2009 Auto Industry General Motors Hybrid 
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2011
Conversely, responses for hybrid vehicles dropped in 2011, and basic/introduction cars fell more than 20 percentage points from last year. The 2011 KPMG survey also finds the auto industry heavily investing in future technology, new products and safety improvements. Investments. Forecast for Mergers and Acquisitions.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2011
and Springboro, Ohio, was acquired by SB LiMotive in 2009. The objective of the alliance is to adapt lithium-ion battery technology to the requirements of automobiles, and thus explore the market for hybrid and electric vehicles. Cobasys, with two sites in Orion, Mich., SB LiMotive bundles the know-how of both its parent companies.
Green Cars News
JULY 5, 2009
After months of doom and gloom for the auto industry in the USA, there is finally a ray of hope courtesy of hybrid cars. Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased by 5.2 per cent by volume in June 2009 compared to the same month in the previous year. The Highlander Hybrid sold 1,098 models, a fall of 27.3
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 27, 2009
This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt). January 21, 2009. At the end of this article, Prof.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
Interest in electric cars is surging: •Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors’ electric model, the Volt, due in November. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine More evidence that we are approaching an exciting new frontier in the automotive industry will be on display today on Capitol Hill. based Tesla Motors Inc.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. According to GM, the updated standard can be expected by the end of the summer — just in time, perhaps, for the first production prototypes of the Chevy Volt.
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