Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2012

renamed NextCar), Aptera Motors, and Bright Automotive is Carbon Motors of Connersville, Indiana. Log one more startup car company the U.S. Department of Energy has declined to fund. The latest entry on the lengthening list that includes Virtual Vehicles Co.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Bright Automotive, Inc. has entered into an agreement for AM General LLC to be Bright’s exclusive North American assembler for the Bright IDEA vehicle platform. AM General will build the Bright IDEA in its Commercial Assembly Plant in Mishawaka, Ind., under a contract assembly agreement. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc. Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman & CEO, Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Molinaroli, Chairman, Johnson Controls-Saft and President, Johnson Controls Power Solutions. Frederick W. Vieau, President & CEO, A123 Systems, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2013

Echo Automotive, Inc., Echo’s Chief Technology Officer is John Waters, the founder & CEO of Bright Automotive ( earlier post ). The EchoDrive conversion system comprises a 30 kW traction motor; modular Li-ion battery pack built with 2.2 and Dickenson Fleet Services to serve as a national service centers and installers.

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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. 195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less&# , a philosophy MacCready was famous for (and the title of a wonderful biography on him). January 21, 2009.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2010

When GM Ventures announced it would invest an unspecified amount of money into startup hybrid truck-maker Bright Automotive, several of us noted that the prototype Bright Idea delivery van used an 2.0-liter The announcement two weeks ago from General Motors' venture investing arm immediately prompted.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

GM is focusing on five key areas, Lauckner said: “Now more than ever we are working with non-automotive companies in terms of sourcing the technology.” Automotive clean-tech, including batteries, motors, power electronics, emissions control devices, things related to propulsion. —John Lauckner. —John Lauckner.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

The event was organised by Bright Automotive to showcase its IDEA - a 100mpg plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that it hopes to market to both Government and commercial fleets. Bright wasn’t alone in bringing its wares for display. General Motors was among them with the line of Volt cars seen as the future for the company.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

EDAG’s Light Car - Open Source at the Geneva Motor Show. Global engineering services provider EDAG showcased its latest technical advances in the development of its concept car, the “Light Car - Open Source”, at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Click to enlarge. V; 122 Wh; 1.5 EDAG CEO, Jörg Ohlsen. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc. Seifi Ghasemi, Chairman & CEO, Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Molinaroli, Chairman, Johnson Controls-Saft and President, Johnson Controls Power Solutions. Frederick W. Vieau, President & CEO, A123 Systems, Inc.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

However, it’s not just the ‘big boys’ of motoring that are having an impact as we enter a new automotive era. Here we offer some insight into these newcomers and their potential impact on the future of green motoring. Tesla Motors. Tesla Motors. REVA: An Indian company that markets the G-Wiz in the UK.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bright Automotive. Coda Automotive. Tesla Motors. Fisker Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Tesla Motor. Bright Automotive. Tesla Motors. Fisker Automotive. General Motors. D: Myers Motors’ NmG. Which electric-car developer counts former U. Reuben Munger.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

In fact, some of the engineers working in Indiana worked on General Motors EV1, which is the subject of our first film,&# said Paine. In fact, he was in Anderson Thursday taking pictures of an electric delivery van being designed by Bright Automotive. Paine is shooting a sequel to his 2006 movie.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

When a car is operating on the electric motor only, throttle and speed dependent synthesised sound projects an engine sound in front of the vehicle. When the powertrain control system switches the car back to running on the electric motor only, the synthesis controller instantaneously sets the system running again.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. The folks who blew me away were the ones from Bright Automotive. They’re building their new Bright IDEA from scratch and they’re building it with a very non-GM mindset.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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