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Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs. Beating Tesla to the market with the Bolt was quite a coup, particularly with a car as well-executed as this EV is, but GM has been slow with its follow up. The Prius Prime becomes Toyota’s leader with a plug. We’ve tested most of those. First Drive: 2013 RAV4 EV.
Green Cars News
JUNE 21, 2009
Describing himself as anti-tax but pro-carbon tax, Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk risked the backlash of US motorists by declaring that petrol should probably cost $10 a gallon. He went on to say that “GM and Ford, maybe not Chrysler, but GM and Ford will come out of this healthier and more competitive&#.
Plug In Partners
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
Cost is a big factor for making the batteries available to the average consumer, and Easley said with the proper research that the department can bring the cost of the battery from $10,000 to $3,000 and make other improvements. GM's much-hyped Chevrolet Volt will also feature plug-in capabilities. Tags: institutions.
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 22, 2006
Hybrid doubters — who once railed that the batteries were sketchy, the costs of the so-called hybrid premium unrecoverable, the mileage gains overstated, and so on — are beginning to look like the Flat Earth Society. Ford and GM, it would seem, need to throw a Hail Mary pass to get back in the game. Toyota had a different take.
Plug In Partners
OCTOBER 8, 2008
As stated at the opening press conference by Austin's Mayor Will Wynn in January, 2006, “ Plug-in hybrids represent a real near-term solution to America’s over-reliance on foreign oil imports and energy prices that escalate the cost of everything and threaten the very economic life of our nation,” “The technology exists today ,” Wynn says.
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. Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt). At the end of this article, Prof.
Green Car Congress
MAY 9, 2009
GM Developing Additional Full Hybrid System for Smaller Vehicles. With the FWD two-mode targeted at larger sedans on up into crossovers and SUVs, and the RWD two-mode applied in full-size SUVs and light trucks, GM has a product gap for an advanced full hybrid offering for smaller, lower-torque engines in more compact vehicles.
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