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Cadillac Converj Becoming a Reality

09 Nov 2009 12:04:40 PST

Written by Mike(noreply@blogger.com)
The plug-in hybrid technology built into the Volt is going to be very expensive for GM and the consumers who choose to buy it. The battery pack alone is supposedly going to cost 10 grand. The vehicle is expected to have a price tag around $40 thousand. By building a Volt-like Cadillac, you can ex...

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GM not planning separate Volt brand

06 Nov 2009 11:52:31 PST

Written by Drew Johnson
Toyota may be readying a Prius sub-brand for its most fuel efficient offerings, but General Motors says it has no plans to launch a green Volt division. The Chevrolet Volt is expected to become the first mass-market plug-in hybrid vehicle when it hits the market late next year. Although Gen...

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GM’s other plug-in hybrid vehicles won’t have ‘Volt’ badging

06 Nov 2009 06:34:37 PST

In what we think is a good decision, General Motors said that its other plug-in hybrid offerings will not have Volt branding on them to identify with the compact plug-in hybrid that will launch later next year. By contrast, Toyota is planning to make a family of hybrid vehicles that ...

Original story at egmCarTech .

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

31 Oct 2009 09:53:12 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. About the size of a large cooking pot, the novel, hyper-efficient engine could replace cur...

Original story at Green Car Congress .

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Tata Motors Selects EIG Lithium-ion Polymer Batteries for Indica Vista Electric Vehicle Program

28 Oct 2009 13:28:55 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
In October 2008, battery supplier Electrovaya announced it was partnering with Tata Motors and Miljø Grenland/Innovasjon to manufacture batteries and electric cars in Norway, beginning in 2009, using Electrovaya’s Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery technology for the Indica EV. (E...

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UK Manufacturer Axon Automotive Unveils Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

28 Oct 2009 13:18:17 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
The Axon Automotive PHEV. Click to enlarge. UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city ca...

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Plug-in hybrid news and blogs - November 10, 2009

10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Plug-in hybrid news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• BREAKING: GM decides to put Cadillac Converj into production -- from egmCarTech
• Fisker picks distributor to sell Karma in Europe, looking to sell in China -- from egmCarTech
• No super grid for PHEVs needed in many areas -- by Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) from Hybrid Cars
• Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS -- by Mike Millikin from Green Car Congress
• Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications -- by Mike Millikin from Green Car Congress
• Frank Weber leaves Chevrolet Volt team to return to Opel -- from egmCarTech
• Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS -- by Mike Millikin from Green Car Congress
• ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications -- by Mike Millikin from Green Car Congress
• European Electricity Companies Call for Standardization of Plug-in Vehicle Charging Infrastructure; Pledge to Apply Pre-Standards -- by Mike Millikin from Green Car Congress
• Fisker Automotive to Buy Shuttered GM Assembly Plant for Project NINA Production -- by Mike Millikin from Green Car Congress

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Confirmed: Fisker to buy Delaware GM plant for hybrid

27 Oct 2009 07:21:26 PDT

Written by Andrew Ganz
Fisker Automotive and General Motors have confirmed yesterday’s reports that the California start-up will acquire the Detroit automaker’s Wilmington, Delaware, assembly plant. Fisker, which will pay $18 million for the plant, plans to build a $39,900 plug-in hybrid sedan called Pr...

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Tokyo preview: Suzuki Swift Plug-In Hybrid, SX4-FCV

07 Oct 2009 13:54:53 PDT

Written by Drew Johnson
Suzuki is one of the few automakers still on board for the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, with the Japanese automaker planning to debut at least two environmentally friendly concepts at this month’s show. Suzuki will use the Tokyo show to unveil a plug-in hybrid version of its Swift and a hydrogen-...

Original story at Leftlane . Related stories include: Suzuki makes Swift move to plug-in hybrids - Hybrid Cars , NATIONAL SUMMIT BLOG Panelist: US, China in Earth race - Detroit Free Press and ... egmCarTech , pheedcontent.com

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Fords View on Electrification Enablers; Looking for Battery Commonization

15 Aug 2009 23:06:59 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
Ford’s product approach to electrification. Currently, Ford has four full hybrids on the market. For the mid-term (2011-2020), Ford will increase its use of hybrid technology, and introduce plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEV) on the market. For the long-...

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GM Expects Chevrolet Volt to Deliver 230 mpg in City Driving Based on EPA Draft Methodology

12 Aug 2009 04:56:52 PDT

Written by Mike Millikin
While the fuel economy (FE) for combustible fueled vehicles (such as gasoline, diesel, compressed natural gas, or an ethanol blend) can easily be expressed in mpg, and fuel economy for an all-electric vehicle can be expressed in miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent (mpge), the arri...

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Gates Flung Open for Hybrid Makers

17 Jun 2009 03:24:41 PDT

South Korea 2 lithium-ion battery maker in the world, released a plug-in hybrid model called the F3DM earlier this year. The vehicle can go 100 kilometers on a single charge. Japan's Mitsubishi will become the first maker in the world to mass produce electric cars ...

Original story at Korea Times .

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Opinion: Chevy Volt Electric Plug In Car Movies Into Gear

01 Jun 2009 16:47:36 PDT

Volt is already one of the 10 best cars for 2010 with high consumer anticipation. However, it will not be available until 2011. The Volt is priced much higher as an electric plug in hybrid car. It is estimated at $39000 but the car price might be much ... Politico - MIT Technology Review

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Opinion: US Batteries for First US Plug-in Hybrid

08 May 2009 08:34:25 PDT

CNET News MA Enerdel uses lithium manganese oxide electrodes, the same type used in the batteries selected for GM's Volt plug-in hybrid. It was developed at Argonne National Laboratory with support from the US Advanced Battery Consortium (comprising Ford, GM, ...

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Opinion: Does GM's Volt Make Sense?

04 Mar 2009 15:53:38 PST

By Kevin Bullis GM is defending its design for the Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle after a study out of Carnegie Mellon University slammed the design, saying that it's not economical. (Plug-ins are hybrids with batteries that can be recharged by plugging ...

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GM CEO Rolling Up Capitol Hill In a Chevy Volt

12 Dec 2008 23:39:24 PST

Written by Chuck Squatriglia
See Also: The Chevy Volt Will Save GM (And Get the Girl) The Volt Isn't a Prius. It Might Even Be Better. Exclusive: Inside the Design Process of the Volt 34,520 People and Counting Want a Volt Bob Lutz: Volt Is the U.S. Car Industry's Moon Shot

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Patch: VW launches second-generation Golf VI TwinDrive plug-in hybrid

26 Nov 2008 10:15:28 PST

Written by dejz28
Volkswagen first launched its Golf TwinDrive plug-in hybrid in July 2008 using the company’s fifth-generation Golf as the basis, but, now that the sixth-generation Golf has been launched, VW has released an updated version TwinDrive prototype. The new Golf TwinDrive uses the Golf VI a...

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Opinion: James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Tone Deaf Republicans, Rock Stars, and Subprime Wolves

23 Nov 2008 15:43:32 PST

Written by James Warren
unclear whether the GOP will convince itself that the panacea is a plug-in hybrid of a politician, perhaps one to actually entice green-leaning youthful consumers, as GM believes will the case with a plug-in hybrid of a car, the Volt, if the company survives until the

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Replacement costs drop for hybrid batteries

17 Oct 2008 02:00:00 PDT

Written by info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports)
The next generation of advanced batteries are called lithium-ion batteries, like the one we had installed in the plug-in Prius we are testing. Lithium Ion batteries are smaller and lighter for the same energy storage capacity and so lend themselves better to full electric and plug-in hy...

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Hybrid Honda Insight, Hybrid Motorcycle Lead Green Push

01 Oct 2008 13:18:14 PDT

Written by The Huffington Post News Editors
Honda hopes to aggressively compete with the Toyota Prius by unveiling its own affordable hybrid car that will hit markets in the relatively new future, according to Autopia: That price tag is pretty impressive, especially since I've been staring at Chevy Volt material for weeks -- you...

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Podcast: GM.S Maximum Voltage

07 Apr 2008 20:00:00 PDT

GM engineers work 'round the clock to bring their plug-in hybrid to market. Who paid for the Toyota Prius? Chris Basso of Carfax tells us what to look out for in today's used car market

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Podcast: Voting for Bluetec

31 Mar 2008 20:00:00 PDT

Mercedes makes a bold political statement. What is it like to get 120 mpg? Greg Frenette, Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid will tell us all about it

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Podcast: Lutz's Easter Egg

25 Nov 2007 21:00:00 PST

GM's Bob Lutz promises a working prototype of the Volt plug-in hybrid by Easter. What will Chrysler have at the Detroit auto show? Nissan is trying to figure out why the new Sentra is not selling. The $2,500 car will be inexpensive and clean

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Podcast: Benetech, Hybrid Cars & TV Buyer's Guide - IEEE Spectrum Radio

24 Jul 2007 22:00:00 PDT

Most start-ups aim to make a profit. Not Benetech. On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, find out what makes Benetech, and its CEO so special. Also, consider the immense technological challenge posed by plug-in hybrid vehicles. Do batteries exist that can handle their demands? For those l...

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Podcast: LA Kicks Off Auto Show Season

03 Dec 2006 21:00:00 PST

Los Angles kicks off this seasons auto show circuit. We have all the stories, product introductions and new technology. Who killed the electric car? The Answer, no one. Two manufacturers show electrics at the L.A. Show GM Hybrid future. The General announces big plans for hybrid models across...

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Podcast: The 20,000-Mile Ferrari Torture Test

19 Nov 2006 21:00:00 PST

The new Toyota Tundra starts rolling off the assembly line deep in the heart of Truck Country Texas. What new technology makes this plant one of the most efficient ever? Ford announces that the Edge Crossover is delayed and also unveils a plan to boost the morale of its employees; we'll have...

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