Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization operated by Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has reopened four requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for the development of advanced high-performance batteries for vehicle applications.

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EV Info

JANUARY 2, 2024

in Sweden Data from Swedish auto industry association Mobility Sweden showed 1,789 new Tesla cars were registered in December, up from 1,645 in the same month of 2022. Tesla’s Model Y was Sweden’s top-selling car in 2023 with 16,412 new vehicles registered, ahead of Volvo’s XC40 with 13,606 units.

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Teslarati

APRIL 10, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk heads to China amid FSD expansion rumors According to Reuters , Gallagher wants to know how Elon Musk balances the support for Tesla from the United States government and its operations in China. In China, BYD is the king of NEV sales–albeit with help from plug-in hybrids.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Known as ‘Option B’, it is significantly tougher than the auto industry itself proposed via its representative body, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), has higher fines for breaching emissions limits and rejects aids known as ‘Super Credits’. The Impact Analysis estimates Option B would produce $96.46

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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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

MARCH 15, 2018

Currently there are more than 35 models of zero-emission vehicles including plug-in hybrid, battery, and fuel cell electric vehicles. We encourage the state of Maryland to carry a larger portion of the ZEV adoption responsibility they have already imposed on their citizens. —Auto Alliance.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

For example, in January 2023 the sales of EVs in the United States reached 7.83 percent of new light-duty vehicle sales, with 66,416 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and 14,143 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) sold. The United States is not alone in seeing EVs as an economic driver, of course.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2023

The company plans to use its batteries from Aqua and Crown hybrid vehicles in its battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The Japanese government seems aware of the shift in the auto industry toward electric vehicles and the role battery cells will play in the future.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). The motor vehicle manufacturing industry is the largest manufacturing industry in the United States. Source: CAR. Click to enlarge. vehicles would fall to record low levels. consumers do not want or need.

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2022

There was a time when Toyota was one of the world’s greenest auto manufacturers. The company practically made hybrids mainstream with the Prius, but it has maintained a conservative stance on electric vehicles since then. The company has become a stern critic of the rapid transition to all-electric cars.

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Teslarati

JUNE 15, 2023

Toyota will apply its bipolar nickel-metal hydride batteries used by Aqua and Crown hybrid vehicles to its battery electric vehicles (BEV). Toyota has steep BEV goals for the next few years as it adapts to an ever-changing auto industry. million BEV units by 2026. . The Japanese automaker plans to sell 1.5

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2022

Stellantis NV may invest billions into renovating a Mexican plant to build hybrid and battery electric vehicles. ” “The future of the auto industry is electric, and America can own that future by building more here at home, creating good-paying jobs in the process.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

First, some background from the New York Times : The rule increasingly limits the amount of pollution allowed from tailpipes over time so that, by 2032, more than half the new cars sold in the United States would most likely be zero-emissions vehicles in order for carmakers to meet the standards. The future is electric,” he said.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) awarded a $2.28-million The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development. USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR).

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Decided to completely ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California from 2035, when all new vehicles must be an electric or plug-in hybrid. At the same time, the regulations only allow 20% of zero-emission vehicles to be plug-in hybrids. Recently, the California Air Resources Board voted to adopt a new regulation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Two German investors, Ingo Voigt and Fritz Nol, announced their intent to buy Fisker Automotive, the failing plug-in hybrid car company, on 11 September. The program backs automotive companies that offer both green energy initiatives, such as increased fuel efficiency, and new auto industry jobs in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Nissan will also introduce a next-generation continuously variable transmission (CVT) and reach 20 million units of cumulative CVT production since Nissan’s first launch in 1992.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

CATARC is China’s the administrative body that oversees and regulates many activities of the auto industry in China, the world’s largest new-car market, and in the US. The lab will be led by ITS-Davis’ Wang and CATARC’s executive in charge of new energy vehicles, Deputy Director Zhixin Wu. —Daniel Sperling, director of ITS-Davis.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

An internal memo was released on Wednesday, stating that the regulations introduced by the U.S. Updated guidance from the EPA has resulted in the most aggressive vehicle pollution standards the United States has seen so far. This could be because EV adoption rates haven’t increased at the pace the industry originally envisioned.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Not long ago, California accounted for more than half of the EVs in the United States, but in 2023 California accounted for 33.8% Adding hybrids into the mix (you know, the cars that Toyota loves to pretend are electric, even though they aren’t ), 35.9% to 21.1%, and a tick up in hybrid share, from 11.7% of US BEV sales.

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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. USCAR is a partner in US DRIVE, which stands for United States Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

The objective of the alliance is to adapt lithium-ion battery technology to the requirements of automobiles, and thus explore the market for hybrid and electric vehicles. Bosch has extensive experience in hybrid and electric drive technology as well as power electronics, electric motors, transmissions and DC/DC converters.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2009

Norway-based electric car maker Think plans to open a new manufacturing plant and technical center in the United States. The company is currently in discussions with eight states, including Michigan, hoping to host the facility. Think is also collaborating closely with battery makers Ener1, Inc. The US plant will build the TH!NK

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 28, 2022

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Also, Global EV sales quadrupled in 2019, while sales in the United States established new highs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

It will also include entirely new systems like hybrid drive trains and advanced diesel engines. This will include new investment in a host of incremental improvements to conventional gasoline powered internal combustion engines, from new controls for valves and timing, to variable speed transmissions and advanced electronics.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 7, 2021

This was despite the administration looking at hybrids, which are still equipped with a combustion engine, on the same playing field as zero-emissions vehicles like battery-electric cars. . “These are the three largest employers of the United Auto Workers (UAW), so I’ll let you draw your own conclusion,” she said. .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

As part of its report on fourth quarter and year-end 2008 results, Ener1 outlined its EnerDel unit’s customer programs underway for its lithium-ion battery technology in applications spanning hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and full electric vehicles. Overall, Ener1 reported 2008 revenues of $6.8 million in 2007.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 4, 2008

OBAMA: Well, you know, I, I think that if we decided right now that we were going to make the kind of investment I've proposed--$150 billion over 10 years--then I think at the end of the decade we could have a auto industry that has significantly reduced our consumption of oil by as much as 35, 40 percent.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

United States. ” [Note: In the first quarter of this year takes rates have been averaging around 8-12% for the Camry, Civic and Escape hybrid versions.]. ” Where hybrids get it wrong. Miller of Synovate lays out how a consumer might view a hybrid: We’re going to charge you more for this technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Impacts on the electric vehicle ecosystem.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Strategies to promote adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., of the United States of America , DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1104473108. Michalek et al. Click to enlarge. All dollar values are in year 2010 US dollars.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Hyundai has been selling battery-electric models in the US since the Ioniq Electric was launched alongside hybrid and plug-in hybrid siblings in 2017. Unfortunately for its US marketers, the Pony was never sold in the United States (though it did appear briefly in Canada). Its onboard AC charger operates at up to 10.9

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2009

The debate as to whether money should be invested into hydrogen fuel cell technology continues to rage across the Atlantic, where the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) published a whitepaper on the importance of continued research into hydrogen as a low-carbon transportation solution.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

With less than eight years for the United States to meet the objective of a 50-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions , many environmental advocacy groups argue that an even faster transition to EVs is mandatory. Greenpeace , agrees, and argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids must end by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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