rushing to bring two new technologies to the nation's auto fleet: plug-in electric hybrids and cellulosic ethanol.

At the Center for Automotive Research's Management Briefing Seminars here Friday, automakers and start-up officials said the future is bright for both technologies though they face hurdles to widespread adoption.

"The next five years is the engineering (research and development) and the next five years is the rapid scale-up for both plug-ins and cellulosic ethanol," said David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research.

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