Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Norway-based aluminum company Sapa is opening an automotive-focused R&D laboratory—Sapa Technology Americas—in Michigan, dedicated to the research and development of extruded aluminum solutions for the automotive industry. Sapa Technology is Sapa’s corporate research and development hub.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy (ONE) this week unveiled a prismatic anode-free battery cell it claims will lay the foundation for 600-mile EVs. The prototype cell will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype later this year as part of a dual-chemistry battery pack.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

BMW and Nissan have again joined forces—this time with EVgo, the nation’s largest public DC Fast charging network—to increase public access to DC Fast charging stations across the US. This latest expansion builds on the 120 dual-port DC Fast chargers that BMW and Nissan announced together in December 2015. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage company ( earlier post ), unveiled a 240-Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a successful 12-month R&D effort. The technology will enable the commercialization of ONE’s Gemini dual-chemistry architecture, which will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype vehicle later this year.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage company, unveiled a 240-Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a successful 12-month R&D effort. The company believes its anode-free cell is the highest energy density large-format cell ever produced.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The BMW i3 and i8 electric cars could threaten Tesla Motors, a new report says, the E-FAN electric aircraft makes its first flight, and Mahindra plans to build an electric scooter in Michigan. BMW designs a custom solar charging station for the i3 and i8 plug-in cars that makes as.'

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

BMW reveals the 2021 X5 plug-in hybrid. A supplier tests a long-range, compact battery in a BMW i3 electric car. And General Motors plans to expand Chevrolet Bolt EV sales with more battery production in Michigan. We kick off National Drive Electric Week. All of this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

The US vehicles were tested in Michigan, and the European vehicles in the UK. BMW X5 (MY 2019 in US, MY 2020 in UK). A GPF system typically costs less than $200, which is about the same cost as the optional carpet mats on the BMW X5. The vehicles were: 3.0l Jeep Wrangler (MY 2020 US and UK).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Today, Tesla opens a gallery in Michigan, one of the states that bars it from actually selling cars to customers, automaker lobbyists fail to overturn EPA emissions rules, and BMW sets the goal of selling 100,000 plug-in cars next year. Tesla still can't sell cars directly to Michigan, but it now has a.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp., The Nature Conservancy, Toyota Motor North America, Union of Concerned Scientists, Volkswagen Group of America, and Volta. The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These funds will support the overall growth of Motiv, including opening a new engineering and manufacturing facility in Detroit, Michigan, as well as facilitate further growth in the large-fleet customer segment. The Series B round of investment was led by investors GMAG Holdings Corp. and Winnebago.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2022

Although, it does run a battery pack assembly line in Michigan. Besides Stellantis, Samsung SDI works with other notable brands, including Ford, Volkswagen, and BMW. 5 battery in the SUV BMW iX and iX coupe. Last year, Samsung SDI considered building a plant near Rivian’s factory in Normal, IL. 6 battery for 2024, Gen.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

As part of the US Safety Pilot Model Deployment of connected vehicle technologies ( earlier post ), the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) will launch a motorcycle study to determine how cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles interact using V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) communications technology.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

However you break it down, the Fremont Factory’s manufacturing prowess showed its domination in 2021, as it was the most productive automotive factory in the United States in 2021, outpacing Toyota, BMW, and Ford factories that have long created the most robust figures of car production in previous decades.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Washington DC/Baltimore, Southern Michigan (including Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit). The program is a strategic partnership between Coulomb and six leading automobile brands: Ford, Chevrolet, smart USA, BMW, Nissan and Fisker Automotive. San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond/Bellevue, Wash.,

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

We''ve also got stories on street lights with integrated electric-car charging sockets developed by BMW, and criticism of Michigan''s anti-Tesla law from the CEO of dealer group AutoNation. We start the week with our 2015 Best Car To Buy, the 2015 Volkswagen Golf range. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Its Orion, Michigan, location is focused on research and development, while battery production is located at Springboro, Ohio. BMW will use SB LiMotive cells on the i3, due to go into series production in 2013. The BMW Active E electric vehicle also uses SB LiMotive cells.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 4, 2016

You can almost hear the grinding of teeth in the automaking capitals of Michigan and. 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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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Reports have faulted Chinese brands like BYD and Western companies like Audi, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, General Motors, and Ford Motor Co. That said, Ford has fallen under harsh criticism for the alleged Chinese involvement at its new battery plant in Michigan.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

These include Toyota’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, BMW’s facility in South Carolina, and Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan hub. . Averaging a weekly production rate of 8,550 vehicles per week or about 51 cars per hour, the Fremont Factory was more productive than other notable auto plants across the country.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

A123’s transportation business continues to serve customers including BAE Systems, BMW, Daimler, GM and SAIC, among others. The production facilities in Michigan continue to produce the majority of A123’s transportation output and successfully launched the Chevy Spark EV battery system for General Motors earlier this year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

BMW is committed to procuring 100% of electricity from renewable sources for its operations and has an interim target to source more than two thirds of its electricity from renewables by 2020. A new 800-kilowatt solar array under construction at General Motors Warren Transmission Operations in Warren, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2016

As was the case last year, the 2016 PFL 720 / PFL 799 combination is chaired by Jesse Schneider of BMW. Hydrogen Fueling Station and FCEV Fueling Process Safety Guideline: ISO TR 19880-1” Jesse Schneider, BMW. Earlier post.). Dr. Will James, Manager, Safety, Codes, and Standards at the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2015

Today, the Federal Trade Commission criticizes Michigan's ban of Tesla direct sales, a new study questions whether biofuels are really carbon neutral, and the quirk of Colorado's electric-car tax credit program not shared with any other state. Find out why BMW's attempt to boost its twin-turbocharged V-8's.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

BMW was one of the first automakers to opt for the German-Korean joint venture’s battery cells, which will be applied in the BMW i3 which goes into series production in 2013. The BMW Active E electric vehicle also relies on SB LiMotive cells. SB LiMotive holds more than 3,000 patents on features of its battery systems.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

The Detroit Auto Sellers Affiliation, which runs the display, mentioned the 2023 model will come with a unused indoor observe for electrical automobiles, extra open air ride-and-drives and a unused mobility discussion board that includes executives and politicians equivalent to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

BMW has announced it is expanding its ChargeForward incentive program to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles living in the contiguous United States. BMW believes this can be mitigated with ChargeForward by ensuring user charging times are carefully monitored and scheduled.& Need your vehicle to charge right away?

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MAY 5, 2021

Now, Ford and BMW together funded around $130 Million in a solid-state battery start-up named Solid Power and it also plans to open a new battery lab called Ford Ion Park with a team of 150 experts. Ford already has a Battery benchmarking and testing laboratory in Michigan. Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Papers from BMW and Hydrogen Energy Research Lab show that sufficiently lean hydrogen combustion in properly designed combustion chamber results in close to zero NO x. Powertrain Control Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Through its Charging Perks pilot, Xcel Energy is directly working with BMW, Ford, General Motors, and Honda to test how the company can help customers charge their EVs at times when they can save money, use more renewable energy, and when it is most optimal for the energy grid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2013

facilities in Michigan, Massachusetts and Missouri; its manufacturing operations in China; and its equity interest in Shanghai Advanced Traction Battery Systems Co., A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive. Electric Grid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Partnering with Tenneco and Gentherm are BMW and Ford, as well as CalTech and NREL. Testing and validation for the TEG is being conducted at Tenneco’s global emissions technical centers in Edenkoben, Germany and Grass Lake, Michigan. The consortium anticipates that initial demonstrators will be available in early 2014.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BMW i Ventures has invested in Michigan-based battery startup Our Next Energy Inc. —Baris Guzel, partner at BMW i Ventures. ONE) as part of a $25-million Series A capital raise led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. The round was also joined by Assembly Ventures, Flex and Volta Energy Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The initial investment by the joint-venture, estimated at $300 million, will be a facility in Holland, Michigan. In addition, this investment has been selected to benefit from subsidies and tax grants from the State of Michigan of up to $148.5 Saft made the announcement concurrent with its release of 3Q 2009 financial results: an 11.9%

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Teslarati

JUNE 14, 2022

ONE Technologies, a battery manufacturing startup out of Novi, Michigan, has announced that they will be working with BMW to test their new “dual chemistry” battery and have the goal of achieving 600 miles of range on a single charge with the company’s iX electric vehicle. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. By 2020, more than 1,000 self-driving cars from several automakers will be on the roads of Ann Arbor, Michigan. DOT, NHTSA and the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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