Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Under Trump GM backed a Republican legal battle that could have neutered California’s longstanding right to set its own tougher carbon-emission rules. About two weeks after Trump lost, GM withdrew from that fight and two weeks after he left office, it pledged to match the state’s mandate to sell only electric vehicles starting in 2035 – and do that all across the U.S. Why the turnaround? Barra is getting a. . . CONTINUE
GM “aspires” to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines. The company’s “aspirations” are part of a larger plan for the Detroit automaker to be carbon neutral by 2040 in its global products and operations. GM’s plan comes a day after President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that prioritize climate change. The company plans to. . . CONTINUE
updated 2020-06-24 It’ll be the fastest production car ever made. Period. – Musk “performance figures unmatched in the history of street legal sports cars.” 0 to 60 in 1.9 seconds! Top speed: 250 mph! Range 620 miles on a charge! Tesla.com/roadster: 0 to 60: 1.9 seconds 0-100 mph: 4.2 sec 1/4 mile: 8.8 sec Top speed: Over 250 mph Range: 16 years! on a charge Price: $250,000 5-11-2020; ROCKET. . . CONTINUE
first posted 2014-10-06 updated 2016-11-18 BMW announces official Formula E factory entry By Tim Biesbrouck – Jul 12, 2017 After Audi announced its factory status in Formula E, BMW confirmed the same this week. Together with their existing partner Andretti Autosport, the German car manufacturer will develop an electric powertrain for Season 5 (2018/19). BMW already supplied the safety car, medical car and course cars since the inception of the. . . CONTINUE
“as well as Western Europe’s best-selling luxury car last year.” Third-quarter sales of the Tesla Motors Model S electric sedan surged 59 percent from last year to 9,156 units, the company confirmed to Autoblog today. The sales are about five percent more than our previous third-quarter estimate, since that was a guess based on Tesla’s disclosure of its global quarterly sales. Bloomberg News, which first reported the US sales figures,. . . CONTINUE
“Fisker Karma” first posted: Jun 17, 2012 Charles Fleming, Los Angeles Times / June 24, 2016 Karma Automotive the Karma Reveros When it is up and running, the Karma Automotive factory in Moreno Valley, about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, will produce as many as 3,000 of the high-end Karma Reveros annually. The cars, again competing with Tesla, will be four-door luxury electric sedans priced above $100,000. Karma. . . CONTINUE
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016 Over the next two years, Daimler is slated to invest an unprecedented seven billion euro (approximately $7.8 billion in US) to offer all models with electrified powertrains. Usually, such a large sum of money would be invested over a long period of time, but Daimler is leading the industry in doing so over a mere two years. According to Professor Dr. Thomas Weber, a member of. . . CONTINUE
The Nikola Motor Company emerged from silent mode today to unveil plans for the first-ever 2000 horsepower (HP) electric class 8 semi-truck, dubbed the Nikola One (named after Nikola Tesla). The Nikola One semitrailer will be capable of pulling a gross weight of 80,000 pounds and have more than a 1,200-mile range between stops, the company said. “The reason for the horsepower increase is that with electric motors you only. . . CONTINUE
John Voelcker, Green Car Reports April 9, 2016 6:12 PM suggestion from design engineer James Anders The Internet Fixes The Tesla Model 3’s Controversial Styling The Tesla Motors Model 3′s grille-free front end has raised eyebrows, even among hard-core Tesla fans. No doubt it will contribute to the Model 3′s aerodynamics—Elon Musk has tweeted that Tesla is targeting a ridiculously low coefficient of drag of 0.21;. . . CONTINUE
March 18th, 2016 by Steve Hanley Dig went on to say, “The owner had time to run back, unplug the charger connector and remove his possessions from the car. It took several minutes before the car was ablaze. Normally an electric vehicle fire is not as explosive as it can be in a petrol car. The flames you see in the picture and video were mostly from plastic in the. . . CONTINUE
Porsche will spend about 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) on production facilities at its biggest plant to make its first-ever all-electric sports car. The Volkswagen-owned manufacturer will create more than 1,000 new jobs at its base in Zuffenhausen in Germany where a new paint shop and assembly line will be set up to build the battery-powered “Mission E” model, Porsche said on Friday. Porsche’s investment in emissions-free drive technology reflects. . . CONTINUE
Sept. 30, 2015 Tesla Model X: The New Safest SUV The Tesla Motors [NSDQ: TSLA] Model X SUV has been revealed in production form; and while the packaging and performance of this new electric SUV are mostly as expected, there were plenty of surprises. One of the surprises was how well the trick double-hinged falcon doors are designed—with a very narrow spread as they open, plus sensors that adjust the. . . CONTINUE
The Tesla S-P90D may remain the fastest 0-60 electric sedan: 2.6 seconds! Until the next generation Tesla Roadster comes out in 2016-2017 CONCEPT: since the Tesla sedan is already able to do 0 to 60 mph in 2.6 sec., the roadster will at least do it in 2.5 sec. or less. . . . match or beat the Bugatti Veyron. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] was the first to successfully pitch EVs. . . CONTINUE
