Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
However, they noted, there are also many challenges associated with the use of biobased parts in the auto industry. Marketing the use of biobased materials being used in an automobile costs money and must be part of the consideration in the cost of using biobased parts. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 18, 2009
The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Saturn will remain in operation for the next several years, through the end of the planned lifecycle for all Saturn products.
Charged EVs
MAY 31, 2022
BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. That would give the radically slimmed-down GM a mass-market brand and a luxury brand. FedEx will also test BrightDrop’s Trace electrified container in 10 markets this year.
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. Indeed sales of hybrids have significantly out-performed the total light duty vehicle market, which dropped by 27.7 Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased by 5.2 per cent in volume to 859,847 units.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. There’s plenty of room in the market for both. and Chrysler.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
And what we want to do is make sure we launch the car well, that we get the maximum learning from it, that its successful in the market so that when we get to Gen 2, weve got the most cost out of it we can." " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. Sorry the market killed the EV1. you see that?
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