Amid questions over the viability of General Motors and Chrysler, Ford will detail its fuel-efficient car strategy and show off an all-electric Focus and hybrid Fusion sedan on Wednesday. CNET News Poll Going electric Does an all-electric vehicle with a [...] [...]
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Henderson, Lutz and Wagoner next to the Volt I’m a big fan of the Chevy Volt. I think it’s an important step in the right direction, especially for a company like GM. Still, I’ve blogged over-and-over that the Volt was not an excuse not to build a direct Toyota Prius-contender. Ultimately, the lack of small hybrid cars [...] [...] New fuel, new battery Starting Wednesday, the Pickens Plan will kick off a virtual march to push Congress and the White House towards a greater embrace of natural gas and wind power. President Obama, however, has indicated that natural gas isn’t an option. It’s the electric car or nothing, but is that really wise? I’m certainly not arguing [...] [...] Just a “sacrificial lamb”? Last week I speculated that President Obama’s task force would give GM and Chrysler the bailout money without any serious strings. Doing so, I argued, didn’t make sense because GM and Chrysler just didn’t seem very viable – especially not if the auto run rate in the US is only around 9 [...] [...] “Not all hybrids are created equal” That’s the new message that Ford wants the buyers of hybrid cars to understand. Because of Ford’s lighter battery – and its 20 percent increase in power and improved chemistry at higher temperatures – the Ford Fusion hybrid is able to stay in electric mode up to speeds as high [...] [...] Hyundai’s hybrid weapon? A couple of years ago, when it was speculated that Toyota would use lithium in the third generation Prius, I thought the world of hybrid cars was ready to explode. Unfortunately, Toyota chose the safe and reliable path and stuck with NiMH. Since then, there has been a lot of talk about lithium chemistry’s, [...] [...] Great looking car I don’t know what to make of Tesla. While I’ve always respected Elon Musk’s endeavor into electric vehicles, I’ve never fully bought into Tesla’s business model, at least as far as EVs for the masses. Today’s press conference, however, was weird. “What we really wanted to show the car industry is that it is possible [...] [...] President Barack Obama announced the next steps to help General Motors and Chrysler Monday—after about six weeks of deliberations by the president’s auto task force. One of the advisors to the task force, the Boston Consulting Group, [...] [...] |
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