Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2014

The important global auto shows tend to go in waves, and this year''s Detroit Auto Show isn''t looking particularly notable for its green cars. Barring surprises, there will be no global debuts of new plug-in electric cars, hybrids, or even new diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2014

While this year''s Detroit Auto Show had very few cars that could genuinely be viewed as "green," we''ve nonetheless picked both our favorite production car and our favorite concept. MORE: 2014 Detroit Auto Show: Summing Up The Cars And Concepts On the.'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ford Motor Company, Bedrock and Bosch are launching a demonstration project with connected Ford Escape test vehicles that can drive and park themselves inside Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit using Bosch smart infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Nissan is in talks with Detroit-based startup Hercules Electric Vehicles to develop an electric pickup truck, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These funds will support the overall growth of Motiv, including opening a new engineering and manufacturing facility in Detroit, Michigan, as well as facilitate further growth in the large-fleet customer segment. The Series B round of investment was led by investors GMAG Holdings Corp. and Winnebago.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2017

>UK-based electric vehicle start-up Detroit Electric will outline its future product plans during its first appearance at Cenex’s Low Carbon Vehicles (LCV) 2017 event on 6 and 7 September at Millbrook. billion in capital from a joint venture agreement.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Motiv Power Systems (Motiv), the leading provider of all-electric medium-duty fleet chassis, announced a commitment from Detroit Custom Chassis LLC (DCC) to install Motiv’s all-electric EPIC chassis on the base Ford F-59 platform, which is assembled by its affiliate Detroit Chassis Plant (DCP), both owned by Spectra.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

GM built the last 2019 Chevy Volt on February 15, and in a ceremony last Tuesday it rolled off the assembly line at GM's Hamtramck factory in Detroit—after.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

Detroit Electric has signed a joint venture deal with Far East Smarter Energy Group of China, which has helped secure a total investment of $1.8 The joint venture will invest US$370 million into Detroit Electric’s European operations over the next four years.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 22, 2015

isn't going to see a shred of snow over the Christmas holidays, and Detroit in early January isn't looking too green either. Thus far, we know of just a handful of concept cars and new production models that could be described as green to be revealed or displayed at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The Northeastern U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), along with its component brand Detroit, unveiled the new Detroit DD8 Medium-Duty Engine at the NTEA Work Truck Show. Aimed at the vocational truck markets, the Detroit DD8 is a 7.7L The DD8 will expand on the Detroit medium-duty platform that was launched last year with the 4-cylinder, 5.1-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2014

and Verizon Telematics, are supporting the launch of “Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit”—a startup business accelerator program sited in downtown Detroit. Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit will run for three years with a new class of 10 startups each year. Ford, Magna International Inc. —Bill Ford.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

family model—a multi-functional electric vehicle—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. concept to appear in Detroit. concept vehicle in Detroit forges links between the origins of the Volkswagen brand and its electric future. Volkswagen will present a new I.D. Like the I.D.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As a strong indication of its growing presence in North America, Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA) has opened a new North American HQ and manufacturing operation in the Detroit area—the first such new OEM facility in Southeast Michigan in more than 25 years. across three Detroit area facilities.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Bollinger Motors has officially revealed what it calls “its next step toward production,” with "beta-prototype" versions of its B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup, in a Thursday evening event near its new Detroit-area headquarters, in Ferndale, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The MOU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Integrated Energy and Detroit Electric foresee the potential to further deploy this V2X technology to other regions in South Korea, after a successful implementation of the initial V2X pilot program.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2015

The 2015 Detroit Auto Show opens next week and so far it''s not looking like an especially noteworthy show for green cars. While Detroit is one of the biggest stops on the global auto-show circuit, there don''t seem to be many plug-in electric, hybrid, or other efficient-car debuts lined up.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

General Motors and Detroit Renewable Energy are partnering on a renewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from Metro Detroit into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. — Detroit Renewable Energy Chairman and CEO Steven White.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The eCascadia is based on the Detroit ePowertrain, comprising Detroit eAxles—integrating electric motor, transmission and electronics—and batteries. Schneider’s first Freightliner eCascadia, manufactured by Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), is set to roll off the assembly line at the Portland, Oregon, DTNA plant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2016

Earlier this month, China-based EV maker BAIC EV, opened a new R&D center in Detroit, Michigan, which will help the company evaluate overseas market demand, obtain core EV technology, build on brand influence, and eventually provide support for their international layout.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Detroit-based startup Grounded on. Nissan shows an electric coupe concept with a creative cyberpunk edge, just as the Cybertruck gets a delivery date of November 30. And why are more drivers of non-Tesla EVs returning to gasoline models?

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Downtown Detroit ends the decade a little less of a charging desert. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. The latest plug-in hybrid model from Mini has been rated by the EPA for range and mileage. And we highlight our three nominees for Best Car To Buy 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

GM will build the Cadillac ELR, a luxury coupe featuring extended-range electric technology, at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, General Motors North America President Mark Reuss said Tuesday. Detroit-Hamtramck is home to the Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera, and Holden Volt extended-range electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Daimler Trucks North America unveiled its new “Detroit” brand at the American Trucking Association Management Conference and Exhibition in Dallas, Texas. Based on the existing Detroit Diesel brand, the “Detroit” brand will encompass all powertrain-related truck components.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2012

Next week's Detroit Auto Show promises to be the busiest and most influential in several years. And green cars will be right at the forefront. With the auto industry continuing to recover slowly from its 2008 meltdown and Chinese sales rising, both U.S. and overseas automakers will launch new models and show off gleaming concept cars.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2012

While the bulk of our green car coverage from the 2012 Detroit Auto Show will concentrate on production models, concept cars can be just as exciting.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2018

Today, we've got news from the Detroit auto show, promised profits on electric cars, yet another teaser from Ford, and some great news on renewable energy. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we ran down last week's most important green-car stories.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Daimler Trucks will begin production of the new medium-duty DD5 and DD8 diesel engines for the NAFTA market in Detroit effective 2018. Daimler Trucks invested $100 million for the new production of the DT12 automated manual transmission in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

Geely Automobile Group and Detroit Electric Inc. The EC7-EV will be co-branded with a “Detroit Electric – Technology” badge. Whatever the preferred performance characteristics for the chosen chassis, the innovative Detroit Electric twin-speed high-torque gearbox is engineered to provide exceptional levels of energy efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Clair (battery enclosures) and is opening new facilities in Shelby Township (powertrain) and Detroit (seating). A new 110,000 square-foot brownfield seating facility in Detroit will supply seat frames and trim and foam assembly to a US-based automaker. The company is expanding its facility in St.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2020

General Motors is reportedly planning to build the Cruise Origin electric driverless shuttle at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant—the former assembly plant for the Chevrolet Volt, as well as the plant expected to make GM’s electric pickup and some of the 20 electric nameplates due globally by 2023.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2019

Which Chinese automaker showed an electric minivan in Detroit? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 18, 2019. What upcoming SUV will underpin a new "elegant" electric from Lincoln?

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APRIL 4, 2013

Detroit Electric SP:01. Detroit Electric unveiled the SP:01, a limited-edition, two-seat battery-electric sports car. The new SP:01 was launched under the brand’s mantra of ‘Pure Electric Excitement’ and was revealed at Detroit Electric’s new headquarters in the Fisher Building in downtown Detroit. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Volkswagen will unveil the new long-wheelbase variant of its Tiguan SUV in a world premiere at the beginning of January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Beginning in the early part of summer, the longer Tiguan—with up to seven seats—will be launched successively in North America, China and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

Chevrolet and Ford each are entering the Detroit Auto Show this week on the heels of major truck introductions: for Chevrolet, the next-generation Silverado full-size pickup; for Ford, the return of the Ranger mid-size pickup.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2015

Detroit Materials has developed extremely strong, castable low-alloy steel. With the support of Ricardo Strategic Consulting, Detroit Materials will initially focus on lower barrier to entry markets, such as chassis brackets for the Class 8 truck market, where the cast steel offers up to 58% weight savings. DM 1300-16. DM 1400-11.

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