Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Modern plug-in electric cars first became available in the U.S. in December 2010, when the Nissan Leaf and the first-generation Chevrolet Volt went on sale. Shortly after that, in his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama set the goal of putting 1 million such cars on U.S. roads by 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

The Obama Administration is awarding $8 billion in three conditional loan commitments for the development of innovative, advanced vehicle technologies: $5.9 billion to Nissan North America, Inc.; Nissan will receive $1.6 billion to produce electric cars and battery packs at its manufacturing complex in Smyrna, Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

the current annual production capacities of China’s Nickel-hydrogen batteries and lithium-ion battery, the key parts of electric vehicles, will exceed 0.14 If each electric vehicle is to be equipped with a battery with a 30,000 WH capacity, the annual output will meet the demand of 150,000 vehicles by 2010.According Earlier post.).the

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

The new partners—Coca-Cola, Enterprise Holdings, General Electric, OSRAM SYLVANIA, Ryder, and Staples—operate a total of nearly a million commercial vehicles nationwide. The company is also in the process of testing all-electric delivery trucks in Ohio and California.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 22, 2009

I’m probably going to seem a little Nissan-centric this month, what with their imminent big announcement August 2nd. But also because I, along with a few other Plug In America members, spent the better part of the past three days meeting with about ten of Nissan’s advanced planning team.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

The goal of this high-powered group of corporate executives is nothing less than the complete transformation of our transportation sector, one in which electricity plays the dominant role where possible. Along with one large automaker (Nissan), infrastructure providers and utilities, FedEx is among the founding members. Download it.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Nissan LEAF EV. Ford Transit Connect EV.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2009

The first conditional loan commitments reached as part of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing programme has been awarded by the Obama administration. The Ford Motor Company will benefit from $5.9billion, Nissan North America will pick up $1.6billion and Tesla Motors has been awarded $465million.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

In the new report Silicon vs. WBG: Demystifying Prospects of GaN and SiC in the Electrified Vehicle Market, Lux projects that SiC will be adopted in electric vehicles in 2020. Applied in an EV, WBG materials could cut electricity losses by 66% during vehicle battery recharging, the DOE says. million to a $3.8-million

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. In 2010 Nissan used it in its Leaf electric car.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

Could Japanese manufacturer Nissan help to solve the US’s unemployment rate and the scarcity of green cars in the country in one swoop? It hopes that its production line will be capable of producing 50,000-100,000 electric cars by 2012. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Nissan Tennessee U.S.A

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

drivers, may also developplug-in electric models as U.S. and Nissan MotorCo., are rushing out cars that can be recharged at electrical outletsas the U.S. in Japan’s Kyoto prefecture to make packsfor gasoline-electric hybrid cars. the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. General Motors Corp.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? The number of electric cars bought, according to the study, “may be significantly less if these assumptions do not materialize.&# ‘ Here is the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015. Here's my June column. Plug-in cars are inevitable. Such as the $1.1

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

More details at: Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO. The IPO represents a landmark in the resurgence of electric-car technology that most carmakers had dismissed as impractical until recently. Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO. The electric-car start-up was offered $465 million in low-cost loans by the U.S.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. percent of $1.9

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. DOE Award ($mil.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2011

President Barack Obama announced an agreement with 13 major automakers to pursue the next phase in the Administration’s national vehicle program ( earlier post ) , increasing fuel economy to a fleetwide average 54.5 Dashed lines denote that standards for MY2017-2025 reflect percentage increases in Notice of Intent.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Here are the years most important stories that we have either highlighted or linked. must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Frank doesn’t know too much about electric cars and didn’t do much research before doing his report. Frank doesn’t like electric cars very much and doesn’t want you to either. Why did he call his report, “Electric Cars Still Years Away?&# Does he really believe that fairtale?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses, that is). How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. Which electric-car developer counts former U.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Even billionaire investor Warren Buffett is betting on the market for more fuel efficient and electric vehicles, including those made in China. Related Slideshow: Top Green Cars View » BYD’s all-electric E6 automobile debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in January and it’s expected to enter the U.S. automakers in their own market.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The car that once advertised itself as “The Standard of the World” will go all-electric. It seems about as relevant to the electric-vehicle transition as a Caterpillar excavator. It’ll never sell in the numbers Chevrolet will, but GM has said Cadillac’s lineup will be all-electric by 2030—only one full product cycle away.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service by Sam Abuelsamid on Apr 22nd 2009 at 10:05AM Chrysler U.S. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

PT Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year By AUBREY COHEN SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Seattle will be one of the first cities where Nissan sells a new electric car, and the city will help make the vehicles viable here, officials from the city and auto maker said Tuesday. Hats off to Nissan.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. At a press event on Monday, Oregon’s governor, Ted Kulongoski, was talking up Nissan’s previously announced partnership with the state.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts. Perhaps more importantly, quickly "pouring" electricity into many of the batteries available today may stress the very expensive component and shorten their useful lifetime.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Similarly, such mandates and incentives will drive the market for electric cars for a while. The Oregon Legislature is contemplating bills that provide credits for both manufacturers and purchasers of electric cars. It has awarded tax credits worth about $100 million to each of four manufacturers of electric-hybrid car batteries.

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