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- At Witz' End - It's the Battery, Stupid! -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End
Research study says EVs have a tough road ahead
Those of us who love smooth, silent, energy-efficient volt-powered vehicles would love to see them capture a major share of new-car sales ASAP. Only one thing stands in the way:
The battery.
Lithium-ion batteries appear to be on track to power growing numbers of electric vehicle (EVs) from mainstream makers beginning when Nissan's electric Leaf and Chevrolet's range-extender Volt hit the road later this year. Li-ion carries four times the energy of lead-acid (pbA) and twice what nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) can carry. But li-ion is young and unproven in vehicle-size packs, competing chemistry variations offer different trade-offs, and it's expensive.
The Volt has long been rumored to retail for about $40K, and the Leaf will likely come in at a hair under $30K (now that Nissan has decided it will be sold battery included). The Volt should run about 40 miles on its 16 kWh pack - using just half its stored energy to head off safety issues and preserve its life - before its thrifty IC engine kicks in to keep it going. The Leaf promises "up to" 100 miles from its 24 kWh, depending (as always) on temperature, terrain, time of day, speed and driving style.
The going OEM rate for li-ion packs today is an estiimated $1,000-1,200 per kWh. At the lower end of that range, Volt's pack is a $16K bill and Leaf's $24K -- 80 percent of (my) estimated price for the car. Both companies insist they will not pay anywhere near that much, especially once they're building their own packs, but lop that in half to $500/kWh, and it's still $8K and $12K! Continue reading after the jump.
Continue reading At Witz' End - It's the Battery, Stupid!
At Witz' End - It's the Battery, Stupid! originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - Quick Spin: Driving an Amp Sky shows there's real potential here -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, Saturn, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Detroit Auto Show, Green Daily, Automotive X-Prize, Amp Electric Vehicles
Amp Sky - Click above for high-res image gallery
What you see in the picture above is not a Saturn Sky. Well, OK, it is a Sky, but it's a Sky that has been converted to all-electric drive by Amp Electric Vehicles, a conversion company based in Cincinnati, OH. A while back, during the Detroit Auto Show, we got a chance to spend a few minutes behind the wheel of the electrified Amp Sky and realized that, while the prototype version we steered was not exactly ready for prime time, there is a lot of potential here, both for Amp and plug-in vehicle fans who want an EV from the heartland of America (with Chinese batteries).
The all-electric Sky is, unsurprisingly, considering its heritage, not the best performer on snow and we had a ridiculously difficult time navigating the streets of downtown Detroit at anything more than 40 miles per hour. Of course, the day we drove it the weather was uncooperative, and no one else was going any faster than we were, even on our brief jaunt on the highway. We can't blame the converters for the lack of traction and limited speeds we were able to test out. Still, we got to enough time driving the Sky to get a feel for what Amp is up to here. Read on after the jump to see what the drive is like.
Photos by Sebastian Blanco / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.Continue reading Quick Spin: Driving an Amp Sky shows there's real potential here
Quick Spin: Driving an Amp Sky shows there's real potential here originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - Quick Spin: Ford Transit Connect Electric a good sign of things to come -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Chicago Auto Show
Ford Transit Connect Electric - Click above for high-res image gallery
Not only did Ford reveal the all-electric version of the Transit Connect Electric at the Chicago Auto Show this week, but they also pulled the electric vehicle (EV) into the snowy Chicago streets and allowed us to take it for a quick spin. After our five minutes behind the wheel, we can say that, if your company needs a sensible delivery vehicle that doesn't have to travel all that far each day, then this should be your electric van of choice. Well, depending on how much these vans will cost, a number we won't get until later this spring.
The most noticeable thing about the Transit Connect Electric is that this is a fully realized EV. Based on a very popular model - the standard gasoline and diesel Transit Connects have sold around 655,000 units since going on sale in Europe in 2003 and the van won the North American Truck of the Year after its introduction here in 2009 - the Transit Connect Electric feels like a utility car, electric or otherwise, should feel. Ford and its partner on the project, Azure Dynamics, have created a winner. Read on past the jump for the rest of the story.
Photos by Sebastian Blanco / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.Continue reading Quick Spin: Ford Transit Connect Electric a good sign of things to come
Quick Spin: Ford Transit Connect Electric a good sign of things to come originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - Greenlings: Can racing really be green? -
Filed under: AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Racing, Greenlings
Humans are competitive creatures who have raced against each other in one form or another for millennia. The practice that likely evolved from hunting and the struggle to survive has adapted to advances in technology over time, moving from foot races to eventually involve vehicles such as chariots and boats until, at the end of the 19th century, the automobile was invented and a new era began. Since the first Competition for Horseless Carriages was held in 1894 - and officially won by Georges Lemaître in a Peugeot, pictured above - the activity has grown and diversified into a sport with thousands of events and many millions of fans.
With the increasing awareness of the damage done to health and habitat by the burning of fossil fuels, the question arises, "Can racing ever really be green?" The answer, we think, is "yes." It may take a while and a lot of fuel may be burned in the meantime, but racing is an ever-evolving enterprise oriented towards exploring and exploiting gains in efficiency. Therefore, it is sure to at least have some side benefits to green motoring. In fact, there is an effort being made by many today to speed up the greening process since, although it may only account for a proportionately small amount of emissions produced on the planet, racing can not only help drive the technology that may one day move us all, it can also help speed societal acceptance. Hit the jump as we take a look at some of those endeavors.Continue reading Greenlings: Can racing really be green?
Greenlings: Can racing really be green? originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - DOE reduced loan total for Leaf electric vehicle at Nissan's request -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Nissan, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy
2010 Nissan Leaf - Click above for high-res image gallery
Where did 200 million dollars go? When Nissan and Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu announced yesterday that the DOE had closed (i.e., completed the paperwork for) Nissan's $1.4 billion loan request, we noticed that this was less than the $1.6 billion we heard about when the deal was first announced in June 2009. Katherine Zachary, Nissan North America's manager of corporate communications, told AutoblogGreen that:
So, that's what happened.Since we applied for the loan in late 2008, we have better refined the project costs and identified process efficiencies. As a result, the project costs will be less than originally anticipated, although the project itself and the battery and vehicle capacity remain unchanged. The loan amount was reduced at our request.
[Source: Nissan]DOE reduced loan total for Leaf electric vehicle at Nissan's request originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: EDTA president Brian Wynne: "This is not your father's automotive business" -
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, EDTA Conference, Washington DC Auto Show
Brian Wynne, president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), was a busy man at the Washington Auto Show/EDTA Conference this week. Considering all of the attention being focused on the industry his association represents, this isn't a big surprise. But, after almost six years with the EDTA, does he see the recent intensity change in plug-in vehicles as more of a revolution or an evolution? A little bit of both, and it's playing out in a lot of ways. "There is a real acceleration going on right now, not only of product announcements but also partnerships forming to support a really good consumer introduction," he told AutoblogGreen.
The acceleration Wynne is talking about takes shape in the natural technological progression from hybrids to plug-in hybrids, as well as the political shift from, say, biofuels or hydrogen vehicles in years past to plug-in support today. The change isn't as dramatic as it might look from the outside, Wynne said:
And what about the change in products announced by automakers that obviously trend more toward plug-in vehicles and not so much toward hydrogen fuel cell vehicles? Wynne said that, "There isn't a single manufacturere that isn't looking at electric drive," and some see a different path than others (i.e., fuel cells vs. pure electrics), depending on the company's market strengths. "This is not your father's automotive business any more," he said, "and that's the fun part."I frame [political support] in terms of challenges that we're trying to address, because that's what a Congressman cares about, that's what President Obama cares about, that's what's important to the country. In that context, the electrification of transportation is a stand-alone topic and there are lots of subtopics that are important to educate people about. There's a ton of opportunity here.DC 2010: EDTA president Brian Wynne: "This is not your father's automotive business" originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: Ford's Nancy Gioia talks electrification progress, status of Leno's Focus Electrics -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Washington DC Auto Show
We heard from Ford CEO Alan Mulally yesterday about his company's overall work with the U.S. government on energy policy. He's not the only Ford representative at the show worth talking to at the Washington Auto Show, though, and we got to sit down with Nancy Gioia, Ford's director of global electrification, for an update on the company's plug-in vehicle projects.
On the Focus Electric: Gioia said, "It's progressing very well. Between the analysis and the simulation and the production parts, the program is on track for a 2011 launch. We're really pleased with the way it's coming together." Even though the car's most visible promotion - the race track on Jay Leno now-cancelled prime-time show - is over, losing that channel was not a setback for the program, she said:
Ford's contract was with the network, not just the show, and NBC is still deciding whether or not the cars will make it onto Leno's new show or not.It was fun to see and have a little fun. What that did was it gave people an external view that, hey, these things can be fun. That it's not a golf cart, it's a regular car. We were able to demystify the car a little bit and update people's thinking on it. There are going to be lots of opportunities going forward.
On the Escape Plug-in Hybrid: All 21 of the Escape PHEVs are out and about gathering data at various utilities in the U.S. Gioia said:
Read more after the jump.The Escape plug-in program has exceeded my expectations. Not only do we have the vehicles all gathering data and providing feedback between our company and a group of utilities, the Department of Energy and EPRI, we've really progressed our thinking about what does it take when you start to plug in.DC 2010: Ford's Nancy Gioia talks electrification progress, status of Leno's Focus Electrics originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: NRDC gives us some numbers to crunch about why tough standards are a good thing -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Hydrogen, MPG, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, EDTA Conference, USA, Washington DC Auto Show
Among the gleaming vehicles on the Washington Auto Show floor, there are some policy and discussion sessions happening as well as part of the EDTA Conference. We thought a quick run through a presentation by Roland Hwang, the transportation program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), would be a good thing for our more detailed-oriented readers to delve into. Technically delivered as part of the EDTA/SAE Joint Opening Session, Hwang's presentation gets into the numbers (as collected and analyzed by the NRDC) and makes the case that setting strong long-term standards is actually good for auto industry.
Take, for example, the chart above (full size), which shows what's possible in tank-to-wheel emissions in 25 years for a lot of gasoline alternatives. Compared to today's average standard gasoline engine, which requires 8.9 liters of gasoline to go 100 kilometers, a plug-in hybrid that can go 30 miles on electric power would require 2.2 l/100 km (equivalent). A fuel cell vehicle would need 2.3 liters (equivalent) and a pure electric would need 1.7 liters. Follow us past the jump for more.DC 2010: NRDC gives us some numbers to crunch about why tough standards are a good thing originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: George Pataki calls for 40% (!) electric vehicle market penetration by 2020 -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, Washington DC Auto Show
Former governor of New York George Pataki visited the Washington Auto Show today and set an ambitious target during the morning's opening plenary session. How ambitious? Um, he called for electric vehicles (EVs) to grow to 40 percent of the new vehicle market by 2020. Yes, 40 percent. In ten years. In other words, way, way higher than anyone else is seriously suggesting will happen. Pataki told AutoblogGreen that:
A minor market penetration by EVs, say just three or seven percent, would be a failure he said. Forty percent must be the target because:It is an ambitious goal, but I also think it is achievable. The key here is to end our overreliance on foreign oil, and to do that we need to break the transportaion monopoly of petroleum products providing fuel, which is currently the case. One of the best ways, I believe, technologically and from a market standpoint, to do that is through electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Think that iPods are an unfair comparison? Pataki said that just one company worked on the iPod, but an entire industry is working on plug-in vehicles, in some cases for decades. In fact, the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) is celebrating their 20th anniversary this week during the show. Where will we be on the group's 30th birthday party? Hmmm.It's an aspirational goal. Look as what the iPod did to CDs in ten years to CDs. CD sales have plummeted because a new technology has, in major ways, replaced it. Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles have the potential to be that disruptive. The opportunity exists for us to do far more than make incremental addition to the non-petroleum-fueled fleets and do something that is truly transformative.
Last week, it was announced that Pataki would lead a Next Generation Vehicles practice withing the international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP. More details on that after the jump.
[Source: Gov. Pataki, Green Car Congress]DC 2010: George Pataki calls for 40% (!) electric vehicle market penetration by 2020 originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: Columbia's Crossline low-speed electric vehicle due later this year -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle), Washington DC Auto Show
Columbia Crossline - Click above for high-res image gallery
There's another entry in the low-speed electric car wars, and this one is in it to win it. That's the message we got from Columbia marketing manager Greg Breckley, who was at the Washington Auto Show with his company's new car, the Crossline.
The Crossline is a concept vehicle in the sense that it isn't available yet and probably will change a little bit - the name, most likely - by the time it becomes available this summer. The car will have a top speed of 25 miles per hour (35 in the jurisdictions that allow it) and that's just fine for the low-speed vehicle market Columbia is shooting for. Breckley told us that Colombia will stay focused on the low-speed electric vehicle market because, "there is enough competition in the full-speed segment," Columbia's Greg Breckley.
Instead of trying to compete with Nissan or Coda or Ford, Columbia want to sell its vehicles to groups like the military or universities. In fact, Columbia sold 1,000 low-speed electric utility vehicles to the Army earlier this year and has so far delivered 600 of them. About half of the vehicles are SM4-TN passenger model and the other half are the SUV-LN truck.
Columbia's vehicles use a lead-acid based powertrain that the company has been evolving for the last five years. For the Crossline, the company is considering using absorbed glass mat batteries, and Breckley said they have been performing great in testing thus far. Columbia designed the Crossline with Aixiam Mega, a French company. Columbia used to import rolling chassis from France, but now buys all the components and does the final assembly in Reedsburg, WI. The Crossline should be out by the end of the year (hopefully) at a MSRP of under $20,000. Yes, that's before any tax credits.
Photos Copyright (C)2010 Sebastian Blanco / Weblogs, Inc.
Our travel and lodging for this media event were provided by the Auto Alliance.
DC 2010: Columbia's Crossline low-speed electric vehicle due later this year originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: Wheego unveils high-speed Whip, looks a lot like the LSV -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Green Daily, Washington DC Auto Show
Wheego Whip LiFe - Click above for high-res image gallery
The one vehicle unveiled at the Washington Auto Show today was the Wheego Whip LiFe, an upgraded version of the company's neighborhood electric car that we took for a quick spin last fall. The high-speed LiFe - a clever name based on the car's 28 kWh lithium (Li) iron (Fe) phosphate battery pack - will come to market later this year at a very affordable price of under $35,000, and that's before any tax incentives, according to Wheego's vice president of marketing, Les Seagraves. Wheego has a 30-dealer network in the U.S., and the Wheego LiFe will be available there sometime this summer. The car has a top speed of 65 mph and a range of 100 miles. You can see the Whip's full spec sheet here.
Wheego is currently undergoing crash testing the lithium model, a project that required fundraising in the realm of $2.5 million (the money was also used for other thing). Virtual testing has been underway since October and has led to a few changes in the battery pack shape andvehicle structure. Two Whip LiFes will be built to be sent into the crash chamber, and two others will be made for the company to show off (the first was the vehicle displayed today).Speaking of this particular body style, regular readers will remember that the Whip is a modified Shuanghuan Noble. Seagraves said that the Wheego team in Atlanta has made "over 100" changes to the body and chassis and therefore "it's ours now."
Wheego's low-speed vehicle (LSV) Whip went on sale in October, and Seagraves said that around 200 units have been sold thus far. That car costs around $19,000, and you can learn more about it here. Further down the line, Wheego is looking at a full-speed four-seater, possibly some time in 2011.
Photos copyright (C)2010 Sebastian Blanco / Weblogs, Inc.
Our travel and lodging for this media event were provided by the Auto Alliance.DC 2010: Wheego unveils high-speed Whip, looks a lot like the LSV originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - Green Car Summit: all hands (almost) on deck for electric vehicles -
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Ford, Nissan, Volkswagen, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, Washington DC Auto Show, Better Place, Coda Automotive
Yesterday's second annual Green Car Summit was not nearly as fiery as last year's discussion, and maybe that's a good thing.
Once again co-moderated by Warren Brown of the Washington Post and Ron Cogan of the Green Car Journal, which sponsored the event, the panel members this year stood in stark contrast to the varied technology proponents that we saw last year. Instead of getting someone to represent the diesel and natural gas industries, as happened in 2009, the organizers seemed to think it was time for a full-on discussion about vehicle electrification. In fact, Jason Wolf, vice president of Better Place, seemed to sum up the panel's vibe when he said that the industry today has "a lot more consensus across the board that EVs [electric vehicles] are inevitable, more than you would have seen two years ago." Instead of whether or not EVs are coming, he said, the question is "what route will we take to electrification?"
Follow us past the jump to read all about it.Continue reading Green Car Summit: all hands (almost) on deck for electric vehicles
Green Car Summit: all hands (almost) on deck for electric vehicles originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - DC 2010: Ford CEO Mulally says "we are going to continue to work with the U.S. government" on energy policy -
Filed under: AutoblogGreen Exclusive
Ford Motor Company president and chief executive officer Alan Mulally gave the keynote speech at the Washington Auto Show today, touting Ford's product line-up and "best in class" attitude. What we were interested in, though, was Ford's efforts in making more efficient vehicles - and making them more appealing.
Mulally said that fuel efficiency is moving up the list of features consumers are interested in, and because Ford is such a large company, when it makes cleaner vehicles it has a tremendous impact on CO2 emissions. When we asked about Mulally's previous support of a higher gas tax and what he described today as his company's "fundamental partnership" with the U.S. government, he said:
Mulally added that Ford's number one fuel economy priority is to improve the efficiency of combustion engines, both diesel and gasoline. Ford, of course, has strong hybrid and pure electric vehicle development programs, but the near term, as always, will be dominated by burning fossil fuels.What we've been supportive of, along with everybody, is a fundamental energy policy going forward that supports our needs as citizens of the United States. I'm very pleased that we continue to work on that in Congress. As far as a gas tax itself, that is one item that could be used in a comprehensive energy policy. We haven't selected that one at the exclusion of other parts of an energy policy, but clearly, we have adopted a point of view that we all are going to pay more for energy going forward because there is a fundamental mismatch between demand worldwide and capacity. It's not like the fossil fuels are not there, but the bigger pools have been found and it takes more time and more money to bring them to market. You combine that will all of our desire to have better energy independence, better security and we are going to continue to work with the U.S. government about what those policies should be to move us forward.
Our travel and lodging for this media event was provided by the Auto Alliance.DC 2010: Ford CEO Mulally says "we are going to continue to work with the U.S. government" on energy policy originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - At Witz' End - Detroit 2010: Detroit recovers, Lutz pontificates -
Filed under: GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Detroit Auto Show, At Witz End
Bob Lutz speaking at the 2009 LA Auto Show
Attending the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, my first as a journalist in 15 years, I was stunned by the excitement and optimism of the people involved and the depth and breadth of the product on display. "This is the Golden Age of the Automobile," I thought.
That atmosphere prevailed until 2009, when the economy, the auto market and (many feared) the entire U.S. industry seemed to be crashing down around everyone's ears. The product was there, but the trappings were sparse and the aura decidedly glum. Now we've seen the 2010 Detroit show, which was subdued but cautiously optimistic. There was a strong emphasis on "green" - small-car introductions, hybrid and EV concepts, a plethora of neighborhood EVs on "Electric Avenue" and a lushly wooded drive course for volt-powered vehicles - plus the usual new family, luxury, utility and performance-car debuts.
The night before press days, ageless, outspoken, oft-controversial General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz told a Society of Automotive Analysts meeting that GM is well on its way to recovery. While fleet sales were (intentionally) way down, December retail sales were up 13 percent with four brands vs. eight the year before, its fourth-quarter retail market share was up a full two points from the previous quarter, and its newest products - the Chevrolet Camaro and Equinox, Buick LaCrosse, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX - were, he said, "smash hits." Read more after the jump.Continue reading At Witz' End - Detroit 2010: Detroit recovers, Lutz pontificates
At Witz' End - Detroit 2010: Detroit recovers, Lutz pontificates originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments - EnerDel shows off battery production facility, plans for $237 million expansion -
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Volvo, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Th!nk (Think)
EnerDel's Fisher, IN facility - Click above for high-res image gallery
Enerdel's announcement of a big investment to make more lithium-ion batteries in Indiana - $237 million for the company's third site in the state - gave Governor Mitch Daniels a chance to explain how his state can go through the same transformation on the advanced powertrain front that he himself has. "I've always been an internal combustion guy," he said, "but I have been converted in every way to electric vehicles. They drive great, by the way." The Governor was also confident that, "Indiana can be the capitol of this new industry."
Yes, the city that is home to the Indianapolis 500 is getting a lot of plug-in vehicle attention. On top of EnerDel's announcement yesterday, partner Think announced an expansion in nearby Elkhart, IN recently. Bright Automotive and AltairNano are also located not too far away. What is EnerDel's expansion all about? We were part of a media tour of the company's facility in Fishers, IN (right next door to Indianapolis) to learn about how lithium battery packs for plug-in vehicles are made. Follow us past the jump to find out what happens there.
Continue reading EnerDel shows off battery production facility, plans for $237 million expansion
EnerDel shows off battery production facility, plans for $237 million expansion originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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