2013, General Motors and PHEV

Penn State wins EcoCAR 2 Year 2 competition with E85 PHEV

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Pennsylvania State University its Year Two winner at the EcoCAR 2013 Competition in San Diego. The Penn State University Advanced Vehicle Team (PSU AVT) designed a series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) fueled with E85.

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San Diego PHEV Pennsylvania Lithium Ion

GM preparing to launch 2 more EREVs and a PHEV

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2011

General Motors is preparing to launch two more extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), CEO Dan Akerson told reporters on the sidelines of the 2011 Automotive News World Congress. Detroit Free Press.

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PHEV GM Minivan Cadillac

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan makes N. American debut at LA Auto Show; available in California late 2016; PHEV in 2018

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Honda also announced that the platform underpinning the Clarity Fuel Cell will also serve as the foundation for a next-generation Honda plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that will launch nationwide by 2018, with more than triple the 13-mile all-electric range of the Accord Plug-In Hybrid Sedan.

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Honda PHEV 2018 Los Angeles

Ohio State team wins EcoCAR2 competition with E85 series-parallel plug-in hybrid Malibu

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2014

OSU’s series-parallel PHEV. The US Department of Energy and General Motors Co. The OSU team’s engineered 2013 Chevrolet Malibu featured a series-parallel plug-in hybrid drive with E85-fueled engine technology. The reengineered 2013 Chevrolet Malibu used a front-wheel-drive system with by a 90 kW Magna E-Drive motor.

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Ohio Plug-in Plug Hybrid

Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

The newly established company planned to introduce a whole line of PHEV vehicles, and their industry connection for completed passenger vehicles to convert (Lutz) was already in place. The same basic principle was used by the VIA powertrain, and would electrify current General Motors vehicles.

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Silverado 2014 Gasoline-Electric PHEV

CMU study finds limited dedicated residential parking and charging a significant barrier to mainstream EV adoption

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The study, which was funded in part by grants from the National Science Foundation, CMU’s Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, General Motors, Ford and Toyota, is to appear in the journal Transportation Research (Part D). —Jeremy Michalek. Elizabeth J. 2013.10.001.

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Charging Plug-in PHEV Fleet

EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Among the top-level findings was that Model year 2013 vehicles achieved an average of 24.1 Fuel economy has now increased in eight of the last nine years; average carbon dioxide emissions are also at a record low of 369 g/mile in model year 2013. MY 2013 adjusted fuel economy is 24.1 l/100 km)—a 0.5 Source: EPA.

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Fuel Economy MPG Economy EPA

Global Top 20 - December 2020

EV Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

While BEVs were a hot item last month, jumping 81%, to a record 407.000 units, PHEVs were even hooter, shooting 205% in December, allowing them to end the year with 31% of plugin sales, up 5% from the 26% of 2019, giving credit to those that say that PHEVs will still be around for a while. But more on that later.

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2020 Global Plugin PHEV

INL analysis of 5 large-scale PEV and charging projects finds public charging infrastructure not needed everywhere to enable PEV adoption

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Chrysler Ram Pickup: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). SCAQMD/EPRI/Via Motors: PHEV vans and pickups. The EV Project: charging infrastructure, Nissan Leafs, Chevrolet Volts and Car2Go Smart EVs. Combined, ChargePoint America and The EV Project alone formed the largest PEV infrastructure demonstration in the world.

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Charging Volt Chevrolet Plug-in

Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

Topics included the upcoming introduction of the blue e-motion Golf electric vehicle, sometimes called the e-Golf, near the end of 2013 (early 2014 for the US market), as well as Volkswagen’s goal of achieving 3% of its global sales through plug-in vehicles by 2018.

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Standards Charging Eaton DC

Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

General Motors has done something remarkable, enough so that we were tempted to jump them up to the top of this chart until they stumbled recently. Kia had its Soul EV on the market and made its presence known, then added the Niro EV (and PHEV & Hybrid), but now is adding the EV6 crossover. First Drive: 2013 RAV4 EV.

Electric Cars

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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

clip The Japanese dominate battery tech these days, but Hyundai says the Koreans could catch up by 2013 -- at which point the company hopes to put a plug-in hybrid on the road. There's even some speculation at least one of them could be stamped " Made in the USA."

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Plug-in Plug Manufacturer Chrysler

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

General Motors. Alone, the federal government plans to purchase more than 500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or EVs in fiscal year 2017. Duke Energy. Edison Electric Institute. Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). Eversource Energy. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. Hawaiian Electric.

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Obama Charging Financing DC

EV Driven

Penn State wins EcoCAR 2 Year 2 competition with E85 PHEV

GM preparing to launch 2 more EREVs and a PHEV

Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan makes N. American debut at LA Auto Show; available in California late 2016; PHEV in 2018

Ohio State team wins EcoCAR2 competition with E85 series-parallel plug-in hybrid Malibu

Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

CMU study finds limited dedicated residential parking and charging a significant barrier to mainstream EV adoption

EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

Global Top 20 - December 2020

INL analysis of 5 large-scale PEV and charging projects finds public charging infrastructure not needed everywhere to enable PEV adoption

Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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