Archive for the 'Electric Cars & Auto Industry' Category

China’s Environmental Challenge - The True Cost of Growth

Monday, November 16th, 2009

 has become the world’s number one emitter of carbon dioxide after surpassing the United States.
16 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world can be found in that country
is the fastest-growing economy in the world  (growing at 9% per year on average for the past 10 years) and accounts for the largest share of [...]

Opel stays with GM

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

General Motors decided to keep its German subsidiary Opel and not to sell it to the consortium of Canadian car parts supplier Magna and Russian bank Sberbank.
This decision won’t go down well with the German government which had been involved in negotiations for months to ensure the survival of the Opel brand despite the bankruptcy [...]

313 miles on a single charge

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

On Tuesday, two Australians drove their Tesla Roadster all-electric car 501 kilometers (313 miles) on a single charge participating in the Global Green Challenge - a 3000 km race from north to south Australia.
This new distance record for a production electric car marks a milestone for all-electric cars. Most potential electric car buyers still suffer [...]

GM and Hummer go separate ways…

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

2009 has been a turbulent year for the automobile industry. When record high oil prices in July 2008 caused car sales to nosedive, the gradual demise of the U.S. car industry became obvious. Even though oil prices had plummeted from $147 / barrel on July 11th, 2008 to less than $40 a barrel in January 2009, making it more [...]

the new GM: efficiency & simplicity

Friday, October 9th, 2009

After its comprehensive restructuring, General Motors has come up with a revolutionary  idea: Bare Necessities.
Cars and trucks which are very simple, efficient and affordable. No expensive gadgets, no LCD screens, no automatically adjusting seats, ….
The Bare Necessities Car and Truck will get a high fuel efficiency due to their light weight design. One of the [...]