Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2012

Given the hurricane of bad publicity for the Chevrolet Volt last year over a battery-pack fire (in a crash-testing vehicle, a week after it was wrecked), any fire at all in a plug-in car is one too many.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 13, 2012

Such is the case with the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid, which is the second extended-range electric vehicle to come to market, following on the heels of the Chevy Volt. As cars become increasingly complex, with more and more systems controlling their operation, recalls for first-year models are all but inevitable.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2011

As buyers start to bring home plug-in cars, they will also expect their dealer to help them acquire and install a 240-Volt charging station (technically known as an EVSE, though few people call them that). Startup Fisker Automotive, whose first 2011 Karma plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Today we detail the 2016 Chevrolet Volt powertrain, look at new guidelines for EPA fuel-economy testing, and update the saga of the Mazda 6 diesel sedan. Fisker Automotive will be renamed Elux, but won''t put the Karma sedan back on sale until next year at the earliest. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 2, 2011

Much attention and too little perspective has been focused the monthly sales reports for the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, the first mass-market plug-in electric cars. But electric-car fans still eagerly await the always-imminent arrival of another production car with a plug, the 2011 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sports sedan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

The program is a strategic partnership between Coulomb and six leading automobile brands: Ford, Chevrolet, smart USA, BMW, Nissan and Fisker Automotive.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2017

In cars, it's been confined to the BMW i3 REx and the Fisker Karma (now Karma Revero). Even the first-generation Chevrolet Volt.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The Chevy Volt may soon have some competition. Each of these models will be based on an extended-range platform, as the Volt is. First, in terms of all electric range, the 2011 Chevrolet Volt wins with 40 miles. This week, both BMW and Jaguar have announced intentions to produce and sell plug-in hybrid models.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Stars and green cars are nothing new--several have admitted to owning Toyota Prius in the past, while others have been spotted in Tesla Roadsters or Fisker Karmas. At Global Green USA's 10th Pre-Oscar party on Wednesday, a host more stars were caught alongside two electric vehicles--the 2013 Chevrolet Volt and 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2012

Earlier this week, Ford announced it had signed a deal with troubled Internet content provider Yahoo to stream 10 episodes of an Internet reality show centered on its 2012 Ford Focus Electric. Called Plugged In, the show will send teams of contestants to various U.S.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2011

Electric cars like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Fisker Karma get around the problem of range anxiety the old-fashioned way: They use gasoline engines. A series hybrid, like the Volt or Karma, makes.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

While the Chevy Volt and Fisker Karma both use off-the-shelf GM engines as range extenders, many companies are working on tiny, radically more efficient engines to turn.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 3, 2012

The Volt has had to contend with the overblown battery fire incident and the production hiatus. Fisker is delivering the Karma, but not without glitches and its DOE loan is being questioned. With the Nissan LEAF and the Chevy Volt, you get nameplate cars that have been well-received by the press and most importantly, their drivers.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

However, if you were expecting the Fisker Karma to be another example of a green car that got away, then it seems you got one wrong. The 2010 Fisker Karma will offer 400 horsepower of peak power and has a 0-60mph time of less than six seconds. The petrol engine then generates enough electricity to run for 250 more miles.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 12, 2011

The options for ecologically sensitive hybrid buyers have taken a major step forward with the introduction of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and the imminent arrival of the 2011 Fisker Karma. These are exciting times to be a car shopper, as the choices in every possible category just keep getting better and more fuel-efficient.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The charging stations, designed by Coulomb Technologies in partnership with Aker-Wade Power Technologies ( earlier post ) will be powered by dedicated 480-volt, 125-amp circuits. Andy Kinard, President of Car Charging Group, Inc.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 3, 2009

Actually, it’s a plug-in hybrid much like the Chevy Volt. Like the Volt, they are shooting for a 300 mile range with the first 40 miles all electric. It’s more than likely that the manufacturer in question is GM, which is supplying Fisker with its 260-hp, 2.0L Lotus Evora 2+2. Well, it had to happen.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The 2010 Fisker Karma and the 2011 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids, among other electric-drive vehicles, are. One question that's frequently asked of GreenCarReports.com--and many others too: Does recharging electric cars pose a threat to the electricity grid?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

While several high profile vehicle market introductions such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf have been initiated, questions remain regarding the potential to reach the 2015 goal. Fisker Karma EREV. Fisker Nina EREV. Chevy Volt EREV. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. and model 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

First was to introduce the second generation Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car (which gets tossed in with plug-in hybrids even though its system really takes a different approach). Henrik Fisker has vowed to return with his own California-themed model under his own name.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Good examples of all-new electric cars are the Nissan Leaf battery-electric and the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid , which both debuted in 2010 as 2011 models. The Chevrolet Volt was a purpose-built plug-in hybrid, with an electric motor driving the car and a small gas engine that charged the small battery when it was depleted.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. It takes the Volt about 9 seconds.) Price: $87,000.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

The SSI study captures 12 different PEV models from eight vehicle manufacturers, including GM (Chevrolet Volt); Nissan (LEAF); Tesla (Model S); Ford (Focus EV, C-Max Energi and Fusion Energi); Honda (Fit EV and Accord PHEV); Toyota (Prius Plug-in and RAV4 EV); Mitsubishi (i-MiEV); and Daimler (Smart Fortwo ED).

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The show will feature the highly anticipated plug-in Chevrolet Volt, the performance plug-in Fisker Karma, Audi’s all-electric e-Tron concept based on the R8 and BMW’s Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, which combines the performance of a BMW M model with the fuel consumption and emissions of a modern small car. . • Chevrolet Volt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The EPA has rated the 2012 Fisker Karma luxury extended range electric vehicle as consuming 65 kWh/100 miles (52 MPGequivalent) when running in all-electric mode, having a 32-mile all-electric range, and consuming 5.1 Receipt of the EPA ratings enables Fisker to begin sales. EPA ratings are combined city/highway. Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt). The Chevy Volt is based around a series hybrid design and so is the Karma coming later this year from Fisker Automotive. At the end of this article, Prof. I’m still not convinced.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

Though 12 miles is well short of the 40 plus miles of the upcoming Chevy Volt, the costs associated with the hybrid system should also fall well short of the Volts costly power train. The plug-in Prius is a separate model from the all new 2010 Prius Hybrid.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Fisker Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Answer: Al Gore is an investor in Fisker through venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Fisker Automotive. Which one applies to the Chevy Volt, to be introduced later this year by GM? GM calls the Volt an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

One is from the new auto start up Fisker. Fisker's high end-plug in CNET News Blog Posted by Michael Kanellos Fisker Automotive. Think of it as a marriage between the Chevy Volt and the Tesla Roadster. With the charging capability, the car can go hundreds of miles, according to Henrik Fisker , the company's CEO.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 4, 2021

According to InsideEVs , In 2008-2009 there were basically only 4 electric passenger vehicles available in the US – 3 expensive sports cars – the Tesla Roadster, Fisker Karma and McClaren P1 and the CODA sedan.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

General Motors: Having been universally panned for its disregard of the EV1 and failing to get off the ground with a group of comparatively unsuccessful hybrids, the new GM is aiming to hit back with the Chevrolet Volt (see article ) – arguably the most eagerly anticipated green car in North America. Faye Sunderland.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Money-losing Chevy Volt will stay alive even if it cant "pay the rent" Tesla CEO will refund money if theres an "Armageddon scenario" Resources About Send us news tips Contact Us Advertise Corrections? for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? 61) REPORT: Buyer perception holding back U.S.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

As Green Car Reports has pointed out before, Tesla’s V4 hardware will likely be able to handle EV models that charge at 800 volts at the full rate. As for Tesla’s V3 hardware and earlier—essentially all North American hardware available on the Supercharger network at this time—those will always be limited to 400 volts or a bit higher.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Reply ↓ ↑ report 14 Mikey G 3:10PM (4/23/2009) If Chrysler, Tesla, Fisker and the rest of these companies would stop wasting time developing 2 seater electric sports cars and start building the hybrids that people need for kids, groceries and everyday life for everyday people they would be much better off.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Bill OReilly challenged by Electric Aid to sign up for an electric car Chevy Volt test drives: surprisingly good stuff in the Cruze bodies SAE 2009: Rasers PHEV is a 100 mpge HUMMER Police sting doesnt stop homebrew electric vehicle maker in California Resources About Send us news tips Contact Us Advertise Corrections? (25)

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