We’re in Grand Junction, CO with MINI takes the States (MTTS) with a bunch of mini owners on their way to the MINI rally in Denver, CO. It’s a long held tradition to name one’s car. What are some of the more original names people name their car? We talk to some of the owners, [...]
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 plug-in hybrid, the 100% plug-in city electric and the RAV4 EV that Tesla will produce. Toyota had an electric RAV4 before, and it didn’t [...]
Thinking of buying a MINI but not sure what car color you want? Watch this video of the blast off in Los Angeles, CA and see every car color MINI has to offer. The cult following is on the move and we’re drivingthenation with them. MINI is kicking off the rally on the West coast [...]
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 San Jose, CA. Slezak talked about the codes and standards and car companies working with energy companies. How does the Department of Energy (DOE) get [...]
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 next two years? How many major markets will the EV be rolled out in? How many cars does Nissan envision selling in the next [...]
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 get them to plugin the car when they park it, especially when they’ve got major drama going on with some kid on the phone [...]
Brian Polowniak, ALT e LLC, explains fleet recycling vehicles with range extended electric powertrain (REEP) conversion at the Plug-in 2010 conference in San Jose, CA. Former Chrysler Group President and CEO, Tom LaSorda, and former Chrysler EVP of North American, Steven Landry are part of this company, plus three ex-Tesla employees. Think of how many government fleet vehicles [...]
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 charging. How many Utility companies is Chevy working with to bring this new energy sourced vehicle to market? Is Chevy worried about software hackers?
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 Tarpenning. Back in 2006 I interviewed Martin Eberhard on the John Batchelor radio show. Eberhard was CEO and co-founder of Tesla motors. Eberhard was [...]
When you think of software and geeks you think of companies like Apple and Microsoft. If Todd Brown and Dan Eisele have their way, you’re going to widen your swath of software geeks to include them. Brown was the managing engineer for Ford’s Brake Stability Control (BSC), helping to create and integrate Electronic Stability Control [...]
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