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Detroit Auto Show: Tesla meets the Chevy Volt

Look who I found eyeballing a cutaway of the Chevy Volt? Martin Eberhard (second from left) of Tesla Motors and Chris Paine (center) of "Who Killed the Electric Car" traded notes on the unique powertrain arrangement as the Detroit Auto Show press days started winding down. That's Chelsea Sexton there on the right. Pulling Eberhard aside, I asked him if Tesla engineers considered a self-generating concept. The answer was a quick "no." The long explanation was that the company could avoid crash testing for fuel-tank safety and EPA emissions ... Read more →

Who Killed the Electric Car? Director Chris Paine tells AutoblogGreen he's impressed with the Chevy Volt

Most of this week's news stories on the new Chevy Volt reference last year's sleeper hit movie "Who Killed The Electric Car?" That movie, of course, took GM to task for building a great, zero-emission ...

Detroit Auto Show: Tesla meets the Chevy Volt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Look who I found eyeballing a cutaway of the Chevy Volt? Martin Eberhard (second from left) of Tesla Motors and Chris Paine (center) of "Who Killed the Electric Car" traded notes on the unique powertrain arrangement as the Detroit Auto Show press days started winding down. That's Chelsea Sexton ...

Who Killed the Electric Car? Director Chris Paine tells AutoblogGreen he's impressed with the Chevy Volt 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Most of this week's news stories on the new Chevy Volt reference last year's sleeper hit movie "Who Killed The Electric Car?" That movie, of course, took GM to task for building a great, zero-emission car, the EV1, leasing them, then canceling the programs and taking almost all of the EV1s out to ...



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