Electric Car Blogging

BMW announced today that its first hybrid, the ActiveHybrid X6, will make its world premier at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, and will arrive in US showrooms in late 2009. BMW will also show the ActiveHybrid 7—which will reach the US in Spring 2010—in Frankfurt.

[...] [...]

Small and safe
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has awarded both the new Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight Top Safety Pick Awards.
Small, safe and fuel efficient. Do you really need that huge guzzler to feel safe?

[...]

It’s not all small carsAccording to the government, the Cash for Clunker program is moving people out of fuel inefficient clunkers into vehicles averaging 25 mpg. I guess the keyword is average.
While the government hasn’t released its data on the Clunker program, it has offered a Top 10 list that highlights small cars and a [...] [...]

The Vice Chairman at his best
Last night Melissa Lee of Fast Money asked Bob Lutz how many units of the Chevy Volt GM expected to sell. Instead of answering, Lutz switched the conversation to how much better the Volt is than the competition. Fine. Maybe it is on a technological level.
Lee then followed up by [...] [...]

Plugging cars into the grid is quickly moving from concept to reality—and the auto and electric utility industries are frantically trying to make it a success. That’s the main theme of Plug-in 2009, running from Aug. 10 – 13 in Long Beach, Calif.

GM’s wall-mounted 240-volt [...] [...]