Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. The study is published in the journal Transportation Research Part A.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. Ford and Azure. The vehicle will be badged with both the Ford Blue Oval and Azure’s Force Drive logo. Battery electric Ford Focus passenger car in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

Prior to his current position, Tinskey led Ford’s product planning and product management activities for hybrids and for developing and implementing the electric vehicle strategy announced last January ( earlier post ). Ford’s product approach to electrification. Currently, Ford has four full hybrids on the market. Mike Tinskey.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

More than 35,000 fuel cell systems were shipped in 2013, an increase of more than 26% over 2012 and 400% more than 2008. It is especially important to note that several of the companies—Nissan, Ford, Volkswagen and BMW—have previously focused primarily on battery-electric vehicles and other alternative fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In a new study, a team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Ford Research and Advanced Engineering set out to determine the optimal mix for the fleet of mid-size personal vehicles in the US—while maintaining current driving patterns—with the goals of minimizing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) or cost. Traut et al. Traut, E.,

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is the first mass-market crossover utility with a hybrid powertrain since the demise of the Ford Escape Hybrid in 2012. Granted, there's the luxury Lexus NX hybrid (using some of the same underpinninngs), and the low-volume Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, with a mild-hybrid powertrain.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2012

The 2013 Honda Fit EV has earned the highest EPA efficiency rating granted to any vehicle offered in the U.S.: That's higher than the 2012 Mitsubishi i minicar, the previous record-holder at 112 MPGe, and considerably higher than the Nissan Leaf and Ford Focus Electric, at 99 MPGe and 105 MPGe respectively.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

AB 2628 (Pavley), Chapter 725, Statutes of 2004, established the “yellow sticker program,” which granted HOV lane access to certain single-occupant, hybrid or alternatively fueled vehicles. In April 2006, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) granted conditional approval, enabling the yellow sticker program to go into effect.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, pointed to the “ key role ” government policies such as fuel standards and greenhouse gas emission regulations, play in the development and support of Ford’s product and technology pathways. Ford received a $62.7 Adapted from ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

The 600,000 square-foot battery cell plant is expected to be fully operational in 2012 with up to 400 employees. LG Chem, which is supplying the battery for the new Chevy Volt, has a new contract with Ford Motor Company to supply the battery for the 2012 Ford Focus BEV. million to support its Michigan operations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

In 2012, nearly 80% of total investment in the global fuel cell industry was made in US companies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report. In general, the report finds, trends for the fuel cell industry were encouraging in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The grant is an add-on to the $8 million award from the DOE in August 2011 for converting thermoelectric heat to power for passenger cars ( earlier post ) and extends the technology to heavy military vehicles. Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Program for Passenger Vehicles ”, 2012 Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Jaguar Land Rover (lead company), Ford Motor Company, IAV (UK), CPT, BP, University of Nottingham, Imperial College London. Ford Motor Company Ltd (lead company), Jaguar Land Rover, Johnson Matthey Plc, ITM Power (Trading) Ltd, Revolve Technologies Ltd, Cambustion Ltd, University of Bradford, University of Liverpool, University of Birmingham.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Saft remains very focussed on its exciting medium term growth prospects, with high performance Li-ion batteries and is delighted that its projects have been chosen by the US Government to receive grants to build new factories in North America. Saft will complete this investment in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. Nissan will provide six 100 percent electric Nissan LEAFs to taxi owners for testing in 2012 as well as the charging stations to support their use.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Lead grant applicant Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, received a $99.8 US production is planned to begin in late 2012 at Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn. 30 million to Ford to deploy up to 150 PHEVs, including 130 Escape PHEVs and 20 Ford E450 Van PHEVs. $10

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2011

White Construction and Ford, Bacon & Davis LLC are finalizing the engineering work necessary to enter the EPC phase of the project. Rentech expects the project to qualify for a federal cash grant equal to 30% of eligible project costs under the US Department of Treasury Section 1603 Grant Program for renewable power projects.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2015

For patent publications associated with inovations in the fuel economy of internal combustion engines, Hyundai was the leader, followed by GM and Ford. The clock is quickly ticking towards Model Year 2025, where US automakers’ fleets will be required by law to boast an average fuel efficiency of 54.5

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EV Match

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

MyEV.com has a comprehensive list of the best you can buy on a budget, including, but not limited to, the 2015-16 Volkswagen E-Golf, the 2015-2016 Kia Soul EV, the 2012-2017 Ford Focus Electric, and the popular Nissan Leaf (circa 2012-2016). . Used EVs: What to Look For.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

and model 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015. Ford Focus EV. Ford Transit Connect EV. The President has announced that the FY 2012 Budget will include enhanced R&D investments in battery and other electric drive technologies. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. Fisker Karma EREV. Fisker Nina EREV. Chevy Volt EREV.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

All this could grant the ultimate, elusive wish for EV makers: Price parity with internal-combustion automobiles. Automakers and battery manufacturers are on board with multiple solutions, including the stunning rise of lithium-iron-phosphate cells in Teslas, Fords and other models. In February, Ford announced a new $3.5

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S. Goodenough was awarded the 2012 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for discoveries that “paved the way for development of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology.” patent , shortly before his 100th birthday. Stanley Whittingham.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2013

This new funding for advanced manufacturing—as well as the $54 million invested in 13 projects during the first round of selections in June of 2012 ( earlier post )—is to serve as a ground floor investment in CEMI. Officials from DOE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Ford Motor Company, and Dow Chemical launched the facility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

The roots of the 2-stroke CAI work reach back more than ten years to a three-year project funded by the UK’s EPSRC to investigate the development of a gasoline direct injection with Controlled Auto Ignition; Ford and Jaguar were partners in that project. Earlier post , earlier post.). Earlier post , earlier post.). and Cairns, A.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 2, 2022

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” Oasense’s team has been granted several patents related to their device, the first filed by Schneider in 2016.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA. $90

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In 2012, Gerhardt began teaching a course at a local community college in Danville, Virginia, making the manual come alive with what was eventually the annual Light EV Technician Training and Certification program. This included lists on where to find bikes, how to maintain and repair them, and how to acquire the parts. Onward….

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

In developing standards for MY 2012 and beyond, NHTSA said that it will proceed after collecting new information, conducting a careful review of technical and economic inputs and assumptions, and standard setting methodology, and completing new analyses. Estimated Industry-wide MY 2011 CAFE. . gCO 2 /mile. Combined cars and light trucks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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EV Sales

JANUARY 25, 2021

2 Tesla Model 3 - The 2019 Best Selling EV in Europe delivered a record 24,664 units, which in normal times would grant it the Best Seller honour. On the PHEV League, after years and years of domination, it was the Best Seller since 2012, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was finally beaten! Unless, of course, the new VW ID.4

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. Late this year, a new wave of electric vehicles will begin to arrive on the U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Marjan announces that the car purchase tax (BPM) relief, granted only until 2012, will be extended. Let a few cities grant EVs access to bus lanes and hard shoulders, make one lane in the Second Coentunnel EV-only and see where that takes us! All initiatives help, Marjan stresses. But lets try unconventional measures.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Sorry the market killed the EV1. you see that?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? New York 2009: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 28/39 city/hwy rating Breaking - Zero Motorcycles unveils the Zero S [w/Video] GM and Segways PUMA live reveal Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. gallon Speculawyer on DOE announces $41.9

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