Posts with the tag of Bright Automotive

A Bright Day in DC

May 10, 2009 – 11:40 pm

YOU KNOW THE times are a changin’ when you see Republican senators like Richard Lugar turning out for the launch of an electric vehicle.   We interviewed Senator Lugar in DC recently — as we caught the Capitol Hill debut of Bright Automotive’s Idea — a plug-in hybrid electric delivery vehicle.
Senator Lugar was also cheering for [...]

By P.G. Morgan | Posted in EV Economics, Events, Production Diary | Also tagged | Comments (1)

Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

January 27, 2009 – 3:10 pm

This new company, Bright Automotive, is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana.
Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of .195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less”, a philosophy MacCready was [...]

By Paul Scott | Posted in Production News | Also tagged , , | Comments (1)