Larry Nitz
GM learning from current Chevy Volt owners as it works on next-gen model
Details of the second-generation Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in hybrid are coming in at a trickle, and the latest is that the 2016 model-year Volt will be improved in all meaningful areas, including performance and all-electric range, says General Motors powertrain director Larry Nitz.
Q&A: Larry Nitz says GM "committed to electrification as a long-term journey"
Anyone who still doesn't believe that General Motors is serious about advanced technology in general, and vehicle electrification in particular, hasn't yet learned that post-bankruptcy GM is a very different company run by different people with a different set of priorities, most of which we would all applaud. One clear sign of this was the company's offering of a long list of key executives, including top technology leaders, for media i
GM's Larry Nitz says public charging stations aren't really necessary
When plug-in vehicles are not cruising down the road, "they're home and they're at work" says Larry Nitz, General Motors' executive director-hybrid and electric powertrain. That's precisely why Nitz told Ward's Auto (sub. req.) at the 2011 SAE World Congress that recharging a plug-in automobile in re
GM's Larry Nitz provides another Volt update, testing mountain mode
2011 Chevrolet Volt – Click above for high-res image gallery
Quick Drive: Buick/Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid prototype
Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid prototype - click above for high-res image gallery
VIDEO: Larry Nitz talks about the plug-in Saturn Vue hybrid
During the recent Plug-in conference in San Jose CA, Matt Kelly of GMNext talked with Larry Nitz about the new PHEV version of the Saturn Vue. The PHEV Vue is still at least a year away and is based on the Two-Mode Vue that comes out late this year. The nickel metal hydride battery is replaced with a lithium ion unit and a plug-in charger is added. According to Nitz, who is the executive director of hybrid powertrain engineering at GM, the PHEV Vue will average about the twice the fuel efficienc
GM's hybrid powertrain director gives PHEV update
A row of Saturn Vue PHEVs in Milford's building 16 garage