San Jose Chooses A Network Of Autonomous PRTs For Airport Connector Route
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 20, 2023
Personal rapid transit vehicles-- PRTs -- are appealing to municipalities due to their sustainability and lower costs. Are they viable?
Coulomb Technologies Unveils First ChargePoint America EV Charging Stations in San Jose
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2010
Coulomb Technologies has installed its first Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles in San Jose, California from its $37 million ChargePoint America program ( earlier post ). the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Wash., Sacramento, Calif.,
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BAE Systems, QinetiQ to integrate hybrid electric drive into tracked combat vehicle
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2020
BAE Systems has been awarded a $32-million prototype agreement by the US Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to integrate a Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) system onto a Bradley Fighting Vehicle —a tracked vehicle. Build is planned to be completed at the BAE Systems’ Sterling Heights prototype shop.
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In San Jose area? Come join us next week!
Revenge of the Electric Car
JULY 19, 2010
Revenge of the Electric Car producer Jessie Deeter and Who Killed the Electric Car member and EV extraordinaire Chelsea Sexton will be at the Plug-In 2010 Conference and Exposition on Tuesday, July 27th as part of “Public Night&# for the conference.
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All-electric BMW iX and i4 first BMWs with 5G support
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2022
The all-electric BMW iX and i4 are the first BMWs with available 5G support via Personal eSIM. When it enters one of these zones, a BMW Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle will switch to fully-electric driving mode automatically (provided the battery is sufficiently charged).
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Tesla Cybertruck appearing in more showrooms, now outside California
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
The Tesla Cybertruck has begun hitting showrooms ahead of its delivery event this month, with the unique electric pickup now being spotted in some stores outside of California. California •San Diego @ Westfield UTC Mall •San Jose @ Santana Row New York •New York City @ Meatpacking Go see a Cybertruck!
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Drako Motors unveils 2,000 HP all-electric Dragon super SUV
Electric Cars Report
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The San Jose, California-based startup Drako Motors unveiled its upcoming 2,000 HP all-electric Dragon super SUV. The Dragon is Drako’s second vehicle after the GTE electric sedan.
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These cute electric robots may soon deliver your dinner
Electrek
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Kiwibot is a last-mile delivery service that has completed over 150,000 food deliveries using electric semi-autonomous robots. Yesterday, the company announced its official expansion into San Jose, Miami-Dade County, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. Each of the four cities will be given up to 10 robots with one human supervisor.
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PG&E, Calif. Energy Commission launch 4MW sodium-sulfur grid storage pilot in San Jose
Green Car Congress
MAY 24, 2013
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled a utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery energy storage system ( earlier post ) pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The system has a 4 megawatt capacity, and can store more than six hours of energy.
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San Jose/Tesla deal announcement Wed.
Plugs and Cars
SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
The NY Times is reporting that Wednesday morning will see the announcement of a deal that will see Tesla's second electric car, the sedan, built in San Jose. On Wednesday morning, the company will announce a deal to lease 89 acres of land in San Jose, Calif.
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QuantumScape and Volkswagen to select location for solid-state battery JV pilot-line facility; 1GWh to start
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2021
The pilot-line facility, QS-1, will initially be a 1-gigawatt hour (GWh) battery cell commercial production plant for electric vehicle batteries. In its Q1 Shareholder Letter, QuantumScape highlighted progress on that front as well, securing a facility in San Jose to house the QS-0 line.
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QuantumScape expands to Asia-Pacific region with new R&D enter in Japan
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
QuantumScape Corporation, a leading developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles ( earlier post ), is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with an office in Kyoto, Japan. The new property will feature a laboratory for battery research and development.
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Stellantis-LG Energy Solution battery joint venture named NextStar Energy; 45 GWh plant in Windsor
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2022
He was responsible for US market sales and was based in San Jose, California, from 2015 to 2018. Lee has held a series of global and regional sales and marketing roles for the promotion of lithium-ion batteries at LG Chem since 2001. Lee will be moving to Windsor, Ontario, in the coming months.
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Updates on Coming Tesla Rental Car Program
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 17, 2023
Following my report from earlier today (technically, yesterday on the US East Coast), I Googled around a bit and found another Tesla job posting similar to the Texas one but in San Jose, California. The extra useful element of this job posting, however, […]
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Lucid Motors opening 20 sales and service locations in N America through 2021
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2020
San Jose Studio: Located at Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, CA. Los Angeles Studios: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA, and at Westfield Century City in Century City, CA. Los Angeles Service Center: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA.
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Elon Musk pledges to make things right after Tesla leaves small bakery with unpaid order
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has personally pledged to correct a mistake from the electric vehicle maker that left a small business in San Jose in a tricky situation. As per a Kron4 report, Voahangy Rasetarinera of The Giving Pies bakery in San Jose posted about her experience with the electric vehicle maker on social media.
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Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 24, 2020
After examining electric-driven solutions to the carbon and emissions footprint of Argent’s fleet, it became clear the best fit would be low-carbon, sustainable, bio-based renewable diesel fuel, primarily due to the rugged duty cycles of its trucks and equipment. Western States Oil, headquartered in San Jose, Calif.,
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SAIC demonstrating autonomous electric shuttle at UC Davis; data collection on behavioral response
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2019
San Jose-based Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation’s (SAIC) Innovation Center is demonstrating its automated, all-electric shuttle around a defined loop of the solar-panel-lined West Village community as part of an agreement between the auto company and UC Davis. —Maxwell Huang, president of SAIC USA and SAIC IC/VC.
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Shell closing its California hydrogen refueling stations
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Oil giant Shell announced plans to close its California hydrogen refueling stations this week, as much of the automotive industry is continuing to develop hydrogen fuel cell solutions alongside the popularization of electric vehicles (EVs).
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SF Bay Area local governments roll out 90 EVs into their fleets
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2014
The public agencies receiving vehicles are: Alameda County, Sonoma County, San Francisco, Concord, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Oakland, Fremont, the Marin Municipal Water District, and Sonoma County Water Agency. The Transportation Authority of Marin also participated with additional support for the Marin Municipal Water District.
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240 Rockwell Automation opens new EV innovation center in Silicon Valley
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2019
Rockwell Automation, a leading solutions and services provider to the automotive industry, opened a new 8,000 square-foot electric vehicle (EV) Innovation Center at 111 North Market Street in San Jose, California, within its Information Solutions development facility.
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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. In each region, the authors identified the four leading metropolitan areas with the highest electric vehicle share in each region. Click to enlarge.
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NIO updates Level 2 advanced driving assistant system NIO Pilot
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2019
NIO was founded in November 2014 as a global electric vehicle company. The company has more than 9,000 employees working in research and development, design and manufacturing centers in Shanghai, Beijing, San Jose, Munich, London and seven other locations.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Ryder System, a leader in commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation, and supply chain solutions, has started to take delivery of 125 Chanje medium-duty electric panel vans ( earlier post ), the first of their kind in North America, now available for lease or rent. Earlier post.)
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The ICCT: Nearly half of the world’s EVs are in 25 cities; China leads the way
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Nearly half of the world’s electric vehicles are in 25 cities, according to a new briefing by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). million passenger electric vehicles. Cumulative electric vehicle sales and 2017 passenger vehicle sales in top global electric vehicle markets. million of the world’s 3.1
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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2019
Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. San Jose, Calif.
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Tesla Roadster 3.0 Update: San Jose To LA Without Recharging
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
update for the Tesla Roadster, the electric-car maker''s very first product, sold in the U.S. Back in December, we first received confirmation of the "3.0" from 2008 through 2011. Tesla claimed the update would boost the Roadster''s range 40 to 50 percent, and said a real-world demonstration was forthcoming. MORE: Tesla Roadster 3.0:
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BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in electric bus company Proterra; part of $55M round
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2017
Electric bus manufacturer Proterra has closed a $55-million Series 6 round, on the heels of an oversubscribed $140-million Series 5 in January. Currently, the company has sold more than 400 vehicles to cities and communities in the US, including Seattle, Dallas, Nashville, San Jose, Philadelphia and Reno.
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Four Bay Area local governments deploying 50 i-MiEVs
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2013
Four San Francisco Bay Area local government fleets—San Jose, Los Gatos, Campbell and Mill Valley—are deploying a total of 50 Mitsubishi i-MiEV EVs, representing the largest municipal fleet deployment of light-duty all-electric vehicles (EVs) in the US to date.
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Lyten Launches Lithium-Sulfur Battery Platform
EV Obssesion
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Lyten Introduces Next Generation Lithium-Sulfur Battery for Electric Vehicles Company’s proprietary platform of advanced materials will enable a safer EV battery with higher gravimetric energy density than conventional lithium-ion and solid state technologies SAN JOSE, California, September 22, 2021 – Lyten, an advanced materials company, is disrupting (..)
Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2022
By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. In its place, Volkswagen will advance its electric line-up, including the American-assembled ID.4
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Frito-Lay boosts electric fleet; 275 electric trucks by the end of 2012
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 10, 2012
Frito-Lay is growing its electric truck fleet in California. Once all of the vehicles are deployed by the end of 2012, California will be home to 105 all-electric delivery trucks, the largest deployment in any state. In May of this year, Frito-Lay reached a milestone of one million all-electric miles driven.
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NIO unveils production electric SUV for China market; NIO ES8 to launch end of this year
Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2017
China-based electric vehicle startup NIO unveiled the NIO ES8, an electric SUV planned for serial production for the China market later this year. The NIO ES8 is a full-size 7-seat electric SUV with a 2-3-2 seating arrangement. NIO intends to equip the ES8 with a swappable battery pack. The NIO EP9 is priced at US$1.48
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Plug-in electric vehicle (EV) drivers can now sign up and pay for ChargePoint charging with PayPal. PayPal has long supported EVs and has installed 34 ChargePoint ports at its San Jose, California, campus for employees and visitors.
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California Energy Commission to award $8.9M for completion of California DC fast charge North-South corridors
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2016
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has selected 8 awardees for a total of $8,875,457 in funding to install Direct Current (DC) fast charging stations on Interstate 5 (I-5), State Route 99 (SR 99), and along United States Highway 101 (US-101) from San Jose traveling South in California. US-101: San Jose to Buellton.
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Audi to announce EV production plans in Mexico: report
Teslarati
JULY 5, 2023
German luxury carmaker Audi is reportedly set to announce its intentions to start electric vehicle production in Mexico. Audi’s announcement regarding the expansion of its electric vehicle production will take place on July 18 at the San Jose Chiapa plant in Puebla, as per insiders who reportedly provided information to Reuters.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 19, 2016
NextEV, a China-based designer and developer of high-performance electric vehicles ( earlier post ), has been issued an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit by the California DMV. Our new autonomous vehicle permit will now allow us to gather more data to perfect our intelligent, electric vehicles for the road.
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National Drive Electric Week 2021
EV Match
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
National Drive Electric Week 2021 is nearly upon us, taking place this year from September 25 to October 3. This annual, nationwide celebration is held to raise awareness of the many benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. National Drive Electric Week – San Jose, CA.
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Sprig Electric pairs Tesla Powerpack with rooftop PV system
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2016
Silicon Valley-based Sprig Electric is among the first electrical contractors in the nation to pair Tesla’s Powerpack stationary battery system ( earlier post ) with a 350 kW commercial rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system to optimize energy savings. Customers can use the battery’s stored electricity to reduce peak demand.
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150 Peninsula Clean Energy and California Energy Commission propose $24M partnership to install EV chargers in San Mateo County
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 14, 2019
Peninsula Clean Energy, the California Energy Commission, and Center for Sustainable Energy are partnering to launch an incentive project in San Mateo County in 2020 to increase publicly available electric vehicle charging locations with investments potentially reaching $24 million.
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Electrify America opening first California EV fast charging station in Torrance; targeting 9 in California by year-end
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Through its Cycle 1 California ZEV Investment Plan, Electrify America is developing a network of electric vehicle charging stations along highly traveled highways and in six California metropolitan areas which include Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose.
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Amazon announces milestones within Rivian EDV fleet
Teslarati
MARCH 31, 2023
Amazon has announced a few milestones within its Rivian Electric Delivery Vehicle (EDV) fleet. Since launching the delivery of packages using the all-electric vans Rivian developed especially for its partnership with Amazon, the e-commerce giant has accumulated more than 3,000 EDV units from the Normal, Illinois-based automaker.
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 12, 2019
Local ordinances approved include the following requirements: City of Menlo Park – New residential construction must use electric space and water heating, but may use gas cooking and fireplaces. New nonresidential construction must be all-electric and install solar generation. Allows for some exceptions, on a case-by-case basis.
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