Bob Lutz
Bob Lutz's VL Automotive Bidding For Ailing Fisker: Report
Previously unknown brand VL Automotive surprised Detroit Auto Show goers earlier this year by unveiling the Destino--a V-8-powered luxury sedan based heavily on the Fisker Karma. Now, with Fisker Automotive circling the abyss, Bob Lutz-backed VL is reported to have bid for the ailing luxury...
Bob Lutz: Gas Mileage Rules Will Make 15 Percent Of All Cars Plug-in By 2022
Earlier this year, when the EPA confirmed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy gas mileage standards of 54.5 mpg by 2025, we told you that it would equate to greener, cleaner... September 24, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5
Bob Lutz: Huge Chevy Volt Cost Estimates Are Wrong, Here's Why
Yesterday, we ran a story sourced through Reuters, asking how much money GM was losing on every Chevy Volt it builds. The Reuters article was based on figures from several... September 11, 2012 by Antony Ingram 12
Jay Leno, Bob Lutz, Talk Plug-ins, Drive Via Plug-in Hybrid Truck
Americans love the utility and functionality of the mighty pickup truck, but not its gas mileage. So its no surprise that talk show host Jay Leno thinks that Americans will... July 17, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 10
What Would You Pay For A 100-MPG Via Full-Size Pickup Truck?
This is a perfectly serious question. A basic 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 full-size pickup truck starts around $23,000, and the rear-wheel drive XFE model is rated by the... January 20, 2012 by John Voelcker 9
Via Motors To Use A123 Lithium-Ion Cells In Electric Trucks
Via Motors, the extended-range electric truck conversion company with GM legend Bob Lutz on its board, announced today that it would use lithium-ion cells from A123 Systems... January 5, 2012 by John Voelcker 1
Via Motors 100 MPG Electric Pickup Launching At Detroit
So far, the range of electric vehicles offered for general sale has been fairly limited - most carmakers have been selling their technology in standard family cars, or city... December 23, 2011 by Antony Ingram 13
Tesla's Elon Musk, GM's Bob Lutz To Appear On 'Charlie Rose' Tonight
They're both featured in Revenge of the Electric Car, the documentary that's now in limited release across the country, so it makes sense they'd be doing media together. The... November 9, 2011 by John Voelcker 2
Why Would Bob Lutz Join An Electric Car Conversion Company?
Bob Lutz may have taken a part-time advisory post with GM 16 months after officially retiring from his post there, but now he has a second job too. The former Vice Chairman... September 27, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 2
Cadillac's Volt-Based Converj Electric Car Gets Green Light: Exclusive
Sometimes, like Lazarus, dead cars rise again. We've learned from an inside source at General Motors, a person close to the project, that the electric Cadillac Converj luxury... August 11, 2011 by John Voelcker 8
Elon Musk, Bob Lutz On Red Carpet At 'Revenge of Electric Car' Premiere
Every movie has to have a premiere, and every premiere has to have a red carpet. When the red carpet is on a Manhattan sidewalk, with plenty of passers-by stopping to gawk... April 23, 2011 by John Voelcker
'Who Killed The Electric Car?' Sequel Premieres Tonight (Video)
It's taken as gospel by many of the people who have seen it since its 2006 release, and there's no denying its influence. "Who Killed the Electric?" seemingly stung General... April 22, 2011 by John Voelcker
GM Planning Engineless All-Electric Cars To Follow the Volt
Bob Lutz, the retiring eminence grise of General Motors, is known for pithiness and plain speaking. Yesterday, he tossed off a nugget of news: GM is working on a range of... March 12, 2010 by John Voelcker 25
2010 Detroit Auto Show: Lutz Lays Out (Some) GM Plug-In Plans
Cleaning up a few odds and ends from last week's 2010 Detroit Auto Show brings us to General Motors' future product plans for plug-in hybrids. In the crush of reporters... January 22, 2010 by John Voelcker
Five Questions: Andrew Farah, 2011 Chevrolet Volt Chief Engineer
Last weekend, we finally got the chance to drive the 2011 Chevrolet Volt. By and large, we liked it; see our full First Drive report for more details. Riding shotgun was... January 13, 2010 by John Voelcker 1
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