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The amount of electricity consumed by plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) in the United States has nearly doubled in the last two years—from 1.44 terawatt-hours in 2016 to 2.85 In 2018, EV accounted for 61% of all PEV electricity consumption while PHEV accounted for the remaining 39%.

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APRIL 24, 2017

The first full year of sales for mass-market plug-in vehicles in the US was 2011; nearly 18,000 plug-in vehicles were sold. Sales of plug-in electric vehicles have grown nearly each year since, increasing nine-fold to a record high of about 160,000 units in 2016, according to figures gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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AUGUST 23, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has compiled figures showing that although most electric vehicles (EV) have shorter ranges than gasoline vehicles, there are EVs with ranges equal to or greater than some gasoline-powered models. Further, the median range for plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs) is 440 miles (708.11

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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 Audi PHEV will come in 3 packages: Premium for $37,900; Premium Plus for $42,000; and Prestige for $46,800.

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MAY 4, 2017

EDI), a developer of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle drivetrain solutions, has been selected by four major OEMs in China to integrate its EDI PowerDrive 6000 systems into 8- and 12-meter buses across multiple territories. Efficient Drivetrains, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The agreement with FCA US marks the first time LG Chem will engineer and manufacture a complete battery pack in Michigan for a volume production North American PHEV. Some 490,000 vehicles are currently on the road using LG Chem cells/modules/batteries. —LGCPI CEO Denise Gray.

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MARCH 28, 2016

prior to a 4 April 2016 public workshop on the development of the FY 2016-17 Funding Plan for Low Carbon Transportation and Fuels Investments and AQIP. The discussion document summarizes ARB staff’s work to-date and the draft recommendations for the FY 2016-17 Funding Plan.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. The 2022 report accounts for a broader range of vehicle technologies and considers both current (2020) and expected future (2030-2035) conditions. the cost is less than that of the gasoline ICEV.

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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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OCTOBER 9, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is going to update the Light-Duty Vehicle Electronic Certification (LDV E-Cert) system to indicate electric range and credit information of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and zero emission vehicles (ZEV) on the certification Executive Order.

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APRIL 9, 2015

million in grants and loans for 46 projects covering transportation, energy storage, biogas and efficiency programs, the California Energy Commission awarded nearly $9 million to three companies to encourage the manufacturing of heavy-duty electric vehicles and components in California. As part of its approval of more than $83.7

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AUGUST 29, 2019

However, the result is not significant enough to offset the market’s overall performance so far in 2019, with year-to-date figures showing 9,723,400 vehicles have been registered—a 2.5% Registrations of BEV, PHEV, HEV and other electric vehicles totalled 96,600 units in July—as demand increased by 29% from July 2018.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

Hyundai lanched the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle—Hyundai’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle—along with the hybrid version of the seventh-generation Sonata, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The PHEV is fitted with a 9.8 l/100 km) in the city, 43 mpg (5.47

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Qualcomm Incorporated and Preh, GmbH , part of the Joyson Electronics Group, have entered into a Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) license agreement. In addition, Preh Car Connect GmbH which was acquired in 2016 (previously TechniSat Automotive) is active in the markets for infotainment, connectivity and telematics.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

(EDI) and Shaanxi Automotive, one of the world’s largest truck and bus manufacturers, are introducing a fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) trucks to the Port of Shanghai. The PHEV port truck provides all-electric zero emissions driving capability as well as parallel and series hybrid operation.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. Lastly, the vehicle’s 9.8 kWh lithium polymer battery pack provides an all-electric range (AER) of 27 miles (43 km). liter), 2010 (4.6-liter) liter) and 2011 (5.0-liter);

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announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016). Nissan Green Program 2016, the company’s third environmental mid-term plan, aims to deliver the following by the end of fiscal year 2016: No. 1 in Zero-Emission Vehicles: cumulative sales of 1.5 Nissan Motor Co.,

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JULY 6, 2017

Electric vehicles will make up the majority of new car sales worldwide by 2040, and account for 33% of all the light-duty vehicles on the road, according to a new forecast published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). BNEF suggested that only in Japan will PHEVs continue to play an important role after 2030.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Oak Ridge researchers first demonstrated a 20-kilowatt wireless charging system on a light-duty passenger vehicle in 2016. The technology for light-duty applications has since been scaled up to 120 kilowatts, advancing the goal of wirelessly charging a typical consumer’s electric vehicle in about the same time as a gas station fill-up.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that through its local importer and distributor MMC Ukraine, MMC will supply the National Police of Ukraine with 635 units of the Outlander PHEV. These vehicles are to be delivered around July 2017. Mitsubishi has extensively revised the Outlander PHEV for 2017.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

million electric vehicles being sold worldwide. million, 31%) and the US (800,000, 15%) still responsible for the vast majority of sales, according to the report From Fiction To Reality: The Evolution Of Electric Vehicles 2013 - 2015. Expected EV sales volume in 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025. million, 53%), Europe (1.7

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

CATL ) signed a cooperation agreement with Honda Motor in Tokyo to cooperate formally to develop electric vehicles for the future market. In 2016, Honda officially announced its strategy to accelerate electrification: its global sales of the electric vehicles including HEV, PHEV, and EV are to reach 65% of the group in 2030.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Kia used the Geneva International Motor Show as the platform to introduce the battery-electric e-Soul to Europe, as well as to reveal new upgrades to the Niro Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid. Every Kia vehicle on show in Geneva employs the brand’s mild-hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric vehicle technology.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

From January to December 2017, registrations of electric and plug-in hybrid cars in the UK reached 46,522 units, up 27% from 2016, according to figures released by Go Ultra Low. The second half of 2017 recorded in excess of 24,000 registrations of 100% electric and plug-in hybrid cars—up more than 40% on July-December 2016.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In an effort to further understand and expand the possibilities of smart charging for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), BMW of North America announced a second phase of its BMW ChargeForward program. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 12, 2021

This funding is part of Phase II of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles ( NEXTCAR ) program. Earlier post.). UC Berkeley’s NEXTCAR project resulted in a spin-off company, WideSense Inc., Award amount is $3,474,864.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

seconds; delivers an all-electric range of more than 60 km (37 miles) and an all-electric top speed of 125 km/h (78 mph); and features combined fuel consumption of less than 2.0 The CT6 PHEV powertrain combines a 198 kW (266 hp) 2.0L The CT6 PHEV powertrain combines a 198 kW (266 hp) 2.0L it can run all-electric.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) stalled in 2017 compared to 2016, according to provisional data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). grams (g) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per kilometer more than in 2016. g CO 2 /km ) is reducing compared to 2016. Source: EEA.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

billion initiative will help bring 200 hydrogen fueling stations and 250,000 zero-emission vehicle chargers, including 10,000 direct current fast chargers, to California by 2025. According to the Auto Alliance ZEV sales dashboard , as of the end of October 2017, California had 176,681 battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles—i.e.,

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

A team at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) led by Dr. Jeremy Michalek has investigated the implications of regional and drive cycle variations on the degradation of a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) battery. In this study, we aim to assess the regional and drive cycle implications of degradation of a PHEV battery.

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MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. More than 45 billion yuan (US$6.5

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MARCH 22, 2018

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. The first two vehicles will be the SEAT Tarraco and the CUPRA Ateca, which are going on sale at the end of 2018. more than in 2016 (862), and 10.1% SEAT is going to launch one new car every six months until 2020.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have demonstrated that a new, data-driven, reinforcement-learning-based, real-time energy management system (EMS) can improve the efficiency of current plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by almost 12% compared to the standard, binary mode control strategy.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

At the SAE 2016 Range Extenders for Electric Vehicles Symposium this week in Knoxville, Gary Parker, Director of Electromobility programs for Cummins, Inc. million from the DOE, is to develop a Class 6 commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50% over conventional Class 6 vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the same period, nickel deployment in BEVs increased 119% year-over-year to 20,600 tonnes in 2019 H1 on the back of the industry’s ongoing shift to higher-nickel cathode chemistries, while nickel deployment in PHEV and HEV batteries increased a mere 8% and 13%, respectively, versus 2018 H1 due to weak sales-growth.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

The 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is arriving in select dealerships in 10 states this week with an EPA-estimated 27-mile (43.5-kilometer) kilometer) All-Electric Range (AER). Sonata Plug-in Hybrid’s 9.8

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First-time owners who have made the switch to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are discovering that it is a positive experience. Power 2022 US Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study. The overall EVX ownership index score measures electric vehicle owner satisfaction in both premium and mass-market segments.

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