Archive for April, 2007
Toyota Surpasses GM in Worldwide Sales in 2007
Well, it finally happened. Japanese carmaker Toyota sold more vehicles worldwide this year so far than General Motors, supplanting it as the Number 1 automaker in the world. Toyota sold 2.35 million vehicles as compared to GM’s 2.26 million. Remember GM has been in the top position for 75 years, so this is [...]
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Hydrogen Volt
GM rolled out its new Volt concept variant in Shanghaii yesterday. As mentioned, the vehicle is different than the predecessor concept in that instead of a combustion engine linked to the battery, the car uses a hydrogen fuel cell, which can both charge the battery and drive the engine.
Because of the hydrogen fuel cell, the [...]
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New Version of Volt to House Hydrogen Fuel Cell
As we predicted in our previous post, the new version of the Volt to be displayed at the Shanghai Auto show will demonstrate how the E-flex system can be configured with a hydrogen fuel cell as opposed to the internal combusiton engine.
This concept illustrates the “Flex” portion of E-flex. Since it is the battery-powered [...]
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GM’s Bob Lutz Speaks with Bloggers at NYIAS
GM’s Bob Lutz spoke with a group of bloggers at the New York International Auto Show, including Matt Buchanan of Gizmodo, Jen Chung and Tien Mao of the Gothamist, Rebecca Carter of ecorazzi, Brandy Schaffels of AskPatty, Michael d’Estries of GroovyGreen, Mark Durham of Wired/Autopia and Dan Vaughan of Concept Carz. Terrific very detailed video [...]
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Build Your Own Plug-in Electric Car
Sure, wed all like to drive off in an all-new, dealership-supported, warrantied, and well-made GM Volt. But there are folks who dont want to wait until 2010. Indeed the do-it-yourself movement is rapidly underway. As we’ve discussed previously there are a variety of ways to “grow your own” electric car.
There are several [...]
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How Electric Cars Can Power the Home
The issue of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) has been raised before when discussing electric vehicles. This refers to the intriguing concept of using a fully-charged electric car’s batteries to give power back to the grid, when the grid needs it and the car doesn’t.
An example given is the scenario of a blackout, ocurring after the homeowner’s [...]
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A123’s Li-ion Batteries Power World’s Fastest Electric Vehicle
The Killacycle broke the record for the fastest electric vehicle of all time on April 3rd and 4th. The bike was able to do a quarter-mile in 8.1 seconds, reaching a speed of 156 miles per hour, and can do 0 to 60 in 1.5 seconds.
The bike is powered by 990 lithium ion cells [...]
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New Version of the Volt
Reports began circulating yesterday indicating that GM plans to unveil a new “iteration” of the Volt at the Shanghai auto show on April 22. These reports seem a bit over the top mainly because there really is no working model of the Volt yet. Some possibilities are that the vehicle will have a [...]
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Interview With Tony Posawatz
Good new interview with GM Vehicle Line Director. It can be listened to here. Nothing really new, but continues to support GMs position that the Volt will be released. He discusses the parallel process between vehicle and battery, as well as safety management concerns.
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- Exclusive: Interview With EnerDel Chairman Charles Gassenheimer
- Wall Street Journal Opinion - Chevy Volt Just a Political Tool
- GM on June Sales: Asia Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
- Artist’s Estimation of the Production Chevy Volt
- Should GM Skip the Volt and Just Make More Efficient Gas Cars?
- Continental Says Chances Good of Getting Volt Battery Contract
- Lutz Explains Why the EV-1 Can’t Simply Be Reintroduced
- Ford Calls the Chevy Volt a Hail Mary Play
