Electric Car Manufacturers

Jose Marc Castro asked: While many of the electric car manufacturers in the headlines today are well-known companies we’ve also seen the emergence of new up-and-coming companies which are specifically targeted at the electric vehicle market. So who are the major players in electric car market and who should we look out for in the future? Tesla motors Tesla motors is a company which will be forever associated with the electric vehicle market and having only been incorporated back in July 2003 it is amazing to see the reputation and respect the company has attracted. Since the introduction of electric vehicle, companies such as Tesla motors have attempted to push technology to the limit and Tesla motors has concentrated upon the sports car market with great success. The Tesla Roadster is perhaps the most recognisable electric car on the market today and while the first model was introduced shortly after the company was incorporated it is still in demand today and has grown with the company. Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) GEM is also a relatively young company although its roots can be traced back to 1992 when a group of ex-General Motors engineers got together to try and attack the electric vehicle market. Such was the early success of the company that it was eventually swallowed up by Daimler Chrysler and became part of the motor giant in December 2000. There is no doubt the backing of a massive parent group has helped the company but it has to be said that the initial ideas introduced in 1992 form the basis for what is one of the fastest growing electric car companies at the moment. REVA electric car company The REVA electric car company began as a joint venture back in 1994 and still has its roots firmly within India. Like so many of the early start-up electric vehicle companies, control was acquired by a larger operation in May 2010 in the shape of Mahindra and Mahindra, one of India’s more prominent vehicle manufacturers. While there may well be some adjustments to earlier partnerships for engines and other equipment there is no doubt that the REVA electric car company is also set to move on to bigger and better things in the future. General Motors Despite the fact that General Motors is now making a play for the electric car market this is a company which many believe held back the electric vehicle after releasing the EV1 back in 1990 and then withdrawing the car from the market at the height of its popularity. Many believe there was some form of political interference with regards to the withdrawal of the EV1 but this has never been proven although ultimately General Motors is now more heavily involved in the electric car market than ever before. Conclusion After initially seeming to discount the electric vehicle market we are now seeing many of the major traditional car manufacturers acquiring relatively young companies and looking to break into the market this way. There are plenty of young up-and-coming electric vehicle companies which have proven themselves in their relatively short history who are now very much on the buying list of the majors. Solar power Read more on Electric Car Manufacturers… Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Share this on Mixx Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This!

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Electric Car Manufacturers

GM to build hybrid motors in Baltimore and adding 200 jobs

General Motors this week said that it would start to make its next generation electric motors at its transmission plant in Baltimore, MD. GM is investing $246 million into the plant to make the new motors, which will add about 200 jobs to the payroll, and make it the first US electric motor manufacturing plant Related posts: General Motors to Build Hybrids in China in 2008 Kia Motors Showing Off New Hybrid Rio Green Motors and Toyota at Tokyo

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GM’s fuel cell powered Equinox reaches 1 million mile Equinox

The Equinox, GM’s fuel cell car that is currently being tested in Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC, as reached a milestone for fuel cell powered electric cars. There’s about 100 cars in the Equinox test program, which has been underway for slightly more than 2 years, and the program recently hit one

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Positive predictions for hydrogen vehicles

This post is brought to you by ? Curt Rosengren ~ Passion Catalyst TM ? ? “Love your work. Change your world.” Yesterday I posted about the prediction in India that hydrogen energy will be a viable alternative to fossil fuels for its transportation sector by 2020. In a story about efforts to develop hydrogen options, there are more glowing predictions for hydrogen fuel’s potential … Honda, BMW and General Motors Corp. report they are developing vehicles that will run on hydrogen, the simplest, lightest and most abundant of elements. GM predicts it could have cleanburning, hydrogenpowered fuel cell vehicles on the road within the next five or six years. The company estimates that fuel cell propulsion is about twice as efficient as that of an internal combustion engine. Earlier this year BMW presented its new hydrogen vehicle, the Hydrogen 7, as part of the company’s global clean energy promotional campaign. Not everybody has a rosy view though… Other major automakers do not predict mass production of hydrogen vehicles until at least a decade from now, citing the difficulty and cost of producing, storing and transporting the element in either its gaseous or liquid form. But even in that arena, some are decidedly bullish on the possibilities… The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, made up of the U.S. Department of Energy along with BP America, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Conoco Phillips, Shell Hydrogen LLC and a council of three major automakers, believes that by 2010 it can create the national hydrogen fuel infrastructure needed to support fuel cell vehicles. —

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