Green Car Congress Hybrid Scene
March 6th, 2010 • Related • Filed Under
Green Car Congress is a website that takes a thoughtful, almost technical approach to reporting on the news and issues that affect hybrid and other alternatively-powered vehicles. The site delves deep into the corporate machinations behind the scenes of the technologies that make their way to the market, and provides an insider’s perspective on green automobiles that some readers would definitely find fascinating.
Green Car Congress adopts a global perspective that includes regulatory and business information from green car companies hailing from all over the world. Visit this website…

Comment by amy vitale on 13 May 2010:
For those who only work on electric vehicles I would appreciate your help if any of you could find the time to fill out this Electric Vehicle Market Survey.
What does working on an electric vehicle mean to you?
a. What are the design requirements that are most challenging to meet (in terms of performance targets for your area, as well as overall vehicle performance targets)? How do you address these (new technologies? new suppliers?, new materials?, new manufacturing processes? …
b. Do electric vehicles present integration challenges (between engineering domains and/or vehicle components)? How do you address these (new technologies? new suppliers?, new materials?, new manufacturing processes? …)
c. How long is your design? How challenging is it to meet?
d. What does working on an electric vehicle mean to you personally (proud, indifferent…)?
e. If you had a magic wand, which challenges would you address right away?
f. Which challenges do you look to CAE vendors to address in priority? What are the shortcomings of the current commercially available products to meet the challenges of electric vehicle development?