Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Energy Storage Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 225

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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Convert Plug-in i-MiEV Plug 150

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. Ford and whatever it is they call Chrysler this week didn’t even bother to show up. Get to know Coulomb they make the CHARGEPOINT charging stations and they make them good. May I charge your EV sir?

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i-MiEV 2009 Plug-in Volt 170

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. and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

BMW XM – X5 underpinnings but with a body specific to BMW M on top, the XM pairs a V8 with electric motors for big PHEV performance. BMW M cars – they’re coming with hybrid drivetrains. And if we’re guessing, we reckon it could be called the Ranger Lightning (see above). Soon, apparently.

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Electric Cars PHEV Australia Cars 98

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. 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. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. General Motors has sought $10.3

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41