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0Report: Game on! Elon Musk calls Fisker Karma 'a mediocre product at a high price' 1345218600
It is official: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Fisker Automotive chief Henrik Fisker are throwing jabs at each other, without wearing gloves or safety helmets! Okay, maybe it's not that exciting, but, for those interested in the egos and competition behind the new industry of luxury plug-ins, ...
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Report: Getting NHTSA to sign off is biggest hurdle Wheego faces for now 1345212060
As Wheego Electric Car has been experiencing, starting up a car manufacturing business is a very tough thing to do. Wheego is wending its way through acceptable compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Regulations (FMVSSR) for its two-seat, all-electric Wheego Whip LiFe car. The ...
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Why Bob Lutz is wrong about A123 Systems' new Chinese investor 1345147260
A message to Bob Lutz, former General Motors vice chairman, and proponent of the Chevrolet Volt and Via Motors' plug-in electric vehicles. Regarding your guest column in Forbes lambasting the federal government for granting battery maker A123 Systems a Department of Energy grant and allowing a ...
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Plug In America releases first of seven electric vehicle PSAs, Fabio's star turn is yet to come 1289347320
Plug In America's electric vehicle PSAs – Click above to watch videoes after the jumpCan ten years of promoting electric cars be boiled down to 30 seconds? Plug In America would like to suggest that they can, especially if you really mean cramming them into seven 30-second ads (or, to use ... -
BMW launches DontBlogAboutThis.com with "spy photos" of EfficientDynamics mule 1283957940
BMW EfficientDynamics mule – Click above for high-res image galleryA few days ago, BMW launched a web site called dontblogaboutthis.com which obviously means they do want us to blog about it. While the site doesn't contain much in the way of real information, there are several photos and ... -
Well-to-wheel emissions of plug-in-hybrids will be all over the map 1282676220
Ford Escape plug-in hybrid – Click above for high-res image galleryOne of the major benefits of plug-in vehicles is the ability to operate without any direct emissions while also diversifying the possible energy sources used for transportation. Unfortunately, that also means that unless ... -
Video: Ian Wright resurfaces with series hybrid powertrain plans 1282600680
Wrightspeed X1 – Click above to watch video after the jumpWhen we last heard from Ian Wright, he was working on a battery-powered version of the Ariel Atom known as the Wrightspeed X1. The X1 has been used as a development platform for batteries, motors and electronics, which is what ... -
EV sellers will have to teach drivers to treat their car like their phone, plug it in! 1282427160
Chevrolet Volt – click above for high-res image galleryAs much as we talk about range anxiety here, the reality is the vast majority of drivers in America probably aren't even really aware of the term in the automotive context. Yet. But that's because only a tiny fraction of them have ever ... -
Electrovaya providing batteries for Dodge Ram PHEV program 1274904060
Battery manufacturer Electrovaya has begun shipping lithium ion battery packs to Chrysler for its test fleet of plug-in hybrid Ram pickup trucks. Chrysler is building 140 trucks based on the two-mode hybrid system that was co-developed with General Motors. A non-plug version of the hybrid Ram was ...
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Survey: 60 percent of Chinese interested in buying plug-in vehicles, 5 times higher than Americans 1273614900
Citizens of which country are most likely to buy – or at least consider purchasing – a plug-in vehicle than any other nation? According to a recent survey conducted by Ernst & Young's Global Automotive Center, China leads the way out of all the countries surveyed. Now, you're ...
