PartsHub.net » Electric cars http://partshub.net Auto and Truck Parts - All Brands Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:00:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 GM, auto industry look to Volt for a recharge http://partshub.net/gm-auto-industry-look-to-volt-for-a-recharge/ http://partshub.net/gm-auto-industry-look-to-volt-for-a-recharge/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 23:00:17 +0000 PartsHub.net http://partshub.net/gm-auto-industry-look-to-volt-for-a-recharge/ Flint Mayor Dayne Walling, pictured May 12 in Flint, Mich., has reason to be optimistic these days — GM is investing $230 million in Volt projects in his city. Most of it will go to renovate a plant where about 200 workers will build a 1.4-liter engine for the Volt and Chevy Cruze compact.The Volt could help usher in a new generation of electric cars, but there’s more at stake here than a technological breakthrough: The fate of GM and its workers.


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]]> http://partshub.net/green-chinese-carmaker-putting-roots-in-l-a/feed/ 0 NYT: Cities prepare for life with electric car http://partshub.net/nyt-cities-prepare-for-life-with-electric-car/ http://partshub.net/nyt-cities-prepare-for-life-with-electric-car/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:00:28 +0000 PartsHub.net http://partshub.net/nyt-cities-prepare-for-life-with-electric-car/ Andrew Utter plugs his converted Toyota Prius into a charging station across the street from City Hall in San Francisco.As automakers prepare to introduce the first mass-market electric cars late this year, it is increasingly evident that the cars will get their most serious tryout in just a handful of places.



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]]> http://partshub.net/nyt-cities-prepare-for-life-with-electric-car/feed/ 0 Revved up: What’s hot and what’s not in autos http://partshub.net/revved-up-whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-autos/ http://partshub.net/revved-up-whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-autos/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:20:37 +0000 PartsHub.net http://partshub.net/revved-up-whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-autos/ Chrysler’s electric cars, Daimler AG and Flint make this week’s list.
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]]> http://partshub.net/revved-up-whats-hot-and-whats-not-in-autos/feed/ 0 Honda’s big hybrid dream http://partshub.net/hondas-big-hybrid-dream/ http://partshub.net/hondas-big-hybrid-dream/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:40:18 +0000 PartsHub.net http://partshub.net/hondas-big-hybrid-dream/ Honda Motor Co., the first automaker to sell gasoline-electric cars in the United States, plans to unveil a new low-cost 5-door hybrid next month that revives the Insight name.


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