The NHTSA released a detailed report of the Chevy Volt crash test and forensic investigation last week prior to this weeks House Oversight committee hearing. On Wednesday this week the House Oversight Committee will take up the question, “Volt Vehicle Fire: What did NHTSA Know and When Did They Know…
You may have noticed a hyped-up controversy attached to the Chevy Volt, the current round of which is the battery pack fire plus side issues like the amount of federal support behind the Volt. The controversy, irregardless of whether there’s a real danger, is causing some to suggest that GM…
Some promote natural gas as a clean fuel for transportation that can solve both the climate change and energy security crises, but a paper released yesterday in Climate News casts doubt on that direction. Some have proposed Natural Gas to be used as a supposedly clean “bridge fuel” to address…
The firestorm over the Chevy Volt battery pack fire is moving next week to a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the hearing is to feature Dan Akerson, GM’s CEO. In May 2011 a Chevy Volt underwent extreme crash testing by the NHTSA, and three weeks later…
The ActiveE is phase two of BMW’s project i which is developing an electric car technology leading to launch of the BMW i3 and i8 in 2013. In July 2009 BMW launched the Mini-E program in which several hundred “Pioneers” who would lease a converted electric Mini Cooper in exchange…
Instead of showing that “federal investigation of three fires that occurred after Volt crash tests lowered demand for the Chevy Volt” a recent report instead shows interest in the Volt has fallen due to its price. A number of news reports are circulating a claim, credited to CNW Market Research,…
What’s a car company Chairman doing at CES, in Las Vegas, when one of the largest auto shows in the industry (NAIAS) is happening the same time in Detroit? This week the big deal in the automotive industry is not only the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit,…
Via Motors unveiled today their “extended range electric” truck meant for commercial fleet customers, such as their partner Pacific Gas and Electric. Via Motors today unveiled their plug-in hybrid (a.k.a. extended range electric) trucks today at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Joining Via Motors was a…
Last week GM announced plans to fix the battery pack fire risk, over the weekend NHTSA says they approve of the fix. Last week GM unveiled plans for fixing the identified problem which caused the fire in a crash tested Chevy Volt last summer. In an interview over the weekend…
The NV200 is Nissan’s flexible multi-purpose vehicle, with the e-NV200 slated to be its zero emission electric model starting in 2017. Nissan’s e-NV200 electric “multi-usage vehicle” (a.k.a. commercial van) was unveiled today in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show. It is an all electric version of Nissan’s popular…
A market research company with a questionable history concerning the facts claims demand for the Volt has lowered, when sales figures show the opposite. According to several news reports currently circulating CNW Research claims the “federal investigation of three fires that occurred after Volt crash tests lowered demand for the…
Start-up electric car company, Coda Automotive, has been four years in developing their all electric sedan, is setting up dealerships, and is going into production and launching sales over the next few months. Coda Automotive was at the Silicon Valley Autoshow this week giving us a chance to see what…
Start-up company Coda Automotive has developed a good looking electric car, that offers excellent value compared to the other electric cars in the $39k price range. Granted that the $39k base price for the Coda Automotive all electric sedan is well above typical gasoline powered sedans. At this juncture the…
While many voices in politics and the media want us to believe electric cars, like the Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt, are failing, Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf cases show that their’s is hardly the only interpretation of reality. Are the electric cars from Nissan, GM and Tesla a flop…
Perhaps when we think “oil companies want to kill electric cars” our imagination is running away with us, but when a Congressman who owns/owned millions of dollars in oil company stock, who is also a car dealer, and wants to kill electric cars, what else is our mind to think?…
