Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

During CES, Leddar sensing solutions for automotive applications will also be showcased by various high-profile exhibitors, including Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Magneti Marelli, OSRAM, FEV, TI, DLH Bowles and TriLumina.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

In 2007, the US Army awarded Quantum a $4.88-million The proprietary 4-wheel drivetrain can be configured for specialized military as well as commercial applications. Fisker Automotive, co-founded in 2007 by Quantum and Henrik Fisker, was recently selected by the US Department of Energy for a low interest loan of $528.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2015

This award is Honeywell UOP’s 5 th licensing win for its MTO process and comes after the successful start up of its first commercial-scale MTO facility for China’s Wison Clean Energy in September 2013. Earlier post.). —Mike Millard, vice president and general manager of Honeywell UOP’s Process Technology and Equipment business.

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Baua Electric

MAY 27, 2023

t’s been simply over a past since Common Motors introduced it might let fall Apple CarPlay compatibility in its unutilized electrical automobiles as a part of a bigger technique geared toward taking keep watch over of the infotainment gadget, and the life earnings GM believes lurk there simply ready to be mined.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

to 45.3%), according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA) as published in its latest ACEA Economic Report. lower than before the crisis in 2007. less than in 2007. Commercial vehicle production dropped to even lower levels. less light commercial vehicles and 66.4% In total, 14.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Our goal is to play a decisive role in shaping the transformation of the automobile. He has been Head of the Design Department at Porsche AG since 2004 and was also given responsibility for styling the 2007 Porsche Cayenne, the Panamera and the 918 Spyder. We will see faster decision-making and more efficient action.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2012

Continental has years of experience in developing and producing battery electronics and entire battery systems as well as integrating them into the vehicle; Continental supplied the first mass-produced lithium-ion batteries in 2007. SK Innovation also develops batteries for grid energy systems.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

In 2007, GM and its joint ventures sold 1,031,974 vehicles in China. Chevrolet from Shanghai GM finished first in the recently published 2010 China Automobile Aftersales Customer Satisfaction (CAACS) Index. Sales in China by SAIC-GM-Wuling, GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture, rose 5.1

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Ltd, an affiliated company of First Automobile Group Co., Ltd, one of the largest automobile manufacturers in China, to provide high-power lithium-phosphate batteries for use in its Electric Bus Project. China BAK Battery, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2010

Propylene oxide from the HPPO process can be used in a variety of applications from home insulation, appliances, automobiles and furniture to aircraft de-icers, paints, brake fluids and pharmaceuticals. The two companies successfully started up the first commercial-scale HPPO production plant in 2008 at BASF’s Antwerp, Belgium, facility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

The three founders—Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chris Urmson, Chief Product Officer (CPO) Sterling Anderson and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Drew Bagnell—and deep academic and commercial experience in the field. Before that, Chris was a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, and helped win the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

The five major fuel consuming sectors contributing to CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion are electricity generation, transportation, industrial, residential, and commercial. Carbon dioxide from the domestic operation of commercial aircraft increased by 3% (3.4 Commercial aircraft emissions have decreased 19% since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Since its founding in 2007, Better Place has raised more than $750 million of equity financing globally. The company will launch its initial commercial service in Israel and Denmark early next year and has already announced a series of consumer offerings for electric mobility services that it says are competitive with gasoline-based cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

Among domestic transportation sources, light duty vehicles (including passenger cars and light-duty trucks) represented 64% of CO 2 emissions, medium- and heavy-duty trucks 20%, commercial aircraft 6%, and other sources 9%. CO 2 from the domestic operation of commercial aircraft decreased by 18% (24.0 Tg) from 1990 to 2009.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

More than 80,000 people in New York, Washington, DC, and Greater Los Angeles, volunteered to drive the vehicles as part of Project Driveway, which began in November 2007. About 5,000 people have driven the fuel cell Equinox in short test drives. The Fuel Cell Equinox carries about 4.2 Regenerative braking extends the driving range.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 9, 2021

Would it be wrong if I said that the history of the automobile industry has been divided into two parts, before Tesla and after Tesla , some might argue that I understand? Eberhard stepped down as CEO of Tesla in 2007 but stayed on the company’s advisory board. The Model S was a critical and commercial success.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2009

Both products are very dense and reduce the fuel efficiency of automobiles. Commercial development of this technology by a tire manufacturer could be undertaken at any time, he said. Carbon black, however, is made from increasingly expensive oil, and the processing of silica is energy-intensive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Interested parties to this RFI might include, but are not limited to: automobile technology developers or manufacturers; components suppliers (e.g., Specific comments are requested on the projection of cost reduction rates for technologies that are not yet fully commercial (or for which substantial validation is not yet available).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

coli to produce the commodity petrochemical styrene—a synthetic chemical derived from petroleum and natural gas products that is used worldwide in the manufacture of products such as rubber, plastic, insulation, fiberglass, pipes, automobile parts, food containers, and carpet backing—from glucose. —McKenna and Nielsen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles over the next 15 years without compromising vehicle performance or safety, according to a new report by the National Research Council.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

It was time to go commercial. It wasn’t the first commercially available electronic mail service—CompuServe, Telenet, Tymnet, and others allowed subscribers to send email to other subscribers using dial-up modems. College expenses for his sons loomed on the horizon, and he worried that a government salary wouldn’t cover the costs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Our app policies will also provide flexibility in how developers can design commercial aspects of their apps as well.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 23, 2007

This research builds on President Bush’s Advanced Energy Initiative , which aims to change the way we power our homes, offices, and automobiles. Other considerations include the potential to commercialize proposed battery technologies and bring them to market quickly. The submission deadline is Thursday, May 31, 2007.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge. billion (1.2%) in 2005.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 30, 2006

The National Plug-in Partner Campaign , in which EESI is a founding member, will help demonstrate to automobile manufacturers that a market for flexible-fuel Plug-in Hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) exists today. Federal and state support of this technology can accelerate commercial deployment. million for advanced battery development.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). Energy sources and automobile efficiency. Commercial and industrial activities (75% yes, 21% no). Most residents (66%) support the 2006 California law (AB 32) that requires greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. In 2007 a federal level RPS program was proposed to congress requiring 15 percent of energy to be produced from renewable means by 2020, but did not pass.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

This approach allows automobile manufacturers to create packages of technologies that can be tailored to meet specific cost and effectiveness targets, as opposed to developing diesel or full hybrid alternatives that offer a single large benefit, but at a significant cost increase. Compression-ignition technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2009

Yaghi and his colleagues have been at the forefront of inventing new classes of crystalline porous materials: metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and then COFs, reported in the journal Science in 2007. Earlier post.). Furukawa and Yaghi (2009).

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

“Our strategic partnership is an important step to accelerate the commercialization of electric drives globally,&# said Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Daimler AG, responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. “As a young and dynamic company, Tesla stands for visionary power and pioneering spirit.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We set a course on the large touring sedan segment in 2007, when we presented the F 700. The same components are also installed in commercial vehicles, with developments here being spearheaded by the new Citaro fuel cell bus, which is equipped with two of the F-CELL systems used in passenger cars. Earlier post.]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

Commercialization of those technologies must start in the next decade, noted ARB Executive Officer Tom Cackette in a presentation at the recent Advanced Automotive Battery Conference. In ARB’s analysis, most vehicles on the road in 2050 will need to be electric drive, or ultra low-carbon fuel vehicles—i.e., Earlier post. ).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In October 2007, Honda Motor Company Chief Executive Takeo Fukui said plug-in technology offered too few environmental benefits to be worth pursuing by the Japanese manufacturer. In fact, Toyota is carrying out its own study in January to determine the ideal balance between all-electric range and additional cost.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The draft includes a CCS early demonstration program, incentives for the wide-scale commercial deployment of CCS, and performance standards for new coal-fired power plants. It authorizes funding for retrofitting existing commercial and residential buildings to improve their energy efficiency. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

I suspect that the correct plug will be of a twist-lock design as is typical of many higher voltage and amperage plugs used in commercial service and for industrial equipment. Perhaps you should have checked that before posting. as stated. 5 Clayton B. Cornell said on April 20th, 2009 at 4:43 am Emily, thanks for spell checking for us.

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