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GM and Chrysler in Merger Talks
We are in financial turmoil, and in addition to the banking industry, the automotive industry and especially the big three US automakers are in a perilous situation.
Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that GM and Chrysler are in preliminary talks for a possible merger citing unnamed persons familiar with [...]
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More Details About Chrylser’s Electric Car Plans
A couple of weeks ago Chrysler revealed prototypes of an EV and two E-REVs. They stated at the time that they planned on launching one of the three in 2010.
Bloomberg has a new report, fleshing out some of the details.
Apparently the mandate to build an EV was handed down by Chrysler’s CEO in January [...]
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Chevy Cruze Versus Honda Insight
GM and Honda chose this week’s Paris Motor Show to debut new cars that are expected to sell in high volumes, the Chevy Cruze and the Honda Insight.
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The Insight is a low-cost hybrid. It uses an Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) system, which is actually a mild hybrid, in that the car never drives on [...]
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GM Welcomes Chrysler to Join Them in the Electric Car Future
Earlier this week Chrysler attempted to shock the world by displaying three new production-intent electric and range-extended electric vehicles. Word was also out that the automaker was in advanced talks with A123 Systems to develop automotive batteries and had formed a strategic partnership with GE.
Chrysler must have been interested in sharing some of the publicity [...]
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Chrysler Goes Electric
As you might have heard by now, Chrysler made an announcement today that they have three electric vehicles in running prototype form. These include the Dodge EV sportscar, the Jeep EV range-extended electric vehicle, and the Chrysler EV range-extended minivan.
Chrysler indicates that these vehicles are “production-intent” and that one of them will be produced [...]
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Chrysler In Discussions With A123 to Supply Batteries For New Electric Car
Tomorrow, Chrysler is expected to unveil its quickly cobbled together version of the Chevy Volt. Reports indicate the car will use the same E-REV paradigm as the Volt, with a 40 mile EV range and combustion range extender.
It was also reported that Chrysler may have to work with a partner on the powertrain.
A late breaking [...]
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Chrysler to Unveil New Extended-Range Electric Car Next Tuesday
I would imagine that the other automakers might be a little jealous of all the publicity GM garnered as a result of the Volt’s unveiling last Tuesday.
Not to be left out, Chrysler has apparently decided to do a little unveiling of its own next Tuesday.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Chrysler will be revealing a [...]
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Who’s Got it Right, GM or Honda?
Despite the plethora of automakers aiming to build EVs over the next few years, Honda continues to uphold its stance against it.
In a recent interview with Automotive news, Honda R&D chief Masaaki Kato says Honda has no plans to produce an electric car.
Honda made recent press about an announcement for a sub-$20,000 revamped Insight parallel [...]
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Revenge of the Honda Insight
Just as the Volt is called by some a Prius-killer, so too has the new low cost hybrid Honda has been planning to unveil.
Today they made it official.
The new hybrid will be called the Honda Insight, just like Honda’s original hybrid, which beat Prius to market but wound up being discontinued due to poor sales.
The [...]
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Bob Lutz Responds to Toyota’s Announcement: Large Volt Test Fleet in 2009
It only been a few hours since we heard from Toyota that they plan on bringing plug-in versions of the Prius into test fleets in 2009.
GM Vice-Chairman Bob Lutz responded to this news in an interview with reporters.
He indicated that the race between Toyota and GM to create a plug-in car is “meaningless” as the [...]
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Volt Competition: Mazda’s Secret E-REV Program, Toyota Forwards Plug-in Fleet to 2009
As the momentum builds towards Chevy Volt production, the competition are apparently not sitting by idly.
Autocar (UK) today reported inside information that Mazda has secretly been developing its own extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV).
The article reports "Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt." Inside sources claim that [...]
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Nissan Previews Its Electric Car, Called by Some a “Volt Fighter”
For a while Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has claimed Nissan plans to move heavily into electric cars and have a pure EV available in the US in 2010.
At its Advanced Technology Briefing in Tokyo they unveiled a mule-car prototype of the upcoming electric sedan.
Although the mule uses a Cube design, the production car is expected [...]
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