Remove Batteries Remove Corporation Remove Fuel Economy Remove Shelby
article thumbnail

DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research.

article thumbnail

Feature: Muscle Cars Are Speeding into the Future

Clean Fleet Report

not with a heavy-right foot) they can produce surprising fuel economy. There may even be a new definition coming for the muscle car as modern EVs and plug-in hybrids demonstrate the quick-launching power of an electric motor and the center of gravity lowering power of a large pack of batteries. Driven with care (i.e.,

Future 88
article thumbnail

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids.

Plug-in 45