Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will conduct a public meeting on 22 October to hear an update from ARB staff on the feasibility of measurement of LEV III particulate matter (PM) standards. PM emissions from light- and medium-duty vehicles are regulated by California’s Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) regulations. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 7, 2012

million in federal support for California and Delaware that will expand DOT’s “Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other” pilot enforcement campaign to reduce distracted driving. Challenges the auto industry to adopt new and future guidelines for technology to reduce the potential for distraction on devices built or brought into vehicles.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As the auto industry transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), many have aired concerns that there will not be enough charging stations. According to one new report, many landlords and real estate owners in Los Angeles, California are rushing to construct new EV charging hardware at apartments, stores, office buildings and more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

Negative reaction to the widely expected announcement was voluminous and vociferous: Ceres: “Rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and emissions standards will undermine the global competitiveness of the US auto industry. California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. This decision takes the U.S. Background.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

On a smaller scale, in California, Tesla stimulated $5.5 Volkswagen Chattanooga will suspend production for one week starting 21 March, with current plans to resume production 29 March. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March. billion in sales activity and generated $4.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

For the second leg of competition, teams headed to southern California for track events, including autocross, acceleration, and consumer appeal at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. Horiba; DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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Teslarati

JULY 16, 2021

Tesla’s vehicle registrations in California saw a sharp spike in the second quarter. Despite headwinds such as a pervading chip shortage that has adversely affected the auto industry as a whole, Tesla was able to post record deliveries in the April-June 2021 quarter.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Engine maker Cummins is recalling 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a huge $2 billion settlement with both federal and California authorities for using illegal software to cheat results of diesel emissions tests. The total bill is more than $2 billion, in what federal and California authorities called a landmark settlement.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2018

Tesla airlifted six plane loads of factory machinery from Europe to California to speed up battery production for its Model 3 electric car, according to a Reuters report. Transporting factory machinery by air is rare in the auto industry due to.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. Additionally, the auto industry provides 16% of total worldwide R&D funding for all industries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

It hasn't emerged much into the public eye, but some advocates and auto-industry sources have had quiet discussions on whether the U.S. California remains the epicenter of plug-in car adoption, with roughly half the country's electric-car sales over seven years recorded.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

The bill also calls for the harmonization of Federal and California motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards. Achieve at least as much emissions reductions as would be achieved by implementation of the California law AB 1493 (Pavley) if enforced in the State of California and the other States that have adopted the standard; and.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Mercedes made waves in the auto industry earlier this year when it became the first automaker certified to operate level 3 autonomous driving vehicles in the United States, with the first State being Nevada. it likely has a lot of growing to do.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While the auto industry at large waited to see if January sales continued as strong as last year's record-breaking total, electric-car fans waited for a different number. Those states, most prominently California, have.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 4, 2016

While the federal government and California Air Resources Board (CARB) are evaluating auto-industry. When it comes to regulatory measures, it's customary for automakers to present a united front to government agencies setting new rules and policies.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

In fact, it might not even be possible for the auto industry to produce that many EVs, although the rate of expansion is dizzying. The California mix for 2021 was interesting, with many of a few vehicles and a few of many. Behind the Numbers. Tesla Model 3 was the top seller in the state. The Role of Rebates.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 4, 2016

For a decade now, Tesla Motors has been the "black swan" of the auto industry. It's a California company startup, founded from scratch, using a new powertrain, that against all odds has sold more than 100,000 electric cars and created a brand known worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

TFS introduced the auto industry’s first Asset-Backed Green Bond in 2014; this latest issuance is the fourth Green Bond the company has issued. The TFS Green Bond program is unique in the auto industry and enhances Toyota’s reputation for leadership in green innovation across industries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The University of California, Davis, and the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) have entered a new agreement to work together to help speed the commercialization of plug-in and fuel cell electric cars in China.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. ACP looked at other ways of marketing its technology and saw an opportunity in the California electricity crisis then unfolding.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The suit was filed Thursday in a California Superior Court in Orange County. . ” Other issues brought up in the suit involved Schwab being routinely excluded from meetings despite her extensive experience in the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2011

The full list of US DRIVE partners includes: Auto industry: United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (the collaborative research company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors) and Tesla Motors. Electric utility industry: DTE Energy, Southern California Edison, and the Electric Power Research Institute.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

The class settlement creates a funding pool of up to $10.033 billion for affected consumers; companion settlements with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) call for an additional $4.7 California’’s share represents one-quarter of the total national mitigation funding of $4.7

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2022

Eisler’s piece charts the history of V2G and tells the story of the California company AC Propulsion. And even if the auto industry does eventually jump on the bidirectional bandwagon, Eisler says that “it is not yet clear whether batteries designed for the duty cycle of the electric vehicle will prove suitable” for grid storage.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In the electric auto industry there are three types of car companies: Those who bring a successful electric car to market, those who bring an unsuccessful electric car to market, and those who perpetually claim their ground-breaking electric car is “coming soon” California-based Aptera motors is one such company.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

The precise timing is uncertain because ongoing supply chain difficulties in the auto industry have made it more difficult to obtain vehicles for testing. One of the most heavily publicized fatal crashes to result involved a Tesla Model X in Mountain View, California, in 2018.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

He states that the auto CEOs were “in bed&# with the green jobs movement and that between 1994 and 2003, General Motors gave Nature Conservancy more than $19million. He points out that California tried fuel cell buses in 2005 and they cost $3million each compared to $328,000 each for diesel buses.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2009

The Obama administration reportedly is at work on a new, more stringent fuel economy standard that will likely supplant California’s efforts to regulate tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The Department of Defense said it had awarded miner MP Materials $35 million to process heavy rare earths at its Mountain Pass mine in California. US President Joe Biden signalled his support for domestic mining projects this week, as long as they benefit local communities and tribal groups. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

Although EPA’s technical analysis indicates that the standards could be strengthened for model years 2022-2025, proposing to leave the current standards in place provides greater certainty to the auto industry for product planning and engineering, the agency said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Southern California Edison (SCE) released a white paper summarizing learnings from its Electric Vehicle (EV) readiness program. Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful, SCE suggested. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

IDG combines Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Unit, Intelligent Vehicle Unit, and CarLife with a mission to accelerate auto industry upgrade in AI era. Baidu received an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit for California in September 2016. Qi Lu, Baidu’s COO and Group President, as the general manager.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development. Founded in 1992, USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. Volkswagen's current ID models with 77 kWh battery option now come ready for bidirectional charging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

The partner states are California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. Since the MOU signing, state regulators, the auto industry and infrastructure developers and other stakeholders have shared information and best practices to help move this effort forward. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

He was raised in China and completed his education in engineering physics at the University of British Columbia, the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as a Sloan Fellow. CEO, Protean Electric and a 32-year auto industry veteran responsible for the development and production of the GM EV-1.

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