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By John O'Dell, Senior Editor To wreak havoc with Mr. Dickens, it was the best of drives, it was the worst of drives. Well, not really the worst, but conditions certainly could have been better and the time allotted a lot longer for out first encounter with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. We got enough to whet our appetite, not enough to satisfy. Green Car Adviso r got 15 minutes behind the...
... has been released in fits and starts, and then revised, and revised again. Fortunately, John O'Dell, our resident Green Car Advisor, has put together an A-to-Z guide to the Volt that provides answers to nagging questions. For instance, writes O'Dell, "the engine-generator automatically kicks in when the battery charge is 70 percent depleted, proving the juice the electric drive...
By John O'Dell, Senior Editor Introduction of the long-awaited Aptera 2e all-electric three-wheel vehicle has been delayed until sometime next year, a quarter of its small workforce has been laid off and its co-founders have taken leaves - one of them permanently - as the company slogs through a painfully slow private financing campaign it had hoped to close by now. ---------- Aptera...
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Car is Heavier Than Chief Engineer Would Like, but There's Time to Slim Down Video of Volt battery pack crush test shows just one of the scores of indignities the packs have been subjected to in an effort to find any flaws before they go into production cars. By John O'Dell, Senior Editor With a year to go before production begins on the 2012 Chevrolet Volt, General Motors has 80 prototypes...
Mini E drivers united last weekend in southern Cailfornia to take part in a mini meet and greet where driver's of the prototype electric vehicles discussed several aspects about the car. Of those on hand was Edmunds.com staff member John O'Dell. The unofficial meet and greet took place outside of Santa Monica in nearby Culver City. The location...
By John O'Dell, Senior Editor It's not only Chrysler's battery-electric and plug-in electric hybrid vehicle programs that have been pared back - way back - under the post-bankruptcy plan devised for the company by its new management. ---------- Fiat Doblo small van is now being considered as platform for "new" Chrysler's fit electric vehicle. .. ---------- The once-vigorous...
By John O'Dell and Scott Doggett "Miles per gallon" made sense when all cars drank gas, or diesel, and that was that. But with the advent of rechargeable electric vehicles, whether all-electric or plug-in hybrid, the fuel-use scene gets quickly blurred. How many miles per gallon do you assign to a Nissan Leaf, with a lithium-ion battery and no fuel tank or internal combustion...
... tooling along the motorway? No word yet on whether the salt-soaked Veyron is going to be repaired. John O'Dell, Senior Editor ---------- Photo courtesy of Chris Paschenko, Galveston County Daily News.
By John O'Dell, Senior Editor Spurred by factory incentives, replenished stocks and the relative freshness of several models, sales of hybrid-electric cars and SUVs soared in October, easily outperforming the market as a whole. Compared to October '08 - a month with six fewer hybrid models available - sales of Ford, General Motors, Honda, Nissan and Toyota hybrids were up 12.1 percent,...
Video explains Fiat Multiair system that will be used in many of Chrysler's new models to improve fuel efficiency, reduce emissions and boost power. By John O'Dell, Senior Editor Chrysler's new powertrain chief, Paolo Ferrero, says the company will begin widespread adoption of gas and diesel engine technologies from its new owner, Fiat Group, with the first of a family of more fuel-efficient...