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EV1 at The Henry Ford Museum

Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:05am — Colby
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EV1 at The Henry Ford Museum
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The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI has added the EV1 to their "Automobile in American Life" exhibit. If you find yourself in Dearborn, be sure to visit the Henry Ford and check out the exhibit, which will be on display for the next nine months.

 

Location

The Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Boulevard Dearborn, MI
United States
42° 18' 11.1924" N, 83° 13' 59.1924" W
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National Plug In Day: An Accidental EV Wrangler

Wed, 10/12/2011 - 5:31pm — Alexandra
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National Plug In Day: An Accidental EV Wrangler
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Former Plug In America board member Alexandra Paul describes the process of rounding up hundreds of EVs for National Plug In Day's flagship event: history's biggest EV parade.

208 Alexandra Paul and her Chevrolet Volt, July 28, 2011I have a lifelong phobia of organizing get-togethers. I avoid anything more complicated than having my book club over for a potluck.

So what did I say when Zan Dubin Scott, Plug In America's Communications Director, asked me to recruit EVs for National Plug In Day’s Santa Monica parade?

I said yes, of course.

Did I mention she wanted to make it the biggest assembly of plug-in vehicles in the world?

Opel Ampera

The Opel/Vauxhall Ampera shares it's platform and E-Flex propulsion system with the Chevy Volt. Like the Volt, it has an all electric range of 56 km, a total range of 610 km, and can travel from 0-100 km/h about 9 sec. The Ampera's top speed is also the same as the Volt's at 160 km/h. The Ampera is powered by a 16 kWh battery pack and 1.4L gasoline engine and can be recharged on a 230V European household outlet.  MSRP for the Ampera will be uniform throughout Europe at 42,900 Euros (including the VAT).

Chevrolet Volt

GM's EREV, extended range electric vehicle, with a 16.5kWh Li-ion battery from LG Chem, giving the Volt a 38 mi all electric range and 379 mi total range. In hybrid mode, the Volt will achieve 37 MPG and in electric mode the Volt will consume 35kWh/100 mi (98 MPG equivalent). The Volt is a 4-door, 4-seater hatchback powered by a 120 hp electric motor and a 1.4L gasoline engine, which supplements the electric motor once the batteries have been depleted. 

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Listen Up, GM, and Tone It Down

Mon, 02/01/2010 - 3:15pm — Zan
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Listen Up, GM, and Tone It Down
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Have you seen GM’snew video about how the Volt functions? It’s a good, clear, basic explanation. But it delivers a message that really steams me. It blithely advises that “you won’t have to adjust your life” with an extended range vehicle. Oh thank God.

Have you seen GM’snew video about how the Volt functions? It’s a good, clear, basic explanation. But it delivers a message that really steams me. It blithely advises that “you won’t have to adjust your life” with an extended range vehicle. Oh thank God.

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News from Detroit

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 7:53pm — Marc
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News from Detroit
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BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Today they announced officially that MINI E "pioneers" will be able to extend their leases until 2011.

BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from

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Two flavors of Volts -- PHEV and EV

Mon, 01/11/2010 - 7:33pm — Sherry
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Two flavors of Volts -- PHEV and EV
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Plug In America leaders (and probably lots of other EV afficionados) have been suggesting to GM for quite some time now that they should make an all-electric version of their upcoming Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid (or, as they like to call it, their extended-range electric vehicle). Apparently, they were listening!

Chevy Volt2 Plug In America leaders (and probably lots of other EV afficionados) have been suggesting to GM for quite some time now that they should make an all-electric version of their upcoming Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid (or, as they like to call