How big of an impact will Chrysler make in the EV and RE-EV market? So far, it looks pretty big. I wouldn’t want to be in Ford’s shoes right now.
Chrysler announces electric vehicles
// September 23rd, 2008Today, Chrysler announced three electric vehicles, one of which is set to debut at the end of 2010, about the same time as the Chevy Volt. So what vehicles are they offering and how will they go about getting to that extremely ambitious goal?
Volt unveiled, Renewables this week in Congress
// September 21st, 2008This week Chevy unveiled the Volt officially. Also, the Senate is set to take up the renewables and drilling bill this week.
Quiet time, a few small bits…
// September 14th, 2008Not much has been going on lately. So I’ve got a few small things to cover…
Controversy over the Chevy Volt’s MPG rating
// September 7th, 2008The Volt completed the EPA fuel efficiency course, and got a lower rating than GM wanted - below 50MPG. However, this completely misses the point of the range-extended electric vehicle, which is to provide a first set of miles on cheaper electricity, then switch to gas as needed. So what to do? How do we classify the vehicle? More importantly, how do you let consumers know how it works and compare this and other future RE-EVs.
Ener1 Sees 50% drop in Li-Ion price at mass production
// September 5th, 2008A few days ago, Ener1’s CEO said that, given sufficiently large orders to enable mass production of Li-Ion cells, the prices could drop in half, and that the savings could be passed on to the users for use in vehicles. How much of an effect would this have on something like the Volt or a completely plug-in vehicle? Not as much as you might think.