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In line with the manufacturing of hybrid cars and fuel efficient cars, Hyundai is setting its pace on creating its very first plug-in vehicle.

Mike O’Brien, Head of Product Planning, reported to PluginCars.com that the first plug-in cars of Hyundai will soon be mass marketed. The way the hybrid cars of Hyundai were developed will make it easy to be turned into plug-in hybrid cars.

A good example is the Sonata Hybrid. For this car to become a plug-in type of hybrid car, bigger batteries are necessary to power it up.

O’Brien mentioned that it took this long for Hyundai to play in the plug-in market because of marketing tactics.

It is for us to find out how Hyundai will conquer the market with plug-in hybrid cars.

[via Plugin Cars | image: Good Clean Tech]

The city of Elkhart in Indiana is now in tune with the essence of having fully electric cars.

Just this Thursday, 15 electric cars are donated by electric car maker THINK North America to the Department of Administration of Indiana. Several state parks will take advantage of the electric cars that will be utilized by the Department of Natural Resources.

Electric car maker THINK, which is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, clarifies that this is just the beginning of a strong relationship between THINK North America and the State of Indiana. Hundreds of electric cars will soon plunge into the cities of the Hoosier State.

Apart from being fully electric, the electric cars provided by THINK are zero emissions and a one-time charge is equivalent to about a hundred miles.