The perfect plug-in for city folk? Where a plug-in electric car makes a lot of sense So, a new Chevy Volt ad finds the Volt telling its gas-guzzling parents that it’s electric. Even when the Volt is at the gas station converting gasoline into electricity, I wonder? Maybe. Nevertheless, it’s this EV focus that makes it so interesting how
Why does everyone lie about fuel economy?
40 mpgs in the real world? LOL! Of course consumers want a 60 mpg truck that costs the same as a 15 mpg truck The other day on GreenCarCongress I came across the latest Consumer Federation of America (CFA) study that suggests that the citizenry are on board with the government’s plans to increase CAFE standards through 2025. Comments to this
A $30,000 Tesla plug-in electric car by 2015?
An Model X Teaser. $30,000 plug-in next? To be followed by a Tesla pickup truck? MotorTrend via Autocar is reporting that Tesla is planning a BMW M3 Series plug-in to come some time after the Model X launches in late 2013/early 2014. While the new Tesla plug-in will be smaller than the M3, it will also offer a smaller price tag, possibly as low as
Is the Tesla Model S Bob Lutz’s new Toyota Prius?
The key to electrification. Had GM focused on a Model S-like plug-in, rather than the Volt, would they be more successful? I never liked ex GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz and co-father of the Chevy Volt until I met him. Even then I often haven’t agreed with him, I love his tact, or lack thereof. Lutz shoots from the hip and makes no excuses. And L