Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

seconds); efficient (combined city/highway 119 MPGe); affordable (as low as $17,495 in California net after Federal and state rebates); fun-to-drive electric vehicle targeted for the urban environment. In California, one of the key initial markets, the Spark EV would be a slam dunk for the hills of San Francisco.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2015

Many electric-car owners start to think more seriously about the source of their electricity when they plug their cars in to recharge. And at least in California, data show that owners of plug-in electric cars have far higher interest in photovoltaic solar panels than drivers at large.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

As countries transition away from fossil fuels to green sources of energy like wind and solar, there will be natural lulls in energy production due to weather conditions. They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. 355,938,600 Southern California Edison Company. Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project. Notrees Wind Storage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

The new technology, which builds on Ford technologies such as SYNC, SmartGauge with EcoGuide and Ford Work Solutions—allows the vehicle operator to program when to recharge the vehicle, for how long and at what utility rate. when electricity rates are cheaper, or when the grid is using only renewable energy such as wind or solar power.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California: $4,466,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

China is installing wind power at a faster rate than any nation in the world, and manufactures 40% of the world’s solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. It is home to three of the world’s top ten wind turbine manufacturers and five of the top ten silicon based PV manufacturers in the world. Renewable Energy. Solar fuels.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2023

Toyota invited the automotive media to Carlsbad, California, in late March for the first drives of what turns-out to be a significantly improved Prius Prime. Driving Impressions: Hitting the Road Always in control Our driving time was spent on wet and dry pavement negotiating San Diego County highways and back country winding roads.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914. Eventually moving to Alameda, California, the manufacturer was later renamed REVO Powertrains. He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. He’s also a guest scientist at Livermore Labs ” in Livermore, California.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 2, 2024

There is no plug on the Range Rover to recharge the battery. Over 172 miles of Southern California city and highway driving, our combined average was 20.9 Noise cancellation helps reduce the in-cabin presence of road and wind noise. second range. Using 91 octane fuel, the 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. rechargeable battery?technology?that technology?that

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) will award up to $29.9 million to projects to develop hydrogen refueling infrastructure in California ( PON-13-607 ). Hydrogen dispensing. Station design requirements. CEC is holding one Pre-Application Workshop on 6 December.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In 464 miles driving through Southern California, Clean Fleet Report achieved a combined 38.8 The regenerative braking system, which recharges the 16-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery, converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. The battery recharge and electric mile range are metered instantly by dash gauges.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Sunnyvale, California). Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Marrone Bio Innovations (Davis, California). Santa Clara, California). Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) (Palo Alto, California). First Solar Inc.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

In 289 miles driving through Southern California Clean Fleet Report achieved a combined 38.8 The Pacifica Hybrid has a regenerative braking system, which recharges the 16-kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion (li-ion) battery. The battery recharge and electric mile range are metered instantly by dash gauges. Yep, all on one tank.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The rechargeable 17.8 However, this being the wettest year in Northern California in a very long time, we encountered heavy, gusty winds that curtailed any aggressive driving, especially on country roads. The 48-volt mild-hybrid system with both 3.3L engines helps with efficiency and smooth acceleration from a standing start.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2009

This new technology allows the vehicle operator to program when to recharge the vehicle, for how long and at what utility rate. The owner uses the vehicle’s touch screen navigation interface and Ford Work Solutions in-dash computer to choose when the vehicle should recharge, for how long and at what utility rate.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

A hydrogen-powered version of Hyundai’s Tucson sport utility vehicle has already appeared in southern California showrooms. And, according to a report by the California Fuel Cell Partnership, cars that run on hydrogen derived from natural gas emit 55% to 65% less carbon than gasoline-powered ones, because of their higher efficiencies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

On a drive along tightly winding, climbing and descending, and sometimes narrow roads, the A3 Sportback e-tron stayed planted to the pavement on its line through tight curves taken at speed. 240-volt charging replenishes the battery in about 2 hours and 15 minutes; recharging through a 120-volt outlet takes approximately 8 hours.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables. In some areas where wind and hydropower is wasted at night, the rate can be as low as 2-3 cents per kWh. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon. Why Pay More for a PHEV?

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In California, you end up having to clean, do remediation, and take all the spoils to Kettleman City [the site of a hazardous waste facility]. We did [the record-setting electric flight] in conjunction with them and with another organization in central California that’s trying to rejuvenate these general aviation airports.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2017

Both motors utilize segment conductor winding, where the coil is inserted from the axial direction of the stator core, as well as square copper wire versus the previous round wire, providing a denser and more compact stator. These changes reduced the overall volume of the IPU by more than 30% to 2.26 cubic feet from 3.32 lbs (45 kg) from 113.8

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Cars That Think

JUNE 17, 2022

Thanks to wind-driven currents and large-scale patterns of circulation, the. transport of heat in the oceans and its eventual loss upwards are affected by many factors, such as the ability of the currents and wind to mix and churn, driving heat down into the ocean. But some of it has to do with how the winds are changing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

AV) of Monrovia, California to provide AV’s electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to its customers—including utilities, developers, contractors, businesses, and consumers—through Milbank’s nationwide distribution network. Milbank Manufacturing Co. of Kansas City, Mo., has selected AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In 340 miles of driving through Southern California counties of Orange, San Diego and Los Angeles, we averaged 4.1 The Niro EV comes in two trims–Wind and Wave–with the difference being added features on the Wave, which is the model we drove. Wind $40,875 Wave $45,875 Observations: 2023 Kia Niro EV Practical and affordable.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2021

To see how this would work, Volkswagen agreed to let Clean Fleet Report take the ID4 on a 985-mile California Cruising road trip. Driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery. 028, which produces minimal wind noise when at freeway speeds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

According to Toyota, one of the things they discovered during the demo program was that the battery packs responded better if they were allowed to rest prior to recharging.). Net hybrid system output is 134 hp, and the plug-in achieves a California SULEV (with Enhanced AT-PZEV) rating, or Tier 2 Bin 3 Federal. The 2ZR-FXE 1.8-liter

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

miles/kWh average over 526 miles of mixed driving through Southern California. The Bolt is no different from other electric vehicles as it runs silent, except any noise that may come from the tires and a bit of wind. It also estimates driving the Bolt over five years will save at least $3,750 on gasoline. Sounds pretty good!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Designed at Kia’s design centers in Irvine, California, and Namyang, Korea, the Niro sports wide and low proportions with a long roofline and short overhangs that give it an overall athletic profile. Furthermore, acoustic windshield glass and carefully shaped side mirrors mitigate wind noise.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

Low-cost carbon fiber has widespread application in automobiles, wind turbines, and various other industrial applications. PolyPlus is also developing a lithium-air rechargeable battery with very high energy density, and is also working on a new generation of lithium-sulfur batteries aimed at the electric vehicle space. University.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

He drew support from members of both groups in planning a detailed itinerary from New York City to Los Angeles and then north along the California coast to San Francisco in 17 days. This effort was led by Georg Kuhnke, who lives near Sacramento, California. Michael and Maddy employed multiple Web 2.0

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. “The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&#

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