Time to rethink transportation?
The Brookings Institution has released a fantastic study on the relationship of the car and America that adds an interesting element to the auto bailout.
“America is experiencing its longest and steepest drop in driving, signaling a permanent shift away from reliance on the car to other modes of transportation. In the coming [...] [...]
Launch date still on target
GM has delayed plans to begin construction on a new factory that will make engines for both the Chevy Volt and the Chevy Cruze until the bailout issue is resolved to help save its dwindling cash supply. Nonetheless, according to those reports, the Volt will still hit showrooms in 2010.
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Eventually lithium powered?
Honda and GS Yuasa will “establish a joint venture company which will manufacture, sell and conduct R&D for high-power lithium-ion batteries with a central focus on applications in hybrid electric vehicles,” according to GreenCarCongress.
While Honda might be a laggard on plug-in vehicles, it has aggressively increased its efforts into hybrid vehicles.
Still, Honda continues [...] [...]
Sam Perry is president of Silicon Valley startup consultancy Ascendance Ventures and a member of E2 – Environmental Entrepreneurs, the national independent business voice for the environment.
Sam gained fame last month after an intimate encounter with Oprah Winfrey was broadcast around the globe. Sam was caught in cameras standing next to the talk show icon [...] [...]
After departing the frozen tundra of New York City, the Tesla Roadshow migrated south to Miami, Fla. We have more than 60 customers in Florida, including many people who had purchased a Roadster sight unseen, and it was high time they became intimately familiar with the car and Powertrain 1.5.
We timed our Dec. 4-7 trip [...] [...]
Bill Arnett is a software engineer who envies Renaissance and Enlightenment thinkers – people who tried to understand a large fraction of all human knowledge. During an attempt to retire and spend more time on hobbies such as photography and astronomy, Bill decided to learn HTML by creating an astronomy site. It became so popular [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet, GM
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt
Will they or won’t they build the Chevy Volt? That question has been asked repeatedly and taken on new meaning since General Motors released details of its current financial situation. Another question has popped up as a result: should they? It’s [...] [...]
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Sports/GTs, Green, Supercars
Click above for image gallery of the Marussia
Nikolay Fomenko, who was probably busy enough being a popular singer, television new anchor and theater actor, also found time to become an FIA N-GT champion. And if that wasn’t enough to keep this Russian renaissance man busy, he has just launched his [...] [...]
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