Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

ZF has developed an electric motor which does not require magnets. The latter are currently the motors most frequently used in electric vehicles, but they are based on magnets which require rare earth materials for their production. This makes the motor uniquely compact with maximum power and torque density.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla may consider adopting an 800-volt architecture for the Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. While taking questions from shareholders, Tesla executives were asked why the company does not adopt an 800-volt architecture for its cars. Lucid Motors went even further by adopting a 900-volt architecture for its Air sedan. .

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Chevrolet announced that Volt owners collectively have driven more than 100 million all-electric miles since the vehicle went on sale two years ago this month. The average Volt owner travels more than 65% of the time in pure electric mode as the car was designed, only using the gasoline-powered generator for longer trips.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s eMobility business has been awarded a contract to supply a 24-to-12-volt DC-DC converter for use in a commercial heavy-duty battery electric vehicle (BEV) that will power accessories, such as antilock brakes and lighting. That capability makes the converter unique among product offerings in this space.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2021

If you're considering a used electric car, now might be a good time to spring into action. General Motors is offering 0% APR financing for 72 months on used Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars and Chevy Volt plug-in hybrids, reports CarsDirect, which cited a bulletin sent to dealerships last week.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2022

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, confirmed plans to put the Polestar electric roadster concept into production. The production car is expected to launch in 2026 as the Polestar 6 electric performance roadster. Interested customers in all active Polestar markets are now able to reserve a build slot online.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As we get close to the Cybertruck Delivery Event, the excitement around the unconventional electric pickup truck is reaching its. more] The post Leaked Photo Of Tesla Cybertruck Bed Reveals 3 Power Outlets Of 110 & 220 Volts appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

Chevrolet Volt owners have accumulated more than half a billion all-electric miles since the vehicle’s launch in 2010. Volt owners are doing more than 63% of their overall driving in EV mode. Volt owners who charge regularly typically drive more than 970 miles between fill-ups and visit the gas station less than once a month.

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Volt Chevrolet Miles Idaho 285

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

kW charging system on the 2019 Chevrolet Volt cuts recharging times nearly in half by adding about twice the all-electric driving range per hour of charge. It effectively extends the vehicle’s all-electric driving range, while providing about twice the range for the money when plugging in at public facilities that charge by the hour.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

At IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Porsche is presenting the Mission R concept electric car that combines advanced technologies and sustainable materials, such as natural fibre-reinforced plastics, with a passion for racing. The electric motor on the front axle produces up to 320 kW (435 PS) in race mode.

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EV Central

JUNE 26, 2023

Toyota will launch its first hybrid HiLux in Australia in the first half of 2024, with the brand promising the new 48-volt system will reduce fuel use by 10 percent, and improve the way the HiLux drives both on- and off-road. ” Toyota says the 48-volt system won’t diminish the HiLux’s payload capacity or its 3.5-tonne

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

For a Tesla owner and a driver of a Chevrolet Volt, however, there was a moment in this story when things didn’t look like they would end well at all. . As it turned out, the incident actually happened because a hotel employee, the Chevrolet Volt driver, didn’t want to run over the Tesla’s charging cable.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

liter turbocharged M139 engine featuring an electric exhaust gas turbocharger. The turbocharger is operated via the 48-volt electrical system, which also feeds the belt-driven starter-generator (RSG). An electric motor around 1.6 Under the hood of the open-top 2+2-seater is an AMG-enhanced 2.0-liter

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Just a year ago, GM changed its tune about the possibility of hybrids—and plug-in hybrids like the much-loved Chevrolet Volt—in the company’s near-term future. There will be no follow-ups to the Volt, no long-rumored plug-in hybrid crossover, and even no more hybrids on the way. With the.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Lightning eMotors, a provider of all-electric powertrains and medium-duty and specialty commercial electric fleet vehicles, announced the successful delivery and deployment of 10 all-electric cargo vans to Montreal, Canada-based Goodfood Market Corp. These units have a cooling capacity down to -15 ?C

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2016

Chevrolet has sold 100,000 Volts in the US since the plug-in’s introduction. Since sales of the Chevrolet Volt began, owners have driven almost 1.5 mpg, Volt drivers have saved nearly 58 million gallons of fuel. billion miles in EV mode of a total 2.5 billion cumulative miles. Based on an average new car fuel economy of 25.3

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Volt Miles All-Electric Chevrolet 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

Stellantis’s Jeep brand is introducing the battery-electric Jeep Avenger ( earlier post ) in Europe. This introduction marks the beginning of the next phase of the electrification of the Jeep brand—the BEV wave—that will see four fully-electric vehicles hit the market by 2025.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

I was at the end of a 3-year lease and a 6-month extension on my 2018 Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid. It’s now what’s know as an orphan car—no longer in production as GM moves to full electrics. Electric-only range of the Volt has not only not diminished , but I’m regularly see 60-mile estimated ranges after a charge.

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Volt Personal All-Electric Chevrolet 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2022

Lightning eMotors has been named as the powertrain provider for an all-electric motorhome concept—the e-RV—under development by Winnebago Industries’ Advanced Technology Group (ATG). The electric powertrain system for the e-RV was developed, integrated, and installed by Lightning eMotors.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The Chevrolet Volt’s all-new second-generation Voltec extended-range electric propulsion system ( earlier post ) delivers 53 miles (85 km) of all-electric range, based on EPA testing. Chevrolet expects many next-generation Volt owners will use power solely from their batteries for more than 90% of trips. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

With the end of Chevrolet Volt production last week, it looks more like pure electric cars are winning the race to transform driving over more complicated, if versatile plug-in hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

The Velite 5, Buick’s first extended-range electric vehicle, made its global debut in Shanghai today. It is the latest iconic product from the brand in the new energy vehicle segment, and is based on the Chevrolet Volt. Bottom: 2017 Chevrolet Volt. Top: Buick Velite 5. Click to enlarge. This supports its hybrid-exclusive 1.5L

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Chevrolet says it has made the charging system in the next-generation Volt even easier for customers to recharge the battery and to check the charge status. The next-generation Volt debuts in January in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show. The new and enhanced features include: GPS location-based charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2022

Polestar 5 is a high-performance electric 4-door GT with sports car credentials, and the production evolution of the Precept concept car first shown in 2020. In Sweden, development of a new top-of-the-line electric powertrain is ongoing. A new rear electric motor will provide superior output, along with 800-Volt architecture.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Johnson Controls is premiering its new 48-volt Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module ( earlier post ) in Europe at the Hannover Messe. A 48-volt Li-ion battery would be used in vehicles in conjunction with a 12-volt lead-acid starter battery. By using the 48-volt battery vehicles can save between 15 and 20 percent in fuel.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Sales of plug-in electric cars in September chugged along steadily, with consistent sales from the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid and a stronger number for the Nissan Leaf battery-electric car. That's.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 3, 2022

Lexus and Toyota might not be asleep at the EV wheel after all. The automaker, known for biding its time and taking a cautious long-game approach on anything that it sees going big, appears to be applying the same mindset here. In an interview with Lexus chief engineer Takashi Watanabe at a prototype drive for the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e in Barcelona.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2021

General Motors is offering quite the deal on Chevy Volt and Bolt EV used cars. Meanwhile, Renault takes the high-performance R5 into all-electric territory. A Euro hot-hatch legend is coming back, all-electric. And we look at how battery health reports might help prop up the used-car market for EVs.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is changing. For the German luxury brand that popularized the four-stroke combustion engine, the shift to electrification and carbon neutrality is about much more than propulsion. Like every other established and startup automaker, the industry faces an unprecedented crossroads where digitization, electrification, energy, and.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 28, 2023

Kia on Tuesday revealed a full range of details for its upcoming EV9 electric SUV—including a Level 3 assisted-driving system and a digital store that will serve up extra-cost over-the-air feature upgrades.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years; the Chevy Volt won the Canadian electric-car sales trophy for the seventh time in seven months.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2014

Until recently, the Chevy Volt was the only range-extended electric car available in the U.S. I''ve driven a Volt for almost three years now, and it''s been a splendid car--quiet, smooth, peppy, and amazingly economical.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2014

The current 2015 Chevrolet Volt, now in its fifth year, will be the last of its generation before a revised and updated 2016 Volt is unveiled next January and goes on sale later in the year.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Porsche reveals a new generation of 800-volt EV tech in the Macan SUV. And if you don’t need a lot of range, Hyundai’s repositioning of the Kona Electric might make a lot of sense. Biden’s national EV charging network is up and running in Ohio. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2022

Elon Musk and Drew Baglino say 800-volt architecture is not in the cards for existing Tesla models.

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Volt Tesla Electric Vehicles Electric Cars 98

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

General Motors announced it would kill the Chevrolet Volt in mid-2019. Rivian revealed its good-looking electric truck. A new report details how much climate change will hurt the U.S. And new solid-state batteries from China. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2014

Since its launch in December 2010, owners of the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric car have steadily racked up miles driven solely on electricity from the grid. They recently reached a significant collective milestone: more than half a billion electric miles.

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