Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

Hertz is the first car-rental company to deploy EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) on three continents—in the US (available to the public in New York, Washington, DC and San Francisco); the UK (London) and now Italy in Europe; and China (Shenzhen).

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 17, 2007

The long awaited report assessing the environmental impact of plug-in hybrids undertaken by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council will see the light of day on Thursday morning in Washington DC. Tags: plug-in partners plug-in hybrid chevy volt.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

NDEW is a nationwide celebration that is meant to raise awareness of the benefits of driving electric vehicles and their plug-in hybrid cousins. Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Increasing the efficiency of internal combustion engines is one of the most cost-effective approaches to improving the energy efficiency of new vehicles in the near- to mid-term in conventional, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The advanced fuel components can be derived from domestic biomass resources.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Pennsylvania State University its Year Two winner at the EcoCAR 2013 Competition in San Diego. The Penn State University Advanced Vehicle Team (PSU AVT) designed a series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) fueled with E85. in May 2014.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

A two-mode RAM Truck plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is being showcased by Chrysler at the Washington DC Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Bright Automotive, the developer of the purpose-built, plug-in hybrid IDEA ( earlier post ), has been awarded one of five contracts by the United States Postal Service (USPS) to develop and test an electric postal delivery vehicle. Other awards have gone to ZAP ( earlier post ); Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Pike projections of cumulative light duty plug-in electric vehicle sales, 10 largest MSAs by population, 2011-2017. Pike Research has earlier forecasted the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market at the national level in the US, globally, and within world regions and key countries. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The new ZEV standards are designed to commercialize battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell technologies, reaching about 15% of new vehicle sales in California in the 2025 time frame. A hearing took place on 19 September 2012 in Washington DC and the comment period closed on 19 October 2012.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2010

are partnering to bring smart fortwo electric drive vehicles to Connect by Hertz car sharing and Hertz Rent A Car locations in New York; Washington, DC; and San Francisco. The Hertz Corporation and smart USA, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., In addition, Hertz and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 06, 2009 – The "Spirit of DC's" on the road again on its Sun Belt Grand Finale from San Francisco to Washington, DC. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EVJerry" Asher driving started last year on Earth Day, in front of the Nation’s Capitol.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 25, 2024

California Florida Texas Washington New Jersey New York Illinois Arizona Georgia Colorado Especially if you are located in or near these states, your guests are likely already bringing electric vehicles to your destination. But these are not the only states with EV drivers.

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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. Click to enlarge. million miles in sub-freezing temperatures and 1.1 Battery life.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Quicke sidenote: PHEV3A as an acronym now encompasses the Tour de AZ: "Spirit of DC" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around Arizona (PHEV3A) EVducational Tour (tho it could change, depending on sponsorship to AAA Tour de AZ, or even eTour de AZ). The general theme (and purpose) is: Plug-in Arizona!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Among the findings of the study, published as an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters , was that battery electric vehicles with large battery capacity can produce two to three times as much air emissions damage as gasoline hybrid electric vehicles, depending on charge timing. Source: Weis et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

More than 600 Chevrolet dealers in the seven launch markets—California, New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Texas, New Jersey and Washington DC— will begin taking orders. To qualify for the CVRP, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles must meet the Enhanced AT-PZEV definition as defined in the California ZEV Regulation section 1962.1(i),

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. Earlier post.)

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

By Bob Erdman and Scott Wilson: Members, Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington DC. We at the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington DC (EVADC) have been successful at advocating for progressive electric vehicle (EV) measures at the Maryland and Virginia statehouses.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Plug In America and other Electric Auto Association chapters have been actively promoting the film with a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness. Subsequent to that hearing, CARB pulled the plug on battery EVs and put its effort behind hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In July it will open in every major American market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

At the same time, Sommer said in his presentation at the 2015 Electric Drive Congress in Washington DC, continued legislative support is needed to reach the next level of electric vehicle adoption. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Volkswagen will also invest to support installation of charging stations in certain dealer locations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Daimler Trucks North America LLC will develop and demonstrate a tractor-trailer combination using a suite of technologies including active aerodynamics, cylinder deactivation, hybridization, and the electrification of accessories. The fourth team is on track to exceed the target this year. Navistar, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid. Toyota introduced the production Prius Plug-in Hybrid at the Green Drive Expo in Richmond, CA, as the newest member of the expanding Prius Family. With a starting base price of $32,000 (before rebates), the production Prius Plug-in features a 4.4 Entune with plug-in hybrid applications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C., The DOE has also signed a conditional commitment with Fisker Automotive to build plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The loan will support the modification of Nissan’s Smyrna, Tenn., and with Houston-based Reliant Energy. billion to Ford Motor Company. Tenneco, Inc.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

How do you prove the benefits of a plug-in hybrid car to the public? A Florida car dealer set a mission to drive 1,100 miles in a Toyota Prius, which had been modified as a plug-in hybrid, while burning as little petrol as possible. Plug-ins, he believes, are most useful to those with a daily commute to work.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Electric Powered Jerry Asher's Spirit of DC travels promote vehicles of the future By Gary Dickson -- Record-Bee Publisher LAKEPORT - Jerry Asher drove into Lakeport on Thursday, November 20. He is touring America with the Spirit of DC, a plug-in hybrid electric Toyota Prius. His car doesn’t make any noise.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

ABR, noted Peter Faguy, the DOE manager of the applied battery research program, during his presentation at the Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, is the difficult regime between the discovery of materials and their application in batteries that can be commercialized. The projects end in 2015. Argonne National Laboratory.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Meanwhile, the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in car sharing services could be one way for automakers to promote this technology that is still struggling for traction in the marketplace. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated. The changes keep coming as illustrated in this recent update. trillion in 2026.”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

Malikopoulos has recently begun a DOE-funded project on developing autonomous intelligent plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); he presented an early update at the recent DOE 2012 Annual Merit Review meetings in Washington, DC. Source: Malikopoulos 2010. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

The National Academies has issued a pre-publication version of an interim report on Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment. A final, comprehensive report will be published in late summer 2014. It also begins an initial discussion of the pros and cons of the possible roles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2014

announced that the Ohio State University (OSU) team was the overall winner of the EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future finals. The OSU team’s engineered 2013 Chevrolet Malibu featured a series-parallel plug-in hybrid drive with E85-fueled engine technology. The US Department of Energy and General Motors Co.

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Blink Charging

AUGUST 22, 2023

National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program Each of the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico was allocated funds to distribute to eligible businesses. In addition, funds must be used for the installation of a bank of at least four 150kW DC fast chargers at a given location. times more than in 2018.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

SEE below for December 2008 contents from Las Vegas EVA Watts Happening -- space that was reserved for Stan & Marianne, Bill and Amanda, Bill, Lloyd, Daniel, John, Michelle, et Las Vegas EVA'rs al for webblogging plus posting pixs of the "Spirit of DC" shining & showing on the 2nd level of the Texas Station Casino parking garage.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Army in Washington, D.C., Army in Washington, D.C.,

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 23, 2007

DOE to Provide up to $14 Million to Develop Advanced Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. By improving batteries for plug-in hybrids, we can help achieve the President’s goal of reducing gasoline usage by 20 percent within the decade. Join Plug In Partners today.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

From: Leslie A Grossman [mailto:leslieann@lesliegrossman.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:47 PM Subject: News Conference Monday - Electric Vehicle Spirit of DC here in Knoxville The Future of transportation is here, and is visiting Knoxville on Monday March 30th. .: The "Spirit" is busy promoting plug-ins at America’s schools.

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