Here’s a little hate mail on my recent post: General Motors Building a New V-8 Engine: At least someone in that company has the brains to build what the public wants not electric motors shoved up our butts. There is …
Tag: General Motors
From Guest Blogger Jordan: Volvo Takes an Important Step Towards Cordless EV Charging
The idea of cordless charging for electric vehicles has been around for more than a decade now, and several car makers, including Nissan, GM and Volvo, have tried to develop a system that would be able to charge cars without …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan: What Are Major Car Companies Doing in the Wake of Tesla Success?
As the success of Tesla becomes more and more obvious, the largest car makers in the world are starting to feel threatened by this small start-up company. Tesla has reported a profit in two consecutive quarters this year, which is …
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We Need a New Paradigm for Personal Mobility — But The Carmakers Have No Incentive To Provide It
A friend who follows the world of transportation just wrote, bemoaning the horrible congestion on our freeways and suggesting that we need a paradigm for personal mobility, insofar as our current cars are so big and bulky, and that they’re …
Issues with the "Hydrogen Economy"
In an email conversation I had with a reader I noted my surprise that General Motors seems to be headed in the direction of hydrogen, and I expressed my belief that the “hydrogen economy” is not a solid idea. I’m …
A Collaboration on Fuel Cell Vehicles — But Exactly Whose Interests Are At Stake? Not Yours.
Here’s an article that describes a collaboration between GM and BMW on fuel cell vehicles. Wow, that’s remarkable. Just when I had started to trust the car companies based on the sincerity of Nissan/Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn and his people who …
2GreenEnergy's Craig Shields … At Your Service
Do you ever worry that launching your products — aimed as they are on disruptive innovation – will fail to resonate in the marketplace of ideas? …that your “elevator pitch” – perhaps even your entire business model – will fail …
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Can We Trust General Motors?
You’ll travel far to find someone with more provocative and important observations on the subject of transportation than Chelsea Sexton.
