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Cities to seek plug-in hybrids
Austin, Texas announces ‘soft orders’ for 600,
but will carmakers build?
By
Miguel Llanos
Reporter
MSNBC

Austin, Texas, on Tuesday spearheaded a nationwide partnership that will lobby carmakers to build a new green vehicle — plug-in hybrids. In return, partners are prepared to commit to buying the cars — Austin alone 600 of them.

The vehicles take gasoline-electric hybrids to another level, allowing drivers to plug them in for a few hours to charge the batteries and then drive solely on electric power for up to 60 miles.

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