Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

The Detroit-based GM entered the EV sector with the EV1 in 1996, which used a 16.5-18.7 Today, GM is confirming plans to launch its third-generation HYDROTEC fuel cells with even greater power density and lower costs by mid-decade. kWh lead-acid battery in its earliest versions.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

At the same time Chevrolet announced their new Bolt EV with a 238 mile range and even though GM was the one who killed the EV1 electric car and General Motors was one of the worst run corporations on the planet, I decided to give the new government-rescued GM a chance. But I needed to see and feel the car for myself.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 25, 2022

I remember taking my mom to Ridge Winer y in her EV1 oh so long ago. a gallon, so that’s cost equivalent of 57 mpg. Taking an Extended EV Trip & Tempting Fate. She lived in the residential area around Stanford University and Ridge wasn’t that far away. It was the elevation. The good news was that the charger worked!

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Forerunner of the famous EV1, the Impact was regarded as the most advanced electric car of its day, thanks to its solid-state power controls, induction motor, and integrated charger. In early 2000, when GM announced it had ceased production of the EV1, it signaled that the automaking establishment was abandoning battery electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

million to advance the development of low-cost manufacturing of electric drive vehicles (EDV) in the United States. Delphi is focused on reducing the cost of hybrid power electronics while, at the same time, designing in market-leading functionality and reliability. With an $89.3

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. Paine followed the plight of his EV1 to its (literally) crushing end. Obviously cars brought a lot to our society, but they’ve also had a tremendous cost.

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EV Life

AUGUST 4, 2023

General Motors was one of the original pioneers of electric cars, introducing the EV1 in 1996 and the game-changing Volt in 2010. Chevrolet has continued that trend in the last few years—emerging as a major leader in the electric vehicle industry. Don’t wait months or years for your EV incentives to go through.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Delayed due to pandemic concerns, the exhibit opened in June, runs through October, and costs $10 for adults (or free if attended concurrently with a SacEV chapter meeting). Setting a personal example Dunlap’s connection to EVs goes back to his leasing of an EV1 in the 1990’s. “I Eugen Dunlap’s wife protesting return of EV1.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Reminiscent of GM referring to EV1 drivers as "owners," despite their unwillingness to actually sell the car. Of course, the current cost of fuel cell cars is estimated at more than 10 times that figure. And he confessed it would be, like the short-lived all-electric EV+, lease only. Is that all?

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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. To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry. But it does have experience on its side.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 12, 2009

Generally the cost of the electrical panel is in the noise where the the majority of the cost of any electrical work is in the labor. A majority of residences’s main electrical utility panel is their only panel and many times it is completely stuffed with breakers and wiring with no room for additional expansion.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

This car has half the power, substantially more battery capacity, and similar range to the EV1. This is the car that we take on family trips, and it is also the daily commute car now that the EV1 has been returned to GM. The Rav charges slower, but more consistently than the EV1. Presented 09.26.06 I’m in this deep now.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 3, 2011

Problem #2: It needs to be noted (especially by new drivers) that the electrons don't just flow from many of these public J-plugs when you plug into the car as they do for the previous generation - EV1s and RAV4 EVs. There is a cost to charging. For a certain period, say two to five years, the electricity should just flow.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

by Brent Wilson, CEO of Galvanic Energy Following the introduction of the EV1 in the mid-1990s, GM dabbled with electric hybrids but didn’t introduce its next fully electric car, the Chevy Bolt, until 2016. But with hundreds of millions of dollars being poured into U.S. There is no doubt that the stakes are high, and timing is everything.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2009

Inductive charging has already been used on a number of earlier electric vehicles including the Nissan Hypermini and GM’s EV1. However, Nissan hopes to scale up the technology with a series of plates that are laid into the surface of designated electric vehicle lanes on roads and motorways, helping motorists to charge as they drive.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

In response to the Presidential Auto Task Force Report that concluded that the plug-in Chevrolet Volt was unlikely to be commercially successful in the short-term due to its cost ( earlier post ), Plug In America is proposing a plan to make GM’s Chevy Volt and other plug-in cars more affordable. Chelsea Sexton. Chelsea Sexton.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

This lower-cost and lower-risk strategy is exemplified by the Volkswagen e-Golf and Fiat 500e. For our discussion, Saturn dealers were the delivery and service point for GM’s aborted first electric car, the EV1. The e-Golf dropped in an electric drivetrain in place of an ICE.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. I suspect without some explicit direction from the top, prodded from those of us below, the automakers will do everything to achieve the requirements with conventional vehicles, eschewing the greater near term cost and long-term benefit of transitioning toward plug-in electric drive components and batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

Compared to manufacturing CFRP in a pre-preg process, the RTM process is more economical—with lower costs at higher volumes—because it can be automated. The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Since the 2008 advent of the Tesla Roadster (or since the 1996 debut of GM’s EV1?), Now the US government is reportedly pressuring Mexico not to smooth the Chinese automakers’ path by offering incentives such as low-cost public land or tax breaks. US automakers are currently protected from Chinese competition by a 27.5%

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EV Life

MARCH 7, 2023

GM has been one of the pioneers of electric vehicles, introducing the General Motors EV1 back in 1996 and the groundbreaking Chevy Volt in 2010. Grants are given directly to the dealer to lower the overall cost of the qualifying vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2009

Inductive charging with a paddle-type connector was used in a number of earlier EVs, notably GM’s EV1, the Nissan Hypermini EV, and the Toyota RAV4. The two coils must be very close together, but do not make direct electrical contact.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

s ill-fated EV1, which was and remains the only all-electric vehicle from a major automaker. Whats more, businesses can also afford to spend a little more on their vehicles until the cost of the technology falls. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 9, 2009

Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). Note: modified 3/6/09 to add approximate cost of battery lease.). Costs would depend on the number of batteries needed to meet a customer’s needs, the spokesman said.

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EV Central

JANUARY 29, 2023

READ MORE: Kia “most probably” to be EV brand; 7 EVs from EV1 to EV9 READ MORE: $90K-plus Kia EV9 coming in 2023 with 7 seats, two battery capacities Could it be the performance EV we’ve all been waiting for? Value The EV6 GT will cost you $99,950 plus on-road costs, making it the most expensive Kia ever sold in this country.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 27, 2009

That they still trash the EV1 to make the case for the Volt doesn’t help- beyond the fact that they are different cars meant for very different markets. While the EV1 wasn’t flawless, it became the benchmark of what GM was capable of in both engineering and consumer passion. I will say simply that this is not that.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“While the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline-fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable,” the task force noted in its recent assessment of GM’s restructuring plans. The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Fleet vehicles typically get crappy mileage and cost the fleet owners too much money in fuel and maintenance. He was the lead guy on the EV1 battery team and now he’s the head honcho of Bright. V2G isn’t something for the future – it’s happening right now.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The eminent success of electric vehicles depends on four factors: good battery systems, customer confidence, reasonable costs and, perhaps most importantly, customer convenience. We were successful with this before – remember the EV1?) Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It’ll be more expensive than a regular Transit but with lower running costs. Kia EV1, EV2, EV3, EV4, EV6, EV7, EV8, EV9 – not all the names will be used – although the EV4 and EV7 are expected in 2022 -but Kia is planning an onslaught of new EVs built on a bespoke electric architecture.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The smallfour-seater Mitsubishi iMiEV uses lithium-ion but is likely to cost up to£20,000 when it becomes available here later this year. It ispleasingly quick but will still only manage 150 miles between charges, muchless than a tank of petrol, even if it costs only £1.50 These both cost much less than lithium cells.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. The cost of putting these on major freeways would be very high but the technology already exists. Some industrial sites are even set up with 440V 3 phase service.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

Senator Lugar was also cheering for his home team – Bright are from Anderson, Indiana. They claim the Idea will save a 250 vehicle fleet company more than $500,000 a year in reduced fuel costs. What’s more, Bright’s CEO John Waters helped to develop the battery pack system for GM’s EV1.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The car is expected to cost around $40,000. "Even the first DVD player cost many times more than it does today."

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