The Truth About Cars

JULY 2, 2023

I remember reporting on the news that NASCAR was coming to Chicago. And the Taste of Chicago, and. The Chicago Sun-Times got the course right in its initial reporting, too. According to the& Chicago Sun-Times , the& race course & will be 2.2 Rain, rain go away, we want to see NASCAR race in Chicago today.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The 2024 Chicago Auto Show is a slow one, debut-wise, this year. This makes Kia the star of this year's show by default. Meet the 2025 Kia Carnival.

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Electrek

MARCH 23, 2023

Leading global airline company United Airlines is set to launch the first electric air taxi route in Chicago in collaboration with Archer Aviation using Archer’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor America in partnership with Hyundai Capital America today announced its new Evolve+ electric vehicle subscription service at the 2023 Chicago Auto Show. Evolve+ is a month-to-month subscription […] The post Hyundai Launches Evolve+ EV Subscription Program at the Chicago Auto Show appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Hyundai Motor America in partnership with Hyundai Capital America today announced its new Evolve+ electric vehicle subscription service at the 2023 Chicago Auto Show. Evolve+ is a month-to-month subscription […] The post Hyundai Launches Evolve+ EV Subscription Program at the Chicago Auto Show appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 3, 2023

It was the first time Chicago has hosted a street race for a major racing series in the modern era – and while we’re on the topic of firsts, what’s billed as the first-ever American auto race took place on the streets of the city and nearby Evanston in 1895. There’s always a first for everything. It was NASCAR’s first street race ever.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

Carsharing service car2go has opened its tenth North American location; the new Chicago fleet comprises 400 vehicles, including smart fortwo and Mercedes-Benz CLA and GLA vehicles. car2go CEO Olivier Reppert steps out of a brand new car2go Mercedes-Benz car in Chicago. million customers, an increase of 25% year-over-year.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2020

Electric-car charging infrastructure in Chicago could use a boost, and the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance Friday meant to pave the way for that.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2021

a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered heavy vehicles ( earlier post ), plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

A bunch of Tesla vehicles were unable to charge at Supercharger stations across Chicago amid an extreme cold wave. Chicago is seeing an extreme cold wave at the moment. The post Dead Tesla cars pile up at Chicago Superchargers in extreme cold appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Cars have problems in extreme cold.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

New models and first-time appearances sum up Kia's 2022 Chicago Auto Show display.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

GM brings two heavyweight contenders to Chicago's EV showdown.

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Green Fleet Magazine

MAY 12, 2023

Fleet Forward: The Tour announces the agenda for its Chicago stop on June 8. The event offers attendees an opportunity to take in educational sessions, experience new technologies behind the wheel, and network with their local fleet community.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association has been named the 2017 Clean Fuels Champion by Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC), a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting clean-energy and clean-air solutions for transportation in the Chicago area impacting nearly 9 million people. Air pollution poses a serious threat to our nation’s health.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Two themes emerged from the 2022 Chicago Auto Show: special edition vehicles and those powered by some sort of electricity. The 2022 Chicago Auto Show runs through February 21 at McCormick Place. While not onsite in their display at the Chicago Auto Show, Ford did tease what this off-road beast will look like in action.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Smith Electric Vehicles announced that Smith will open an electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Chicago. Chicago will be Smith’s third location in the United States, joining the headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., and a manufacturing facility in New York City.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2016

Express Drive begins later this month in Chicago and will soon roll out to additional cities including Boston, Washington D.C., When drivers complete 65 rides a week in Chicago, drivers will be able to access a vehicle at no weekly rental cost. Baltimore and others. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2024

metro areas like New York, Chicago, and Detroit. Charging company Voltpost is preparing to roll out its lamppost EV chargers in major U.S. The company on Thursday announced that it had "imminent plans" to deploy its chargers in these areas this spring.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2020

And Chicago is requiring more EV charge points. Chicago has made a move that requires more charge points to be installed in large-scale residential and commercial development. What started with the Prius has now hit 15 million. Hyundai hybrids tackle battery downsizing with a novel approach. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Funded in part by Drive Clean Chicago, JLL will lease the Proterra buses for its shuttle service for Prudential Plaza and Aon Center tenants commuting to and from the Ogilvie, Union and LaSalle Street commuter rail stations. The program will begin in December 2016. —Randy Conner, Acting Commissioner of Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

and is adding Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. In Chicago, the Maven City car sharing program is now in operation, with pricing starting at $8 an hour including insurance and fuel. Express Drive allows Lyft ride share service drivers in the Chicago area to rent Chevrolet Equinox crossovers for $99 a week. and Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

Established in 2002 as a pilot program of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, IGO was the first car-sharing program in Chicago and has been dedicated to creating an integrated multimodal transportation system for more than a decade. Enterprise first launched hourly rentals in Chicago in 2005.

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 17, 2024

Teslas are having trouble charging in the extreme cold, but there's a myriad of factors that contribute to the problem. Let us help explain.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2015

VIA Motors announced a voucher program for Chicago-area fleet and business owners that will reduce the initial costs of owning a VIA Motors extended range pickup truck, extended range electric passenger van, or extended range electric cargo van. VIA VTRUX offers up to 40-mile battery range and.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

Kia Motors America will unveil an electric all-wheel drive (e-AWD) concept vehicle at the upcoming Chicago Auto Show. The concept was conceived by Kia’s California design studio and built for city dwellers.

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EV Obssesion

AUGUST 4, 2021

After a successful year of operating in Miami, Vene Rides is now expanding into Chicago. The post Vene Rides, the MicroEV Store, Opens 2nd Location With Expansion to Chicago appeared first on EV Obsession. As […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 26, 2021

Naturally, we tend to think of electric vehicles as a new thing. Those of us who have been learning about them for at least a few years know that electric vehicles were a big chunk of the market 100 years ago. Things then got complicated, with the market changing for a variety of reasons.) Though, […].

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InsideEVs

JULY 13, 2021

This particular Nissan Ariya was fully covered, but if you want to see all of it from up close, go visit the 2021 Chicago Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Kia’s Niro urban lifestyle concept vehicle, unveiled last September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, made its US debut at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show. The Niro suggests a possible future B-segment contender, and features a hybrid electric powertrain working through an advanced four-wheel drive system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Chicago is joining the growing number of U.S. cities that are requiring multifamily buildings to make accommodations for electric vehicle owners. The ordinance, passed back in October, requires that new residential developments with 24 units or more provide—at minimum—two EV-ready parking spaces.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Cross GT concept at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Purely conceptual, the Cross GT reveals Kia’s intentions for the possible offer of a larger premium CUV than the current Sorento. Kia Cross GT Concept Click to enlarge. liter V6 and 8-speed automatic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The Nissan NV Cargo X project vehicle, arguably the most extreme version of Nissan Commercial Vehicles’ flagship NV Cargo van ever created, will make its world auto show debut at the upcoming 2017 Chicago Auto Show. V8 Turbo Diesel transplanted from a Nissan TITAN XD full-size pickup.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

this morning, officially launching the 2015 Kia Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. The Soul EV was one of three Kia vehicles featured at the Chicago show. Call it electric Soul: Kia took the wraps off its first electric car to be sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2015

The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago has entered into an agreement with New Energy Innovations, Inc. The University of Illinois at Chicago Senior Mechanical Engineering and Design Team will be working on optimizing the best mechanical system.

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Electrek

MARCH 1, 2024

A lot of fuss was made this winter when some Tesla owners in Chicago experienced difficulty charging – but that wasn’t the experience for the majority of EV owners. In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Hyundai unveiled the redesigned 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at the Chicago Auto Show. Although the powertrains remain the same, the new Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid feature a comprehensive exterior and interior redesign, safety, suspension and new and improved infotainment and connectivity features.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Russell Wager, Kia America's vice president of marketing, told Green Car Reports at the Chicago auto show. Looking ahead to the next year, it will solidify some new decisions about its range of hybrids and plug-in hybrids for the brand, in addition to additional EVs on the way.

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