Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2015

During a driving event at the Miramas proving grounds in southern France, BMW presented future drive technologies, including the prototype of a BMW 2 Series Active Tourer with plug-in hybrid drive. This application of BMW eDrive technologies features the first PHEV system with a front/transverse-mounted. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The BMW ActiveE, first unveiled at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show, is BMW's second attempt at an all-electric vehicle. Ahead of the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, BMW has now released new photographs and a very detailed description of. It follows the not-very-pleasant Mini E, of which 600 examples were tested in the U.S.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The other two members of the Detroit Big Three, Ford and General Motors (GM), embraced NACS last year. Other notable automakers such as Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, BMW, and Hyundai, among others, have also committed to NACS. This was a notable development as Stellantis was the last large automaker that held out on NACS adoption.

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Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2023

Veteran Stellantis dressmaker Chris Benjamin has joined Scout Motors to manage design for the EV-focused Volkswagen logo that can specialise in SUVs and pickups. Benjamin graduated from Detroit’s School for Inventive Research. He’ll report back to Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. BMW has not commented on the carbon footprint of transporting the materials across three continents and through five plants. BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. New type of BMW. April 7th, 2010.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2015

Among the offerings at SAE World Congress in Detroit this week are several technical papers covering the advances in hydrogen fuel cell technologies from vehicle manufacturers in the first stage of series production FCEVs. Freese, General Motors; Aaron Harris, Air Liquide America; and Justin Ward, Toyota Motor Engineering & Mfg NA.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 11, 2010

BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Will MINI E drivers be so loyal to BMW they'll forgo the opportunity to actually purchase a plug-in car? At the moment the concept car has four wheel motors, always a red flag to me. No word on when.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 22, 2009

The North American International Auto Show (often referred to as the Detroit Motor Show) is shaping up to be another scintillating event with an estimated 40 new car unveilings. With three weeks left before the event begins, Doug Fox, chairman of the 2010 show stated that more reveals are likely in the build up to Press [.].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The new 2013 Cadillac ATS compact luxury rear wheel drive sedan will be among four General Motors concept or production vehicles making world premieres at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in January. ATS is a crucial part of Cadillac’s expansion. —GM Senior Vice President of Global Product Development Mary Barra.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Two of world’s motoring giants are thought to be in talks about a partnership for the development of fuel cell vehicles. According to news reports from Germany, BMW and GM are thought to be in the advance stages of negotiations and could be announcing a partnership at the Detroit Motor in January next year. German [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Sapa Technology Americas, located near Detroit, represents an extension with an automotive focus. Sapa’s automotive customers include OEMs such as Ford, General Motors, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover and Tesla, as well as Tier 1 suppliers such as MAHLE, Benteler, Panasonic and TI Automotive.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 10, 2012

The North American International Auto Show 2011 (or the Detroit Motor Show as we like to call it) starts its second day of press previews today, before opening to the public for two weeks of motoring delights (January 9-22, 2012). Tuesday 10 January 2012. The Green Piece Column. Taking place in the city home of [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The latest company to announce the debut of a new concept at the event is BMW, which will unveil its Concept ActiveE – the latest electric vehicle under [.]. Tags: BMW Electric cars Green cars Latest news BMW ActiveConcept 3 Detroit Motor Show North American International Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2016

Secretary Foxx made the announcement at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Within six months, NHTSA will work with state partners, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, and other stakeholders to develop a model state policy on automated vehicles that offers a path to consistent national policy.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport trim (Source: Cadillac) General Motors is banking that Europeans will want an American-made $93,000 SUV that has zero emissions – but the US brand has had plenty of trouble getting production off the ground on its home turf. The all-around Lyriq has been compared to the Mercedes EQE SUV, Audi A8 e-tron, and BMW iX.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Six German automotive companies—passenger car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, and the supplier Bosch— launched their first joint campaign for diesels in the US. The campaign will appear at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), in Detroit in January 2013. Clearly Better.”

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. Like the latest BMW sedans that offer either battery-electric or gasoline power in the same model, e.g. the 2024 BMW i7 and 2025 BMW i5 , the electric version is likely to be a better vehicle all around.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

Nissan Motor Co. in 2013, but Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. in 2013, but Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. DETROIT—Smart USA, the mini-car maker owned by Daimler AG, is launching a test fleet of electric vehicles this fall in select regions of the U.S.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 25, 2010

If anything was learned from this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit it was that the motoring industry is not what it used to be. NK Tesla Motors The Green Piece Toyota Volkswagen. Tags: Audi BMW Citroen Electric cars Honda Mitsubishi Nissan Peugeot Renault TH!NK However, at this year’s [.].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the i Megacity Vehicle initiative.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2011

The Rankine cycle is widely used used commercially to generate power in stationary power plants, and is under consideration as a potential waste heat recovery system for use in both light-duty (BMW, earlier post ; Honda, earlier post ) and heavy-duty ( earlier post ) applications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

ZF highlighted the transmission, along with other vehicle technologies, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The electric motor, clutch, torsional vibration damper, and hydraulics are all part of the full hybrid design and have been integrated into ZF’s 8-speed automatic transmission. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Webasto Thermo & Comfort North America will present its new High Voltage Heater (HVH) technology at the 2015 SAE World Congress and Exhibition next week in Detroit. consortium were, in addition to the automotive companies BMW AG (lead manager) and Daimler AG, the Technische Universität München as a scientific partner, and Autoliv BV & Co.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Lyft Lyft offers rides on two wheels or four and tells you transit options as well If there was any question about the changing landscape, General Motors’ $500 million investment in the ride sharing company Lyft. The company rebranded as Share Now in fall 2019 as BMW’s Reach Now was shut down and folded in with Car2go.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 12, 2022

liter non-turbocharged, I4 engine and two electric motors producing a total system 266 horsepower. The front drive motor gets most of the work with the rear 50 kW motor coming on for added acceleration or in wet and slippery conditions. Road Test: 2020 BMW X3 xDrive30e. Squeezing-out That Extra Mile.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 29, 2023

They may only own a Chrysler franchise but can talk at length about what& is going on at BMW and Toyota. We attended& a meeting at DaimlerChrysler headquarters in Detroit on the day of its& annual& employee car show. & Some of their old timers showed pristine American Motors vehicles.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Veteran automotive executive Bob Lutz recently revealed in a statement to the Financial Times that German luxury automakers Mercedes-Benz and BMW are afraid of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “This is why Mercedes-Benz and BMW are so afraid of him,” the Detroit Big Three executive said.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport trim (Source: Cadillac) General Motors says it is responding to a strong demand for luxury EVs by ramping up production of its Cadillac all-electric Lyriq SUV this year. The single-motor, rear-drive model comes with 340 horsepower for 0-60 mph in six seconds, and 500 hp for dual-motor.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alpha Ace Coupe – imagine a full-sized Aussie Racing Car but with an electric motor instead of a bike engine. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. BMW iX1 – EV version of the X1 confirmed by 2023. Subscribe now! Think iX3, but smaller.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. Chevrolet is a global value leader. Buick will focus on North America and China.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! About Gas 2.0 on It’s On!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

Volkswagen staged two world premieres at the Detroit Auto Show: the new Jetta gasoline-electric Hybrid and the E-Bugster battery-electric concept derived from the Beetle. The energy for powering the 85 kW (114 hp) electric motor is stored in a 28.3 TSI (110 kW / 148 hp) engine, a 7-speed DSG transmission and an electric motor (20 kW).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors. Ferrari As Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, the SF90 integrates a trio of electric motors. A third axial-flux motor is sandwiched between the mid-mounted engine and the dual-clutch transmission. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2023

around the border from Detroit. The corporate has partnerships with Volvo Team, BMW and Volkswagen and says it has greater than US$55 billion in assurances. Basic Motors and Posco Date M Co. Thomas, Ont. They’re additionally in talks with Stellantis on a EV battery plant within the town of Windsor, Ont.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. tons of carbon dioxide.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Our friend Doug, of Tesla Motors Club fame, was at the event and went for a ride in the diminutive one, armed with a video camera to record the ride, the results of which we are happy to share with you after the break. I really would love to get a 120D coupe BMW u cant beat 0-60 of 7.5 from the Tesla Roadster. and 49 mpg.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 26, 2021

Second, legacy OEMs such as General Motors and Ford don’t have the technology to beat Chinese automakers in the global car market, specifically when talking about autonomous driving technologies. The post Sandy Munro spits facts about Tesla, the Detroit 3 & the trajectory of the US vehicle industry appeared first on TESLARATI.

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