Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

Gen Y’s strong affinity for hybrid vehicles could make it the “ generation that leads us away from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles ,” reports Craig Giffi, vice chairman and automotive practice leader at Deloitte LLP, after seeing the results of Deloitte’s annual survey of consumers and what they want in an automobile.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Rendering of the Gen 2 series plug-in hybrid powertrain under development. A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Source: ALTe.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 13, 2010

Ford was on a roll at this year's Detroit Auto Show. It launched its new 2011 Ford Focus compact sedan and hatchback, which got rave reviews, and its 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid won North American Car of the Year.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Detroit-based Ford received an 8.4 Ford’s electrified vehicle sales, which include hybrid models, grew at a rate that was three times faster than the overall electrified vehicle segment. We can only hope that hybrid sales will translate into full-EV sales down the road. Credit: Ford.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

The first of these was powered on today during a press conference at Thomas Edison National Historical Park, site of Edison’s West Orange, N.J., BMW will sponsor electric vehicle charging costs for all electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle drivers at Thomas Edison National Historical Park for the next six months.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

variant but with fuel economy of a strong hybrid. HyBoost achieves this by combining aggressive 50% downsizing of the engine with an electric supercharger for transient low-speed performance, and a micro-hybrid stop-start and energy recuperation systems, Boggs said. Micro-hybrid market. Click to enlarge. Downsizing the 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

The 2015 xEV Industry Insider Report by Dr. Menahem Anderman, released this week, projects that the combined annual global electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) market will grow fourfold from 350,000 to 1.4 million hybrid electric vehicle packs and an estimated value of about $1.8 billion in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

In a presentation at the US Department of Energy’s 2010 Direction in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research Conference in Detroit (DEER), Cisternino described the results of an internal study that used both testbed experimental engine work as well as vehicle tests using an Opel Corsa equipped with a BAS-enhanced 1.3-liter

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I won't continue to beat that drum -- put away that Simpsons meme you were about to post, you know the one -- but I did notice that LA was more vibrant than Detroit. It works both ways, too -- this year's grim Detroit Auto Show doesn't necessarily signify a larger doom and gloom. At least in my opinion. It looks really good up close.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2011

TMS hybrid sales in December rose 14.2% TMS 2010 full year hybrid sales dropped 3.3% The Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever December sales of 15,253 units, up 33% by volume over December 2009. 2010 TMS passenger car sales were down 9% to 1,009,385 units, while TMS light truck sales rose 14.1% to 754,210 units.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2009

BYD, the China-based battery and automaker, will supply lithium-ion batteries to one of China’s top three auto groups for applications in hybrid vehicles. BYD, launched its production plug-in hybrid F3DM last December in China. The agreement markets BYD’s first Li-ion supply deal with a domestic China OEM. They are a real threat.a

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

Protean Electric Chairman and CEO Bob Purcell made the announcement at a press conference at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit. They also can be added to a FWD or RWD car or truck with an internal combustion engine drivetrain to create a hybrid configuration. brings automotive engineering development and services expertise.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Alan Taub said that the company is putting on a “ major thrust ” in its R&D laboratory to see if it can get split-cycle technology “ moving ” He made the remarks during the introductory plenary session today at the DOE’s 17 th Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) Conference in Detroit.

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

The requirements allow plug-in hybrid vehicles to account for 20 percent of the requirements. ” Moore drove off from a Monday press conference in a Ford Mustang Mach-E, which was the Detroit-based automaker’s initial EV rollout several years ago.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

Future-proofing: Allowing the vehicle’s connectivity hardware and software to be upgraded through its life cycle, providing automakers with a migration path from DSRC to hybrid/cellular V2X and from 4G LTE to 5G. and vehicle data management and analytics by Hortonworks; at the TU-Automotive Detroit conference.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2011

However, in city driving, the ORC system would supply about half of the accessory load requirement for a conventional engine, and only about one-third of the load requirement for a hybrid powertrain, due to the frequent engine off condition, according to the results presented by Quazi Hussain. on the highway cycle and 0.513 on the city cycle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

Despite the current enthusiasm for electric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will be an important component of the vehicle mix in 2050, according to panelists from Nissan, Toyota and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a conference session at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The purpose of the paper (which Richard Wallace, CAR’s Director Transportation Systems Analysis Group announced during a session exploring the same topic at the Business of Plugging In 2010 conference in Detroit) is threefold.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The RAM plug-in hybrid truck. Chrysler is showcasing its two-mode Ram Truck Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), equipped with a 12 kWh, 33 Ah cell, 355V Li-ion battery pack from Electrovaya, at the Washington DC Auto Show. The longest calendar lives were for packs modeled to be in use in Minneapolis, Detroit and Fairbanks, with 15.8,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

A newly released University of Michigan study found widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; however, the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. Source: Curtin et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. —Richard Curtin.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Hugh Blaxill, Managing Director of Mahle Powertrain, for example, said that the current surge in volume of 4-cylinder engines along with the rapid ramp in direct injection and variable valvetrain technologies across all manufacturers marks the start of a sharp increase in downsized applications and hybrid powertrains.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Here's the story from the LA Times: Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in U.S., Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., The list of attendees includes Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.);

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. PG&E services the San Francisco area and Northern California. —Jon Lauckner. —Dan Ford.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 11, 2011

If anyone maintained that perception after the introduction of the Honda CR-Z Hybrid, the Tesla Roadster and the Fisker Karma, Mercedes-AMG is determined to quash the myth once and for all. Announced at the company’s Press conference at the North American International Auto Show, Mercedes-AMG will begin [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy in his plenary talk at the 16 th Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) Conference in Detroit. However, he noted, “ we need to learn how to use liquid fuels more efficiently than in the past.”

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

An American green technology company has developed a hybrid Hummer capable of over 100mpg. Raser Technologies, the company behind the hybrid hummer, claims to have achieved the impossible by greening up one of the cars with the worse environmental record. Tags: Hybrid cars 100mpg Hummer hybrid Raser Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. GM had been announcing they were planning on launching 25 vehicles over the next 24 months but with the cancellation of the Buick compact crossover (and its plug-in hybrid variant, earlier post ) that number may drop to 24 vehicles. by Bill Cooke.

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Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2023

IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA IROS 2023 : 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Standing 1.65

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Servant leadership; I thrive when working to advance a cause or mission About Zach: Zach currently drives a Pacific Hybrid PHEV. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. About Alan: Alan drives a Tesla Model 3 and Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2017

and digitalization as the key opportunities for the future, said CEO Klaus Rosenfeld at the company’s press conference at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Schaeffler is placing a strong emphasis on hybrid and electric drive technologies, ranging from P0 belt starter on up to full electric drive.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Servant leadership; I thrive when working to advance a cause or mission About Zach: Zach currently drives a Pacific Hybrid PHEV. I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. About Alan: Alan drives a Tesla Model 3 and Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", No announced plans.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. According to GM, the updated standard can be expected by the end of the summer — just in time, perhaps, for the first production prototypes of the Chevy Volt.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

That would be the Dodge Circuit, a car that Chrysler unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January and which is now prominently displayed at the New York Auto Show. Other Fiat/Chrysler hybrid and electric cars and SUVs are planned after that.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 25, 2008

The plans include a $ 7,000 tax credit to drivers who buy advanced-technology vehicles and $4 billion in direct assistance to Detroit automakers to help them build hybrid vehicles in the U.S. “I T he three main components of Obama’s plan are: — Get 1 million 150 mile-per-gallon plug-in hybrids on U.S. roads within six years.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

percent of new car sales being (mostly hybrid) EVs , says all new cars sales in 2035 will be electric. Hu Xiaofei/VCG/Getty Images China aims to have 20 percent of new vehicles sold be New Energy Vehicles (NEVs), which include battery electric (BEV), plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) by 2025.

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