Foton Motors, Freescale Semiconductor to create joint lab for hybrid, EV development

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Green Daily, China

China-based Foton Motors and Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor will combine their collective knowledge to open the Foton-Freescale Automotive Joint Lab. The lab will focus on developing software and system-level solutions for use in upcoming Foton vehicles. Both companies will collaboratively work towards developing relevant electronic control technology for applications that [...]

General Motors to announce Chevy Volt pricing/ordering on Tuesday

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, GM

2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery

The three-year-long wait for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt’s official U.S. price tag will finally be over in less than 24 hours. At the Plug-In 2010 Conference in San Jose, California on Tuesday, GM VP of Marketing Joel Ewanick will announce pricing [...]

General Motors using student design competitions to recruit EV engineers

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, GM

Hiring new engineers in the auto industry is always something of a gamble. Just because someone coming out of school has a 4.0 GPA, it doesn’t mean that they are well suited to the day-to-day problem solving and innovation required of a modern engineer. In the past, a lot of new [...]

Owner of converted PT Cruiser claims Li-Ion Motors forged apology letter in his name

Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Green Daily

We’ve all written an apology letter at some point, right? These simple little notes declare that we’ve done something wrong and we’re trying to make it right. In the Barret Lyon’s case, discovering an apology letter with his name attached to it was quite shocking. Why, was he shocked? Well [...]

EYE concept coming to Geneva has Tesla Motors connection

Filed under: Concept Cars, Geneva Motor Show, Tesla, Electric

IED Tesla EYE concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

Though it proudly sports a chrome Tesla Motors logo on its nose, the Geneva-bound EYE concept pictured above was not penned by that California company’s designers. Not directly anyway. That credit goes to 11 transportation design master [...]

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