article thumbnail

Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Tags: EV Economics Obama Energy Production News Nissan Leaf. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

Nissan 160
article thumbnail

Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

And they will need investment if they want to fund RnD and future product development. Increase production numbers. He said - if Strom maintains low numbers and end up custom building cars for their customers, they will never get into real production and will find their business becoming unsustainable in the long run.

article thumbnail

Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

Plugs and Cars

nk, Fisker and Aptera, for example, would get cars on the road and allow the plug-in project the chance to more quickly advance to economic viability without the legacy burdens carried by the majors. And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry.

GM 100
article thumbnail

EVs from these brands will soon use the Tesla NACS charge port

Baua Electric

The timing fit in with Ford’s future-product announcements, directly following a preview of the company’s Gen 2 EVs, including a three-row EV that would get 350 miles of range from a battery pack of around 100 kwh. But Ford’s commitment was, for the auto industry, the turning point.

article thumbnail

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

Plug-in 45
article thumbnail

Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

Volt 42