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- AMP’s Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice EV Conversions Will Use Remy Electric Motors
- Fiat to Add Tiny, 2-Cylinder, Turbocharged, Natural Gas-Capable Engine to Lineup
- Zap to Build Electric Mail Truck for U.S. Postal Service
| AMP’s Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice EV Conversions Will Use Remy Electric Motors Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:24 PM PST
Waaaay back in the yesteryear of 2008, AMP (Advanced Mechanical Products) announced that they would begin performing electric car conversions on the GM Kappa cars. A lot has changed in the past year and a half. The Kappa cars, the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice, are as dead as their respective brands. But AMP is still proceeding with its conversion plans, and has signed “a letter of intent for a potential long‐term electric motor supply agreement” with Remy International. So does that mean we can have our electric Kappa cars soon? |
| Fiat to Add Tiny, 2-Cylinder, Turbocharged, Natural Gas-Capable Engine to Lineup Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:18 PM PST
This summer the popular Fiat 500 subcompact will have a new, tiny engine option… and it will be the smallest displacement gasoline engine available in any car in Europe—a 900cc, turbocharged 2-cylinder with 85 horsepower. By taking the current trend of engine downsizing, and then spitting on its tired carcass as it passes it on the first lap, Fiat is hoping to take fuel economy and CO2 emissions to new levels. But—as is often muttered by Americans in the know after these sort of announcements—the engine will likely only be available in Europe, even with rumors of the 500 eventually making it to U.S. shores. I like to think of the vehicle fuel efficiency Europe-US divide like that “in bed” game we’ve all played with fortune cookies; but instead of adding “in bed” to the end of the sentence add “only in Europe.” |
| Zap to Build Electric Mail Truck for U.S. Postal Service Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:10 AM PST
Snail mail is getting a big push from Congress to go electric and I’m not talking about e-mail. The United States Postal Service (USPS) wants to electrify its fleet and Zap motors might just to do the trick. This week, the California-based company announced they are engineering an all-electric truck prototype for the mail delivery service. Full details are still unclear but U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey will tour the Zap EV facility next week “to learn more about how this federal program is creating local jobs.” The truck will not be the Xebra pictured above but a “conversion of a gasoline postal truck to run on electricity.” (more…) |
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