Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. And that’s much cheaper than a new $1,300 kit.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 5, 2022
Owners can buy a special kit for $1400 that allows them to access data on their own cars’ Event Data Recorder, but this represents just a tiny subset of the data the company collects, and only related to crashes. The auto industry has a lot to learn from the ways that mobile phone operating systems handle data permissions…. [B]oth
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. Photograph by Chris Duffey. “For us, the new regulations, especially the warranty, are a deal breaker.&#.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. The demand-is-everything argument is the cop-out line from the auto industry and our lovely government.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Additionally, I had a close frind out in California that just about creamed in his pants when he was able to lease one. JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible.
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