Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. The pickup boasts 563 horsepower, does zero to 60 in four seconds and wields 1050 Newton-meters (775 lb.-feet)

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

President Joe Biden says he’ll head to Michigan next week to support the United Auto Workers (UAW) strikes against Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis. Ford managed to avoid escalated strikes after meeting some of the UAW’s demands. We’ve made some real progress at Ford,” Fain said. “We

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The charging company used a Tesla Cybertruck to test out its NXUOne Charging system, which claims to be a universal, dual-technology solution. NXU’s announcement feels timely, considering Tesla recently shared that Ford’s EVs now have access to its NACS Supercharger sites.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. General Motors LLC. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Achates Power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Battery 500 Phase 2, with BNL, INL, SLAC, General Motors and 8 universities as partners. Electrochemical/Thermal-Optimized Solutions for Extreme Fast Charge, with INL and Ford. Streamlining cooperative vehicle-to-vehicle communications and controls that reduce energy use and emissions. Low-Pressure All Solid State Cells.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2022

Achieving zero roadway deaths is necessary for universal adoption of autonomous driving and is the objective of the recently released US National Roadway Safety Strategy. Henry Ford said his goal was for every working family to own a car. Our goal is to have nobody lose a loved one in a car crash. Behrooz Rezvani. Chandrasekaran, V.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2013

USABC, managed by Chrysler Group, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors, will solicit, fund, and manage cooperative research and development projects to improve next-generation advanced energy storage technologies for vehicles. Selected through a competitive solicitation, USABC will receive $12.5

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Teslarati

MAY 17, 2023

Kimberly Whitler, a professor at the University of Virginia’s business school, also stated that while Musk is effectively the face of Tesla, the CEO’s polarizing persona might not be a good fit for an advertising campaign. Ford, on the other hand, spent $370 million, Toyota spent $1.1 “Is he an effective ambassador?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

Several Xerox transportation solutions and analytics innovations are being demonstrated at Mcity, the University of Michigan’s new test environment for connected and automated vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

General Motors, which has a long history of crash test dummy design, is leading current research on the potential for global auto industry use of a test dummy that would help automakers and safety experts better understand how crash victims are hurt in rear impacts. BioRid Final Report , Chalmers University, 1999.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

Some examples of recent work by automakers on this include: General Motors is developing OnStar-enabled Smart Grid solutions, and in 2012 announced it would open up its APIs to third-party developers. Ford Motor Company is collaborating with a number of companies on MyEnergi Lifestyle showcases. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

The University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2012 American Solar Challenge (ASC) with its car Quantum, snagging a fourth consecutive ASC title, and also breaking the record the team set in 2008. Major sponsors of the U-M Solar Car team include IMRA America, Michigan Engineering, Ford Motor and General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, Lincoln Composites, Toray Carbon Fibers America, Inc. University of Oregon, up to $2.0 Advanced materials-based hydrogen storage technologies will enable more efficient storage at lower pressures than current compressed hydrogen tanks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award two consortia—one led by the University of Michigan and one led by the West Virginia University—a total of $25 million over the next five years under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). The announcement of another $12.5 The announcement of another $12.5

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 30, 2022

He had earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1946 and a master’s in electrical engineering in 1949, both from Columbia University. The Henry Ford Shortly after the cocktail party, the two men founded Unimation, the name a portmanteau of “universal” and “automation,” which Devol had coined when filing his patent. meters deep.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2016

NOHMs), a Cornell University spin-out founded in 2010, raised $5 million in Series B venture capital financing to commercialize its non-flammable electric vehicle (EV) battery electrolyte technology. NOHMs Technologies Inc. Surya Moganty, CTO at NOHMs and inventor of the technology. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Sapa’s automotive customers include OEMs such as Ford, General Motors, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover and Tesla, as well as Tier 1 suppliers such as MAHLE, Benteler, Panasonic and TI Automotive. The lab will not handle external queries, aside from projects with key academic partners, such as Michigan Technological University.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, recently awarded $1.64 volt lithium-ion batteries, consistent with USABC goals. volt lithium-ion batteries, consistent with USABC goals.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2016

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, awarded a $4-million contract to SiNode Systems Inc. for development of advanced anode materials for automotive lithium-ion battery applications.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2011

A collaboration of car makers including Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche, and Volkswagen are to present their new Combined Charging System at the 15th International VDI-Congress and Exhibition “Electronic Systems for Motor Vehicles” in Baden-Baden, Germany tomorrow.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The program is a strategic partnership between Coulomb and Ford, General Motors and smart USA. The ChargePoint America project will collect data characterizing vehicle use and charging patterns, and Purdue University and Idaho National Labs will analyze the data. Sacramento, Calif., and Washington DC.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. The 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row interior storage bins contained 20% wheat straw biofiller. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A study from the University of California Berkley that found that only 72.5% Ford Motor Company announced it will invest $3.7 billion loan in July 2022 to General Motors for battery manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. which could help solve most of the issues with EV charging maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2014

And new battery-heavy hybrid drives and electric cars will not be lighter: The small all-electric Ford Focus weighs 1.7 metric tons, General Motors’ Volt is more than 1.7 metric tons, and the Tesla is just above 2.1 metric tons. —Vaclav Smil.

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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. Following World War II, he pursued a doctorate in physics at the University of Chicago. Nobel Laureate John B. He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2012

The other two industry teams working with NREL in the CAEBAT program are: EC Power, Penn State University, Johnson Controls, Inc., and Ford; and. General Motors, ANSYS, and ESim. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy provided the funding.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

The University of Michigan’s Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) announced that key industry leaders from a variety of sectors, including Bosch, Econolite, Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Xerox have joined the center as its initial industry partners. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe, and a crucial element in the creation of our most precious resource: water. It’s also a stretch to expect traditional US car companies such as General Motors Co. or Ford Motor Co. Just 223 were sold in the US in the first quarter, out of 3.8

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the first large controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars. Ford Motor Co. General Motors Co. Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

The CRP continues its process of carefully reviewing the use of R1234yf by using universally accepted engineering methods, including analysis of recent OEM testing from actual vehicle crash data, on-vehicle simulations, laboratory simulations, bench tests, and more than 100 engine compartment refrigerant releases.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

University of Michigan. The Ohio State University. Arizona State University. Mississippi State University. Ford Motor Company. ?This General Motors. Johns Hopkins University. The Ohio State University. Michigan State University, Composite Vehicle Research Center.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

Conducted by University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), the Safety Pilot Model Deployment is a first-of-its-kind test of connected vehicle technology in the real world. Ford is providing cars equipped with experimental vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology to collect data for the US test. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

An analysis by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University of parking and charging availability for electric vehicles in the US has concluded that limited availability of dedicated residential parking—and hence charging opportunities—is a significant barrier to mainstream electric vehicle adoption. Traut et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected six cost-shared University Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls research and development projects totaling up to $13 million in DOE funding, subject to annual appropriations. The following projects were selected for award negotiation and will be cost shared at a minimum of 20%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Frank Figge of Queen’s University Belfast and Dr. Tobias Hahn of Euromed Management School Marseille. The research project was undertaken by researchers working at Euromed Management School Marseille, Queen’s University Belfast and IZT—Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment in Berlin. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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EV Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Automakers Rush to Embrace NACS Technology In June of 2023, Ford was the first domino to fall, becoming the first major automaker to collaborate with Tesla and announce its adoption of the NACS plug. Ford Spring 2024 NACS plug will come standard on new models; existing EVs with CCS ports will connect through an adapter.

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