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Tracing The Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 3)

CleanTechnica EVs

The GM Sunraycer, and The Quiet Achiever Wikipedia and most other sources will state that GM’s Impact (the EV1’s prototype) grew out of GM’s Sunraycer project. This article is part of a short series on the history of electric vehicles. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This is definitely true, but […].

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. Lobbying EV1 style Pohorsky leased his first EV, a GM EV1 , in 1999. Freund recalled that Plug In America started when GM was engaged in taking back and crushing the EV1s. He’s been way ahead of his time.”

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EcoMotors Names Donald Runkle CEO; Power Density as the Holy Grail

Green Car Congress

As Delphi’s Executive Vice President from 2000 to 2003, Runkle was responsible for the $14 billion Dynamics and Propulsion Systems Sector, where he acquired significant new business and led more than $4 billion of worldwide M&A venture transactions.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Delphi Using $89.3M DOE Award to Support Expansion of Power Electronics Engineering and New Manufacturing Facility; First Products for Allison

Green Car Congress

Delphi’s history in power electronics dates back to the early 1990s and the development of GM’ss ground-breaking EV1. Since 2000, Delphi has been issued more than 100 patents in power electronics and advanced energy systems.

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More EVs, Faster Charging

Plugs and Cars

I only wish GM had the smarts back in the day to have rebranded the EV1 as a Caddy and continued limited run production. Almost 2000 were delivered to corporate customers in Japan last year. It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. They showed a prototype Electric C30.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: J-Bob | Apr 13, 2009 4:48:10 PM "Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: canderson | Apr 13, 2009 5:02:50 PM The EV1 gave drivers 80 miles on a charge. Thats right.

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