Today was a big day for GM’s concept Chevrolet Volt. First, they announced an official partnership with A123Systems for the creation of the Volt’s batteries, then they told Reuters they had a firm production schedule that includes a 2010 sale date. If they stick to it, it will be the first plug-in electric hybrid from any major manufacturer. GM vice chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz announced that GM and A123Systems
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Nice looking truck, isn’t it? And it runs well too, without an engine, radiator, or those other amenities, although there is a five-speed manual transmission. You’re looking at a Florida man’s lifelong dream: his first electric vehicle.
62-year-old Kenneth Watkins is an electrical engineer in Orlando, Florida. Ken said he’d wanted to build an electric-powered vehicle for years, but raising a family came first and now that everyone’s grown, he has
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Johnson Controls-Saft CEO Mary Ann Wright explains the critical success factors for automotive lithium-ion batteries
As I noted last week, General Motors new Chevy Volt concept vehicle has received quite a bit of fanfare around the green blogosphere; as we also saw from some of the comments that post received, the company's claim that it must develop an automotive
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A GM battery engineer at work in one of the R&D Center's battery labsI just returned from a whirlwind trip to Detroit to attend a really interesting (and pretty unique) event: General Motors brought bloggers and journalists to their Research and Development Center outside of Detroit yesterday not to make a big announcement, or roll out a new vehicle, but to
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President George W. Bush took a stroll on the White House lawn this afternoon to examine plug-in electric vehicle technology. Two electric cars, a modified Toyota Prius, and a Phoenix Motorcars electric pickup were on display. Humorously enough, the hood of the Prius was up to mask the fact that it was a Toyota. The White was more interested in the battery technology than the vehicle.
All of this comes in lieu of the administration's
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Anyone that hasn't used a remote control, camera, iPod, laptop, watch, or cell phone in the last 24 hours please raise your hand. Not raising your hand, are you? We'll give you one guess to tell us what all of these items have in common. That's right: batteries.
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