Plugs and Cars
JULY 31, 2008
Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C.,
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 13, 2021
Harley-Davidson Launches Stand-Alone Electric Bike Brand. Harley-Davidson, the legendary and revered American manufacturer of motorcycles, announced that it is establishing LiveWire as a separate electric motorcycle brand on July 8,2021, just in time for the first of nine outdoor International Motorcycle Shows. Not an H or D in sight.
Plugs and Cars
SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
From the pricey ads in national magazines devoting serious space to the Volt to today's announcement about the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue, GM is compelling me to take their expressed interest in plug-in cars seriously. Leaving wiggle room, "2009-ish" brand general manager Jill Lajdziak said Thursday.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
AMP’s drivetrain for the electric Equinox. AMP ), a company engaged in the conversion of new vehicles to full battery-electric drive, unveiled its latest all-electric conversion platform, the GM Chevrolet Equinox. signed a letter of intent for a potential long-term electric motor supply agreement. Click to enlarge.
Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 16, 2007
But enviros are all over the map. I hereby propose just such an overarching message, a mere five words long: Use renewably generated electricity, efficiently, or URGE². Putting renewable electricity into plug-in cars would move to the top of any such coherent enviro agenda, and of course ethanol moves down.
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2009
Work on a research project developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications is attracting interest from a variety of OEMs both at a component and a system level, according to Argonne’s Ted Bohn, in his presentation at the Department of Energy Merit Review this week.
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
Not long before, the plug-in movement was small enough that not only would we have known about something like this before it happened, we would have been the ones out there with the signs freezing our butts off. I haven’t heard about them since (though the former Saturn plant in the area is slated for Fisker ) but the image stuck with me.
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