Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

As part of its report on fourth quarter and year-end 2008 results, Ener1 outlined its EnerDel unit’s customer programs underway for its lithium-ion battery technology in applications spanning hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and full electric vehicles. Overall, Ener1 reported 2008 revenues of $6.8 Ener1 purchased $21.3

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

As required by the loan agreements signed in December 2008, GM and Chrysler submitted their updated restructuring plans showing a pathway to achieve financial viability to Congress on Tuesday. The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6

Chrysler

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

This growth will be driven largely by modestly improving economic conditions and pent-up demand pressure, with the latter resulting from consumers putting off car purchases over the past several years. vehicle age in the US nears 11 years, an increasing number of drivers can no longer delay a vehicle purchase. As the average.

2012

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals. annual increase; meeting the EU targets for 2008-2015 requires a 2.5% Earlier post.)

Ford

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Scott Miller, the CEO of research firm Synovate, also noted that while “ things don’t look so good ” for the auto industry right now, hybrids and plug-in hybrids are still favored by consumers against other advanced fuel-saving technologies. “.the Kurani (2008) The Early U.S. Steven Plotkin. Jonn Axsen and Kenneth S.

PHEV

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

DOE is seeking to facilitate the market penetration of hydrogen and fuel cell products through higher volume purchases (e.g., billion (FY 2004 - FY 2008), including the competitive selection of nearly $830 million (subject to appropriations) in research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects (nearly $1.2

Congress

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

How did the high fuel prices impact customer behavior in 2008? In this country a lot of the new cars are purchased by higher income households and a typical modest income household is driving a used car.The typical American that is buying a new car, which costs on average $28,000, isn’t currently driving a car that costs $2,000.

Congress

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

If you are driving a 2008 Acme Motors A1, it may have launched in 2006 and the microprocessor may have been sourced in 2003. The simulation environment is too expensive—hundreds of thousands of dollars—for anyone aside from automakers and major suppliers to purchase and the entire process takes time and money.

Engine

Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

In 2008 the company released a test fleet of 450 Mini-E vehicles and is getting ready to announce its second phase. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. The third phase will be released around 2015.

China

Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars.

Norway

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Test rides most always evoke a comment of future EV purchase. He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). I have 35 years of experience as a Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Specialist in the construction industry. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

North America

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric Cars and The Volt Can Transform America and the Auto Industry TODAY!!! By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition.

Volt

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Test rides most always evoke a comment of future EV purchase. He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). I have 35 years of experience as a Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Specialist in the construction industry. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

North America

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Most Chinese buyers also are purchasing cars for the first time and have not developed particular preferences. " One key move GM is counting on to make the Volt more affordable in China is government incentives, whether they are cash incentives for customers or subsidies for fleet purchases by government agencies.

China

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

Miller of Synovate believes that in the US “ 20% of the people are willing to pay up to 10% of the vehicle’s purchase price more (i.e. Edwards and Miller both emphasized the importance of a buyer’s emotion in purchasing a vehicle. United States. Western Europe. The role of emotion in buying cars.

Market

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

SK purchased DuPont's silicon carbide business in 2020 for $450 million and subsequently said it would invest more than $300 million to quadruple its Michigan footprint with a 250,000-square-foot plant in Bay City. Incentivizing companies to lay roots in Michigan after the 2008 recession has worked out rather well.

Michigan

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team. Our customers purchase their vehicles on spreadsheets, Waters explained.

Detroit

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The government will make direct grants to automakers (as we do, of course) and also provide “subsidies of up to $8,800 are being offered to taxi fleets and local government agencies in 13 Chinese cities for each hybrid or all-electric vehicle they purchase.”

Chinese

EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. The 2008 $7.5k Personally we will likely make our first outright purchase of an EV this year, after serially leasing 4.5 Domestic market not shabby either. Even if they are generally smart.

2020

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. guess who GM sold the NIHM auto-battery patents too. should be illegal for companies to purchase patents for the purpose of blocking technology. JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible. thats right. the oil companies.

Volt

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Trump hasn’t had a well-defined platform—then or now—regarding clean energy, transportation, or the auto industry in the same way as President Joe Biden (or, by extension, Vice President and current presidential candidate Kamala Harris). First, let’s take a look at how Trump policy affected the auto industry in the previous term.

Auto Industry