All Cars Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

One of the biggest drawbacks to electric car ownership today is the time it takes to recharge the car when the batteries are depleted. A few weeks ago, Ford seemingly pulled ahead of its rivals Nissan with the announcement that the 2012 Ford Focus.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

The new Ford Fusion will be the first non-hybrid Ford vehicle available in the US with Auto Start-Stop. In its quest to keep the system very affordable, Ford wanted to keep the supporting battery a 12V battery, but also didn’t want to compromise durability, said Birgit Sorgenfrei, Ford’s Auto Start-Stop program manager.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation have signed a collaborative agreement to begin delivering a pure battery electric version of the Ford Transit Connect van to customers in Europe beginning in late summer 2011. It will be rechargeable using standard European 220/240-volt outlets within 6 to 8 hours.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2015

At CES, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Smart Mobility builds upon Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility ( earlier post ). —Mark Fields.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

The Ford PHEV charge settings user interface. Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that communicates directly with the electric grid. Bill Ford, Ford’s executive chairman. Ford’s PHEV vehicle-to-grid communications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The all-new Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in the US late next year and in Europe in 2012, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery pack with cells from CPI/LG Chem ( earlier post ) that utilizes heated and cooled liquid to help maximize battery life and gas-free driving range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Corp. 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.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Electric cars need to be recharged, obviously. For its upcoming 2012 Ford Focus Electric, Ford just jumped out ahead of the car to announce that it will provide what it calls a "convenience cord" that will allow the electric Focus to be.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2010

Another interesting development : Ford is using Microsoft’s technology in its upcoming EV. Microsoft’s Hohm to Manage Ford’s Electric Cars. In the case of electric cars, time-shifting the recharge to late at night is important because recharging effectively a home’s daytime energy usage.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid. On the heels officially introducing the Focus Electric last week ( earlier post ), Ford revealed two next-generation hybrids—including its first production plug-in hybrid (PHEV)—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2011

Detroit Edison (DTE) President and Chief Operating Officer, Steven Kurmas, presented two out of four recently-purchased Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicles ( earlier post ) at DTE Energy headquarters in downtown Detroit. The vehicles were purchased from Suburban Ford of Sterling Heights, Mich., —Steven Kurmas.

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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

JUNE 6, 2012

Ford Focus Electric. The Fit EV battery can be recharged in less than 3 hours from a low charge indicator illumination point with its 6.6 Honda Fit EV Efficiency Comparison. EPA Combined MPGe. EPA Label Range. Honda Fit EV. Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Nissan Leaf. kW, 32A on-board charger and a 240-volt circuit.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 10, 2011

In many areas, the cost of recharging an electric car is substantially cheaper than the cost of refueling a gasoline-powered car. One of the biggest draws to electric cars, aside from their positive environmental impact, is their relatively low cost of operation.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

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.” It was there that Goodenough made his mark while working on a rechargeable lithium battery with Koichi Mizushima , a postdoctoral researcher.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

million target, set by California Governor Brown in 2012, was recently superseded by a new, 5.0-million When the state’s 2025 ZEV goal was set in 2012, California needed to average 35.5% GM plans to introduce 20 new ZEV models by 2023, while Ford promises 13. Tesla’s Superchargers can recharge EVs to 80% in 20 to 40 minutes.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 30, 2021

The main causes for the fall of Electric vehicles are considered to be, The introduction of Model-T by ford in 1912. As the production run progressed through 2012, these became increasingly strong. The battery should be recharged and this is a reversible chemical reaction. during the early 1900s.

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EV Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

For many drivers, one of the biggest factors preventing them from making the move to electric is the fear that they’ll be unable to find sufficient charging stations to power their EV, leaving them frantically searching for chargers on road trips or driving well out of their way to find a place to recharge their batteries. Not anymore.

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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.” For Evan Schneider, the family dinner table is a good place for invention. I’m always, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if this or that,’” he says, “and people would humor me.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The event brought together technical experts from industry, government, and other stakeholders to compare and discuss standardization priorities for electric vehicles (EVs) outlined in the October 2011 Report of the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on European Electro-Mobility and the April 2012 Standardization Roadmap for Electric Vehicles – Version 1.0,

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Nissan also expects to sell a lineup of electric vehicles globally by 2012. clip The company plans to introduce 60 models worldwide by 2012. Due in November, 2010 , the sedan will charge up in six hours and run for 40 miles before a small gasoline engine fires up and recharges the battery, extending the range to 600 miles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Noting the importance of a hydrogen infrastructure with sufficient density, the automakers—Daimler, Ford, GM/Opel, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault Nissan Alliance, and Toyota—in that LoU strongly supported building up a hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, with Germany as regional starting point, among other global starting points. Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The e-motor also provides regenerative braking to recharge the battery, and there’s an integrated 33 kW (44 hp) starter-generator as well. The e-Save button also toggles to invoke Battery Charge, which recharges the pack using engine power. It’s sandwiched between a 2.0-liter Over five days, we put 276 miles on our test Wrangler 4xe.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

90 million per year authorized (2008-2012). 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.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Instead, while you recharge your battery after a long day at work, your new electric car could be recharging as well. 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.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. So Tesla knew it had to set up its own fast-charging network, which it started to do in the fall of 2012, actually. So you go back to 2013 or 2012 and the waves started and people said by 2020, how many electric cars we will have.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. So Tesla knew it had to set up its own fast-charging network, which it started to do in the fall of 2012, actually. So you go back to 2013 or 2012 and the waves started and people said by 2020, how many electric cars we will have.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In April 2009, Consumer Reports recommended only 17% of the GM cars they tested while they recommended 70% of the Fords. The number of flex fuel models will grow from 17 in 2010 to 28 in 2012 and will account for 50% of GM’s production. GM expects the number of vehicles sold with direct injection to double between 2010 and 2012 to 1.2

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I have been actively establishing relationships with Lexus, Kia, Hyundai, General Motors, BMW, Volvo, Ford, and way too many eBike companies to mention. Being a shareholder in Tesla since 2012 and telling everyone who will listen why electric is the future. And have reserved the all-Electric Chevy Silverado for myself.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. “A car must be able to be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France,&# she was quoted saying in an edition of Die Welt to appear Monday. . by RSS or sign up by email.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you’re CATL, you can sell in mass quantities to GM and Ford. If we’re going to hit the numbers we need to hit for fleet adoption, we need as many places for those vehicles to recharge as possible. As the new hire, I got to ask them a question—this was 2012. It’s easier to sell to the light-duty market.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Please feel free to tell us what you believe to be the benefits of some of the various recharging modes mentioned above in the comments section below. Jason ↓ ↑ report 7 jharlan 10:41PM (4/09/2009) Home recharge with your home solar recharge station would be the most desirable for commuting from the suburbs.

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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. In Rotterdam TNT is currently using the Smith Edison (a Ford transit size van) and the Smith Newton truck, an impressive nine tonne vehicle one wouldnt expect to be zero emission. All initiatives help, Marjan stresses.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. The car is expected to cost around $40,000. you see that?

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