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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. Let me tell you about it.

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Fisker To Open California Plant, No Date Yet For Electric Car Production To Resume

Green Car Reports

While all 2012 Fisker Karma extended-range electric luxury sedans were built in Finland, the company always intended to assemble cars in the U.S. Before its collapse and bankruptcy, Fisker had bought a former General Motors plant in Delaware.

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DOE Closes $529M Loan to Fisker Automotive

Green Car Congress

million loan with Fisker Automotive for the development and production of two lines of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The loan will support the Karma, a full-size, four-door sports sedan, and a line of family oriented models being developed under the company’s Project NINA program. Earlier post.)

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China EV maker Seres adjusts U.S. plan to fit reality

China EV

Most recently, he has held various positions at Karma and Fisker , two EV startups with Chinese owners, albeit radically different types of Chinese owners. Taylor had a long career with General Motors, including a stint as CEO of the Hummer brand. They are not integrating other’s products.” Then reality set in.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Waters worked on the battery for the General Motors EV1 and also worked at Ener1, which makes lithium-ion batteries. The Chevy Volt is based around a series hybrid design and so is the Karma coming later this year from Fisker Automotive. Tags: Bright Automotive EV News Production News battery tech plug-ins.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point. and has had some success.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Tesla Motors. General Motors. Tags: Production News. Fisker Automotive. The J1772 connector is a five-pin device heavier than the nozzle on a gas pump that enables charging at 120 or 240 volts. — Lemos Stein is a reporter for Dow Jones Clean Technology Insight, a publication based in New York.

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