Posted in Chevrolet, Electric Cars on Nov 2nd, 2009
The University of Michigan’s Auto Research Center sponsored “The Business of Plugging In” conference last week. This is a great start. The main conclusion as is affects we, the auto consumers, is that mass production will bring the prices down. Because batteries and related parts are not yet mass produced, price and technological advancements are […]
Posted in Chevrolet, Electric Cars on Aug 11th, 2009
Now that the early estimated gas mileage figures are out ton the Chevy Volt, those being 230 mpg, we will be thinking about the realities of the early Volts. Here’s the thing…you have to plug it in each time you come home!! Sounds like an easy thing. But we are very used to pulling in […]
Posted in Chevrolet, Electric Cars on Feb 18th, 2009
Interesting release this morning by the Associated Press… General Motors says that the current developmental model of the much awaited Chevy Volt is getting 40 miles for a single charge, thanks to a newly designed low-rolling resistance tire developed by Goodyear and a more efficient Bose sound system. After the 40 miles, a small internal […]
Posted in Chevrolet, Chrysler, Electric Cars, GM on Oct 31st, 2008
A few weeks ago, GM took the opportunity to unveil the Chevy Volt, a plug-in electric car that is much awaited in the industry and perhaps will be the “Commodore 64” of a new wave of automotive technology. Chrysler wasted no time in previewing three new prototype electrics of its own. Two looked pretty familiar, […]
Posted in Chevrolet, Electric Cars, GM on Oct 30th, 2008
What happened since 1960? With the Chevy Volt due to make its debut in 2009, one wonders why we didn’t think of electric cars sooner. The answer is, we did. We had a variety of electric cars in the early 1900’s but they quickly gave way to the internal combustion engine. However, in the early […]
Posted in Electric Cars, Nissan, Renault on May 12th, 2008
Will Renault-Nissan invest close to a billion dollars in Project Better Place (a California based company) currently working on an Israeli backed Electric Car project? That’s the word from Better Place CEO Shai Agassi who indicated as much at a recent news conference to introduce the prototype for this project. According to Agassi, Renault-Nissan is in for anywhere between $500 million to a […]