Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2016

Other than charging a battery-electric car using electricity harvested by photovoltaic panels, solar power isn't exactly practical for current production cars. But every year, dozens of solar-powered race cars compete in events around the world held for college students. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2015

General Motors is partnering with DTE Energy to build a new 800-kilowatt solar array at its Warren Transmission plant that will be GM’s largest solar installation in Michigan. The 2,800 solar panels will generate clean electricity that will go back to the grid. DTE Energy will own the array on 4.25 acres of land leased from GM.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Today, we have more details on the 2016 Toyota Prius, Volvo's plan to launch an electric car by 2019, and details on the 2016 Zero electric-motorcycle lineup. All this and more on Green Car Reports. More 2016.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

I paid $47,000 in cash for that car as a #YearOfJoe gift to myself after a decade of environmental work and achievement. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2011

million in Sunlogics PLC , a Michigan-based, vertically-integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation. Global solar energy use is predicted to more than double by 2016, so we believe that investing in renewable energy is a smart and strategic business decision.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Swedish automaker Volvo has rolled out its last diesel-powered vehicle, after a 45-year relationship with the powertrain and cranking out millions of diesel cars. Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. By 2035, all new cars and vans registered in Europe will be zero-emission.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2015

Today, a report that the 2016 Nissan Leaf could arrive in August with a 100-mile range, Tesla's quarterly sales results, and a company that believes it's close to commercially-viable solar hydrogen production. All this and more on Green Car Reports. What's so.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The order is a result of the collaboration agreement, which PowerCell signed with Swiss Hydrogen in April 2016. The ship will be supplied with a system that encompasses on-board production of hydrogen gas from solar electricity, storage of hydrogen gas and two fuel cells each one 30 kW, which amounts to 80 hp in total.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. Volkswagen inaugurated its largest solar facility in the world—also the largest solar facility operated by an automaker in the US—at its plant in Chattanooga, TN, which produces the Passat model for North America.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2015

Today, we take a quick spin in the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE550e plug-in hybrid, examine a new BMW plug-in hybrid prototype, and check on Fisker's progress in restarting production of the Karma luxury sedan. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 6, 2015

Today, we look at the possibility of a future Tesla Model S electric car surpassing the 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car's 312-mile range, changes to California's electric-car rebate program, and the Solar Impulse 2 airplane's successful crossing of the Pacific Ocean. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

million cars and posting notable growth in its energy business last year, Tesla still only operates seven dedicated production facilities worldwide. Giga New York, which was also opened in 2016, plays an important part in Tesla’s operations as well, since it produces the Solar Roof, Superchargers, and power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of US$648 million. Siemens, which beat CAF for the contract, will deliver a newly-developed light rail car based on its Model S200 for the San Francisco order.

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My Energi

APRIL 5, 2023

Based in the UK, with subsidiaries in Germany, Australia, Ireland and Benelux, its product range includes the world’s first solar-compatible smart electric vehicle (EV) charge point, zappi , the eddi solar power diverter, harvi wireless current monitor and libbi smart home battery.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2015

US prices for the 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ( earlier post )—the first of many Audi e-tron models destined to come to the US—will begin at $37,900. The 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron features a 1.4 Optional solar power installation with rebates through SunPower. Dealer sets actual price.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The sun is shining in our neck of the woods today, but Tesla Motors could also use some at its nearly-finished, solar-powered Supercharger, retail store, and service center site in California. Check that out, as well as the possibility of an Acura-based version of the 2016 Honda HR-V, and a report on growing Chinese electric-car sales.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In late July, we published an article describing one electric-car driver's experience in adding solar panels to his home to help with charging his family's five electric cars. That reader, who'd like to be known just as Shiva, has now owned a 2016 Tesla Model S for a year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2012

(MOL) has completed the hybrid car carrier vessel Emerald Ace , designed to generate zero emissions while berthed, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. On the Emerald Ace, electricity is generated by the solar power generation system while the vessel is under way and stored in the lithium-ion batteries. MHI) Kobe shipyard.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For 50 years, the state of California has led the United States when it comes to renewable energy and electric cars. The state features many programs to incentivize electric-car ownership, and 29 percent of the state's 2016 energy production came from solar, wind, and other renewable power sources.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2023

The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not push the electric car maker to overpay when it acquired rooftop solar provider SolarCity in 2016. The deal, which was worth $2.6

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Model Y was Germany’s top-selling BEV in 2023, with some 45,800 new car registrations. BYD only sold 4,140 cars in Germany in 2023, but is looking for 10% market share after its factory in Hungary starts production in a few years. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of electro-mechanical solutions; and Little Green Fund that focuses on investments in cleantech innovation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

The California Air Resources Board adopted a regulation that will require new cars sold in California starting in 2012 to have windows that reflect or absorb heat-producing rays from the sun. This will help keep cars cooler, increase their fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2020

We focus on solutions that take into account other activities such as charging electric pallet trucks, refrigeration systems and solar cells at the distribution centers in order to avoid power peaks, prediction of charging needs and optimization of the charging processes, for example in connection with loading of goods.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2014

When it comes to carbon emissions, there''s more to consider than what comes out of a car''s tailpipe (if it has one). For buyers looking to cancel out the emissions involved in producing, delivering, and charging plug-in cars, carbon offset programs could be the answer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. PCNA) has enrolled all cars at its two Experience Centers—sand its fleet in the monthly subscription pilot, Porsche Passport—sin Porsche Impact. The two Experience Centers are popular destinations, with more than 335,000 visitors combined since opening in 2015 in Atlanta and 2016 in LA.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Model Y was Germany’s top-selling BEV in 2023, with some 45,800 new car registrations. BYD only sold 4,140 cars in Germany in 2023, but is looking for 10% market share after its factory in Hungary starts production in a few years. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The solar system’s biggest planet has a big problem You are orbiting Jupiter, 779 million km from the sun, where physics and logic say it ought to be very, very cold. If solar heating were the only factor at play, the planet's upper atmosphere would average 70 degrees below zero Celsius. Where does this lead?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. In addition, e-Golf customers will have the opportunity to purchase home charging installation and hardware packages from Bosch.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2016

Today, we look at plug-in electric car sales for May 2016, Tesla plans to sell electric cars in Nordstrom department stores, and Peabody Coal's bankruptcy reveals the extent of the coal giant's lobbying efforts against climate-change science. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Nissan’s measures to reduce emissions include the following: Nissan UK has installed 19,000 solar panels to join 10 wind turbines at its Sunderland plant, generating enough power to build more than 31,000 cars every year. The power derived from the solar panels and wind turbines accounts for 7% of the plant’s total usage.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 21, 2022 Elon Musk released his first Master Plan in 2006, which outlined a strategy for Tesla to move from a niche EV maker that builds cars like the original Roadster to a mainstream automaker that makes cars like the Model 3. The company’s plans for a Robotaxi Network were also outlined.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Today, Elon Musk claims Tesla will have a 500-mile electric car by 2025, a report claims the Hyundai Prius-fighter hybrid could debut at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, and data shows Volkswagen transaction prices have been hit hard by the ongoing emissions scandal. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

From rebates for electric and plug-in vehicles to energy efficiency and solar installations that are reducing home energy costs, more than 125,000 individual projects were completed in 2018. In 2016, Assembly Bill 1550 replaced and expanded those minimums to include low-income communities and low-income households. To date, $9.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules. Maven Gig vehicles are available for flat weekly rates that include the car, unlimited miles, insurance (minus deductibles) and maintenance.

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