Comments on: ExxonMobil Takes Auto Industry by Storm With Launch of Fully Electric Maya 300

By: ExxonMobil Invests $600 million with Algae Company Synthetic Genomics : Gas 2.0

ExxonMobil Invests $600 million with Algae Company Synthetic Genomics : Gas 2.0 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:54:02 +0000

[...] clarify, that the partnership is with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) just like ExxonMobil Chemical Company is working with Electrovaya to produce the Maya 300. It’s not unusual for [...]

By: CARazed , Archive » Fully Electric Maya 300

CARazed , Archive » Fully Electric Maya 300 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:53:45 +0000

[...] Fully Electric Maya 300 Posted July 2nd, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Editorial Tags: electric car, ExxonMobil, gas2.0, lithium-ion, Maya, Maya 300 Add a Comment tweetmeme_url = ‘http://www.carazed.com/2009/07/editorial/fully-electric-maya-300/';tweetmeme_source = ‘carazed’; You know we’re nearing peak oil trouble when oil companies start building electric cars. ExxonMobil has launched the Maya 300, a fully electric car powered by lithium-ion batteries and can drive 120 miles on a single charge. Best of all it can run at highway speeds and feels and looks like a normal economy car. Read more at gas2.0. [...]

By: Inhabitat » Maya 300: All Electric Vehicle Brought To You By ExxonMobil

Inhabitat » Maya 300: All Electric Vehicle Brought To You By ExxonMobil — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:30:07 +0000

[...] has teamed up with Electrovaya, a pioneer in lithium-ion battery technology, to bring us the Maya 300. The little electric car has 5 doors and is capable, so they say, of a 120 mile range. In 8-10 [...]

By: Geotommy

Geotommy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:55:57 +0000

You misspelled ‘clever’

By: Geotommy

Geotommy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:55:00 +0000

You misspelled ‘clever’

By: andy

andy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:58:45 +0000

‘by storm’…. ‘game changing’

The next generation of EVs have to hit 100kmph. It’s no use if it cant do the freeway, especially at 20k.

Next year we might see some companies produce something affordable which changes the game.

ExxonMobil are just putting their brand on an NEV. Greenwashing. Like BP spending more on advertising their alternative fuel research than actually funding it.

By: andy

andy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:58:00 +0000

‘by storm’…. ‘game changing’

The next generation of EVs have to hit 100kmph. It’s no use if it cant do the freeway, especially at 20k.

Next year we might see some companies produce something affordable which changes the game.

ExxonMobil are just putting their brand on an NEV. Greenwashing. Like BP spending more on advertising their alternative fuel research than actually funding it.

By: rainsua

rainsua — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:37:32 +0000

Well… This is really not that hard to figure out. BYD in China is making electric cars that run pretty well and some even have a petrol engine as backup in case you run out of juice in the battery. They have a purely electrical model that goes from 0 to 100kmph in 8 seconds. I believe Exxon simply wants the public to feel electric cars are slow and unreliable by nature expecting things to remain the same for longer.

By: rainsua

rainsua — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:37:00 +0000

By: Null Hypothesis

Null Hypothesis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:16:28 +0000

Chuck, that is ridiculous. North America has enough oil resources to last a few years only. The reason electric cars haven’t come to market yet is because GM sold the patent on the NiMH battery to Chevron who now prevents anyone from using them in an electric car. Instead, we have to use the next best thing, lithium batteries, which have taken 7 more years to develop to be usable.