Category: "electricity"

Wolfgang Hatz talks about VW & Audi Electric vehicles

I met up with Wolfgang Hatz, Vice President of Powertrains for Volkswagen AG in San Francisco, CA.
We talked about gasoline and diesel engines and what the plans are for the [...]

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Nancy Gioia, Ford, at the 2010 plug-conference

Nancy Lee Gioia is Ford Motor Company’s director of Global Electrification.
What does Ford have coming out before 2012?
What is their definition of electrification?
The Transit connect, the focus electric, a plug-in [...]

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Mary Nickerson, Toyota, at the 2010 Plug-in conference

Mary Nickerson, Toyota Motor Sales national external communications manager, discusses the Prius plug-in hybrid at the 2010 Plug-in conference.
Nickerson talks about the Electric vehicles Toyota will be bringing out, the [...]

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Lee Slezak, DOE, at the 2010 Plug-in conference

We sat down with Lee Slezak, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Manager-Advanced Vehicle Systems Simulation & Evaluation Office of Freedom Car and Vehicle Technologies at the 2010 Plug-in conference in [...]

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Carlos Tavares, Nissan, at the 2010 Plug-in conference

At the  2010 Plug‑In Conference in San Jose, Nissan’s executive vice-president of the Americas, Carlos Tavares, discussed plans for the LEAF roll-out.
What are Nissan’s plans for Electric Vehicles for the [...]

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Jeff Bliss talks about the 2010 Plug-in conference

Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, hosted the nationally syndicated John Batchelor radio show. We talked about the 2010 plug-in conference, the price of the Chevy Volt and the difference between [...]

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Plugless Power with Rebecca Hough at Plugin 2010 conference

Look Ma, no hands!
Ever tried to get your teenager to bring you back the car with the same amount of gasoline in it that they left with? Imagine trying to [...]

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Chevrolet Volt pricing announced at Plugin 2010 conference

Tony Pasowatz was the first employee to be hired by General Motors to work on the Chevy Volt, back in 2006.
Pasowatz talks about the pricing for the Volt, and the [...]

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Larry Kudlow & John Batchelor, Chevy Volt, Ford profits, GM China

Topics of discussion
General Motors just announced the Chevy Volt range extender price: $41,000 including destination and handling. The lease price $349 a month (with $2,500 down) is the same as [...]

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Co-founder Tesla working for Volkswagen ERL

You can take a person’s job away from them, but you can’t take away their intelligence.
Tesla Motors was incorporated in Delaware on July 1, 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc [...]

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