Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.

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Kits Conversion Golf Cart Saturn 185

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. GM is producing 2 vehicles a day with the goal of having a total of 76 vehicles available by the end of the summer; these vehicles will be used for validation testing ranging from fit and finish reviews, to durability testing to eventual crash testing.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2006

There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. In December, Nissan announced its "Green Program 2010," projecting a line of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars utilizing lithium-ion batteries of its own manufacture. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans."

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Altima Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion Plug-in 100

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The school already conducts research into the development of the no-gas vehicles. may also join the program as researchers seek to develop lighter and safer vehicles that the batteries can power. General Motors is also on the plug-in bandwagon with its Saturn Vue Green Line. liter turbocharged gasoline engine."

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Transportation North Carolina VUE Plug-in 100

Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

Wait Don’t Tell Me” this past Saturday.The GM product boss said the vehicle he is most excited about, and the one he thinks will be the most significant for GM, is the Chevy Volt. The Volt , provided GM can get the lithium battery right , will go about 40 miles on an electric charge. Good, sexy cars and a great price.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. We'll also be taking Burning Man art projects off petroleum generators by switching them to solar electricity. Google Guys Th!nk

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

He yanked big engines out of American cars and replaced them with electric motors that worked in tandem with much smaller gasoline engines. He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. agencies and companies.

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Gasoline-Electric Plug-in Plug Recharge 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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GM Saturn Hybrid VUE 257

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How does this sound: 100+ MPG in a regular vehicle? But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric. Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

The newly introduced GMC Terrain ( earlier post ) became the latest GM North American model that will feature a fuel-efficient gasoline direct injection (DI) engine in 2010. For the 2010 MY, GM will have eight direct-injected engines in 38 vehicle models worldwide, with 18 models in North America alone. Saturn Sky Red Line.

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Gasoline Engine Oil-Sands Saturn 170

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? and Chrysler. .’s

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. billion in Department of Energy loans to develop new fuel-efficient vehicles, including the Volt.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41