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.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

Arguably, the Prius hybrid halo has enabled Toyota's more recent play for the American's profitable big SUV and truck market. Regardless, GM ought to be producing the Volt now with the best available batteries, a PHEV-version of the NiMH in every hybrid on the road and which took the EV1 140 miles between charges.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 14, 2007

The first 14 paragraphs spread the confusing tale of battery types and energy densities, never mentioning NiMH 140 mile range EV1s (all crushed) or 120 mile range Toyota RAV4 EVs still on the road after over 100,000 miles. The Volt remains a dream, and a new generation Prius (read plug-in) just have to wait for the perfect Lithium battery.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Note: Bob's love of EVs goes back to having two GM EV1s. And also, Bob Oldfather of Bookmans www.Bookmans.com - a dynamic Tucson Clean Cities Coalition member, who has installed, or will install, six Coloumb challenging stations at all six Booksmans (three stores in Tucson, two in Phoenix and one in Flagstaff).

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. Toyota, the automaker arguably best positioned and most experienced in the ways of electric drive, has scarcely hidden its intention to go slow on plug-ins while touting small incremental mileage gains on the gasoline-only Prius and the green glitz of an optional solar roof.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

There’s three different plug-in alternatives for you below, a Tesla, a Mitsubishi MiEV and a Plug-In hybrid coverted Prius. Click on this photo to see Stefano Paris' video production of the event. Plug them in, charge them up, drive silent, drive clean. You say you’re looking for something a little larger?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

But not a single production plug-in electric vehicle sold to date, from GM’s early EV1 to today’s Tesla, has had a warranty of more than five years, noted Plug In America advisory board member Chelsea Sexton. Sexton, a former GM employee on the EV1 project, featured prominently in Chris Paine’s 2006 film, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway. Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion. GM/SaturnEV-1 : Join Kris Trexler on his "ChargeAcross America" GM/SaturnEV-1 : Peter Ohlers new EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

vehicles splattered all over YouTube videos  most of which are retrofitted Toyota Prius cars  this baby is actually what we in the auto industry like to call a light truck, a category that includes big pickups, vans and SUVs. s ill-fated EV1, which was and remains the only all-electric vehicle from a major automaker. Yep, a truck.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Toyota: When the Toyota Prius originally went on sale in 1997, it was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, meaning the Japanese automaker effectively stole a march on its rivals. Toyota has now built a plug-in version of the Prius, which may again see the company beat its rivals to the punch on name value alone.

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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

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# April 17, 2009 3:14 pm Link Goodbye GM is right, they h ad an electric car called the EV1 what happened to it? So the Volt would cost $32,500–not so much more than what people are reportedly paying for the Prius.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. We were successful with this before – remember the EV1?) Aside from the support of large automakers, common sense dictates that electric transportation will prevail.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The existing Prius has a carbon-dioxide figure of 89g/km but it is stillunlikely to be classified as an ultra-low-carbon vehicle. Hence thedevelopment of a plug-in Prius, which will operate most of the time onelectricity and produce less carbon dioxide. Is it becuase US market prefers a "home" product?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. Sorry the market killed the EV1. Thats right.

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