Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2009
However, Winterkorn said, VW, and the German auto industry in general, abandoned the early advantage and work in electromobility. And the auto industry doesn’t hold back on announcements. First is the energy capacity and the recharge time of current batteries, which now are “ simply inappropriate ” for pure electric propulsion.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2011
Addressing automotive environmental and energy supply problems would be better done by working from the market end first, rather than through technology push, according to a recent report by Dr John Wormald, Managing Partner of auto POLIS, an automotive consultancy. Blow the tops off all those mountains in Appalachia, burn that coal!
Plug In Partners
MAY 23, 2007
The Volt is the plug-in hybrid car GM showed at last January’s Detroit Auto Show. At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. While you are working, the battery is also recharging. Imagine using your laptop computer on a battery. It runs down. Make that a world changer.
Plug In Partners
APRIL 3, 2007
Mayor Will Wynn is pushing a new version of the electric car called the plug-in , which runs almost entirely on electricity and has a big rechargeable battery. But that's not all. The utility already uses more wind-generated power than any other major utility does, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 20, 2009
Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Retail versions will use a system similar to that of the Volt, with a small gasoline engine used strictly to run a generator to recharge the onboard battery pack. We dont have the electric infrastructure on the highway to recharge cars." I see that happening, but probably a long time in the future." (3
Green Cars News
JULY 14, 2009
The DOE also announced a $5million Funding Opportunity Announcement to assist laboratory level research and development technologies to produce hydrogen from coal back in June (read ‘ Funding support for hydrogen projects ’). So do they have a future at all?
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