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Indiana Think Electric-Car Plant Stilled, Owners Quiet On Future
A year ago, we visited the Think electric-car plant in Elkhart, Indiana. At the time, several dozen workers were turning out a trickle of Think City electric vehicles assembled from kits shipped in from Finland--with big plans for ramping up production. That never happened. Instead, last June...
Want To Buy A 2011 Think City? You Can (If You Live In New York)
A few weeks back we nominated the diminutive Think City electric car as one of the five electric cars you’ll still be able to buy in five years’ time -- despite... September 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
Has Bankrupt Electric Car Maker Gone Russian? Da, We Think So
It’s been bankrupt four times now, suffered delayed launches and even resorted to anthropomorphism to sell its excess stock, but now Norwegian electric car maker Think... July 20, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
Start-Up Electric Car Company Green Vehicles Folds, Costs City $500,000
Consider today's collapse of electric car company Green Vehicles an object lesson in why it's a bad idea for cities to invest in the risky business of start-up car... July 18, 2011 by Nelson Ireson 4
Think Again: Bankrupt Electric Car Firm Heading To Turkey
If you’ve been following the fortunes of the Norwegian electric car company Think, you’ll know that it recently filed for bankruptcy, the fourth time in its 20... July 12, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
Think Went Thunk: What Does Electric-Car Bankruptcy Teach Us?
A little more than three weeks ago, Norwegian electric-car maker Think Global declared bankruptcy--for the fourth time, actually. In a pithy piece published a week later... July 8, 2011 by John Voelcker 9
Think Thunk: Electric Car Maker Goes Bankrupt (Again)
Making an electric car is a particularly tough business, fraught with financial risk, engineering challenges and tough competition from small-scale and mainstream automakers... June 22, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
GM Says More Government Money Not Needed--Though Rivals Took It
Well, give them credit for resolve, anyway. General Motors said today it was withdrawing its applications to the U.S. Department of Energy for $14.4 billion of low-interest... January 27, 2011 by John Voelcker 8
If EVs Kill Japan's Autopart Shops, Is The U.S. Far Behind?
Shop owners in the sprawling Japanese industrial town of Hamamatsu are worried: They see a future where their day jobs are under threat, and even worse, by the very companies... November 3, 2010 by Antony Ingram 7
GM To Invest $890 Million In Making Its V-8 Engines Save Gas
Going green on the road may involve smaller engines, electric cars, and clean diesels, but it also requires making all engines far more fuel efficient. To that end, General... April 27, 2010 by John Voelcker 4
The Volt Song: What Happened, and What It Could Have Been
And we thought our piece on the LA Auto Show's Volt dance was pointed. Hah! Look here. Or here, followed by here. Or here. Ouch. Like a good journalist, we wanted to know... December 16, 2009 by John Voelcker 9
2010 Chevy Volt Dance: Hey GM, We Want Our Bailout Back, Now
We don't use a lot of profanity here at the global GreenCarReports.com headquarters. But there were a whole bunch of horrified OMFGs floating around once we finally got to... December 14, 2009 by John Voelcker 9
Why $2.4 Billion of Battery Grants? To Get US Competitive in Electric Cars
It's now clearer than ever: Electric cars are coming to showrooms near you. They will be fully competitive, their makers are deadly serious, and they will be "real cars"... August 6, 2009 by John Voelcker 3
Five Questions: GM's New R-and-D Leader, Alan Taub
Alan Taub, 54, is currently Executive Director in charge of Research & Development at General Motors. He joined GM R+D as executive director in 2001, and on October 1, he... August 5, 2009 by John Voelcker 7
Colorado Representatives Fight Back: GM and Chrysler Accused of Mistreating Dealers
The auto industry has been in a state of flux for the last year, however, in the last 6 months things have really heated up as you can read from my previous report on... July 3, 2009 by Jonathan McGrew
GM To License Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive? Nope.
In a live webchat on Friday, our illustrious Editor-In-Chief, Lyle Dennis, posed a question to GM North America President, Troy Clarke, regarding collaboration with Toyota... June 21, 2009 by Robert Scardino 3
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