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The Fisker Automotive, Wanxiang, and VL Automotive Love Triangle Overseen by Bob Lutz

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Pointless Green on May 23, 2013

By now it’s no longer old news when we talk about yet another electric vehicle company going down, such as A123 Systems, CODA Motors, Better Place, and now Fisker Automotive. Bob Lutz, previously of General Motors and the driving force behind the Chevy Volt, has turned his attention to other projects. VIA Motors has designs [...]

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Bob Lutz asks, “Should the US Bail Out Fisker Automotive?”

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Green Policy on April 30, 2013

There are plenty of moves by the US government that have controversial, bailing out General Motors and Chrysler [and other companies] is one of them. Should Fisker Automotive have this same consideration? Large automobile manufacturers like General Motors and Chrysler were hanging on by a thread. In order to stabilize them, maintain production, and save [...]

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SAE 2013: Bob Lutz on Fuel Economy Regulations, “I Don’t Get It.”

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Green Policy on April 19, 2013

With all the talk about fuel economy regulations and building more fuel efficient vehicles, Bob Lutz explains that we’re attacking the problem from the wrong angle. Everyone in the automobile industry by now is familiar with Bob Lutz, former chairman of General Motors, staunch defender of Chevy Volt, and moving force behind VIA Motors. In [...]

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VIA Motors’ Big Hybrid Truck Lineup Revealed at 2013 NAIAS

Posted by Benji Jerew in Hybrid vehicles on January 16, 2013

Bob Lutz, General Motors [GM] ex-vice chairman, is now heading up efforts to produce a series of extended-range electric vehicles [eREV] that are nothing like the Chevy Volt he championed whilst in the GM circle. Recently, he mentioned he should have started bigger, and bigger is what he’s done at VIA Motors. No one disputes [...]

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Bob Lutz on E-REV Technology – “I Should Have Started Bigger”

Posted by Benji Jerew in Car industry, Electric Vehicles, Green Policy, Hybrid vehicles on January 15, 2013

I’m not sure how to take this, really, but Bob Lutz isn’t too impressed with the vehicles he pushed into production a couple years ago, namely the Chevy Volt with extended-range electric vehicle [E-REV] technology. “If I had my time again at GM then I would have started with the Cadillac Escalade for the range-extender [...]

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Bob Lutz – VIA Motors’ Full Size X-Truck Gets 100 MPGe, “Makes Prius Look Like a Gas-Guzzler”

Posted by Benji Jerew in Electric Vehicles on January 13, 2013

Would we ever have expected to hear the words “monster truck” and “100 MPGe” used in the same article, much less describing one vehicle? Apparently this kind of comparison is perfectly fine for Bob Lutz, former General Motors Vice Chairman, and he used it in a video sneaking a peak at the new VIA Motors [...]

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Posts Tagged bob lutz

The Fisker Automotive, Wanxiang, and VL Automotive Love Triangle Overseen by Bob Lutz

Bob Lutz asks, “Should the US Bail Out Fisker Automotive?”

SAE 2013: Bob Lutz on Fuel Economy Regulations, “I Don’t Get It.”

VIA Motors’ Big Hybrid Truck Lineup Revealed at 2013 NAIAS

Bob Lutz on E-REV Technology – “I Should Have Started Bigger”

Bob Lutz – VIA Motors’ Full Size X-Truck Gets 100 MPGe, “Makes Prius Look Like a Gas-Guzzler”

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