Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2014
liter EcoBoost fuel efficiency is the debut of standard Auto Start-Stop technology for F-150. EcoBoost offers more than twice the horsepower, torque and towing capability of the Toyota Tacoma midsize pickup truck with identical displacement 2.7-liter liter V8 while towing a 7,000-pound enclosed trailer up Davis Dam in Arizona.
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2014
In March 2014, Honda launched Honda Smart Home US at the University of California, Davis, which seeks to investigate the integration of the home with distributed renewable energy, the smart grid and the electric vehicle. Participating auto manufacturers are American Honda Motor Co.; Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.)
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. Once Toyota came out with a plug-in hybrid, there was no need for our efforts.”
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2012
The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). million of research sponsored by the auto and oil industries, and $40 million of testing sponsored by the federal government.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
Davis, personal communication, February 20, 2010). auto companies all understand that they will have years to adjust to the evolution to alternative. Motors; Honda R&D Americas; Nissan Technical Center North America; and Toyota. takes 20 years to bring it to the market, 20 years to get all the old technology out of all the.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It Auto makers have tinkered with them since the early 1900s, but the cars didn't gain much attention in the U.S.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 27, 2009
Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt). To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry. Many of the other executives have years of experience in the auto business.
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