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AUGUST 5, 2009

billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Compact Power, Inc. (on

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

will convert three of DTE Energy’s fleet Saturn VUE SUVs to battery electric powertrains. The conversion of the three DTE Energy SUVs is part of the $5-million grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) awarded to DTE Energy in 2008. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.) million Michigan homes and businesses.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Cities and states can apply for grants to build these new charging stations if they meet federal guidelines. Level 1—a standard 120-volt wall plug–is the slowest. These systems offer double the voltage, around 240 volts, for residential chargers and 208 volts for commercial stations. good alternative.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

In a public-private partnership, the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), with a grant from the South Coast Air Quality District, approached Enterprise Fleet Management to lease and operate six, zero-emission, short-range vehicles. Vehicles under test include two Wheego Whips, two GEMs, a Columbia Summit and a Vantage.

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JULY 22, 2011

Starting this quarter, hundreds of employees of regional utilities will drive leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday vehicles and participate in the pilot. OnStar can receive dynamic time-of-use pricing from utilities and notify Volt owners of the rate plan offers via email.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Under its Electric Transportation Program, NYPA provides funding and arranges for grants from other parties in support of the purchase of clean electric-drive vehicles by interested municipalities and governmental agencies in New York State. The battery is rechargeable using either a 240-volt or standard 120-volt outlet.

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AUGUST 21, 2010

Car Charging Group plans to install Level II (240 volts) ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for EVs which are manufactured by Coulomb Technologies. According to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city now has 6,000 alternative fuel vehicles in its fleet of 26,000 vehicles. Car Charging Group, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Xcel Energy, a major US electricity and natural gas company, will add two of the 13 vans into its corporate fleet. The company will also provide $20,000 grants from its Chairman’s Fund to support the purchase of 11 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric vans for its project partners.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

Michigan a Launch Market for the Volt. Chevrolet has announced that Michigan joins California as a key initial Volt launch market. The study is funded under a grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission.

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JULY 9, 2019

million) grant from the UK Government-funded Advanced Propulsion Centre—consisted of 20 Ford Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid vans ( earlier post ) covering 240,000 km (150,000 miles) over a 12-month period. The trial—supported by a £4.7-million million (US$5.9-million)

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. million per year in 2028. Incorporating a BES system can aid in lowering the operational costs of a DC fast charger.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The grant, totaling $48 million from DOE and $49.4 Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 13, 2009

million grant to develop a fully integrated, production plug-in hybrid system for Class 2 – 5 vehicles (8,501 – 19,500 lbs gross vehicle weight), and the accompanying demonstration of a fleet of 378 plug-in hybrid trucks and shuttle buses. Eaton Corporation’s truck and electrical businesses will support a $45.4 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Lead grant applicant Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a subsidiary of ECOtality, received a $99.8 million to California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to develop a production plug-in hybrid system for Class 2-5 vehicles and to demonstrate a fleet of 378 trucks and shuttle buses.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Granted, fuel-agnostic energy storage is something most BESS products are capable of – but the concept of using on-site batteries for EV charging is still new enough that it might still be news to Cat’s customers. The fact that the hydraulic accessories fleet operators already own will work with the new electric 301.9

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

While several high profile vehicle market introductions such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf have been initiated, questions remain regarding the potential to reach the 2015 goal. Chevy Volt EREV. Fisker Nina EREV. Ford Focus EV. Ford Transit Connect EV. Navistar eStar EV. Nissan LEAF EV. Advanced Technologies R&D.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Two are at a private parking garage on the Embarcadero, paid for with federal and state money via Coulomb's ChargePointAmerica grants. Ironically, in practice this means only the converted plug-in Priuses in government and ZipCar fleets, using the 120 Volt receptacle in these Coulomb ChargePoint stations, can park and charge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2011

We zeroed in on electric shuttles for the fleet market for two main reasons. The Government of India will do a matching grant with us on the shuttle. ” Right now, AEV is looking at private fleets, and sees numbers there that will make it an attractive business. First, predictable routes. Predictability and intensity.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

During the same period, the US registered 38,000 units sold, half of it being Chevrolet’s Volt. The current EV market is a fleet market, a B2B market, not a B2C market. Worldwide, not more than 100,000 electric vehicles are expected to be sold in 2012. While the penetration of sales in the US stands at 0.6%

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 20, 2007

In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other automakers about their PHEV projects. The buzz about the Volt has generated automaker PR reactions. 50,000 grants of $10,000 to purchasers of plug-in cars might just drive the market.

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JUNE 13, 2013

The Energy Commission approved $18,690,000 in grants for projects that will expand the state’s fueling infrastructure for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Level 2 electric vehicle charging systems use 208-240 volt power, and typically provide 10 to 20 miles of range for each hour of charging for a passenger vehicle.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. "The Volt is a case study. " In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

million grant from the Wythe County (Virginia) Joint Industrial Development Authority to conduct more research and testing on the system. Plug-ins such as the Volt and LEAF will be able to use the Evatran system with an adapter. Evatran, a subsidiary of MTC Transformers, has developed a Level 2 (7.7 The company recently received a $1.25-million

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Plug-in 2010 Electric Vehicles Plug 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

The latter will provide grants to US-based manufacturers of up to $1.5 This FOA specifically is seeking applications for grants supporting the construction (including production capacity increase of current plants), of US-based manufacturing plants to produce batteries and electric drive components. Transportation Electrification.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

GM also reaffirmed its commitment to improve the fuel efficiency of its vehicle fleet, meet or exceed new federal fuel economy and emissions regulations, and push ahead with advanced propulsion technology. The Chevy Volt. Warrants granted to the New VEBA to acquire newly issued shares in the New GM equal to 2.5%

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EV Adoption

MARCH 23, 2021

The Magneto is slated to have a 70 kwh of battery capacity, at 800 volts and split among four Webasto air-cooled lithium-ion battery packs. UK-based Arrival makes zero-emission buses and vans designed for public transit and commercial fleets, such as that of parcel delivery service UPS, which has ordered 10,000.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. Frank (2016) Using the Fleet of Long Range Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. 2 ] 2016 Chevrolet Volt Review – First Drive - HybridCars 05 Oct 2015. [ 27 ] Watson, Grant and Andrew A.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The electric Chrysler Town & Country is the automakers first product from its ENVI electric vehicle division that is intended for production as a fleet vehicle. In an interview from Washington, Rhodes said Chrysler will submit an application for a grant under the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It is alarming to see comparisons of the Chevrolet Volt PHEV with battery electric cars when the comparison focuses only on the electric range and ignores the other important differences. The 2900 miles traveled by the Volt, drawing upon its combustion engine, produced far less CO 2 since the Volt uses a small and more efficient engine.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP). The 600 hybrid vehicles in the State fleet will be retrofitted to be PHEVs.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

per cent, has received 11 grants worth a total of $1.36billion to develop new kinds of batteries and electric car technologies, as well as to build the factories where they will be manufactured. The biggest individual grants however, were reserved for Johnson Controls and A123Systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

2014 Chevrolet Volt (38 mi/70 km; total range = 380 mi/704 km). The vehicle fleet spends a vast majority of time parked at home, and most early adopters of plug-in vehicles satisfy their charging needs there. Its limited range can more than suffice for many commuters, but it is impractical for long trips. Range-extended PHEV.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

All of [the automakers] are not only spending billions of dollars upgrading their fleets to EVs, but the majority of them are also announcing that they’re going to support bidirectional charging. In a single split-phase [system] we are looking at 48 amps x 240 volts = 11.5 Christian: So it’ll be 11.5 kilowatts both ways. Shawn: Yep.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

And secondly, on the truck front, GM faces significant competition with the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, Ford F-150 and Lordstown Endurance in the fleet market. But GM also had the number 2 (Bolt EV – 23,297) and number 5 (Volt – 20,349) best-selling EVs. GM’s EV Sales Since 2010.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

a concept vehicle presaging the first of a new fleet of Volkswagen electric cars and highlighting Volkswagen’s vision for the future in a number of areas, including autonomous driving and a new Open Space concept for the interior. At the Paris Motor Show, Volkswagen staged the world premiere of the I.D., The compact I.D.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Postal Service Minivan - Click above for high-res gallery Chrysler is celebrating Earth Day today by unveiling the first four of what will be a fleet of 250 battery-powered minivans for the U.S. The initial batch of vehicles include a pair of right- and left-hand drive versions, and the total fleet will include a mix of both.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The new plug-in vehicle will be able to exceed highway speed limits, go 100 miles on a charge and recharge in four to eight hours using a 220-volt line, similar to those for clothes dryers, said Mark Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America.

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