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Phoenix Motorcars website gets a makeover, savings calculator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Phoenix Motorcars, the company behind the much-anticipated electric SUT with the SsangYong body and Altairnano battery has given their website a fresh look in anticipation of increased traffic. Set to finally begin building their vehicles for fleet customers and take a few retail orders, the ...

Alan Gotcher resigns, Altairnano seeks new CEO 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

According to a press release on Altairnano's web site, Dr. Alan Gotcher has agreed to resign "as an officer of the company." Dr. Gotcher was appointed CEO back in August 2004 and President in March 2005. No reason was given in the release but the language makes it sound like it wasn't his decision. ...

Phoenix Motorcars ready to start taking a few retail orders, still hiring too 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One company we haven't been hearing too much from of late is Phoenix Motorcars. They made a pretty big splash in 2006 around the same time that Tesla launched and they've turned up at all the usual conferences and events with prototypes of their electric pickup truck. They grabbed a lot of ...

Phoenix Motorcars gets a refill for the petty cash box 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's some interesting financial activity going these days in the electric vehicle realm and it wouldn't be surprising to see some consolidation happen soon. In the past year Phoenix Motorcars and Zap have trailed only the Tesla Roadster and Chevy Volt in attention for battery-propelled vehicles. ...

Phoenix MotorCars building a plant in Puebla, Mxico 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

An online Mexican newspaper has announced that Phoenix MotorCars is building a manufacturing plant in the state of Puebla in México. The plant, which is made jointly with Pristine International, will create 1,500 jobs in the area. The plant will be built in a new industrial development area ...

Phoenix SUT to get smaller battery pack, new motors, no supplier named 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We heard yesterday that Phoenix MotorCars had canceled their order for motors from UQM Technologies. Now Phoenix has issued their own press release revealing that they are adopting new motor technology. The new motors are apparently lighter and more compact than the UQM units although Phoenix is ...

Phoenix Motorcars cancels UQM Technologies motor order! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A friend who spends more time than I do perusing the financial statements of various companies alerted me to the latest release from UQM Technologies. UQM you might recall makes electric motors that have appeared in a variety of prototype and production intent electric vehicles. Perhaps most ...

C-NET tries to count all the electric car start-ups 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

C-NET's Michael Kanellos did a little thinking out loud this week when he tried to list all of the electric car start-up companies (not major automakers working on EVs). He counted 16 small companies. The names on this list will be familiar to just about anyone who reads AutoblogGreen, but I ...

Alt Car Expo 2007: Meet the Boshart Tersus (AKA the mini-Phoenix SUT) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Boshart Tersus may look like the Phoenix SUT, but it certainly doesn't quack like a Phoenix SUT. Both of these unusual electric trucks are built from the same Ssanyong body, but are totally different under the hood. Well, not completely. Boshart Engineering actually did some engineering work ...

Overview: teams competing in the Automotive X-Prize 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the Loremo for a high-res gallery After the success of the original Ansari X-Prize, the X-Prize Foundation started creating new X-prizes in areas like medicine and cars. The Automotive X-Prize was announced in 2006 and in April of this year, the organizers released the first draft of the ...



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