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It likely won't be heading for U.S. shores, but a plug-in hybrid variant of the Suzuki Swift has been officially announced by the Japanese automaker. Suzuki had prepared a concept of an electric Swift for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show that we'd previously reported on, but now from the looks of it the Swift will be going somewhere in between full EV and gasoline powered.

This is a smart move is you…

Suzuki is planning to enter the world of electric vehicles, and they're planning to do so with a big move that has everyone here at Mathews Suzuki talking. More specifically, the Japanese automaker is teaming with another that's about to enter the EV market: Mitsubishi. While they would normally be considered the competition, it stands right now that both companies have something that the other would like. That said, they've opted…