Electric Cars Report

MARCH 2, 2024

Electric vehicle startup Mullen Automotive has begun Class 1 all-electric cargo van road testing with the integrated solid-state polymer battery pack. 26, 2024, at Mullen’s Commercial Tech Center in Troy, Michigan. Vehicle road testing began on Feb.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. —Woody et al. This is an important study to inform and encourage climate action.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2012

In an address at the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford said that “ Michigan must become the Silicon Valley of the mobility revolution ” and outlined key public policy areas to help improve the state’s competitiveness and ensure that the state realizes the full benefit of that impending revolution.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will collaborate with the University of Michigan (UM) to use additive manufacturing and machine learning to create an advanced burner that will eliminate 99.5% of the methane encountered during oil production. of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry. —Luis Gutierrez.

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Emissions Escape Oil Michigan 434

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2018

Toyota unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck ( earlier post ) during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in Northern Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

The lawsuit, filed 3 July 2017, in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, seeks damages and equitable relief for what it calls FCA’s and Cummins’ misconduct related to the design, manufacture, marketing, sale and lease of affected Dodge trucks with unlawfully high emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

announced it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Nikola Corporation for a global supply agreement to provide GM’s Hydrotec fuel cell system for Nikola’s Class 7/8 semi-trucks. GM and Nikola will also discuss the potential of a supply agreement for GM’s versatile Ultium battery system for Nikola’s Class 7/8 trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

General Motors will invest more than $81 million into the company’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, to prepare the campus to build the Cadillac CELESTIQ ( earlier post ). The investment will be used to purchase and install related equipment to hand-build the CELESTIQ and campus renovation work has already begun.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Mihm power plant in Michigan using an unmodified Wärtsilä 18V50SG engine. The EPRI report states that this class of engines can therefore maintain its higher efficiency compared to simple-cycle gas turbines. The tests, which were completed in October 2022, were conducted at WEC Energy Group’s 55 MW A.J.

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Hydrogen Engine Commercial EPRI 307

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2020

The QinetiQ Modular E-X-Drive has been tested and proven in a wide range of tracked vehicles and weight classes over the last decade. The engineering activities of the HED system will primarily occur at the BAE Systems’ Sterling Heights, Michigan, and San Jose, California, facilities.

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San Jose Hybrid Vehicles Electric 391

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2011

Hino Trucks is introducing new Class 4 and Class 5 cab over engine (COE) diesel and diesel electric hybrid models specifically designed for the North American market. In the class 4 market, Hino will offer the 155 diesel model and the class 4 diesel-electric hybrid model, the 155h. GVW rating. GVW rating.

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Diesel Hybrid Market Philadelphia 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) chose the state of Michigan to host the multi-stage competition that will result in the award of a $10 million prize purse in September. The competition timeline. Click to enlarge. July 2010 (date tbd) Open house (public). 19-30 July: Finals stage (closed).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

FCA US designed a specific marketing campaign to market these vehicles to US customers as “clean EcoDiesel” vehicles with best-in-class fuel efficiency. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan; and Senior Trial Attorney Todd W. liter diesel program’s goals, timing, and marketing strategy. Neal and Assistant U.S.

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Emissions Diesel Jeep United States 344

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

In a new report, researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) have calculated the actual, on-road fuel economy for the entire fleet of all vehicles in the US, and for different classes of vehicles, with primary interest in light-duty vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs), between 1923 and 2013.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). in Engineering/ Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. He received a B.S.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

31, 2023 may receive up to USD 1,400, according to documents filed with Michigan eastern district court. “GM, LG Energy Solution and LG Electronics have agreed to a settlement with plaintiffs to resolve class action litigation related to the Bolt EV battery recall,” GM said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

They will be reborn in Warren, Michigan, near downtown Detroit. Production versions of the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are slated to arrive in showrooms next year. As a nod to its manufacturing home and the brand’s headquarters, the Concept’s full-pane glass roof houses a map showcasing Detroit and the surrounding area.

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Jeep Concept Detroit SUV 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Performance is verified at Eaton’s Proving Ground testing complex in Marshall, Michigan, which is home to more than 600 acres of testing facilities and tracks. MLocker – Automatic, mechanical locking differential which provides drivers best-in-class traction without the need for buttons, shift knobs or other driver intervention.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

The Michigan class-action case is the consolidated version of eight class-action cases filed in various U.S. The class action settlement also excludes customers who opted for a buyback from GM, which was on the table for some customers early on in the diagnosis and recall process.

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Batteries Battery GM Chevrolet 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

A cutaway model of the future B-Class F-CELL. Daimler’s A-Class F-CELL hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle will cap five years of road trials in the US with its participation in the California to Canada Hydrogen Road Tour 09 ( earlier post ). A fleet of 30 A-Class F-CELL vehicles has been in daily use on public roads in the US since 2004.

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2009 California Canada Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), along with its parent company Teijin, unveiled an innovative honeycomb Class A panel technology and an advanced, multi-material EV battery enclosure that can be molded in any number of CSP’s proprietary composite formulations. Equipment includes: 4000-ton press with leveling and vacuum. 6 thermolators.

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Batteries Battery Carbon Fiber Michigan 221

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

The American Center for Mobility is a uniquely purpose-built premiere national facility for mobility and advanced automotive testing and product development focusing on testing, validation and self-certification of connected and automated vehicles and other mobility technologies at the 500-acre historic Willow Run site in Southeast Michigan.

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Connect Connected Standards Michigan 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

The 6T battery is commonly used in military vehicles, and to-date has been based on lead-acid chemistry.

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Li-ion Lead Acid Lithium Ion Batteries 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2020

Therefore, an examination of the recent changes in the sales of vehicles in these two classes provides some information about the economic impact (both actual and anticipated) of the current pandemic on individuals and companies. (I I have shown recently that during this pandemic light-truck sales declined less than car sales.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

CAE analysis, flow simulation, preform process, mold design and full automation, CSP has built best-in-class expertise to support major structural and Class A CF-RTM programs for closures and other BIW applications. —Marc Philippe Toitgans, director, Research & Development CSP Europe.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Portugal Production 221

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

Sales of diesel light-duty vehicles (Class 1-3) in the US in 2018 reached their highest annual level, coming in at more than 500,000 units—just over 3% of total vehicle sales—according to figures by Baum & Associates provided by the Diesel Technology Forum. —Alan Baum, a Michigan-based automotive industry analyst.

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Teslarati

MAY 29, 2023

If anything, they emphasize the idea that it is possible to adopt a cleaner, quieter alternative to conventional trucking solutions featuring large, noisy, Class 8 diesel-powered semitrailers today. It is easy to forget that while diesel-powered trucks have been the norm for a very long time, they do come with their own set of inconveniences.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

This collaboration brings two best-in-class companies together to further advance the state-of-the-art technologies in power electronics for the automotive industry. a China-based Tier 1 supplier specializing in charging and distribution solutions for new energy vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Indeed, it is quite likely that it has, because certain classes of goods and services are more amenable to e-commerce than others (e.g., Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. books vs. gasoline).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Much like the B1, the B2 will also be a Class 3 work truck (10,001 gross vehicle weight rating) with a hauling capability of 5000 lbs. Bollinger Motors recently relocated its headquarters from New York to Michigan to take full advantage of the automotive manufacturing network based in and around Detroit.

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Motor Motors Motoring New York 284

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2013

In 2010, PCC announced the establishment of a new Customer Development Center in Wixom, Michigan, introducing the commercialization of a proprietary high speed pressure press process for CFRP Class A body panels. Both the Wixom and Walker facilities were developed with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Market Shelby 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2016

mpg from the value for April 2016, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). Average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the US in May 2016 was 25.4 l/100 km)—up 0.2 Fuel economy is down 0.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

Simultaneously, GM collaborated with JR Automation in Holland, Michigan and Esys Automation in Auburn Hills to design and build the custom machinery needed to assemble the masks. For the project, the team selected the ISO Class 8-equivalent cleanroom at GM’s manufacturing plant in Warren.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

The middle class built the country, and unions built the middle class. Biden DID stand on the picket line with UAW members in Michigan during the strike, so you could argue that Biden's actions helped the UAW's cause. Showing once again Wall Street didn’t build America. They’re not bad guys. They didn’t build it, though.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

This will strengthen AMP’s ability to serve a comprehensive set of road classes and features, reflecting changes in lane markings, traffic signals, signs and more in near real-time, and support its future multi-regional commercial launch. and CARMERA in Tokyo, Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan, laid the groundwork for this deal.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

The introduction of Volta Trucks’ 100% battery electric commercial vehicles into North America will be led in 2023 by a Volta Zero Class 7 truck which is equivalent to the existing European 16-ton truck, with a dry or refrigerated cargo box. Class 7 Volta Zero introduction will be closely followed by a Class 5 vehicle of 19,500 lbs.,

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 24, 2023

According to a report from Reuters , Stellantis will temporarily lay off 525 more workers in Michigan, while GM will furlough 139 employees in Ohio. The UAW expanded strikes on Monday to include 6,800 workers walking out at the largest and most profitable Stellantis truck plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan. GM reported $44.13

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