42 Articles match "GM","Lead Acid"

• The Best from Electric Vehicles

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• 16 Points about GM's Long-Awaited Breakthrough PHEVs
  
  We encourage you to forward this email broadly to anyone you think has heard about plug-in hybrids or is reading today's broad coverage of the news from GM. Last night we sent out an earlier version of this "bottom-line" reaction: "We commend GM for being the first out of the starting gate in the Great Plug-In Car Race of 2007.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Sunday, January 7, 2007
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• GM: Saturn Vue PHEV by end of '09? Plus Conflicting Reports on Volt
  
  We've been working to determine the significance of a report in the San Jose Mercury News coverage of PG&E's vehicle-to-grid demonstration [link] that "GM spokesman Jeff Holland said Friday that its Saturn Vue sport-utility vehicle will be available as a plug-in by the end of 2009." But GM insists the Volt is for real.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Friday, April 13, 2007
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• GM's Lutz "we are also studying plug-in hybrid technology"
  
  On GM's blog (below), he said on Sept 20, "We are also studying plug-in hybrids, and will have more to say about those soon. It appears that Lutz is acknowledging that after sinking over $1 billion into their development, GM is "not putting all of our eggs in the hydrogen basket. GM Vice Chairman. link]. By Bob Lutz.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Thursday, September 28, 2006
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• GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com
  
  But it is a price that must be paid, and GM should be commended for remaining committed to the Volt. It isa fundamental change in direction for GM. 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. No wonder GM is tanking.
  blog.wired.com - Thursday, April 16, 2009
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• PI-08: Company News: GM/V2Green/Coulomb/Google/HEVT/PlugInSupply
  
  GM announces partnership with utilities and EPRI. GM allies with U.S. The tie-up with the Electric Power Research Institute will address three issues: guaranteeing safe and convenient vehicle charging, consumer outreach and advocating public policies that support plug-in vehicle technologies, GM said. 34; [link]. ANNOUNCEMENT.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Monday, July 28, 2008
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• Technology Review: Up-To-Date Report on Batteries for PHEVs
  
  Powering GM's Electric Vehicles Recent advances in battery chemistry and systems design could lead to working prototypes by year's end. General Motors (GM) recently announced that it is developing two types of plug-in hybrid vehicles, cars designed to run exclusively or almost exclusively on electricity for daily commutes.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Thursday, January 11, 2007
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• Busy April-May for PHEVs; Catch NPR Science Friday on PHEVs
  
  Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair of the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee 9am - 11am Monday April 9, 2007 Two plug-in Priuses (EnergyCS lithium and CalCars lead-acid) will be exhibited and available for test rides at this leadership event, sponsored by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and held at the AMD headquarters in Sunnyvale.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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• Important Reports on Volt by Makower and Bullis
  
  Key points from our perspective: Makower: (Unofficially, I'm told that GM is racing to get it out by. Bullis: GM representatives say that they have already seen. Is GM Reviving the Electric Car? 2007/01/is_gm_reviving_.html#comment-27395102. 34; Was GM "unkilling" the electric car? the end of the decade.).
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Monday, January 8, 2007
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• Suzuki to showcase fuel cell and plug-in hybrid concepts
  
  Also on display as part of Suzuki’s longer term future is the SX4 FCV (Fuel Cell Vehicle) which combines a General Motors (GM) produced high performance fuel cell with a Suzuki developed high pressure hydrogen tank and a light and compact capacitor. Further recharging when parked is by means of a domestic plug socket.
  Green Cars News - Friday, October 9, 2009
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• Edmunds.com's PHEV Interviews with Andy Frank & Felix Kramer
  
  Coming soon is an interview with a GM executive, Tony Posawatz, about the company's Volt and Saturn Vue Green Line PHEVs. Will GM Win the Great Plug-In Hybrid Race? Photo by Philip Reed) --GM is proposing using the Saturn Vue Green Line as a platform for the first plug-in hybrid. built a hybrid car using all lead-acid batteries.
  CalCars News - PHEV News - Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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