Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative builds on the first-ever US-China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009. The two leaders emphasized their countries’ strong shared interest in accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles in order to reduce oil dependence, cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote economic growth.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated. kilowatt-hours per mile.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. Collaboration across industry, academia and government provides an opportunity to directly address these challenges in a pre-competitive way.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. PPG Industries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

Exploiting the advanced properties of graphene, such as high electrical conductivity, excellent chemical and mechanical stability, and large specific surface area, hybrid materials made by combining graphene with nanoparticles have led to products with much improved physical and chemical characteristics. Tour is the T.T.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

These advanced systems—efficient, ultra-clean energy plants—are envisioned to co-produce electric power, fuels, chemicals and other high-value products from coal with near-zero emissions, including greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. DOE award: $298,191). DOE award: $299,950).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation ( SEV US ) has selected Kansas City as the site for its US assembly plant. SEV US Corp will initially focus its production on battery-electric-powered vehicles for depot-based predictable-route delivery fleets. The SEV US Newton. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $6 million to 11 projects aimed at improving potential buyers’ experiences with alternative fuel and plug-in electric vehicles, supporting training, and integrating alternative fuels into emergency planning. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Office of Energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. It was concerned that the market for electric car-derived vans would become increasingly competitive. Earlier post.). Ford and Azure. Oak Park, Mich.-based

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. The grants will go to projects in 17 states.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

million in cost-share funding from industry participants in addition to the Federal money. This project will deploy 35 fuel cell systems as battery replacements for a complete fleet of electric lift trucks at FedEx’s existing service center in Springfield, Missouri. Total project funding of nearly $114.3 Anheuser-Busch (St.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

must create a strong electric car industry. Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. car industry hinges on cutting-edge battery technology. will be competing for the same finite supplies of oil and gas. Here, too, electricity is key.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Missouri University of Science and Technology , Rolla, Mo.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Carnegie Mellon University, SRI International and the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that drone-based delivery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use in the transportation sector. An open-access paper on the research appears in Nature Communications.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

While some fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) already have been demonstrated to travel more than 300 miles on a single fill using high-pressure tanks, DOE wants this driving range to be achievable across the full range of vehicle models without compromising space, performance, or cost. PPG Industries Inc. kWh/kg system (7.5

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Impacts on the electric vehicle ecosystem.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

Grievances include claims that the executive branch is unconstitutionally manipulating the marketplace by setting requirements higher than manufacturers can adhere to, effectively mandating sales of electric vehicles that have been broadly unpopular in the United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last week.

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