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Flash.(Briefs)
SVT head goes south
Hau Thai-Tang, the Vietnamese-born engineer behind the resurgent Ford Mustang and the most recent chief of Ford's Special Vehicle Team, is headed for a new assignment in Brazil as director of product development in South America. Former BMW veteran Hermann Salenbauch takes over at SVT.
And the EV goes to . . .
The first AC Propulsion eBox electric vehicle (AW, July 31, 2006) went into the first customer garage in February, when EV enthusiast Tom Hanks took delivery of the converted, all-electric Scion xB at his Santa Monica, California, home.
While purchase price varies depending on how many batteries you want inside, eBoxes go for about $70,000, which includes the cost of the xB. Actor Hanks' new car has a 35-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack that gives it a 150-mile range.
"There are three electric cars sitting on the moon and now another one in my garage,'' said Hanks. "The eBox makes even more sense in Los Angeles than in the Taurus-Littrow Valley of the ...
- Electric road warrior. (AC Propulsion)(Company Profile)
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Young, Douglas June 30, 1997 700+ words
AC PROPULSION HOPES MASS MARKETING WITH ITS HIGH...lane might be in for a revision. AC Propulsion of San Dimas has developed an electric...the beefy roar of a muscle car, but AC Propulsion's so-called "[T.sub.zero...
- Power drive: AC propulsion's eBox car speeds concept of 'vehicle-to-grid'...
- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal Clough, Richard March 19, 2007 700+ words
...in the know a small company called AC Propulsion played a key role in its success under...vehicle employed a modified version of AC Propulsion's proprietary electric drive train...for the past several years. But now AC Propulsion is trying to make a splash of its own...
- AC Propulsion Debuts 'tzero' Prototype.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Electric Vehicle Online Today September 24, 2003 700+ words
San Dimas, CA-based AC Propulsion recently announced the debut of...battery. According to officials, AC Propulsion assembled the tzero Li-ion battery...millimeters [in] length." AC Propulsion said the new battery, which reduces...
- AC Propulsion EV Earns Highest Grade at Challenge Bibendum.(electric...
- Newspaper article from: Electric Vehicle Online Today October 3, 2003 700+ words
San Dimas, CA-based AC Propulsion, a developer, licenser and manufacturer...the Challenge Bibendum," said AC Propulsion founder and tzero designer Alan...like to admit." According to AC Propulsion, none of the other competition...
- AC Propulsion Builds Electric VW Beetle.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...
- Newspaper article from: Electric Vehicle Online Today August 10, 2000 700+ words
...Officials with San Dimas, CA-based AC Propulsion recently confirmed that the company...for the vehicle's battery pack. AC Propulsion said the Beetle EV project is not a...be EVs starting in 2003. Contact: AC Propulsion, website http://www.acpropulsion...
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Uses Microchip Technology's PIC18 Microcontrollers for...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 27, 2005 700+ words
...semiconductors, today announced that AC Propulsion utilized the high-density memory...founder, chairman and chief engineer of AC Propulsion Inc. "With Microchip's MPLAB...through the same port for display. About AC Propulsion Inc. AC Propulsion Inc. is a California...
- EV Beats Ferrari in Acceleration Race.(AC Propulsion Inc.)(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Electric Vehicle Online Today March 16, 2001 700+ words
San Dimas, CA-based AC Propulsion has developed an electric vehicle...100 km/h in 4.3 seconds. AC Propulsion has spent the past four years...hour to recharge the vehicle. AC Propulsion said it plans to sell about 100...
- Now That's Fast.(AC Propulsion electric car technology)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Poptronics August 1, 2001 700+ words
...of 0-100 km/h in 4.1 seconds. AC Propulsion, the San Dimas, CA company that built...the recharge lasts for a full hour. AC Propulsion only expects to sell about 100 cars...in the near future Co-founder of AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi says the innovation...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flash.(Briefs)