Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

One of the designers called Buick “ premium without being pretentious ” Buick appears to be targeting a Lexus like experience. The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Buick will focus on North America and China. Build better products. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

GM 262

GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Better Place, orchestrating its efforts with French carmaker Renault, will essentially rent out switchable batteries to extend range. Coulomb envisions a landscape transformed by cutting-edge charging stations — a kind of “smart grid&# of Web-networked stations that will communicate with drivers about their availability.

Charging 140

Charging San Jose Re-Charge 140

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37