Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2013
Ford and the University of Michigan opened a new $8-million battery lab, housed at the U-M Energy Institute, which will serve as a battery manufacturing facility designed to support pilot projects. Other investors include the University of Michigan, Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the US Department of Energy.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
Hybrid cars have well and truly hit the mainstream. After years of slow sales around a decade ago, Toyota has now sold over 4 million hybrids. auto industry, buyers have been slower to catch on to the concept. And Honda recently passed its first million. But in the home of the U.S.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2011
Nearly half the respondents say the greatest change in materials will be in powertrain systems, noting that advanced propulsion systems—from downsized engines to hybrid and electric vehicle systems and batteries—will drive new material requirements. L/100 km) was negotiated to 54.5 L/100 km).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2009
Rendering of the Gen 2 series plug-in hybrid powertrain under development. A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins.
Green Car Reports
MAY 4, 2016
For a decade now, Tesla Motors has been the "black swan" of the auto industry. You can almost hear the grinding of teeth in the automaking capitals of Michigan and.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2010
It will also include entirely new systems like hybrid drive trains and advanced diesel engines. The study offers two main insights on the nature of clean energy jobs in the automobile sector: First, the paper documents that saving oil will directly create good jobs by driving demand for specific additional manufactured components.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 11, 2009
If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I Who will benefit?
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