Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Alec Brooks The AC Propulsion experiment thus became an obscure footnote in the tortuous saga of the green automobile. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2010
The US Department of Energy has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors, Inc. The Palo Alto facility will assemble electric vehicle battery packs, electric motors, and related electric vehicle control equipment, both for Tesla’s own electric vehicles and for sale to other automobile manufacturers.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 23, 2023
Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. King notes, “In the early days of automobiles, drivers and chauffeurs had to monitor and be able to fix their vehicles. They were like engineers.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
’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 April 18, 2009 7:41 am Link I hope Kent B.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." The turning point came when tiny Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley start-up, announced in 2006 that it would produce a speedy electric sports car powered by those same laptop batteries. Because nobody has fully figured out the optimum use of lithium-ion batteries in automobiles.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The federal government cant hand out money to a company thats telling them that itll lose money on a $40, 000 automobile that more than half the populace couldnt afford if the economy was in good shape! JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible. it is over, the media!, Never again.
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