Green Car Congress
JUNE 16, 2012
Ford has reduced the amount of energy required to produce each vehicle in its manufacturing facilities by 22% in the last six years. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016. Ford vehicles continue to be a major focal point of the company’s efforts to reduce environmental impact.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2017
Ford is exploring a variety of “beyond Li-ion” solutions, including Lithium-sulfur, Lithium-air and solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Ford found that lithium lanthium zirconia oxide (LLZO) electrolytes could meet most of those criteria. Although this is not yet meeting Ford’s targets, Anandan believes it can be achieved.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2017
In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals.
Teslarati
DECEMBER 31, 2023
The year was a little quiet in Solar and Powerwall deployment and Semi production, though what Tesla lacked in these areas, the company arguably made up for with several other crucial developments. The plan followed the Tesla Master Plan parts one and two , which were shared by the company in 2006 and 2016, respectively.
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2015
In the past few years 8 automakers made announcements about fuel cell electric vehicle development, many of them in conjunction with partnerships: BMW-Toyota, GM-Honda, Hyundai and Daimler-Ford-Nissan. Germany will have ~14-16 H 2 stations this year, with 50 by the end of 2016. —Jesse Schneider. Earlier post.)
Cars That Think
JUNE 27, 2022
Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. We Drive Solar from his Utrecht home in 2016.
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 17, 2021
Clean Fleet Report was driving the highly optioned Limited, which had the standard solar panel roof that charges the 12-volt and hybrid batteries, producing two miles of electric driving range for every six hours the car is left in the sun. Road Test: 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. First Drive: 2016 Nissan Altima.
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