Building Magazine Motors Stimulus 
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 30, 2009
Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. — Tony 11. The hell with the GMs.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. Equip those cars with electric motors, and fuel costs drop to $400 a year and emissions are reduced to about 1.5
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
However, the electric drive portion of the vehicles, including the motor, electronics and A123 System lithium ion battery pack is identical. i would like to see maybe Smith America build a conversion of their current cars, maybe have a retrofit model so you dont have to get rid of the trucks at all, just upgrade!
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. An embryonic movement is growing in Europe to build “smart cities&# that will challenge the status quo.
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