Archive for July, 2008

Nicolas Goubert, Michelin NA on the Pilot Sport AS Plus

Nicolas Goubert, brand category manager, Michelin North America talks about Michelin Pilot Sport AS Plus with a 45,000 mile warranty
Michelin has brought a new tire out – the Pilot Sport [...]

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standardizing the electric vehicle

Horsepower is Passe
San Jose, CA – We are at a Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle symposium in San Jose, CA.
Horsepower is Passe, now people are talking about kilowatt hours, torque, recharging [...]

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PHEV – Regulations & Charging

San Jose, CA – We are at a Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle symposium in San Jose, CA.
Dr. Willett Kempton, University of Delawaretalks about some of the regulations of the grid [...]

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Tesla announces plans for a sports compact EV!

San Jose, CA – We are at a Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle symposium in San Jose, CA.
JB Straubel, CTO, Tesla Motors, talks about future development and production for Tesla. Straubel [...]

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PHEV – electricity + battery pricing

San Jose, CA – We are at a Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle symposium in San Jose, CA.
Tom Gage, AC Propulsion is talking about the pricing of Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Electricity [...]

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plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) symposium

San Jose, CA – We are a Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle symposium in San Jose, CA. Tom Gage, AC Propulsion, gives a comparison of the PHEV to some other popular [...]

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The irony of General Motors

By Lou Ann Hammond
For awhile now analysts have been concerned about the liquidity of General Motors. General Motors would say that they had enough cash. Finally they admitted that they [...]

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Ron Fellows, race car driver, on Michelin tires

Ron Fellows, race car driver, corvette race car driver, in particular, talks about driving on Michelin tires. Michelin has just come out with run-flat tires, called PS2 ZP (zero pressure) [...]

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Slow news day,huh? Ford selling Volvo

By Lou Ann Hammond
I remember when John F Kennedy Jr. was being followed by the media/papparazzi one day. He looked at them with his wry grin and said, “Slow news [...]

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MINI EVs to California, Prius’ to Mississippi, algae-to-biofuels in Texas

MINI electric vehicles to California, Prius’ to Mississippi, algae-to-biofuels in Texas
By Lou Ann Hammond
MINIs take a bigger role in BMW AG’s strategy:
“This step will allow the BMW Group to [...]

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