(Credit: Automotive News)
DETROIT--We're going on the grid sooner than you thought.
Electric and plug-in hybrid cars will arrive in dealerships in just two years or so, several speakers at the Automotive News Green Car Conference and Exhibition said on Thursday, Nov. 13.
The electric grid is ready, but customers who accept buying cars and gasoline separately will need to adjust to buying cars and batteries separately.
Conference speakers also said more-efficient gasoline-powered autos are well along in the pipeline. Expect lighter vehicles driven by small, turbocharged engines.
Talk about plug-in hybrids has centered on the Chevrolet Volt, Saturn Vue plug-in, and Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid, all due in 2009 or 2010. But more electric-powered cars are coming.
In 2010, Nissan Motor Co.'s first electric vehicle will be launched in select markets. In 2012, it rolls out globally
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