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Fisker Files: Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines
Fisker Karma
Fisker has been struggling amidst a very public set of troubles, including production delays, storm-related losses, bad reviews and recalls of its $100,000-plus Karma plug-in sports car.[read more]
Lower Electric Vehicle Prices from GM and Nissan
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For those of you who always wanted an electric vehicle but the near $36,000 price tag was a deal-breaker: your time has come. Nissan took the first step, announcing last month an 18 percent price cut.[read more]
How Green Is My Electric Vehicle?
One of the biggest challenges in assessing the environmental benefits of electric vehicles is that electricity is generated in so many different ways, with differing costs and consequences, and that patterns of generation vary by region, season, and time of day. As a result, categorical claims that EVs are always greener than the hybrids...[read more]
Everything you could want to know about the plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle announcements at the Detroit auto show
The Detroit auto show is this week, and the announcements about plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and pure EVs have been coming fast and furious. Fortunately, the website Calcars.org, run by my friend Felix Kramer as part of his non-profit work promoting PHEVs, has a terrific overview that “summarizes and analyzes the breaking...[read more]
A Chery of a Contract
Subtitle: And SAIC gets the lithium Johnson Controls-Saft is supplying batteries to two Chinese automakers—Chery and SAIC. Green Car Congress tells us that the Chery A5 ISG hybrid will use NiMH batteries from Johnson Controls-Saft. Chery plans to begin sales of the hybrid A5 ISG sedan to be launched in the latter half of this year,...[read more]
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