The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

Buying an electric vehicle is a great step toward cutting your driving emissions, but you’ll want to install a home charger to make owning one much less annoying. The V2H Bundle includes a bidirectional charger and home charger that can let the structure go off-grid. & GM’s Ultium Home products come in three bundles. .&

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2015

General Motors is partnering with DTE Energy to build a new 800-kilowatt solar array at its Warren Transmission plant that will be GM’s largest solar installation in Michigan. The 2,800 solar panels will generate clean electricity that will go back to the grid. DTE Energy will own the array on 4.25 acres of land leased from GM.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency notes that in recent years, trends in the vehicle market shifted from smaller sedans and wagons to SUVs and pickup trucks, with SUVs making up 45% and pickups making up 15% of the model year 2021 light-duty vehicle market in the United States. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly. Installation of the system begins later this year. This project is a part of the transformation of Michigan Assembly from a large SUV factory to a modern, flexible, and sustainable small car plant.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

Volkswagen Group brands and their industry partners have been working in this field for some time; Audi has been operating the world’s first industrial power-to-gas plant in Werlte (Emsland) since 2013, with the Audi e-gas produced from wind power being fed into the natural gas grid. With 95 points, it achieved the best result so far in 2019.

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Cars That Think

JULY 20, 2022

As importantly, site operators could lease turnkey robo-chargers without the pricey hassles of charger installation, or setting aside precious real estate for chargers that are often underutilized. From its home base, Ziggy slurps up a 50-kilowatt-hour charge from the grid, batteries, or solar power. The EV charger that comes to you.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Ford is collaborating with Amazon in the US for all installation services from 240V outlets to the Ford Connected Charge Station. All participating Greenlots chargers will be connected to the company’s SKY EV Charging Network Software that balances grid demand and enables station owners to integrate renewable energy and storage assets onsite.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. The e-tron quattro SUV can “ turn like a hunting dog after a rabbit.”

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Baua Electric

MARCH 10, 2024

At its own theater in Laguna Beach, California, the company presented the expected Rivian R2 electric SUV , a smaller sibling to the R1S that will start at $45,000, deliver more than 300 miles of range in most of its forms, and be comparable to the Tesla Model Y in overall footprint.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

There will be electric alternatives in every segment from smart to SUV, with well in excess of 130 variants in total, ranging from 48-volt on-board electrical system with EQ Boost to plug-in-hybrids to all-electric vehicles with batteries or fuel cells. The asynchronous drive motor and battery pack are installed in the rear of the SUV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

have entered a commercial agreement to produce electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), cars and other electric vehicles in China for domestic and global distribution. Under the exclusive agreement, ZAP and Jonway take the electric drive systems designed by ZAP and integrate them into the reengineered EV SUV that will be produced by Jonway.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Volkswagen intends to sell 150,000 e-cars—of which 100,000 will be the ID and ID SUV—by 2020, according to Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management, E-Mobility division. As the cell modules are arranged in a similar manner to a bar of chocolate, the batteries are also easy to install.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2023

Addressing these challenges is critical, considering California Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order directing that by 2035 all new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state must be zero-emission vehicles. PG&E is also working to enable 2 million of those EVs to participate in vehicle-grid integration applications.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The Mercedes-Benz EQS is the brand’s first electric SUV that is built on a bespoke EV architecture – and we’ve driven it. Utilising the underpinnings of the EQS sedan , the made-in-America EQS SUV adds a wagon body that is about 20cm higher. Mercedes-Benz EQS450 4Matic SUV. Mercedes-Benz EQS450 4Matic SUV.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 23, 2024

A Bona Fide Third Row in an Electric SUV Combine the Kia Telluride three-row SUV and the Kia EV6 crossover and you get the all-new, all-electric 2024 Kia EV9 three-row SUV. There are other electric SUVs with a third row, but when comparing apples-to-apples, the EV9 offers the most cabin space for the lowest base price.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. Energy” companies are poised to receive the lion’s share of $50 million dollars to install a few more H2 filling stations. Such as the $1.1

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

There is a global consensus that EVs offer the most optimal solution to combat vehicular emissions, thanks to zero tailpipe emissions, and highly-efficient conversion of grid power. With a rapidly increasing share of renewable energy in India’s grid, EVs indicate a roadmap towards net zero mobility.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A team of IEEE volunteers installed 14 solar-powered microgrids at the monastery and a nearby elementary school. ELECTRICITY FOR THE HIMALAYAS To bring electricity to Lingshed, the IEEE group installed 14 solar microgrids, each powering a string of LEDs in homes and along the streets. Some even purchased televisions.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There is also a push to make those who own SUVs pay a steep annual registration fee to discourage their ownership, as is happening in Washington, D.C. Even if California does meet its 2025 mark, more than 400 charging ports would still have to be installed every day to meet the 2030 objective.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Only PHEVs and battery EVs get cleaner as they get older - because the electric grid gets cleaner every decade.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This renewable production capacity is increasingly important to ensure the existing power grid can accept more renewable sources. So much so, Hyundai has announced it is leasing its hydrogen SUV for $499 a month, with fuel thrown in for free. Of course, this also has the merit of producing so-called “green hydrogen”.

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

More renewable energy sources are being added to the UK grid all the time and it takes less energy to produce renewable electricity (and it’s a much cleaner process) than extracting and cracking crude oil to make petrol, while most new electric cars are packed with clever technology which makes then even more environmentally friendly.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ). “EV”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power.

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EV Central

JULY 10, 2022

Charged from home using grid electricity, it’ll cost something like $6 to cover 100km. Most EV owners will have a wallbox installed at home for faster charging. Against mid-sized SUVs from Hyundai and Kia the Model Y makes more sense. Polestar 2 electric vehicle charging. Think something like nine hours for the Tesla, 10.5

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

clip) Fisker also hopes to come out with SUVs and other types of cars. His Project Better Place will install and operate an Electric Recharge Grid consisting of charging spots and battery exchange stations. The new electric cars go only about 225 miles on a single charge at best. M omentum continues.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

An electric SUV is going to have more aerodynamic drag than an electric sedan like a Tesla Model S or Lucid Air. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. And it varies by car. Temperature is another factor. Batteries tend to be like humans. Finally, age.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

An electric SUV is going to have more aerodynamic drag than an electric sedan like a Tesla Model S or Lucid Air. There are also, incidentally, income tax credits at the federal and state levels for installation of EV charging equipment. And it varies by car. Temperature is another factor. Batteries tend to be like humans. Finally, age.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

4 compact all Electric SUV on a assembly line in their new factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Carlos Tavares California, as does nearly every state , has a wide range of incentives for purchasing EVs and installing chargers. Volkswagen’s ID.4 Volkswagen of America, Inc. Where is the clean energy? Where is the charging infrastructure?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

In electric mode the hybrid SUV can cover a distance of up to three kilometers (1.86 The synchronous motor of the Audi A1 e-tron is mounted transversely in the front, with its low installation benefiting the center of gravity. The mean consumption in the normal cycle (NEDC) is limited to less than 7.0 liters per 100 km (33.6

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

It is true that there are some EVs that will soon appear in the competitive price range of ICE vehicles like the low-end GM EV Equinox SUV presently priced around $30,000 with a 280-mile range. That makes the Model Y cost-competitive with Hyundai’s $45,500 IONIQ 5 e-SUV with 304 miles of range. on March 10, 2021.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Smart-grid technologies can help utilities better integrate renewable energy sources and run the transmission grid more efficiently, said Allan Schurr, the vice president of strategy and development at IBMs Global Energy and Utilities practice, which is participating in about 50 projects.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.

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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. Blending the MPG of SUVs and small cars understates the real consumption and rewards automakers for building gas hogs and unsafe micro cars which makes people want to buy "safe" gas hogs.

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