Brazilian electric utility Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Cemig) is teaming up with
Fiat to build a test fleet of battery-powered Fiat Palios. They will be building thirty of the cars powered by
batteries from Swiss manufacturer KWO to start with at a price of $36,000. If the project works out a battery plant could be opened in Brazil near Fiat's plant in Minas Gerais state. In a country that has been an ethanol proponent for as long as Brazil it will be interesting to see how this project pans out.
[Source: Ward's Auto World]
[Source: Ward's Auto World]