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- Inside Aptera’s Troubles: Part II
- Will Saab’s Saad Saga End Happily with an Electric Car?
- Ford Improves Fleet Fuel Efficiency By 20% Over Last Five Years
| Inside Aptera’s Troubles: Part II Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST
[Editor's Note: This is part two of an ongoing expose that Karen Pease started last month. She has developed many personal relationships with people inside and out of Aptera over the years and has been able to get the best picture we've seen so far of the quirky EV manufacturer's troubles from her inside sources. In most cases names and identifying specifics have been withheld at the source's request to protect their livelihood.] After my expose of the scandal over at Aptera Motors, Aptera quickly put out a new monthly newsletter — the third one for the year. This was revised from an earlier version, and is now subtitled the “new Constant Contact Aptera Newsletter” and no longer contains phrases like, “So strap on your cowboy boots ladies and gents… we’re goin’ ta’ Texas!!”. The newsletter mentions an appearance of the 2e at a Texas football game and that the company is working on reapplying for DOE loans — in contradiction to earlier reports that they were already submitted. Most importantly, they took the time to address our expose’s core claim.
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| Will Saab’s Saad Saga End Happily with an Electric Car? Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:22 AM PST
Lately, iconic Swedish automaker, Saab, has been the hottest potato in the world of nearly-doomed-but-possibly-still-alive auto brands. On the heels of a collapsed deal with Swedish luxury car maker, Koenigsegg, GM looked set to sell the Saab brand to little-known Dutch-run but Russian-backed luxury car maker, Spyker. In fact, everything about the Spyker-GM deal started looking pretty rosy as early as last week when Saab announced a major deal with battery maker, Boston-Power, to build an all-electric version of the 9-3. The ZE 9-3, as it would be called (ZE=zero emissions), seemed to have some nice stats: twin electric motors with 335 horsepower, 0-62 mph in 6.5 seconds, and a range of 93 miles with a 26kWh battery pack. |
| Ford Improves Fleet Fuel Efficiency By 20% Over Last Five Years Posted: 21 Dec 2009 08:43 AM PST
I’ll admit upfront, I’m a Ford fanboy. I bleed Ford blue. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a car fanboy in general, but Ford is numero uno in my book… and now I have another reason to love the Blue Oval. According to a report by the Environmental Protection Agency, Ford has improved its average fleet fuel economy by 20% over the last five years, twice the improvement of any of its competitors. |
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