Plugs and Cars
JUNE 4, 2009
Plug-in cars are inevitable. GM may be in bankruptcy but remains unwavering in its commitment to have the Volt in some showrooms by November 2010. The other carmakers domestic and foreign have less firm but well press-released plans for plug-ins. GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. Here's my June column.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2011
Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. He also believes that sub-1.6L
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 30, 2009
Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said. We are thinking aboutextending that application to plug-in hybrids.” General Motors Corp., at 4:01 p.m.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
advocacy group Plug In America.&#. “There is undoubtedly going to be a backlog, where demand exceeds production for the next few years, due to the trepidation of the automakers that the electric car is not something consumers want,&# says Marc Geller, cofounder of the advocacy group Plug In America. . “There is.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program by the mid-May deadline. In an interview from Washington, Rhodes said Chrysler will submit an application for a grant under the U.S. Grant approval should follow in June, Rhodes said, without specifying how much the automaker is seeking.
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 24, 2009
As March came to a close, the Obama administration found GM and Chrysler’s restructuring plans “not viable.” GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together. The EAA is taking the lead, along with Plug In America, to get it done right.
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