Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium officially broke ground for its lithium conversion plant in Guben, Germany ( earlier post ), from which it will supply Mercedes-Benz with battery-grade lithium hydroxide (LiOH) starting in 2026 (starting with a qualification period). Earlier post.) platform models starting in 2024.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2023

Nissan has teased an all-new electric conversion of an R32 Nissan Skyline GTR in a video posted on their YouTube channel. Now, the Japanese automaker has teased a potential EV conversion kit for the R32 Skyline GTR, which garnered the brand a following in the first place. “R32 Skyline GT-R.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Disney is making a popular automotive ride all-electric. And do in-wheel motors make more sense for EV conversions? based company that now owns Protean in-wheel motors has showcased a Land Rover Defender EV conversion that doesn’t gain weight in the translation. Airless tires look like the future.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Along with the registration site, the E-Transit electric vans have updated pricing, with a targeted starting MSRP of $43,295 for the cutaway—lower than originally announced—to $52,690 for the high-roof extended-wheelbase cargo van. It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri.

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2022

The “Bay to Birdwood Run” has announced that starting this year, electric conversion vehicles will be allowed to participate in the rally. Some of the first players in the conversion space include Zelectric Motors and EV4U Custom Conversions, both started in the 2000s and offer conversion services for a variety of vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2024

And this year, unlike other recent years, all of them were gasoline-fueled. An electric motor can be clutched in with or without the 3.6-liter liter V-6 engine to the 8-speed automatic transmission, providing up to 22 electric miles. Does that still mean multiple electric Jeeps will be trekking to Moab in the future?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The BMW M Hybrid V8 is powered by the P66/3 eight-cylinder turbo engine with supplementary electric drive. Converting the normally-aspirated P66/1 engine into a bi-turbo and then working with the electric drivetrain colleagues to turn it into a hybrid drive system was very complex. BMW M Hybrid V8 engine.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. It was important to us that a new electric tug should be able to carry out normal port operations, just like our existing diesel tugs. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland.

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Teslarati

JULY 2, 2022

After the introduction of infrastructure spending earlier this year, US states have introduced a multitude of new laws and incentives related to electric vehicles. The map shows that the total number of state-level EV laws and incentives ranges from 6 (many midwestern and mountain states) all the way to 136 (California).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tootbus, a prominent sightseeing bus company around Europe, has partnered with electric fleet specialist VEV to deliver more sustainable mobility across its entire operations. Additionally, the sightseeing company has deployed three fully electric open-top buses in London with plans for another thirty before the decade’s end.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2019

Cuomo announced that Maid of the Mist, which has been navigating the waters of the Lower Niagara River since 1846, will launch later this year two new all-electric, zero-emission passenger vessels constructed in the United States. Rendering of the new electric Maid of the Mist vessels.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

made electric SUV —in Princeton, Indiana, starting in 2026. That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025. And Mazda has applied its design flair to an EZ-6 electric sedan that incorporates tech from China’s Changan Automobile. vehicle share, and about 20% of all cars sold globally.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

But it was all organized by pranksters, not Toyota itself. The pranksters’ ad for ELECTRA Toyota’s latest effort on this front has been a marketing campaign it’s calling “electrified diversified,” which claims that Toyota’s non-electric models belong under the same “electrified” umbrella as full EVs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The expansion will come into effect on 29 August 2023 and will operate across all London boroughs up to the existing Low Emission Zone boundary for large and heavy vehicles. In November 2022, Mayor Kahn announced the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2020

By 2021, 90% of all regional public transport vessels will be operated on fossil-free fuels. This provides two hours’ running time on pure electricity. The boat’s powertrain contains the same sort of components as Scania’s hybrid and fully electric vehicles. The hybridization of Rex is a step in that development.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

The Touareg R can be driven at up to 140 km/h using electric power; above this speed, the turbocharged V6 gasoline engine (TSI) supplements the electric drive motor. The Touareg R will cover most commuter distances fully electrically. kWh) built into the luggage compartment underbody.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2022

Global logistics provider DHL and Volvo Trucks announced today the signing of a cooperation agreement for an intended order of 40 Volvo FE and FL all-electric trucks to be used for regional hauling and package deliveries. It was the first fully-electric commercial heavy truck used for urban logistics in the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Lightning eMotors has announced a new model of its Class 3 Lightning Electric Transit Van. The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging. Ideal Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

These include an all-new fully electric small SUV, a high-volume autonomous vehicle, a hybrid F-150, a hybrid Mustang, a Transit Custom plug-in hybrid and two new pursuit-rated hybrid police vehicles. Motiv Power Systems : Offers an all-electric powertrain for the Ford E-450 and F-59 chassis. Ford is investing $4.5

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Former Tesla CTO and co-founder JB Straubel recently shared some insights about the electric vehicle revolution and the focus of OEMs on pure electric cars. As noted by Straubel, Tesla was actually quite surprised that the Model S did not cause a substantial shift among OEMs to commit fully to battery-electric cars.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Nissan is taking the fight to the Ford e-Transit electric van by upgrading its full size commercial van lineup with — for the first time ever! — a fully electric powertrain and two different battery sizes (in Europe, anyway). tons (~3,525 lbs.) ton diesel Transit vans. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford Pro will collaborate with global sustainability leaders Ecolab to speed up the electrification of its vehicle fleet, with a goal of transitioning to a 100% fully electric commercial fleet by 2030. Ecolab is calling its move to EVs a crucial step in the company’s efforts to achieve net-zero emissions globally by 2050.

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Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2022

The Hyundai IONIQ 5 all-electric vehicle has been named the 2022 Hispanic Motor Press Electric Vehicle of the Year. The Hyundai IONIQ 5 was unveiled in late February 2021 and is built upon the company’s Electric-Global Modular Platform, also known as E-GMP.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Peugeot earlier this year began marketing a new battery-electric version of its Partner Origin van, the Electric Partner Origin Venturi. This Venturi-powered fully-electric version retains the practical features. The Electric Partner Origin is aimed at all major account clients or fleets.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the United States and the rest of the world transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), businesses must accommodate EV charging to remain competitive. To support these millions of electric vehicles, residential, workplace, on-the-go, and destination charging stations are needed to support EV drivers wherever they may go.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

Volkswagen is also highlighting its spectrum of efficiency and electrification solutions all the way to further optimized battery-powered propulsion as in the new e-Golf and the coming new MEB-based electric vehicles exemplified by its series of I.D. All-electric architecture. Coasting - Engine off. liters/100 km.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 4, 2023

The best time to transition your business vehicle fleet from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EV) is now. But, like all good things, these will eventually come to an end. But that’s not all. Fueling a vehicle with electricity is much cheaper than gasoline or diesel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The fully electric van—based on the Mercedes-Benz eSprinter—combines a variety of innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of life in cities; to conserve resources and protect the climate; and to better the health and safety of the driver and other road users. Sustainable repair concept for batteries in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

How did it all start? On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. Having enough electric charge to last a 5-15 minute in silence in a traffic jam. How regularly the EV button is used to maximise electric range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The selected OPEN 2018 projects are in 21 states and fall into 9 technical categories, including transportation, electricity generation and delivery, and energy efficiency. . Electric motor-generators on each crankshaft will improve engine efficiency by modifying the piston dynamics and resulting combustion process.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 22, 2022

Electric vehicle sales continue to surge forward. With strong policy support and aggressive climate initiatives , prioritizing plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles makes more sense for auto dealers than ever. After all, a customer can’t test-drive an EV with a dead battery. After logging a record-breaking 6.6

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

After 150 years without much happening around electric vehicles, Tesla set off a spark in 2006 that triggered a chain reaction of rapid growth and change. Since then, the market for electric vehicles has exploded, and with it the EV charging industry. In 2010, there were only about 17,000 electric cars on roads around the world.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

Skoda not only leads Europe’s largest car maker Volkswagen Group’s operations in India, it also steers the low-cost vehicle architecture projects, for both internal combustion engines (ICEs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Industry experts anticipate that in 2030, about half of all new vehicles will be fully electric in certain markets. “To

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

In addition to expanding its portfolio of CO 2 -neutral vehicles, Daimler Buses will also expand its service offerings as a general contractor for customers’ complete electric infrastructure. We are focusing our development efforts entirely on the zero-emission and fully electrically powered eCitaro.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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