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GM’s Volt Program = $700m

Revenge of the Electric Car

General Motors will invest $336m in a Detroit-area assembly plant, bringing to $700m total investment in eight Michigan facilities to begin mass production of the rechargeable Chevrolet Volt electric car in late 2010. Michigan has approved $135.2m in tax incentives for those sites and others. Related Stories.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Within the US, it examines California, Massachusetts, and Michigan—states covering a range of differences in electric power generation and power market structures. The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By partnering with these two industries. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By Well certainly be careful not to announce anything that we cannot deliver."

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Trump promises 100% tariff on Mexico-built Chinese cars—EV or not

Baua Electric

“China now is building a couple of massive plants where they’re going to build the cars in Mexico and they think that they’re going to sell those cars into the United States with no tax at the border,” he said. automobile industry as a whole.” market,” which would “endanger the survival of the U.S.

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