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What’s it take to build a new hyrbid car? Try 119 new patents.

What’s it take to build a new hyrbid car? Try 119 new patents.Amazing screenshot. I'm impressed with that screen shot from the Fusion. I'm also amazed to hear how great Ford is doing on the hybrid technology front. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do along the lines...

Tags: GM Volt, car

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

If you ordered a GM Volt, you may be disappointed...

If you ordered a GM Volt, you may be disappointed...I disagree with $1.25/gallon.I have a truck, I use it for work around my property and for large purchases, hauling my horses, etc. About 3K miles/year. I have a more fuel efficient vehicle (about 24 mpg) that is fun...

Tags: GM Volt, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Mitsubishi to build lithium ion car batteries

Mitsubishi to build lithium ion car batteriesGM VoltWe can see that the GM volt is really making waves, and the Japanese have to counter attack with their propaganda. Were on to something big.See http://www.gm-volt.comThe important thing is that Sony doesn't build themand then we can advance with fewer fears.Little...

Tags: General Motors Corp., GM Volt, car battery, Mitsubishi Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Additional Resources

Don't envy the ENVI. GM re-VOLTing other brands

Cool.Thanks for the news, I'm watching the electric market carefully, as I think that it may be the future. Maybe not in a pure form (the Volt is really a plug-in hybrid), but it's coming.. . . and Ford is interestingly enough advertising like crazy right now. I forget for...

Tags: Podcasts, General Motors Corp., brand, Volt

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Don't envy the ENVI. GM re-VOLTing other brands

Chrysler won't build electric car after all. GM will use VOLT tech for other brands. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Brand, General Motors Corp., Branding, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-16

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

Small signs of a health care deal forming

what deal?The New York Times is the least reliable source of information.If you want signs of a deal in the making just watch the conservatives talk shows: O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity, etc as real Americans do.They would tell us if there are any talks about it. RE: Small signs of a...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

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

Honda, slow out of the electric starting gate

Honda will have an electric car in the American market...in 2015. That's about five years after GM launches its Volt next year. The prototype of the Honda electric plug-in will be seen for the first time at the Tokyo auto show in October. Honda will be way...

Tags: Honda Motor Co., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Electrics from Japanese carmakers

Honda is the latest Japanese carmaker to promise electric cars for the American market. No launch date given. Here's the rundown so far: Nissan will release its Leaf here next year. Mitsubishi released its i-MiEV earlier this year. Toyota will have its first electric in 2012. ...

Tags: Automobile Company, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-23

A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt

Not very informative!it is a bit strange to be asked to go to look at a video that basically contains NO info about the subject matter. It feels like a simple marketing stunt by the GM folks, to which the ZDnet folks ready jumped into but provided no commentary and/or...

Tags: Chevy Volt, car, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

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

230 MPG. 367 MPG. Pick a number and market it! Doubts are voiced.

What difference does it make?I mean seriously, what if its only half that, its still better than anything you can buy today. As to the "hype", is this the first time you have heard marketing hype?Wow, Polarized Vote OptionsSeems like the vote options are either, "It's really good/the next...

Tags: MPG, General Motors Corp., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

230 MPG. 367 MPG. Pick a number and market it! Doubts are voiced.

It all began this week when General Motors claimed a 230MPG rating for its still unreleased elecltric Volt. Then Nissan claimed a 367 MPG for its unreleased Leaf. And that car won't even have a gas tank! So are the auto makers basing their claims on the...

Tags: Mile, General Motors Corp., Volt, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Manufacturing, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-14

A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt

"But the emperor is naked"Or maybe the title should be:"Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up!"The media is just full of wonderfull stories about electric carsand how they will save Michigan, the auto industry, possibiliy the whole world,and so forth.Now maybe there is something brand new...

Tags: Engineering, replacement cost, battery, car, Tesla, cell

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt

CNET News' Martin LaMonica gets a look at the electric Chevy Volt from GM's Frank Weber, one the car's designers at GM's famed testing track. [video=331221] by Larry Dignan

Tags: General Motors Corp., CNET News, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-13

A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt

CNET News' Martin LaMonica gets a look at the electric Chevy Volt from GM's Frank Weber, one the car's designers at GM's famed testing track.

Tags: General Motors Corp., CNET News, News

Videos 2009-08-13

Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG

only if this happened a long time agowe wont have depended on foreign oil so much.. but better late than never...How many of those 230/300 MPG miles?How many of those 230/300 MPG miles were spent coasting downhill, driving at 25 MPH on a test track or other unreal world, hypermiling...

Tags: marketing, MPG, car, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Auto marketing wars: Nissan claims over 300 MPG

GM says Volt will get 230 MPG in city. Nissan raises the ante for its Leaf--green leaf, get it. They now claim well over 300 MPG. Neither car has been officially rated by the EPA. The Volt is to go on sale next year, the Leaf...

Tags: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Volt, Marketing Research, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?

It would HAVE to hit $20 a gallonbefore the current price of the Volt makes economic sense. But if they can shave that price down by $12k or so then it would make sense now. I'm personally routing for the latter to happen instead.At $20 a gallon the economy would...

Tags: gallon, car, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-11