Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Minivans/MPVs, Green, Ford Click above for a gallery of the Ford Transit Connect van Ford’s business plan submitted to Congress a few weeks ago indicated that the Detroit-based automaker would be offering a “full battery electric vehicle in a van-type vehicle for commercial fleet use in 2010.” Up until this point, we were left [...] [...]
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Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet Click above for a gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt General Motors has said that it won’t allow ongoing financial hardships to put a damper on the Chevy Volt development program, but a recent announcement that its plant in Flint, Michigan may be delayed could have cause for some worry. The [...] [...] Is it already too late for a US battery industry? 3M and Johnson Controls have joined a consortium of 14 US technology companies, called the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Battery Cell Manufacture, which is seeking billion in aid from the US government to help develop advanced batteries for hybrid and electric cars. Argonne National Lab [...] [...] Even cheaper than the Insight hybrid? While US automakers are struggling just to survive to President-Elect Obama’s inauguration, Honda is ramping up plans to put many more hybrid vehicles on the road soon. The Honda Insight is just around the corner and the Honda Fit hybrid should be available in 2010. Reports coming out of Britain are [...] [...] Is this really going to save GM? By 2014, automakers will be selling 90,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles per year in the US, thanks to tax credits, according to a new EIA report. And, by 2030 PHEVs will make up just 2 percent of total new vehicle sales in the US. Conventional hybrid vehicles, on the other hand, [...] [...] |
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