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 [Hybrid Cars] Hybrid Cars Jul 23: On the day that Nissan Motor Co. celebrated one huge investment in Tennessee, the Japanese automaker's top executive announced a new initiative with the state, a partnership to develop a recharging system to support electric cars the company plans to .

 [The most recent articles from BusinessGreen] GM to lay grid groundwork for plug-in hybrids: General Motors (GM) has revealed it is partnering with electric vehicle research organisations and utilities to prepare the electrical infrastructure for the introduction of its Volt plug-in electric hybrid....

 [1853 Chairman] Utilities, GM team on plug-in hybrids: Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have lavished praise on GM for its Volt project and plug-in hybrids in general. Each supports tax breaks for the purchase of plug-in vehicles, which will be more expensive for years to come because of the expensive, larger batteries required.

[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] Live in an Apartment and Want a Volt? Coulomb Technology Aims to Help: According to General Motors vice president of global program management, Jon Lauckner “GM is committed to the success of the plug-in vehicles, including Extended Range Electric Vehicles like the future Chevy Volt, and together with infrastructure solutions like that of Coulomb Technologies, we are all moving closer to the commercialization of plug-in vehicles. Intelligent infrastructure technology like Coulomb’s is needed for the rapid adoption of plug-in vehicles and to help address the needs and concerns of drivers, utilities, governments, and parking space owners.”

 [Paul Eisenstein's Inside Scoop on Auto News - The Car Connection] GM, Utilities Team Up On Plug-In Hybrids: So, one reason why GM wants to work with the nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute and its affiliated utilities is to work up ways to get higher-voltage systems in place across the country. That's not always as easy as it sounds.

[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] GM Launches Major Collaboration with EPRI and 30 Utility Companies ...: They say “The 2001 Oregon Legislature established the Road User Fee Task Force “to develop a design for revenue collection for Oregon’s roads and highways that will replace the current system for revenue collection.” After considering 28 different funding ideas, the task force recommended that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) conduct a pilot program to study two strategies called The Oregon Mileage Fee Concept: (1) the feasibility of replacing the gas tax with a mileage based fee collected at fueling stations and (2) the feasibility of using this system to collect congestion charges. ODOT launched a 12-month pilot program in April of 2006 designed to test the technological and administrative feasibility of this concept.

 [Engadget] GM teams with utilities to develop electric car charging ...: General Motors has already gotten a bit of cash from the US Department of Energy to further the development of plug-in hybrids, and it now looks like it's taking things one step further on another initiative, with it teaming up with the .

[Electric Vehicles Sector - Latest Expert Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com] GM partners with utilities to advance plug-in hybrids: General Motors, electric companies, and the Electric Power Research Institute aim to lay the groundwork for stations to charge electrified cars....

[BlogJunkies] GM teams with utilities to develop electric car charging ...: General Motors has already gotten a bit of cash from the US Department of Energy to further the development of plug-in hybrids, and it now looks like it's taking things one step further on another initiative, with it teaming up with the .

[Hybrid Car Blog - Everything about hybrid cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles] GM joins forces with 30 utilities for Volt: while i agree that GM should focus its energies predominantly on the engineering of PHEVs, etc., this could end up being about more than just the Volt and GM - at least that's my hope.

[NETWORK TEKS' COMPUTER NEWS BLOG] GM, Utilities Partner To Advance Plug-In Hybrids: Their goal is to have these improved charging stations implemented by 2010, when the Chevy Volt is introduced. Everyone recognizes however that a national car-charging infrastructure would be far from complete at that time.”

[Business blog] GM eyes electric car future, joins with power companies: A team of GM engineers and designers is working on the Volt, hoping to be the leader in plug-in electric vehicles. Other automakers, including Toyota, also are working on similar vehicles.

 [Hydrogen Discoveries company blog] 71 things everyone should know about hydrogen cars: “Standing next to a converted plug-in Prius (Reinert is in the brown jacket), rough language and impassioned rhetoric was exchanged, with neither side conceding anything.  Much of the argument boiled down to the perceived demand for fully electric vehicles: Reinert and Toyota contend that there isn’t a viable market; Plug In America says quite the opposite.”

[Software Review & News] GM teams with utilities to develop electric car charging ...: Filed under: TransportationGeneral Motors has already gotten a bit of cash from the US area of Energy to further the development of plug-in hybrids, and it now looks like it’s taking things one step further on another initiative, ...

[Hybrid Car Blog - Everything about hybrid cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles] Batteries to hold back PHEVs and EVs many more years?: Toyota has a put a lot of money into NiMH supply chains. For GM to replicate those supply chains would probably take 5 to 10 years, so I think that's why they are so focused on lithium, plus it gives them some more time before they have to put their ass on the line with these vehicles.

 [ObjectivismOnline.net Meta-Blog] Quick Roundup 346: -- General Motors, the chief villain of "Who Killed the Electric Car?" The Chevy Volt, which the company wants to bring to market in 2010, is a plug-in hybrid that aspires to be able to travel 40 miles before switching to gasoline power. But the best part is that the combustion engine will automatically recharge the battery -- so it can switch back even while you're driving.Forty miles is within the range of current battery technology and would work very well for short drives in the city.

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