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Wednesday, May 20
Talking Gearheads: Electric Vehicles and the Future of Cars
The electric Smart isn't versatile enough. The Chevy Volt will only get you 40 miles on the battery. In order to get from here to there with EVs, we'd have to hugely subsidize the whole thing—and perhaps end up with cars that the consumer won't buy. ...
Tuesday, May 19
Obama MPG Proposal Raises Stakes for Green Car Tech
General Motors, for example, chose South Korea-based LG Chem over runner-up A123Systems as the supplier for its Chevy Volt battery cells, in part to avoid the risk that comes with working with a young company. Efficient diesel engines may also get a ...
Friday, May 15
Driven to the brink
and fuel-efficient cars and electric-drive vehicles. That'sa vision that resonates with the Obama administration, which has announced an ambitious target of putting 1 million plug-in hybrid cars like the much-touted Chevy Volt on the road by 2010. ...
Why GM and Battery Startup Sakti3 Tied the Knot
MLive.com By Josie Garthwaite - Earth2Tech When General Motors decided on a supplier for the lithium ion cells in the battery packs for its upcoming Chevy Volt, frontman Bob Lutz explained that the risks involved with working with a startup helped tip the ...
Thursday, May 7
Researchers eye better use for biomass than ethanol
There's certainly a lot of interest in electric cars, but there's certainly a reluctance to pay more money for these cars," Campbell said. General Motors (GM.N) said its battery-powered Chevy Volt is slated for release in 2010. ...
Sunday, May 3
Billions on the Line as States Battle for Battery Makers
General Motors also has a factory in the state, but it plans to keep its battery assembly close to home (cells for the battery packs in its planned Chevy Volt will come from LG Chem in South Korea). As Valence Technology CEO Bob Kanode told us earlier ...
Tuesday, Mar 3
Opinion: GM close to picking Volt battery pack assembly location
N) is close to a decision on the location of its first lithium-ion battery pack assembly facility, a top GM battery executive said on Tuesday. The battery packs would go into GM's new Chevrolet Volt electric car to be launched in late 2010 and designed ...
