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Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

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Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. Initially the cells will be produced at the supplier’s production facility in France, but the system will be assembled in the United States.

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Santa Monica signs 5-year deal with Clean Energy for renewable LNG for bus fleet; deploying CWI Near-Zero NOx engine

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The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. The chart shows that latest version of California Air Resources Board (ARB) LCFS pathway certified carbon intensities, with electricity and Bio-LNG (i.e., Earlier post.).

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Ford Testing Intelligent System for Plug-in Vehicle to Grid Communication to Manage Charging

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All 21 of Ford’s fleet of plug-in hybrid Escapes eventually will be equipped with the vehicle-to-grid communications technology. This vehicle-to-grid communication technology is an important step in the journey toward the widespread commercialization of electric vehicles. Southern California Edison. Click to enlarge.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. And then this past week, GM released its humorous “ No Way Norway ” EV commercial featuring Will Ferrell. Forecasting GM’s Future US EV Volume.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

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government, and PurpleAir , created via crowd-sourcing of commercial sensors. In November 2018, the Camp Fire, burning in California's Butte County, sent thick clouds of smoke [top] into the San Francisco Bay area, where a network of sensors monitored by PurpleAir identified dangerous levels of airborne particulates [bottom].

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

Cars That Think

The people who developed the Alto came to Xerox PARC from universities, industrial labs, and commercial ventures, bringing with them diverse experiences and skills. Southern California? Alan Kay Metcalfe left PARC in 1979 to found 3Com, which, along with other startups, commercialized Ethernet. Traditional Yale faculty snobbery.”

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Mercedes-Benz presents B-Class F-CELL fuel cell vehicle at LA Auto Show; delivery to US leasing customers by end of 2010

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Mercedes-Benz presented the new B-Class F-CELL, its first (limited) series production fuel-cell powered electric vehicle available in the US ( earlier post ), at the Los Angeles Auto Show. By 2012, a total of 200 of these cars will be on the roads in California and Europe. Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Technology.

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