First Chevy Volt Rolls off Assembly Line

The first 2011 Chevrolet Volt rolled off the assembly line in Hamtramck, Michigan, on Monday.

Earlier cars were made in limited numbers at other GM locations. Some have been seen at auto shows. One quarter of th cars have been used for crash tests so far, and the remaining ones have logged well over half a million collective miles of testing. VIDEO: Test Drive of the Volt (Wall Street Journal)

Electric Dream Machines: Pull up & Plug in

From an article in Australia's The Age by SIMON O'BRIEN November 11, 2009 & in AllCars Electric.com by Eric Loveday 11/10/09

Brisbane is hosting Australia's first first Electric Vehicle Conference this week.
The article in The Age describes how issues of developing electric car infrastructure will be discussed by authorities in technology, business and government.

Luke Grana, Chief Executive Officer of ChargePoint Pty Ltd. has said that the average cost to drive a car in Australia is about $10 for 100 kilometers, but an electric vehicle would cost only about $2 per 100 kilometers.

Coulomb Technologies has ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations in use around the world.

Trial charging systems in parking lots would be in place in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne by the first half of 2010. The effects on the electrical infrastructure consumers, society and the environment will be studied.