Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The EcoDual system achieved its EPA compliance under this rule. Stenger Trucking of Barnesville, OH.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The ongoing UAW strike against the Detroit Big Three is having a devastating impact on auto suppliers. It should be noted that vehicle suppliers employ over 900,000 workers, making them six times larger than the 146,000 members of the UAW Detroit Big Three. Auto suppliers also contribute 2.5%

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 2, 2013

Forgive the cynicism, but color us not all that surprised at the news that startup automaker Detroit Electric is postponing production of its SP:01 electric sports car by "at least a month." Launched in a flurry of media attention in early April, the plug-in electric SP:01 sports coupe is essentially an electric conversion of the now.'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. Louis have the highest concentration of superusers among US metro areas.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 26, 2017

When an automaker doesn't offer a vehicle for a specific market segment, sometimes the aftermarket will fill in the gap. In the U.S., all-electric commercial vans are one of those gaps. Such vehicles are available in other markets, but so far, not on sale from major makers in North America. DON'T MISS: Renault adds new Master ZE larger electric.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

During a conversation with CNBC Overtime , a seemingly exasperated Farley stated that the UAW’s demands would have resulted in Ford going bankrupt. The UAW had initially targeted a 40% increase in wages for its members, as it matched the average salary hike that Detroit automotive executives received over the past four years.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain its traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles. Electric Drives/Electromechanical Energy Conversion. Energy Storage Systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

has received a Certificate of Conformity from the US Environmental Protection Agency applicable for diesel-to-natural gas engine conversions of all Mack E7 electronic engines up to model year 2006. We anticipate conversions of refuse collection trucks will comprise a large portion of the Mack E7 business. Omnitek Engineering Corp.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 29, 2023

Though a Dodge spokesperson confirmed that internal combustion would not be a part of the next Charger lineup in a 2022 conversation with Motor1 , a new report from& Mopar Insiders claims that the next-gen car will get the Hurricane inline-six alongside the electric Charger Daytona.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process. For example, they are assessing the resources available within a 50-mile radius of Detroit, Mich.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) demonstrated the effectiveness of its patented and award-winning CAT-DEF technology during the WCX World Congress Experience in Detroit in April. CAT-DEF—Catalyzed Diesel Exhaust Fluid—is an SwRI-developed catalyst- and surfactant-modified diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) solution.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The company is investing $40 million to convert 179 trucks operating throughout the Detroit area to. That's because they're semi trucks, used to deliver parts to assembly plants from FCA suppliers and component-manufacturing facilities.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

Daimler Truck North America designs, engineers, manufactures and markets medium- and heavy-duty trucks, school buses, vehicle chassis and their associated technologies and components under the Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp, and Detroit brands.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 16, 2024

the company has initiated the termination of thousands of supplemental employees in Detroit, Toledo and Ohio, and is eliminating more positions in France, according to local unions. Crain's Detroit Business reported that at least a couple Tier 1 suppliers have stopped shipping parts to the automaker in recent weeks out of protest.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The Detroit News reported that GM will announce on Wednesday it will introduce a full battery-electric city car in the US. It is an conversion of the upcoming 2013 Chevrolet Spark/Beat minicar. Earlier post.).

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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. That said, it also looks good up close.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2010

We've written before about an earlier electric Fiat 500 conversion shown 18 months ago at the London Motor Show, but this one came with far less info. Chrysler mounted a new display at Detroit this year. We'd be remiss if we didn't at least nod to the electric Fiat 500 displayed within the many brands on the Chrysler stand.

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Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2023

Metal would grant about 150,000 heaps of VerdeX metal to GM, accounting for between 15 and 20 % of its trade with the Detroit automaker. Jaycox mentioned conversations with GM on inexperienced metal started a few age in the past. “It’s no longer just a procurement conversation,” Jaycox mentioned.

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Arkansas GM Conversion Automobile 52

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

. “So the plant was running very low volume as we focused on quality, and now the plant is being able to ramp up and continuing to improve quality and output right here in Detroit.” ” Jeep debuted its first marketing campaign with the Jeters terminating era.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

One will go westbound to California and throughout that state (Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach), while the other will travel eastbound through Detroit to New York (Kansas City, Detroit, Albany, New York City).

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All Cars Electric

MAY 10, 2010

There is a wealth of budding electric vehicle (EV) builders all around the country, tinkering away on do-it-yourself conversions in their backyards. Now they have an avenue to study their passion for EVs at a university level thanks to three new programs being offered by Wayne State University in Detroit.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

The re-powered mining machine was commissioned at Fortescue’s Christmas Creek mine site in Western Australia – but what’s more significant is that the conversion was done during the standard service life of the machine. But heavy equipment?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

DOE held a workshop in June 2013 in Detroit to engage external stakeholders in discussing the state-of-technology and performance requirements for automotive carbon fiber materials with respect to PAN and other carbon fiber intermediates, and technology routes to synthesize these intermediates using biomass feedstocks. Background.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

DOE hosted a workshop on 4-5 June 2013 in Detroit, Michigan to understand the technology options, applications, and the state of the industry for carbon fiber composites, particularly with respect to expanding the use of these lightweight materials in the mainstream automotive industry.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Phil started his journalism career in 1987 in the Detroit bureau of The New York Times. In conversation, he speaks rapidly, gesticulates energetically, and is apt to quote anybody or anything: Samuel Johnson , John Maynard Keynes , Bugs Bunny. The first science article I edited was on nanoclusters ,” he recalls.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2012

Via Motors, the extended-range electric truck conversion company with GM legend Bob Lutz on its board, announced today that it would use lithium-ion cells from A123 Systems in its battery packs. The startup company will show its full lineup of electric-drive pickup trucks at next week's Detroit Auto Show.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 9, 2023

This is an example of bridging the conversational nature of Chat GPT and other LLMs to generate real-world physical action. This panel, part of the Stanford HAI Spring Symposium on 24 May 2023, offered conversations between artists and technologists about intersections in their work.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

So other than for my 200-mile, time-sensitive drives to and from my home to the Rivian offices near Detroit to retrieve and relinquish the truck for testing where I needed to maximize my range, I left the truck in all-purpose mode for my around-town commuting. Access to the full power is intoxicating.

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F-150 Detroit All-Electric Miles 111

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The demonstrator will be present at the upcoming SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit in April; SwRI engineers are presenting a paper (2014-01-1190) at the SAE 2014 World Congress on the development of the demonstrator’s engine. As will be presented at SAE World Congress, SwRI engineers modified the 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2010

Headquartered outside of Detroit in New Hudson, Mich., a developer and manufacturer of liquid-propane gas-conversion systems and tanks for commercial and consumer vehicle applications. In the US, more than 5,000 vehicles now operate exclusively on propane using a “mono-fuel” version of Icom’s system. Icom North America is the US.

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Alternative Fuels Engine North America Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

and Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich., Engaged college students, professors, non-governmental organizations and environmental leaders in a social media conversation via #CleanEnergyU as part of the voluntary Chevrolet Clean Energy Campus Campaign. Collaborated with utility companies on energy projects and funding. assembly plants.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. 2 of 3) Driven by Detroit This strategic decision is part of what makes Bright different from the other startups offering to retrofit hybrid cars or to sell plug-ins. The 100 m.p.g.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Attending a conference in Detroit a couple of weeks ago, we had the chance to drive a converted "Amp'd Chevrolet Equinox" crossover, offered by AMP Electric Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced preliminary test results of its Dedicated-Exhaust Gas Recirculation (D-EGR) demonstration vehicle ( earlier post ) at the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. The engine conversion. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter Click to enlarge. Chadwell et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Enterprise Holdings expects to complete the conversion to all B5 by spring of this year, with at least 50% converted to B20 by the end of next year. The company will immediately convert buses in nine markets to 20% biodiesel (B20) as a first step toward the company's goal of converting its entire bus fleet to B20 over the next five years.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 28, 2009

More details in the Detroit Free Press article: Panels may brighten job market. After leaving GM, Stempel eventually connected with Ovshinsky at Energy Conversion Devices. Stan Ovshinsky — one of the stars of ‘Who Killed the Electric Car ?’ by Carol Cain. That retirement was short-lived.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2007

The Detroit News is reporting on the efforts in the Senate to craft a viable energy bill. As presently consitituted, the Senate bill drops the requirement of electricity generators to achieve 15% renewable sources, but includes higher CAFE standards and major provisions for plug-ins, including conversions. Over 200,000 PHEVs.

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