Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, selected the city of Detroit as the company’s first wholly-owned manufacturing operation in the state due to its proximity to leading automakers, access to talent and support from local and state governments.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Downtown Detroit ends the decade a little less of a charging desert. And we highlight our three nominees for Best Car To Buy 2020. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The latest plug-in hybrid model from Mini has been rated by the EPA for range and mileage.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2015

isn't going to see a shred of snow over the Christmas holidays, and Detroit in early January isn't looking too green either. Thus far, we know of just a handful of concept cars and new production models that could be described as green to be revealed or displayed at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The Northeastern U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ford Motor Company, Bedrock and Bosch are launching a demonstration project with connected Ford Escape test vehicles that can drive and park themselves inside Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit using Bosch smart infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2012

While the bulk of our green car coverage from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show will concentrate on production models, concept cars can be just as exciting.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Nissan is in talks with Detroit-based startup Hercules Electric Vehicles to develop an electric pickup truck, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2015

The 2015 Detroit Auto Show opens next week and so far it''s not looking like an especially noteworthy show for green cars. While Detroit is one of the biggest stops on the global auto-show circuit, there don''t seem to be many plug-in electric, hybrid, or other efficient-car debuts lined up.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

Detroit Electric SP:01. Detroit Electric unveiled the SP:01, a limited-edition, two-seat battery-electric sports car. seconds (the same acceleration time as the Tesla Roadster), the SP:01 claims the mantle of the fastest pure-electric production car. The charger is an 18 kW max charger, with the car limited to 7.7

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With the end of Chevrolet Volt production last week, it looks more like pure electric cars are winning the race to transform driving over more complicated, if versatile plug-in hybrids.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2018

Today, we've got news from the Detroit auto show, promised profits on electric cars, yet another teaser from Ford, and some great news on renewable energy. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we ran down last week's most important green-car stories.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2012

Next week's Detroit Auto Show promises to be the busiest and most influential in several years. and overseas automakers will launch new models and show off gleaming concept cars. And green cars will be right at the forefront. The largest.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2019

Which Chinese automaker showed an electric minivan in Detroit? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 18, 2019. What upcoming SUV will underpin a new "elegant" electric from Lincoln?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2017

>UK-based electric vehicle start-up Detroit Electric will outline its future product plans during its first appearance at Cenex’s Low Carbon Vehicles (LCV) 2017 event on 6 and 7 September at Millbrook. billion in capital from a joint venture agreement.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2018

China-based GAC Motor will feature its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. A new sedan model and a concept car will also make their world debuts during GAC Motor’s press conference.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

Detroit Electric has signed a joint venture deal with Far East Smarter Energy Group of China, which has helped secure a total investment of $1.8 The joint venture will invest US$370 million into Detroit Electric’s European operations over the next four years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The MOU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Jeju Island, equipped with the most comprehensive electric vehicle charging infrastructure in South Korea, has set its sights on becoming a zero car-emissions zone by 2020.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2019

At the Detroit auto show on Monday morning, Cadillac previewed GM's new platform for electric cars, Infiniti previewed a new look for its upcoming electric lineup with a new SUV concept. All this and more on Green Car. Nissan reinvented the sedan with its new electric concept.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Honda will showcase several of its latest developments in intelligent transportation technology at the 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit, 7-11 September. Automated Highway Driving: an 8-mile freeway loop in the downtown Detroit area will provide attendees with an automated driving experience in a real-world traffic environment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

GM will build the Cadillac ELR, a luxury coupe featuring extended-range electric technology, at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, General Motors North America President Mark Reuss said Tuesday. It is the first two-door car built at the plant since the 1999 Cadillac Eldorado. Earlier post.). Production is scheduled to begin in late 2013.

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APRIL 11, 2024

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. metro areas including New York, Chicago, and Detroit. Follow Green Car Reports on Facebook and Twitter Green Car Reports Newsletter Sign up to get the latest green car and environmental news, delivered to your inbox daily! Privacy Policy.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2017

Today, we preview the green cars of the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, Tesla begins lithium-ion battery cell production at its "Gigafactory," and German diesel owners sue Volkswagen. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See what notable new.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2020

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Detroit-based electro musician Matthew Dear has remixed. That electric Corvette might still be coming—or GM is just looking to apply the Vette’s expertise on its upcoming EVs. The Mustang Mach-E electric SUV gets remixed into a song.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Honda Innovations is expanding its global open innovation program for early-stage innovators to Detroit, Japan, China, and Europe. Honda collaborated with VocalZoom to apply its optical microphone technology to enhance the in-car experience improving voice interaction inside the vehicle at CES 2017.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: we summarize our 2014 Detroit Auto Show coverage by looking at the important car and concept debuts, plug-in electric car sales in Canada rose 50 percent in 2013, and Toyota hybrid sales have now topped 6 million vehicles globally. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2015

The first production Detroit Electric SP:01 ( earlier post ) has rolled off the line at the company’s Leamington Spa (UK) manufacturing facility. The new SP:01 is destined for one of Detroit Electric’s export markets to be delivered to the EV company’s first customer. The car runs 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds (0-100km/h in 3.9

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 4, 2021

Polestar, with its EVs from China, is planning on showrooms in Detroit. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo, now priced, is a racy all-electric wagon good for the gravel. And Bolt EV deals have hit a new high—or is that a low?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

Geely Automobile Group and Detroit Electric Inc. The EC7-EV will be co-branded with a “Detroit Electric – Technology” badge. Geely also operates six car assembly and powertrain manufacturing plants across China. —Albert Lam, Chairman and Group CEO of Detroit Electric. The Emgrand EC7-EV at Auto Shanghai.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2018

Three new Buicks with plugs are coming for China, the Prius hybrid may get a restyle, sedans and small cars continue to depart Detroit, and we've got this month's best green-car deals. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2014

In the world of startup electric car automakers, things don''t always go to plan. It may not come as much of a surprise then to learn that Detroit Electric, a small automaker aiming to build a Tesla Roadster-like.'

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Detroit Electric''s first sports car will be a little less Detroit than first intended, it seems. The company has announced that the first of its SP:01 electric sports cars will be built not in Southeast Michigan, but in a factory in Holland, owing to delays in its plans to start production in Wayne County.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Freightliner is sourcing its electric powertrains from Detroit. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla vehicles are covering more miles on a daily basis than other EVs. Flywheel tech helps ease the grid. And the Audi E-Tron GT bows. According to a study released Monday by a team of U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2020

General Motors is reportedly planning to build the Cruise Origin electric driverless shuttle at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant—the former assembly plant for the Chevrolet Volt, as well as the plant expected to make GM’s electric pickup and some of the 20 electric nameplates due globally by 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

unveiled the new 2019 Jetta at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The new generation is now based off of Volkswagen’s MQB platform; compared with the current car, the new Jetta grows outside in every direction. The increased exterior proportions add up to more interior space than the previous car as well.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The end-of-year holiday season is just really starting, but information on Detroit auto show debuts next month is coming in. A new hybrid car from one of the pioneers of hybrid-electric vehicles is notable, and that's what Honda has delivered.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Volkswagen unveiled the new long-wheelbase 2018 Tiguan at the Detroit show. The available Volkswagen Car-Net system provides a suite of connected vehicle services, including standard App-Connect technology that offers compatible smartphone integration with the three major platforms—Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and MirrorLink.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 13, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2014 Detroit Auto Show is upon us, and we''re bringing you all the details on the (few) greener vehicles from the show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla Motors will upgrade electric-car wall chargers for.'

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