Electric Auto Association
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I I had a 30 mile commute to work… and there were no charging stations there.”
Plug In Partners
JUNE 11, 2008
Lithium-ion batteries , now common in laptops, produce more power and are smaller than nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids now. Such plug-in hybrids can run longer as an electric vehicle than regular hybrids, and are cleaner. The joint venture that Toyota set up with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Some of these have been put to use in taxi fleets in such cities as San Francisco and New York, with some taxi vehicles attaining more than 250,000 miles individually and taxi fleets in California alone attaining a total of nearly 100 million miles.
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
DECEMBER 4, 2009
Regional programs are currently slated for California, Washington D.C., New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. PEVE is the world’s leading producer of nickel-metal hydride batteries for automotive drive applications, having surpassed two million units in total production volume.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
Since the early 90’s, during the early stages of first-generation Prius development, Toyota has been committed to in-house R&D of advanced nickel-metal hydride batteries. A total of 20 first generation fuel cell hybrid vehicles (FCHV) are in service in California with universities, corporations and government agencies.
Creative Greenius
JUNE 11, 2009
That’s certainly the case here in Torrance, California where I live and work. The good news is that positive things ARE happening and our efforts are starting to make a difference. We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. New York Times ) Ford top 7/19/07 The opportunities and possibilities are huge," Mike Tamor, Ford Motor Co.s Establishing dealer network.
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