Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Scaringe—a bespectacled mechanical engineer with a PhD from MIT—a billionaire by the age of 38. An optional 180-kilowatt-hour battery (for $10,000) extends range past 400 miles. USB ports, 12-volt and 110-volt outlets are sprinkled through the cabin and cargo bed, topped with a power tonneau cover to keep cargo safe.

F-150 100

F-150 Hummer GMC Miles 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. 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. URL: [link].

Volt 100

Volt GM Batteries Battery 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. See Chevy Volt for latest. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. I want to stick around to see the Volt come to market.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

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.

Electric Cars 28

Electric Cars Charging Cars 2009 28