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Mitsubishi Uveils PX-MiEV; EV, EREV and PHEV All in One

October 1st, 2009 | Posted in: BEV, Competitors, E-REV, PHEV with 131 Comments

Like all recent auto shows before it, the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show will offer a showcase of new electrified vehicles.
Two examples that seem particularly important are entries from Mitsubishi and Honda.
Mitsubishi is unveiling what it calls the PX-MiEV. This crossover seems to be a conglomerate of all things; its is a plugin hybrid, a [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 131 Comments

Fisker Automotive Awarded $529 Million Loan to Build Plug-in Cars in USA

September 22nd, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV with 126 Comments

The US Department of Energy announced that they have awarded Fisker Automotive $528.7 million to be used for the development and assembly of plug-in electric cars in the United States.
The money is coming from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan program. In the first stage, Fisker will use $169.3 million for engineering integration costs [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 126 Comments

Fisker Karma EREV Expected to Get 67 MPG Combined Fuel Efficiency

September 9th, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV, Efficiency with 237 Comments

The Fisker Karma is the “other” extended range electric car deliveries of which are expected to begin in 2010. Only in Fisker’s case its May as opposed to November, and will be simultaneously global.
Although the Karma shares the same general engineering architecture as the Volt, the similarities end there. The car will have a 50 [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 237 Comments

Mercedes BlueZero E-cell Plus Extended-Range Electric Car to go into Limited Production in 2010

September 1st, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV with 115 Comments

Word is out that Mercedes will also be entering the extended-range electric car arena. The automaker has apparently confirmed it will be bringing an extended range electric car into limited production next year.
The car was described in concept form initially in January of this year, and now will be brought as a showcar [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 115 Comments

Are Pure Electric Car Programs Having a Negative Effect on Volt Marketing?

August 10th, 2009 | Posted in: BEV, Competitors, E-REV, Marketing with 462 Comments

When the Volt concept was first debuted it caught the world by surprise and was cause for inspiration. Sure there had been the EV-1 and the Tesla Roadster was in prototype stage, but most of the US population was not well exposed to the idea of electric cars.
Since the Volt subsequently garnered so much [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 462 Comments

Poll: VOLT vs LEAF

August 7th, 2009 | Posted in: BEV, Competitors, E-REV with 344 Comments

As soon as the Nissan LEAF electric car unveiling hit the wire, comparisons with the Volt began. It will be of interest to see what we here at GM-Volt.com think. Here’s a run down, with a poll at the end.
Design
Sure the Volt isn’t what its concept was but its no slouch either. Its [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 344 Comments

Report: Mitsubishi Confirms it Will Launch Extended-Range Electric Car in 2010

July 31st, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV with 350 Comments

People often ask if the Volt’s extended range architecture is such a good idea, then why haven’t all the other automakers opted to do it?
To date the only companies publicly embracing the design have been Chrysler, and Fisker though there have been unconfirmed reports Jaguar is working on it too.  Other companies such as Ford, [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 350 Comments

Fisker Tries to Distance Company From Tesla and Volt

July 5th, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV with 168 Comments

The electric car marketplace is very young and yet to truly emerge.  I would liken it to the Internet in 1992.
At this point there are a few players that are trying to distinguish themselves and aim to claim certain market segments.
One such player is Henrik Fisker, the founder of California-based Fisker Automotive. His company has [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 168 Comments

Jaguar Announces Plans To Build Extended Range XJ Hybrid Electric Car Similar to the Volt

April 12th, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV with 116 Comments

There appears to be two camps when it comes to deciding on the engineering of electric cars. Some automakers such as Tesla, Mitsubishi, Nissan, BMW, Toyota and Ford believe pure electrics or plug-in parallel hybrids are the way to go. Others such as Chrysler, Mercedes, and Fisker have followed GM’s footsteps embracing [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 116 Comments

GM Asking For Additional Loans to Build Two More Electric Cars

April 2nd, 2009 | Posted in: Converj, E-REV, Voltec with 163 Comments

There is new information found in an updated business plan that GM presented to the government on Wednesday.
The automaker is requesting an additional $2.6 billion in low interest loans to support the development and introduction of three new electric vehicles.
Specifically this is for the purpose of developing two spinoff cars from the Chevy Volt, and [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 163 Comments

Volt-Lite: Bright Automotive Building an E-REV

March 11th, 2009 | Posted in: Competitors, E-REV with 172 Comments

Those who have followed the Volt story long enough will remember that the consulting firm Rocky Mountain Institute has spun off its own start-up car company called Bright Automotive. The CEO of this fledgling automaker is John Waters, an engineer who it turns out used to work for GM on the EV-1.
Waters came out [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 172 Comments

How GM Decided on the Term E-REV to Describe the Volt

January 25th, 2009 | Posted in: E-REV, Feedback to GM with 54 Comments

Last week we held a poll here indicating support of readers to using the term E-REV for extended-range electric vehicle to describe the Chevy Volt, versus REEV as some automakers are using.
The poll (summarized above) showed that of 986 respondants, 70% preferred E-REV versus 10% preferring REEV.  15% felt the term didn’t matter, and 5% [...]

Posted by: Lyle with 54 Comments

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