Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Workers at the Orion Township assembly plant will build test fleet Bolt EVs equipped with fully autonomous technology. Since the beginning of 2016, GM has taken significant steps in its development of autonomous vehicle technology. The plant currently manufactures the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Sonic.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

The 1,000 hp, 400-mile range Lucid Air was first unveiled in December 2016. The Air will be manufactured in Casa Grande, Arizona. The factory, first announced in November 2016, will come online in 2019 and build 10,000 vehicles in the first 12 months. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2016

The Google autonomous fleet has so far racked up 1,725,911 miles driven in autonomous mode, with 1,158,921 miles driven manually. The fleet is averaging 15K to 17K autonomous miles per week, with testing locations in Mountain View, California; Kirkland, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; and Austin, Texas. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile. The CAFE program established by the EISA 2007 legislation specified a minimum 35 mpg in 2020. Earlier post.)

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

IKEA plans to increase the number of ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet car chargers in its US stores. Electrify Commercial, a division of Electrify America, will provide complete charging solutions for IKEA’s EV delivery fleet, with over 225 individual chargers installed throughout the sites.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

The 13 states are: Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. The decision follows President Obama’s landmark agreement to adopt federal emission standards for the model years 2012-2016.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Lion has delivered more than 300 all-electric school buses in North America with more than 6 million miles driven since 2016. Lion’s vehicles are distributed and serviced through the company’s network of Experience Centers, including two locations in California along with facilities in New York, Washington, Florida and Arizona.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

FCA previously delivered 100 minivans, modified for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016. Waymo also is inviting members of the public to use its fleet of self-driving vehicles for everyday travel. Earlier post.) Production of the additional 500 minivans will ramp up beginning next month.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Convening Second Workshop on Advanced Non-Light Water Reactors: The NRC and DOE will hold the Second Advanced Non-Light Water Reactors Workshops in spring 2016. Recommendations are expected to DOE by February 2016. It is expected that the first SMR design application will be submitted to the NRC in late-2016.

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