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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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GM May Share the Volt Powertrain With Ford
In a sign of the times, there are reports that GM and Ford may be working together on advanced powertrains.
In an effort to help each other in the face of recent budget cuts, GM first approached Ford about collaboration a month ago. Shortly thereafter, Ford’s board approved the negotiations. Since, several positive meetings [...]
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Ford: Mass Production of Plug-in Electric Cars at Least 5 Years Away
Ford continues to take a conservative stance on the possibility of mass-producing plug-in electric cars.
“We’re clearly at least five years away from starting what I would call the ramp from very small volumes to substantial volumes,” said Nancy Gioia who is Ford’s director of hybrid vehicles.
She describes plug-in development as “a system that really has [...]
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Next Gen Prius Spotted: Volt Wannabe?
The Toyota Prius has been the undisputed king of green cars so far, selling more than 1 million units worldwide. Indeed GM vice chair Bob Lutz has publicly stated it was in part the Prius’ success that spurred him to launch the Chevy Volt.
The Volt is intended to be a lot of things [...]
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EEStor Announces Third Party Verification of Key Production Milestone
Even though they are not involved in the Chevy Volt project, we follow EEStor on this site because of the remarkable energy storage potential that their technology could represent.
Based on barite, their storage units if shown to perform as they are purported to, could hold several times the energy at a fraction of the cost [...]
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Nissan CEO Ghosn: “I Don’t Want a Range Extender”
It looks like more fighting words in the OK Corral as GM vice-chair Bob Lutz has taken to calling the electric car competition arena.
Nissan’s CEO Carlson Ghosn has long stood by a pure EV approach. He recently told the New York Times that any electric car he would sell in the US would have [...]
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The Trials and Tribulations of Tesla
Tesla Motors has played a pivotal role in the electrification of the automobile. It was indeed their effort at producing an electric car that caught GM product czar Bob Lutz’ attention and helped push him to build the Chevy Volt. In Lutz’ own words “if some Silicon Valley startup can solve this equation, no one [...]
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Mitsubishi Prices the iMiEV Close to the Expected Price of the Chevy Volt
As many here may know, Mitsubishi has built working prototypes of a pure electric car it calls the iMiEV. These vehicles have been demonstrated in the U.S. and Japan, and are currently undergoing fleet monitoring tests.
The Nikkei recently reported that Mitsubishi plans on selling these cars in Japan beginning in 2009, with 2000 units [...]
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Next Generation Prius to Have Solar Panel Roof Option
Ever since the Volt concept was first introduced in January 2007 a lot of people have voiced the opinion that solar panels on the roof would be a good idea. Those who understand the current costs of solar panels and their energy output usually determine that the amount of energy which could be contributed to [...]
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Ford Calls the Chevy Volt a Hail Mary Play
Ted Miller is Ford’s senior manager of energy storage. He outlined to Bloomberg News Ford’s cautious approach to plug-in vehicles.
Balking at the idea of what GM has done with the Volt he said "if there’s going to be a true plug-in hybrid market, we’re going to be there. It’s just that that’s a huge [...]
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