A Silver Lining to Idling Production of the Chevy Volt?

News broke recently that Chevrolet has decided to idle production of the their Volt plug-in electric hybrid vehicle due to an expectation that they will miss their 2012 sales goal for the vehicle. Chevy sold 7,671 Volts in 2011 missing their 10,000 unit target by 2,329 units. There’s been a lot of talk about whether this … Continue reading →

Fisker Karma or Bad Karma?

This weekend’s Wall Street Journal featured a story on the magnificently expensive plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) the Fisker Karma, topping the charts at 100K+. The first line in the article reads, “This car might be your worst nightmare.” For those of us hoping to see mass EV adoption, this car is our worst nightmare. … Continue reading →