November 13th, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
As further evidence of the rise of electric vehicles, Tesla’s Model S Sedan was named Motor Trend’s 2013 Car of the Year. The plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt won the title in 2011, completing the evolution of electrified transport (The Toyota Prius, a gasoline-electric hybrid, won in 2004). With a sticker price nearing $60,000 (not including [...]
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Tags: Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Prius, Tesla Motors 
No Comments » August 19th, 2012 Eric Wilson I realize it’s a small, nonrepresentative sample size, but I saw two electric cars on the same day recently. I first wrote about seeing two electric cars in one week a few years back and haven’t seen many since, until the other day. Granted one was a plug-in hybrid, the Chevy Volt, but the other [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bio-fuels, Chevy Volt, Denver, Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen Economy, Los Angeles, Nissan Leaf No Comments » August 16th, 2012 Chris DeArmond Though word had been out for a while that Toyota was aiming to produce a hydrogen-powered sedan (called the FCV-R), Jim Lentz, Toyota Motor Sales President and CEO, officially confirmed the plans last week. In a recent speech to the Center for Automotive Research, Lentz stated that a “hydrogen fuel-cell sedan” would be part of [...]
July 27th, 2012 Chris DeArmond As noted in an article posted Wednesday, hybrids and electric vehicles (EVs) are starting to gain traction in the U.S. market. Here are some interesting sales figures from GoodCarBadCar.net: Despite halting production after disappointing sales in January (603 units) and February (1,023), the Chevrolet Volt has averaged nearly 1,800 sales per month through June. In [...]
Posted in Five Friday Facts, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Chris DeArmond, Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Nissan Leaf, Prius, Tesla Motors No Comments » March 9th, 2012 Eric Wilson With the positive and negative news surrounding the Chevy Volt this week, we wanted to present five facts about the vehicle. These facts come from the Chevy Volt’s website. Every Volt comes standard with a 120V portable charge cord that can plug into most common household outlets and will fully charge a Volt in about [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Transportation Tags: Battery, Chevy Volt, EPA, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments » March 6th, 2012 Eric Wilson Just after GM announced a production shut down of the Chevy Volt due to poor sales, it received Motor Trend Magazine’s 2012 European Car of the Year honor. The Opel Ampera, the Chevy Volt’s European doppelganger is produced in the United States, but sold in Europe. The Volt and Ampera are mechanically identical, hence the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf No Comments » March 5th, 2012 Eric Wilson Despite rising gas prices and a sharp jump in February sales (as compared to January), General Motors has temporarily halted production of the Chevy Volt, its plug-in hybrid. According to NPR, “General Motors will suspend production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales.” The shutdown, which has furloughed some 1,300 [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, News, Transportation Tags: Chevy Volt, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments » September 18th, 2011 Eric Wilson On several occasions I’ve written about the increasing visibility of electric vehicles. There was the post last fall about seeing three electric vehicles in one week and then a few months back there was the Chevy Volt plugged in at Canopy Airport Parking Lot. While laid up with a case of possible food poisoning, I [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Tesla Motors No Comments » August 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Last fall I saw three electric cars in one week. It turned out to be quite the cluster (and aberration), because it had been nearly a year until I saw the next one. The other day while leaving Canopy Aiport Parking at Denver International Airport, there was a Chevy Volt plugged into one of the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Chevy Volt, Denver, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments » June 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson A press release from Ford indicates that the C-MAX Energi is the company’s first production plug-in hybrid. The C-MAX will have a range approaching 500 miles (800 km) combined between the electric capability and the internal combustion engine. This combination puts Ford’s plug-in in the same realm as the Chevy Volt, which has a range [...]
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