Bright Automotive Light Miles 
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2010
Bright Automotive, the developer of the purpose-built, plug-in hybrid IDEA ( earlier post ), and General Motors Co. Funding through GM Ventures will allow Bright to begin ramping up the development of the production program for the IDEA in the third quarter of 2010. Reuben Munger, Bright Automotive Chairman and CEO.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 11, 2009
Start-up Bright Automotive, which in May unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van ( earlier post ), will convert VW Transporter vans with the series hybrid Bright powertrain as a bridge between the concept and the production version of the IDEA. The Bright IDEA and Transporter PHEV.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
The Electrification Roadmap calls for 75% of light-duty VMT in the US to be electric by 2040. Achieving this will require a minimum of 25% of new light-duty vehicles purchased in the US to be grid-enabled vehicles (GEV) by 2020. As a result, oil consumption in the light-duty fleet would be reduced to just 2.0 Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 8, 2010
EDAG’s Light Car - Open Source at the Geneva Motor Show. Global engineering services provider EDAG showcased its latest technical advances in the development of its concept car, the “Light Car - Open Source”, at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Click to enlarge. EDAG CEO, Jörg Ohlsen. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2009
The ESN is evaluating a pipeline of potential cleantech projects; two initial activities are: The Hoosier Heavy Hybrid Partnership, focused on bringing more cost effective light, medium, and heavy duty hybrid trucks to market; and. John Waters, President & CEO, Bright Automotive. Mike Hudson, President, I-Power Technologies.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 27, 2009
This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. 195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less&# , a philosophy MacCready was famous for (and the title of a wonderful biography on him). January 21, 2009.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Back in April, startup company Bright Automotive unveiled its design for a plug-in hybrid light delivery truck. Now, we've had a chance to drive the prototype, briefly, just as Bright raised its electric range to 40 miles. We were able to.
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