Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

This same concept is applied in the AcuraWatch safety and driver-assistive suite available on all model year 2016 Acura sedans and SUVs. The vehicle will be tested by Honda Research Institute USA at GoMentum Station, a 5,000-acre automated and connected vehicle proving ground in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Effect of air cooling on capacity fade and battery life when annual miles driven are 14,700 miles. b) Capacity Fade in Phoenix and San Francisco, using GPS data. Air cooling can increase battery life by a factor of 1.5–6, 6, depending on regional climate and driving patterns, they found. Credit: ACS, Yuksel et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

Auto Show, Honda said that it will begin retail leasing of the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan ( earlier post ) to customers in select California markets before the end of 2016. The Clarity Fuel Cell will be available in black, white and signature red exterior paint schemes. Next-generation plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . Where it falls down is its EPA-rated range: a mere 208 miles. We logged energy consumption at 41 kWh per 100 miles. That wouldn’t provide even 200 miles of range. Introducing Polestar.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

million annually in 2016 to $36.6 The driver is expected to be available for occasional control, but with sufficiently comfortable transition time. Such a design anticipates that the driver will provide destination or navigation input, but is not expected to be available for control at any time during the trip. billion by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A study by two researchers at Sandia National Laboratories has concluded that building and operating a high-speed passenger ferry solely powered by hydrogen fuel cells within the context of the San Francisco Bay is technically feasible, with full regulatory acceptance as well as the requisite associated hydrogen fueling infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Nissan has provided 10 all-electric Nissan New Mobility Concept vehicles to the Scoot Networks mobility service in San Francisco. The Nissan New Mobility Concept, also known as a Scoot Quad, is a battery-electric, two-seater compact vehicle with a range of 40 miles (64 km) and top speed of 25 mph (40 km/h), based on Renault’s Twizy.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 20, 2009

All 74 vehicles that had signed up for the 2-mile parade through downtown Santa Monica showed up. More photos of the event available here. EVer back on the Blue Highways of America, PHEV'ing around and up to San Francisco, "Spirit" and EVJerry. More coverage here. www.PluginAmerica.org. More coverage here.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Exclusively available in California, Toyota sold 2,737 Mirais in 2023. This is impressive as there are only 55 operating hydrogen fuel stations in the state and the availability of hydrogen is sometimes spotty. Silent Running: Hitting the Open Road Clean Fleet Report drove the 2024 Mirai Limited 242 miles through Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

concept shown this year at the Paris show ( earlier post ), will—with a range of up to 373 miles and a market introduction in 2020—be priced approximately at the level of a diesel Golf—before any subsidies. The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D. It will appear like a tablet on wheels. The MEB-based I.D.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2013

The roadmap suggests the steps necessary to move from the pre-commercial phase of fuel cell electric bus (FCEB) deployment and manufacturing (2012-2015) to the early commercial phase (2016- 2017) to a commercial model in 2018 and beyond, including the requisite fueling infrastructure. Click to enlarge. Centers of Excellence.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle re-fuels in 3–5 minutes, travels up to 300 miles (482 km) on a full tank, and will be available to customers in California beginning in fall 2015. In the last two years alone, fuel cell test vehicles have logged thousands of miles on North American roads. million km) of road testing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Liter Partial Consent Decree entered by the US District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 miles per kWh) for the expected future fleet of new EVs, including current EV units in operation. Background. Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) Gasoline/diesel fueling stations to replenish the liquid fuel for these engines are readily available. The California Air Resources Board, CARB, is now considering incentivizing “e-miles” covered by a vehicle. (“E-miles”

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