Archive for the 'Charging' Category
Electric Cars and Utility Companies
We all cant wait to get into our Chevy Volts and drive off on electric power. After all, what could be better than not using gasoline for most driving needs? We are aware the source of energy for the Volts battery will be the electric grid. All indications are that the energy costs [...]
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Volt Will Charge at Both 110V and 220V: Half of Range Charge Within an Hour
I arrived OK in Michigan, and on this first night had the chance to speak to a wide range of people involved in the Chevy Volt.
At tonight’s reception, I caught up with Frank Weber, the Volt’s vehicle line executive. At Volt Nation he had mentioned that the Volt will have a smart charging capacity, meaning [...]
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A Chat with Project Better Place Investor, Michael Granoff
After Volt Nation, I received an email from Michael Granoff, who is a #1 investor with Project Better Place (PBP). It turns out he lives within a mile of where I work and we planned to meet up. We had a wide ranging discussion about Project Better Place, whether it could come to America, and [...]
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North Carolina To Build Statewide Network of PHEV Charging Pods
North Carolina apparently plans to take the initiative to position itself as a state that welcomes plug-in electric cars.
Utility companies Duke Energy and Progress Energy are pledging $3 million dollars over 5 year to go in part towards building “a statewide network of charging pods at parking lots, gas stations and truck stops.”
This may [...]
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Nanosolar’s Plan for Electric Cars
A company frequently praised by the community here at GM-Volt is Nanosolar. They are a Silicon Valley start-up that has built what will soon be the world’s largest solar cell production facility. They have sizable private funding as well, including the likes of Google founders Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt.
What’s so interesting about [...]
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Production Volt to Have Left and Right Charging Ports
The Chevy Volt concept car is shown with plug-in ports on both sides of the cars front end.
Many enthusiasts here have cited an interest in continuing to have two ports, although to some folks it doesn’t really matter.
I asked in interviews with Bob Boniface, chief Volt designer, and later Tony Posawatz, Volt vehicle line director, [...]
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Interview: V2Green CEO David Kaplan, Leading Vehicle-to-Grid Startup
V2Green is a new start-up company based in Seattle who’s main focus is building software and hardware for electric vehicles to communicate with the grid and utilities companies. I had to opportunity to interview V2Green’s CEO David Kaplan. The full interview follows the post, can be heard here, downloaded, or retrieved as a podcast from [...]
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“Project Better Place” Electric Car Charging Company Launches with $200 Million in Funding
A new start-up company announced its launch yesterday. This company is called “Project Better Place. Their idea is to create a subscription-based charging system for plug-in electric cars. This system would operate like a cell phone network, driver’s could roam anywhere, plug-in and charge their cars where it is convenient. They [...]
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Mitsubishi i-MiEV to Use Wireless Charging System
We’ve mentioned before that Mitsubishi was planning an EV.
It is on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, and more details have emerged. Among them, the car is to be on sale by 2009 and using lithium ion batteries, with a 100 mile driving range. The car uses three electric motors, 2 in each [...]
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250 Plug-in Electric Car Charging Stations to be Installed Across the UK
In a sign of times to come, and an indication that the UK is ahead of the PHEV pack, energy giant EDF and recharging station producer Elektromotive are together installing a series of automobile charging stations across the country. The plan is to have 250 such stations in place by April 2008.
In some commonwealths, local [...]
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GM-Volt.com Interview With Tony Posawatz
Tony Posawatz, VLD E-Flex
I just had the opportunity along with a few other bloggers to discuss the E-Flex program including the Chevy Volt and Opel Flextreme vehicles with Mr. Tony Posawatz. Tony is the Vehicle Line Director for E-Flex vehicles for GM. In this position, he is a man “in the know” when it comes [...]
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Hyatt Builds Charging Station for the Tesla Roadster
In probably little more than a PR move, Hyatt Hotels through an agreement with Tesla Motorcars has announced that it will install Tesla recharging stations at three hotels, stretching in an arc from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe.
This comes on the heels of our last post about the speed of recharge using a 220 V [...]
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