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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

plug-in hybrid or full electric—models by 2025. The network will be in place for the launch of the fully electric SUV in 2018. Audi is one of the very few automakers to now put out a firm aspirational target for electric-drive vehicle sales. This is the first fully electric Audi conceived with the US in mind.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

a wireless energy transfer technology provider, to develop automatic wireless charging products for hybrid and electric vehicles. The collaboration between the two companies is intended to help establish a global infrastructure of safe and convenient charging options for consumer and commercial electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of more than $15 million to projects that will advance biofuels and electric vehicle research in California. These grants are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Earlier post.) Electricore Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Toyota, French energy provider EDF, and the City and the Urban Community of Strasbourg launched a large-scale, 3-year Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle demonstration in Strasbourg. Based on the third-generation Prius ( earlier post ), the new Prius Plug-in Hybrid ( earlier post ) is equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Maquette of the Can-Am plug-in Hybrid Spyder. million) in financial support to develop a plug-in hybrid version of BRP’s (Bombardier Recreational Products) Can-Am Spyder roadster. Target range in electric mode is 30 km (20 mi), and total range is targeted to be 600 km (375 mi). Click to enlarge. million (US$11.3

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MARCH 18, 2009

EDF and Toyota are expanding their joint plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) road-trials in France, with about 100 units of a next-generation PHEV equipped with lithium-ion batteries to be leased to selected companies and partners in the Strasbourg area starting from the end of 2009, for a duration of three years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Reuters reports that Chrysler has disbanded its ENVI team, formed in 2007 to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market. In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The National Science Foundation has selected a project by researchers at the University of Maryland and their partners from Genovation Cars ( earlier post ) for a $438,418 GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) award to develop a novel hybrid energy storage system for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). The other vehicle, the PHEV-40, is similar to the Chevrolet Volt ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The new F800 Style is a five-seat upper-range sedan featuring an all-new multi drive platform suited for a hydrogen fuel cell electric drive with a range of almost 600 kilometers (373 miles) as well as the a plug-in hybrid drive with a 30 km (19 mile) all-electric range. F 800 Style Plug-in Hybrid. Within the 4.75-meter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

&# Director Chris Paine graciously hosted Plug In America ’s very first fundraiser at his PV+EV residence in Culver City, CA. GM's amazing Chevy Volt - A 100% electric drive (range extending) plug-in hybrid. Chelsea Sexton followed with another eloquent summary of Plug In America’s humble grassroots beginnings.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

Sales of hybrid-electric vehicles in the UK have steadily risen over the past five years, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Of that number of hybrids, 77,000 were Toyota or Lexus cars. Of that number of hybrids, 77,000 were Toyota or Lexus cars.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

Through the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, established by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), the Energy Commission provides up to $100 million per year toward the development and deployment of low?carbon in electric vehicles. was requested by qualified projects.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. The 2007 EV Parade in Santa Monica with State Senator Fran Pavley. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. Displaying and explaining the car at an earth day event.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. It was the best result since 2007, when the market peaked with 16.02 The majority of vehicles registered in 2018 were powered by gasoline engines, with the fuel type making up 57% of all registrations. million registrations.

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JUNE 1, 2010

EVO Electric Ltd. , a 2007 spin out from Imperial College London, has launched its new generation of Axial Flux motor and generator technology. EVO is also developing larger models for commercial vehicle applications and an ultra-compact motor suitable for light-duty electric vehicle applications. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

million to further advanced ZEV and advanced vehicle technologies in the state. The first, Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Readiness ( PON-14-603 ), will award about $3.3 million to support planning efforts for plug-in and fuel cell vehicles. Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Readiness.

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MAY 1, 2014

AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. grams; and for alternative fuel vehicles (electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles), 104.14 million vehicles were registered. Source: EEA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report summarizing key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and CO 2 - and fuel economy-related technology for gasoline- and diesel-fueled personal vehicles sold in the United States, from model years (MY) 1975 through 2012. Click to enlarge. Source: EPA.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 21, 2007

That seemed to be a hint that Toyota wasn't moving too quickly on plug-ins. As if to confirm that notion, recently a Toyota spokesman in DC was denigrating plug-in hybrids as Hymotion/A123 and Rob Lowe were making a plug-in splash in Congressman Ed Markey's global warming committee.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2013

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that US military spending on alternative drive vehicles (ADVs—including hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), and ethanol-powered vehicles—for the non-tactical fleet will increase from more than $435 million in 2013 to $926 million by 2020, a CAGR of 11.4%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

million new cars were registered, the highest number since 2007. For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales. For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

The ALTe system converts conventional light-duty trucks into a range-extended electric vehicle. ALTe, the developer of a range-extended electric powertrain used to repower light commercial vehicles, is collaborating with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) to help validate the ALTe powertrain for the fleet industry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

Toyota Motor continues to lay the foundation for the introduction of its production fuel cell hybrid vehicle in 2015; the company began work on fuel cell technology in 1992. Toyota believes that environmentally friendly vehicles can only truly have a positive impact if they are widely used. —Yoshikazu Tanaka. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. We expect the Detroit-Hamtramck plant will be the first facility in the US owned by a major automaker to produce an electric car. engine-generator from Flint. “We

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2013

This can be combined with an up to $7,500 clean vehicle federal tax credit and various other regional incentives. To date, ARB has issued more than $42 million and is closing in on the 20,000 th rebate offered through its Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Eight new low carbon vehicle projects will receive a share of £25 million (US$41 million) of funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator to run ‘real-life’ trials. The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 5, 2022

The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. They now realize that EVs are less expensive to maintain than gas-engined vehicles.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JANUARY 23, 2024

After a lot of speculation from the beginning of last year, Tesla has now officially confirmed that they are developing a wireless inductive home charger for its electric vehicles. It would make sense for the cars to be able to charge themselves without needing a person to plug them in if they were capable of driving alone.

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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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MAY 7, 2014

The new business builds upon Drayson Technologies’ expertise in the use of wireless power in automotive applications such as the development of the Drayson B12/69 wirelessly-charged electric race-car that set a new FIA World Electric Land Speed Record in 2013. The Drayson Wireless near-field systems can transfer up to 1.5 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will lease more than 150 units of its experimental Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as a next step towards commercialization. The battery is charged during driving, deceleration or braking, or by connecting its plug to a standard electrical point at home or at work.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

announced at the New York International Auto Show that they are teaming up to implement the Microsoft Hohm energy management application for Ford’s electric vehicles. Ford is the first automaker to announce the planned use of Hohm, starting with the Focus Electric next year. Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Corp.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2010

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly proposing changes to the fuel economy labels consumers see on the window of new vehicles in dealer showrooms. A sample of the second proposed label for an extended range electric vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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