Plugs and Cars

APRIL 3, 2012

Bright Automotive went under. It may not be exactly the electric car you want - with more range, or more space, or more leather - but it is a pretty great car powered by electricity. The Volt has had to contend with the overblown battery fire incident and the production hiatus. Aptera went under. The press has not been kind.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. Bright Automotive. Coda Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Bright Automotive. Which electric-car developer counts former U.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The goal of deploying more than 200 million electric-powered vehicles is ambitious and should not be understated, the report notes. Establish tax credits equal to 50% of the costs of the necessary IT upgrades for utilities or power aggregators to sell power to GEVs in phase one ecosystems. —Electrification Roadmap.

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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. The Chevrolet Equinox was also there, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. All of the cars ran on electricity or biofuels in addition to petroleum.

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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. The 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

EDAG introduced the Light Car last year as an independent design concept for the electric-powered car of the future. The wheel hub motors are powered by 180 Gaia battery cells featuring lithium iron phosphate technology (3.2 An alternative option is a drive system with motors positioned centrally on either the front or rear axle.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

The eBox above from AC Propulsion is sending power to and from the grid right there on the Long Beach Convention Center floor. 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. That tore it for me," says Lutz. "If

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

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