CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The GM Sunraycer, and The Quiet Achiever Wikipedia and most other sources will state that GM’s Impact (the EV1’s prototype) grew out of GM’s Sunraycer project. This article is part of a short series on the history of electric vehicles. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This is definitely true, but […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2010

Bereisa led GM’s EV1 project as chief engineer. He was responsible for the technology development and production design of the EV1 electric traction system, power inverter, battery pack and charger. Stempel, who oversaw the introduction of the EV1 when Chairman and CEO of GM, is a past EDTA Hall of Fame inductee.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

zero engine speed) EVT1 and EVT2. With this, there are two new electric-only modes: EV1 and EV2. In EV1, the transmission is in the first continuously-variable mode EVT1 with both brake-clutch CB12R and CB5 applied. The basic 2-mode transmission has two electric drive modes (i.e., —Yang et al.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Now, the British Rolls-Royce will era in a fleet of all-electric vehicles by the end of the 2020s, planning to not only scrap combustion engines altogether but keep a legendary tradition of automobiles going under a new pretense: Make them sustainable.

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All Cars Electric

JUNE 20, 2010

In the 1990s oil was getting scarcer and the pollution produced by combustion engines was becoming recognized as a very serious problem. Consumers began to demand some solutions that would save their world, their bank accounts and their breathing from gasoline's bad effects.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

million award ( earlier post ) from the Department of Energy (DOE) to support expansion of its power electronics engineering capabilities as well as the establishment of a new manufacturing operation in Kokomo, Indiana. Delphi’s history in power electronics dates back to the early 1990s and the development of GM’ss ground-breaking EV1.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2020

As quick reference comparisons, both the GM EV1 and Volkswagen’s XL1 had drag coefficients of approximately 0.19; the Mercedes-Benz A-Class comes in at approximately 0.22; the Tesla Model 3 at 0.23. So naturally we intensively focused upon aerodynamics throughout the Lucid Air’s development.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

“Palmer worked at General Electric’s Nuclear Energy Division back then, while Stan Skokan, our treasurer, was the engineer at Hewlett-Packard (HP) who measured BIll Hewlett’s shirt pocket to make sure their calculator would fit.” “So So many of our members have been practicing engineers, not just tinkerers,” Freund continued.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2022

The painstaking restoration, complete with period details—including the gauges engineers relied on when the station was fully functional and a glass elevator that will give visitors a panoramic view of the London skyline–took decades to complete. The cochlear implant is an impressive feat of engineering. James Parsons. MOJO VISION.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The researchers estimated that, if applied to the task of generating electricity, all of the engines in the U.S. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

is commercializing lithium-ion battery technology developed in Professor Arumugam Manthiram’s Material Science and Engineering lab at The University of Texas at Austin. All investments fuel ActaCell to continue its momentum toward commercialization of its Li-Ion technology. ActaCell, Inc.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 6, 2007

Check out this 13 minute GM video on the car that became the EV1. Commenting on its technological achievements, John Zwerner, GM Advanced Product Engineering, says "we wanted to drive a stake in the ground.as Right through the controller after they confiscated each EV1 from consumers.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

No other vehicle has taken the same risks and pushed the design and engineering boundaries to the same limit.” It will be the vehicle we look back on down the road and say ‘that is when EVs became truly affordable, user-friendly and desirable for all consumers’.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

AUGUST 28, 2010

Now here we are in 2010, as welcomed guests of GM no less, watching electric cars roll off the assembly line for the first time since the EV1 stopped production in 1999. and trying to put together the pieces behind the ridiculous decision by car makers to terminate their advanced electric car programs. So it was very, very cool to see!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

Rear view, with engine compartment with air intake labeled. With XL1, the engineers and designers successfully came up with a body design that delivers more everyday utility than the two previous prototypes. more features makes a heavier car, which requires more power, which requires a larger engine, etc.). Click to enlarge.

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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. Waters worked on the battery for the General Motors EV1 and also worked at Ener1, which makes lithium-ion batteries. “It’s a revolutionary platform,&# he said.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I’d had engineering friends at GM who’d been hinting for a few months before that they were working on something even I “would approve of”- but I was dubious enough that when a journalist called on the last day of our Who Killed the Electric Car? …read the rest of her blog post here.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Perhaps Lutz's mistaken impressions about the EV1 and electric cars color his understanding of what NiMH can achieve. (Or Or perhaps GM's disinformation campaign about the successes of the EV1 and its NiMH batteries is still in force.) Could Lutz not know the range of an EV1? It's time to make a paradigm shift."

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low, the Detroit News said, citing unnamed GM officials. This year, it has also drawn sharp criticism for its decision to kill its EV1 electric car program.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 4, 2008

For me personally, it was an ironic to be here as GM’s guest after sneaking onto these corporate campuses in 2005 to get the untold story of the EV1. And more broadly, can the electric car of the 21st century rescue the internal combustion engine company of the 20th century? Will GM be able to survive until the Volt is ready?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 1, 2009

Wally was involved in the design of the Impact/EV1 while at Aerovironment, along with Alec Brooks and the incomparable Allan Cocconi (the “AC&# of AC Propulsion). The BMW engineers limit the voltage going to the motor, so it’s not a rocket like the Tesla Roadster, but it does have very strong acceleration.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 6, 2008

Every automaker wants to continue selling only internal combustion engine cars (hybrids included) because they believe that is the best route toward the greatest profitability in the near term. They couldn't have been in worse shape had they continued even very limited production, and sale, of the EV1.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2008

We shoot at the Tech Center campus where engineers ran tests on Volt battery packs. It was as nearly as quick as their EV1 and every bit as smooth. Early wakeup calls in Detroit continued as our grand tour picked up speed. GM Tech Center, Designed by Eero Saairnen 1949. EVs are just incredible.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 3, 2022

“I worked for an electric utility in the ’90s and performed hurricane restoration duties in a GM EV1. ” Andy Kinard, Field Sales Engineer for Blink Charging. This not only helps in emergencies but enables homeowners to collect electricity when it’s at its lowest price and use it when they need it. .

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Not surprising from this quintessential internal combusion engine company. Reminiscent of GM referring to EV1 drivers as "owners," despite their unwillingness to actually sell the car. Honda could still sell it's engines with each car, but such a product would be marketable before the end of this decade. Is that all?

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

He derides automakers for not focusing on more efficient internal combution engines. And now Rick Waggoner of GM, creator and killer of the EV1, has again breached the industry taboo on connecting to the cleaner, cheaper, ubiquitous electric grid. Could there be a more pathetic response? Irony abounds.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

A 500cc motorcycle engine is used, housed in a small, aerodynamic package. Toms famous red EV1 jacket. There were many obstacles to this project seeing the light of day - most of them bureaucratic. 20kW DC output is sufficient for extended high-speed travel. It is about the cutest little thing youve ever seen.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

LiveWire motorcycles are not really Harleys, the thought goes, although they will share engineering, production facilities, a supply chain and global logistics. The Chevrolet Volt was a purpose-built plug-in hybrid, with an electric motor driving the car and a small gas engine that charged the small battery when it was depleted.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 12, 2009

While MINI is picking up the tab for any and all electrical work required to install the Clipper Creek charge station, being an engineer I have the desire to install a kilowatt-hour meter ahead of the charge station to log EV charging kWhrs. These were his very first visits in the MINI E deployment program.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

He also spent a year living with the pioneering General Motors EV1 electric car and has driven the vast majority of alternative fuel vehicles. As such he thinks that electric cars should be considered mid-to-long term solutions until car makers can bring costs down and add a level of competitiveness with the internal combustion engine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th! htm Advocates of the Th!

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

With CAFE emphasising fuel economy and increasing the target from 26mpg in 2010 to 35.5mpg in 2016, GM is focusing on getting greater mileage out of existing petrol engine technologies. Ecotec VVT I-4 will include E85 engines and the number of flex fuel models will increase from 17 in 2010 to 28 in 2012. diesel engine for light trucks.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

He is none other than Paul Carosa, AC’s VP of Engineering, part owner, and one of the company principals. This gentlemen in the green AC Propulsion shirt, clearly Tom’s stunt double, was at the event in Santa Monica, and although he is in fact also brilliant, he is not the actual Mr. Gage.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

In fact, some of the engineers working in Indiana worked on General Motors EV1, which is the subject of our first film,&# said Paine. Chris Paine made the 2006 documentary movie, Who Killed the Electric Car. He’s excited about the Think. “It turns out that Indiana is a big center for the rebirth of the electric car.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. V12 engine meets electric power for F1 pace. Promised by 2025. Due in Australia late in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

The technology behind AV’s electric vehicle charging solutions emerged after AV's substantial contributions to the development of the GM Impact, the concept car for General Motors’ EV1, the first modern electric car.

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