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Bring Back the EV1 Press Conference

Revenge of the Electric Car

General Motors compounded their financial woes by destroying the EV1 and continued to work with the oil companies to gouge the public. “ documented the EV1 Vigil (Click here to watch segment 4 and segment 9 ). Los Angeles City Council, ret. It’s a dishonest act on the part of General Motors.” said Holden.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

That means you can drive around town as an electric car, and then jump on the freeway and head to Los Angeles, without having to recharge the battery. According to agency documents, the tests likely will cost about $20,000 to $25,000 per vehicle. But they say they still can’t afford the expensive testing.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. GM Press Release ). Bloomberg ).

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