Comments on: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: The Only Roadblock to PHEVs

By: General Motors & PHEVs

General Motors & PHEVs — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:10 +0000

[...] the one I wrote a few weeks ago on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) has kept our Customer Service department working overtime… fielding the firestorm of [...]

By: The Daily Times

The Daily Times — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:29:59 +0000

An interesting view of the automotive industry. Where do you see the future of the industry, will it ever recover or will there be major casulties?

By: Automakers & PHEVs

Automakers & PHEVs — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:50:44 +0000

[...] this has had the automaker’s scrambling to get into the Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PHEV) business. Most already have an active PHEV development program underway, with GM being the [...]

By: Ed Horst

Ed Horst — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:28:08 +0000

Electric vehicles sound good in California; not so good in North Dakota (and I live nearby in Canada). What will cold weather do to the ability to hold a charge? 100 to 200 mile range is insuffucient for the distances around here.
Power to Grid – okay, so the system is sucking my car’s battery in the garage; then my son has to go to the hospital, and I go out to a nearly dead battery; Thanks but no thanks.
Another “solution” that only looks good on the surface.

By: Automakers & PHEVs: Between “Barack” and a Hard Place | Jutia Group

Automakers & PHEVs: Between “Barack” and a Hard Place | Jutia Group — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:32:03 +0000

[...] this has had the automaker’s scrambling to get into the Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PHEV) business. Most already have an active PHEV development program underway, with GM being the [...]

By: Tony Thomas

Tony Thomas — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:54:12 +0000

You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.

By: C. Sanders

C. Sanders — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:40:00 +0000

First of all, where in the world is electricity so cheap and plentiful that it’s production has to be restrained? Get the infrastructure up and running, providing cheap and plentiful power, then talk about unleashing PHEVs onto consumers. There will always plenty of uses for electricity and alternative and renewable methods should eventually lower costs. The current idea of plugging in at night or off-peak hours will just mean a system under strain 24hrs a day.

By: John Barzen

John Barzen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:08:20 +0000

Anybody figured how GM is going to stay in business for the next decade ( The time required for PHEV Tech to become commercially significant ) ?…………JohnB.

By: Olaf Olafsson

Olaf Olafsson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:43:51 +0000

Solar is going to be huge, not really surprising as the Sun is really the basis for life here on erth, Suntech hopes to reach “grid parity” in 3 years and then there will be no looking back.

By: raymond auger

raymond auger — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:42:50 +0000

As the owner of two highway-capable (70 mph) EV’s, my take on the future is that the emphasis needs to be on lithium production. It is expensive stuff, and until the process and its by-products can be made more technically simple and environmentally acceptable, the lithium-ion battery powered car has a serious enconomic hurdle.