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- Biden's home state gets federally supported electric car plant
- Ain't it interesting......that the Good Ol' Boy network in DC is still working overtime?
- Tags: Biden, electric car, car
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Biden's home state gets federally supported electric car plant
- Delaware gets Fisker auto factory. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Factory, Car, Electric Car, Delaware, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- E-pollution this blog.This is an IT tech site. Just a reminder.Actually, no ...... it's a tech site, period. What do gadgets have to do with IT? What do cameras have to do with IT? It rather unfortunate that you can't find, or don't have, anything...
- Tags: battery, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., electric car, IT Tech
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Nissan to recycle batteries from electric cars
- Nissan will work with Sumitomo to recycle batteries from Nissan brand electric cars. They say this will allow them to lower the price on their plug-ins. A new venture will be formed to recycle the lithium-ion batteries. In the hybrid and electric car field Nissan is hustling...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Battery, Plug-in, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Prius, FORD GOES ELECTRIC Ford Motor, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000
- it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...
- Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000
- GM Spark, photo courtesy of GM. But, of course, this car will not be sold in the U.S. or Canada. The all-electric Spark will go on sale next year in India. There GM partners with Reva Electric Car Co. The standard combustion engine Spark, sells...
- Tags: India, Car, Electric Car, General Motors Corp., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Electric cars at the Frankfurt auto show
- The trend towards electric cars appears unstoppable, as more go on display at auto shows. The 2009 Frankfurt auto show is no different, with electric entrants from Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Renault, and Tesla. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Frankfurt, Auto Show, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-09-16
- 'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"
- Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...
- Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- 'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"
- A survey of American drivers show many are interested in owning a plug-in electric. The range between reharges needs to be at least forty miles. Major auto makers will begin selling electric cars int he US next year, they promise. Pike Research found that almost half...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Plug-in, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Honda, slow out of the electric starting gate
- GM won't launch the Volt next yearGM will be tits up in a year.
- Tags: Honda Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Electric car: victim of hit-and-run?
- Why not bring these Back?You mean to tell me that someone doesn't have the Plans for these cars? Can it really be that hard to put these back into production?Sounds like a conspiracy to me! Could it have been the Oil Companies? The Auto Makers? Politicians? I think someone needs...
- Tags: car, electric car
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Electric cars and "MPG"
- What is the MPG for these cars afterbattery depletion?we should have a separate rating for thatRE: Electric cars and Have you come across the Tesla. Luxury class, up to 360 miles per charge, quick charge about 15 min, 5 min battery pack change. Seems to really blow the...
- Tags: car, electric car, MPG
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Electric cars and "MPG"
- Here's a look at the issues involve dintrying to find a useful metric to measure energy consumption by the next generation of plug-in cars. I've blogged about the recent rival claims by GM and Nissan for their rival electrics, due out in the next two years. GM is...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., General Motors Corp., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-16
- Electric vehicle grants
- The feds are giving money to over four dozens industrial and research operations connected with the development of electric cars in the U.S. The total grants are nearly $2.5 billion. This is not like we have a major national commitment to electric cars. The $2.5 billion is...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Grant, Battery, Electric Vehicle, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Revving up the electric-car industry
- Revving up the electric-car industryRE: Revving up the electric-car industryI wish that this would pave way for more automakers to produce better electric cars. I am currently trying to modify my mini cooper parts so that it could run on electric.Electric cars are the future!Electric cars of today are the...
- Tags: electric car, car, industry
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric cars
- BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric carsThey're not worried about the safety of the driverThey're worried about the safety of the jobs. As in other areas, as mechanical gives way to the cheaper, more reliable electronic, the need for all those mechanics and parts manufacturers will change forever.SENSATIONALISM!What...
- Tags: Engineering, What-If, electric car, BusinessWeek, car, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-07-26
- BusinessWeek article questions safety of batteries in electric cars
- Remember a few years back when flaws in lithium-ion batteries caused a spate of overheated products and even a few fires? Now, suppose that lithium-ion battery was running your electric car. That's the thesis behind this "what-if" article published by BusinessWeek. Could spark a whole new set...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, BusinessWeek, Lithium-ion, Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-07-26
- Next electric car coming from...Nissan
- Next electric car coming from...NissanJapan has no qualms about encouraging "free enterprise"!I guess we will continue to lose ground!
- Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., electric car, car
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Next electric car coming from...Nissan
- In less than a month Nissan will show off its electric cars. They'll be available in the U.S. next year. Nissan, Ford and Tesla have all gotten federal loans to help support their electric car preps in the U.S. The first electric Nissan car will be a...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Academic Competition Leads the Way to a New Electric Car
- The University of Ontario Institute of Technology UOIT is one of 17 North American Universities participating in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, a three-year engineering competition established by the United States Department of Energy and General Motors, and managed by Argonne National Laboratory. The challenge was to integrate an electric motor...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, Siemens AG, Performance Management, Storage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-07-01
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