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GM looking to combination of internal R&D and external investments for new technology; focus on five key areas; the importance of generational change

Green Car Congress

Referring to numerous reports looking to increase scale of production as the means to bring cost down for electrification technology, Lauckner suggested that while scale has some benefit, the “ big step forward ” is going to be “ the generational improvements that we get as we move from one type of technology into the next and into the next. ”.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." More data needs to be gathered before we truly understand whether the lack of a running engine makes a difference in pedestrian safety.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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