Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'Maxwell Technologies, Inc. is introducing two 24-volt versions of its ultracapacitor-based Engine Start Module (ESM). ( Earlier post.) The new higher voltage ESM is suited for improving equipment uptime and power reliability in buses and industrial vehicles such as cranes, backhoes, bulldozers, graders, pavers, off-road trucks, portable compressors and others with diesel engines.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'Last week, barely minutes before it adjourned, the Maryland House of Representatives passed a bill authorizing Tesla Motors to sell its electric cars from up to four stores in the state. Now, courtesy of a video sent in by a reader, we can hear that bill''s sponsor describe the process that led to the bill--and why he cared about Tesla in the first.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $5 million in grant funding for 4 clean diesel projects at ports in California, Oregon, New Jersey and Texas. The DERA grant recipients are: The City of Los Angeles Harbor Department will replace a diesel-powered crane with an all-electric crane that produces zero emissions at the San Pedro Bay. The NJ Department of Environmental Protection will replace Tier 1 engines on marine vessels with Tier 4 certified engines significantly reducing part

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'While hybrid cars have been on U.S. roads in large numbers for over a decade, their reliability and repair costs may still spook some potential buyers. The innards of a modern car are already mysterious enough for the average person; add in extra electrical components and things get even more confusing. Yet a new repair-cost study shows some.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'The Nikkei reports that Toyota wants a 30% take-rate for hybrids out of the vehicles it will sell in China in 2020, citing remarks by Hiroji Onishi, Toyota’s top executive in the country. Toyota will begin building hybrids in China this fall. The company also plans to release an electric vehicle in China—unique to the Chinese market—this year through its joint venture with GAC Group.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'We''re not entirely sure what it has to do with Earth Day, to be honest, but here''s an odd little statistic. Turns out that buyers of green cars--whether they''re hybrids or plug-in electric cars--are somewhat more likely to pay cash for their cars than are buyers of all vehicles on average. DON''T MISS: Who Buys Plug-In Electric Cars, And Why? CA.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'In various forms, the MINI has been with us for more than half a century--but its image has always been shaped by the two-door model. The original BMC Mini had two doors and a small trunk; the BMW MINI from 2002 is a more conventional three-door hatchback. Now there''s a five-door hatchback model as well, putting the 2015 MINI Cooper squarely into.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'Car buyers are trading in hybrid and electric cars for SUVs at a higher rate than ever before, according to a new analysis from car-buying platform Edmunds.com. According to Edmunds.com, about 22% of people who have traded in their hybrids and EVs in 2015 bought a new SUV. The number is up from 18.8% last year, and it is nearly double the rate of 11.9% three years ago.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'For the past couple of years, Oregon has been unique among the states that promote electric cars. That''s because it created a position within its Department of Transportation for a "Chief EV Officer"--a person charged specifically with overseeing efforts to encourage electric-car adoption. Ashley Horvat has held that position for the past five.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'Toyota has tapped award-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock to show how calling hydrogen fuel cell vehicles “bullsh*t”—an oft-quoted opinion of Elon Musk—isn’t far from the truth. “Fueled by Bullsh*t” is the first online video in a multi-part “Fueled by Everything” series aimed to educate a broad audience about the innovative ways hydrogen fuel can be made from renewable sources.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'DC fast-charging stations greatly increase the convenience of owning an electric car--but they''re still far scarcer than slower, 240-volt Level 2 charging sites. Even where fast-charging stations can be found, there''s a three-way split among the CHAdeMO, Combined Charging Standard (CCS), and Tesla Supercharger standards that cuts the number of.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400-million TWD (US$46 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. This follows the successful demonstration of the carbon recycling platform at the White Biotech (WBT) Demonstration Plant in Kaohsiung using steel mill off gases for ethanol production.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2015

'Today, we have the story behind the bill allowing Tesla direct sales in Maryland, a gas mileage review of the 2015 MINI Cooper 4-Door Hardtop, and a new study charting hybrid repair costs. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Oregon''s electric-car czar leaves the public sector for PlugShare, after years of working to promote electric cars in.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'Automotive electronics supplier Visteon and Linux software specialist Codethink are partnering to improve the long-term traceability and reproducibility of software used in in-vehicle infotainment products. Visteon and Codethink have developed a unified approach to collect and integrate Linux ecosystem source code across the wide range of third-party and open source components used in Visteon’s infotainment projects with global automakers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

'Vehicle cost, current battery technology, and inadequate consumer knowledge are some of the barriers preventing widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, according to a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Developing less expensive, better performing batteries is essential to reducing overall vehicle cost, and a market strategy is needed to create awareness and overcome customer uncertainty, the report finds.

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