Revenge of the Electric Car
JUNE 3, 2010
Nine United States regions will receive 4,600 free chargers for public and private use through the ChargePoint America program, funded in part by $15 million in stimulus funds administered by the Energy Department. Ford, General Motors and Smart are partners. Ford, General Motors and Smart are partners. June 3, 2010, 7:30 am.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 4, 2009
Out have gone the coffee before work each morning, the weekend nights out, and the rush to buy the hot new DVD releases; in has been a new, thrifty way of living. With few of us having the cash or credit to buy an expensive new addition, the bottom seems to have fallen out of the automotive industry which has been plunged into crisis.
Charged EVs
APRIL 6, 2023
For example, very high-voltage stimulus and measurement—those products have been around for decades in other smaller industries, like the electric grid or certain aerospace testing applications. Our logic in buying that company was actually to use the technology as a general-purpose data analytics platform.
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. All-electric cars, like the upcoming Nissan Leaf, have a range of about 100 miles and are powered by electric motors instead of the gas-powered internal combustion engine found in most current cars.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 14, 2009
The economic impact of a General Motors or Chrysler bankruptcy is being debated across the country. This will not alleviate the entire liquidity problem, but it will buy some time for the suppliers to formulate the consolidation plans. The air ball portion would be repaid partially by the government and partially by the supplier.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
Interest in electric cars is surging: •Nearly 52,000 people were wait-listed as of mid-April for General Motors’ electric model, the Volt, due in November. The firm eTec got $100 million in funding from the US Department of Energy through the stimulus bill. By Jaeah Lee, Contributor. posted May 10, 2010 at 9:49 am EDT.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 18, 2009
With General Motors and Chrysler also showing signs of modest improvement, all looked rosy. According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs. A money saving scheme that’s proving costly.
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