Plugs and Cars
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
The surprise appearance at the Detroit Auto Show last month of an electric Focus may be evidence of a new day (again) at Ford. If Team Obama is convinced it's more important for Detroit to just sell cars, than sell the right cars, we could lose yet another decade. We decided we need to be ready the next time this comes around."
Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 18, 2010
It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. Source: Detroit News ] Volvo might be getting serious about EVs. Almost 2000 were delivered to corporate customers in Japan last year. I may be most interested affordable electric cars, but this makes sense to me.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
Employers (3 major corporations) provide work-place charging (25 park/charge spots) and employee vehicle purchase incentives (add’l $2,500/vehicle); Commit/fund corporate fleet purchases (25 vehicles). Large local employers (as early adopters). Local Universities. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Earlier post.).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
That would be the Dodge Circuit, a car that Chrysler unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January and which is now prominently displayed at the New York Auto Show. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules are, as the name implies, based on an average fuel economy of all the vehicles a manufacturer sells.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 5, 2009
General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Develop, analyze, and demonstrate hundreds of Chevrolet Volt Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREVs) --125 Volt PHEVs for electric utilities and 500 Volt PHEVs to consumers. Detroit, MI Warren, MI. Brownstown, MI. Saft America, Inc.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
Going forward, GM plans to spend proportionally less of its marketing budget on the corporate identity and more on the vehicle brands. The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Establishing four core brands. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands. Click to enlarge.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Detroits horsepower jockey insists the Volt will be his crowning achievement--and his swan song. Detroit Free Press ). Detroit News ). Detroit News ).
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