Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Bob Lutz, GM CEO, sat down to chat with some bloggers at the NY Auto Show, and PODTECH has the video. Lutz responds to the sense that GM might be pulling back from its commitment to the Volt that resulted from Sharon Terlep's Detroit News article a month or so ago. (My Could Lutz not know the range of an EV1? But hold on.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In what may be one of the most obvious statements made by a human since Bob Lutz said he thought the Aztek was a joke upon seeing it for the first time at a Detroit auto show, Toyota says such a separation occurs could “affect vehicle stability and brake performance”, increasing the risk of a crash.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Is Tesla Motors actually a "fringe brand," as famous former GM executive Bob Lutz recently maintained? We''ve laid out his reasoning; you be the judge. Meanwhile, GM will update its electric Cadillac ELR, Southwest flies jets on biofuel, and natural gas is best used in.electric cars? All this and more today on Green Car Reports.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

During a media call following Porsche AG’s half-year results, Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke noted that the company is facing “major challenges” in securing essential components like high voltage heaters. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

Over at GM , Bob Lutz says an all-electric Volt would be "technologically trivial." Tags: BMW GM RAV4 EV e-tron Bob Lutz fuel cell vehicle toyota audi. Will MINI E drivers be so loyal to BMW they'll forgo the opportunity to actually purchase a plug-in car? No word on when.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2016

Today, former General Motors car czar calls the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car a "compliance car," the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze outperforms the previous version in fuel economy, and U.S. Volkswagen sales continue to suffer as a result of the ongoing diesel scandal. All this and more on Green Car Reports. China will issue special green license.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Detroit News. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show, announced that GM will produce the Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle. The Detroit News previously reported it had received board approval for production.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Add nflation, rising car prices, and “sub-par charging infrastructure,” writes Automotive News Europe, into the mix, and it’s inevitable that sales will drop. According to Automotive News Europe , manufacturers are pushing back rollouts of EVs, and rental firms are “paring purchases for their fleets.”

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

On the heels of unveiling the long-awaited all-electric Porsche Macan SUV, the company’s chief financial officer Lutz Meschke delivered what could be some dreary news, if it happens: He said that Europe’s plan to ban ICE vehicles by 2035 may get pushed back due to a slowing EV demand, reports Automotive News Europe.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 11, 2010

Bob Lutz announces the next GM Electric Car program, post Volt. For more details, read the story: Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. Lutz: GM to make Cadillac Converj electric car. The Detroit News.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Detroit News reported that GM has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended range electric vehicle derived from the Voltec platform. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Earlier post.) A production date has not been set, according to the report.

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Baua Electric

JULY 28, 2023

“Between Lutz, Gale and Castaing, Chrysler would not have been the same without one of the three. The post Francois Castaing, engineering ace in the back of Chrysler’s Nineties hits, dies at 78 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. It took all three to make legendary greatness,” mentioned Wilbur.

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2022

Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG, issued a statement about the Taycan’s’ V2G tests. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. This was made possible in no small part due to the efforts of IE2S, which developed a cloud-based pooling system.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 3, 2023

According to BNN Bloomberg , Porsche CEO Lutz Meschke said that prices could increase by as much as 8 percent on certain models. Get the latest& news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by & subscribing to our& newsletter. Inflation also has become a problem.

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Teslarati

MARCH 16, 2023

In this way, we are strengthening Porsche’s digital expertise and entering into an exchange with international talents and their know-how,” says Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche. If you have news tips, email us at tips@teslarati.com ! What do you think of the article?

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

.& As things currently stand, the European Union has plotted banning the sale of new combustion-engine cars by 2030. However, Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke was quoted by Automotive News on Thursday casting some doubts.& I think it could be delayed." We should probably take Porsche’s comments seriously.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Porsche Taycan sales growth in 2023 “The Taycan is and will remain a success story,” Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche, proclaimed in October. The post Porsche Taycan follows 911 with double-digit sales growth in 2023 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. It’s expected to debut in 2026.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2023

To start with look, the numbers Automobile Information reporter Hannah Lutz highlights in her document on electrical automobile makers disrupting franchised sellers in California and a handful of alternative states are startling. appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 12, 2024

This will include the new all-electric Macan EV , which Porsche says is already seeing strong orders. Porsche AG 2023 earnings results “Our strong results are due to the high demand for our attractive products and strict cost discipline,” Porsche CFO Lutz Meschke said following the company’s 2023 earnings results. billion (40.5

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Plus Porsche’s CFO Lutz Meschke warned that Europe may push back its 2035 ban on ICE vehicles due to slowing EV demand. Electrek’s Take Definitely good news that this isn’t happening, if that is truly the case. The post Automakers say they won’t try to push back EU’s 2035 ICE ban appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2023

” Hannah Lutz contributed to this document. It’s no longer so easy appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. . “Our goal is to learn and iterate quickly, while continuing to aggressively expand the network, so we can eventually welcome both Tesla and non-Tesla drivers at every Supercharger worldwide.”

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Veteran automotive executive Bob Lutz recently revealed in a statement to the Financial Times that German luxury automakers Mercedes-Benz and BMW are afraid of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Lutz’s statements were included in an article awarding Elon Musk with the Financial Times ‘ Person of the Year Award. .

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Interviewing GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz at GM's test track in Detroit. Since GM’s Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz planned to unveil the Chevy Volt production prototype, we decided to take our film crew. Tags: Shoots Production Diary Production News Past Shoots GM Chevy Volt Detroit. Take note, doc filmmakers.)

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EV Central

MARCH 14, 2023

“We will see significant price increases in the middle of the year for the new model year. That will help a lot to make sure we make strong group operating margins,” Porsche finance chief Lutz Meschke told analysts. The post Luxurious new K1 SUV added to Porsche EV charge, Cayenne to go electric appeared first on EV Central.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Nissan has joined the world's automakers with bad news. In related EV news, GM announced today that Bob Lutz will be retiring a year before the Volt's scheduled release. They'll be cutting 20,000 jobs worldwide. They joined Toyota, posting an annual loss, for the first time in nearly a decade.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Just two weeks ago at an event in Dearborn, General Motors’ Bob Lutz commented that “not many people in [.]. The long term validity of hydrogen cars has been in question for years, particularly with electric cars seemingly stealing a march on their green rival: and now General Motors has placed more doubt on their future.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 5, 2008

GM Vice-chairman, Bob Lutz invited us to their private test track about an hour outside of Detroit. It all came back to live in Detroit where Bob Lutz drove the new Chevy Volt from under the TV screens onto the stage. Tags: Production Diary Production News Past Shoots EV Events GM Chevy Volt.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. What's New Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

According to reports in the Detroit News , General Motors has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, which will be an extended range electric vehicle derived from the Voltec platform. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars general motors Bob Lutz Cadillac Cadillac Converj Chevrolet Volt Chevy Volt range extended vehicle Voltec platform.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 12, 2010

Bob Lutz, the retiring eminence grise of General Motors, is known for pithiness and plain speaking. Yesterday, he tossed off a nugget of news: GM is working on a range of pure electric cars, without range-extending engines, that will follow the 2011 Chevrolet Volt--most likely a few years hence. Nissan, Coda leading While the 1.4-liter

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2011

New film ‘Revenge of the Electric Car’, the sequel to the 2006 film ‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ Directed by Chris Paine, the documentary film focuses on the ambitions of four men; Bob Lutz, former chief executive of GM, Carlos Ghosn CEO [.]. opens in selected theatres in the US from this Friday (October 21, 2011).

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

Enter newly retired GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz. Lutz brought with him other investors, as well as executives and engineers from GM. Lutz joined in 2011, promptly after he retired from GM. Lutz was a staunch supporter of GM’s plug-in hybrid of the time, the Cruze-based Volt. Until then!

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 11, 2010

GM vice chairman Bob Lutz announced the production of the Cadillac Converj range extended electric vehicle as part of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the [.]. The Chevrolet Volt isn’t the only range extended vehicle under wraps from General Motors – now the company has announced plans to produce a Cadillac Converj in the same mould.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

GM Product Chief Bob Lutz is quoted in various newspapers saying he wanted to get prototypes of the Volt ready for road tests next year , and ready for sale in 2010. What's New Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME. It will be difficult, though, because there are so many barriers to making this happen."

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

According to General Motors however, there should be no fears about the Volt’s future as vice-chairman of product development Robert Lutz states that the “Volt will survive and prosper.&#. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2022

In the company’s earnings call, as reported by Reuters , Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke commented, “The third quarter of 2022 was quite volatile and challenging from a political, economic, and social perspective. If you have news tips, email us at tips@teslarati.com ! In the U.S. What do you think of the article?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. Take the 56,000 people who have signed up for a Leaf. Nissan is planning to start deploying it in only five states. Total cars initially available: 4,700. Other automakers are also proceeding cautiously.

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