Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
In the 1990s, as a mechanical-engineering professor at the University of California here, Dr. Frank produced another shocker. The biggest government spenders on auto research, the federal government and the state of California, remain focused not on hybrids but on fuel-cell-powered cars that use hydrogen.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. April 18, 2009 1:40 am Link I drive a Saturn SL1 that has over 300K miles on it. and Chrysler. .’s
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
They only have that many models because they use the same chassis and drivetrain to build 3 different cars, one branded as a Chevy, the next a Pontiac, then a Saturn, etc. If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management.
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