Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Scaringe—a bespectacled mechanical engineer with a PhD from MIT—a billionaire by the age of 38. Rivian, despite a near-$100 billion market cap, has miles and years to go to become “the next Tesla,” the unfortunate albatross that gets hung from the neck of many electric vehicle newbies.

F-150 98

F-150 Hummer GMC Miles 98

Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. The Volt, which GM prefers to call an extended-range electric vehicle, doesn’t use its internal combustion engine for propulsion, relying entirely on an electric drive system.

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Volt GM Battery Batteries 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Nissan is working on an electric car that it says is on track to have a 100-mile range and 26-minute charge time. Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. cents a a mile, 1.3

Electric Cars 28

Electric Cars Charging Cars 2009 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Establishing dealer network. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45