Even as it strives to cut costs and keep its head above water, General Motors will push forward with investment in electric vehicles, according to ever-elusive "sources with knowledge of the plan."
source: Reuters
Who Revived the Electric Car?
GM will keep investing in electric-car R&D 4
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Delay And Deny Posted 11:44 am
06 Nov 2008
http://gas2.org/2008/11/06/metal-alloy-hydrogen-tank-60-l ...
A Dutch researcher has developed a magnesium, titanium and nickel alloy that has huge potential as a hydrogen storage tank for cars of the future. On a relative basis, the weight of a storage tank made from this alloy would be 60% lighter than a lithium ion battery that could take a car the same distance.
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amazingdrx Posted 2:12 pm
06 Nov 2008
But here's another perspective.
How about an offer you can't refuse?
Replace your board and execs and guarantee delivery of enough plugin hybrids at 15k a piece for government vehicle fleets to pay back the taxpayers for the bailout or...
...Sleep with the fishes. No bailout.
We the people will rely on other auto companies to build plants here and supply these vehicles. With tac incentives for every job created here in the USA.
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salemguy Posted 7:50 am
08 Nov 2008
I understand this was a successful vehicle before they all got crushed.
How much R&D would that cost? Seems like zero to me.
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amazingdrx Posted 12:02 am
09 Nov 2008
A real economy car is needed though. Carbon fiber for weight reduction, one-third the 160 hp of the volt, with 40 miles worth of battery range and a much smaller backup generator.
That would do it. Revive US auto manufacturing and start dropping oil demand gradually year after year as these vehicles replace ICE guzzlers. That yearly demand reduction would keep oil prices stable and put the power back in our foreign policy and trade negotiations.
With the job restoration, confidence would return and the economy would recover.
Could the board toomates and execs now in charge of the big three US autio companies acomplish this? Doubtful. New leadership is needed. That should be part of any bailout for GM, Ford, and Chrysler.
We have a new administration, now we need new corporate leasdership.
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