Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Pennsylvania State University its Year Two winner at the EcoCAR 2013 Competition in San Diego. The Penn State University Advanced Vehicle Team (PSU AVT) designed a series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) fueled with E85. in May 2014.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

The RAM plug-in hybrid truck. Chrysler is showcasing its two-mode Ram Truck Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), equipped with a 12 kWh, 33 Ah cell, 355V Li-ion battery pack from Electrovaya, at the Washington DC Auto Show. microcycles) (75 MWh total energy throughput, for a nominal PHEV-20).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

At the Department of Energy’s 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs combined annual merit review being held this week in Washington, DC, researchers presented results of two ongoing studies exploring the costs of three classes of battery packs: LEESS (Lower-Energy Energy Storage Systems—i.e., Source: TIAX.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

AFS Trinity Power Corporation has been awarded a patent for its Extreme Hybrid drive train that combines ultracapacitors and other power electronics and energy storage devices with off-the-shelf chemical batteries in plug-in hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.). AFS Trinity Chief Executive Officer Edward W.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

ABR, noted Peter Faguy, the DOE manager of the applied battery research program, during his presentation at the Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, is the difficult regime between the discovery of materials and their application in batteries that can be commercialized. The projects end in 2015. Argonne National Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2009

Bright Automotive will unveil its IDEA plug-in hybrid concept on Tuesday in Washington, DC. The IDEA is designed to operate in all-electric mode for the first 30 miles before switching to hybrid mode for a full range of 400 miles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

In eTec’s proposed project to the US Department of Energy, eTec is partnering with Nissan North America to deploy up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF EVs and approximately 12,750 charging stations throughout five states: Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington. Tags: Infrastructure Plug-ins. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

Hertz is the first car-rental company to deploy EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) on three continents—in the US (available to the public in New York, Washington, DC and San Francisco); the UK (London) and now Italy in Europe; and China (Shenzhen).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

California, Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington—have electric vehicle sales shares that are approximately 2–4 times the national average. Consumer benefit and new vehicle share for US states with largest total battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric incentives. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales in the US and Canada in 2016 will near 200,000 unit sales, growing by around 62% year-over-year. Hawaii and Washington are likely to maintain the significant market growth both states witnessed over the last 5 years, according to Navigant.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2009

There has never been a shortage of stories in the press denigrating plug-in electric cars. The press release headline blares: "PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE COSTS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BENEFITS MODEST FOR DECADES." Dubious presumptions about PHEV usage lead the authors to minimize any potential petroleum and emissions reductions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Hertz has deployed EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) in the US (available to the public in New York, Washington, D.C. In partnership with Plugless Power, The Hertz Corporation and Hertz Global EV are trialing the first wireless charging system for electric vehicles (EVs) in the car rental industry. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is currently less desirable to automotive manufacturers, but provides an additional resource benefit to PHEV/BEVs by theoretically doubling their capacity value to the grid. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

T oyota President Katsuaki Watanabe made his company's intentions clear yesterday about PHEVs. Here's the story from the LA Times: Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in U.S., Here's the story from the LA Times: Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in U.S., How should policymakers in Washington, D.C.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Student engineers participating in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge unveiled their vehicle architectures at the Washington Auto Show. Students were encouraged to explore a variety of solutions including hybrid, plug-in hybrid, fuel cell, electric, and extended range electric vehicles. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV).

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 23, 2007

T he Department of Energy is moving forward to develop advanced batteries for PHEV s. DOE to Provide up to $14 Million to Develop Advanced Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Join Plug In Partners today. Here is the story. This would include most roundtrip daily commutes.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 11, 2008

E ven as the President of Honda says he doesn't think that Plug-ins make sense, a new car company in China announces their plans to build one and Hyundai says it is considering developing a plug-in hybrid car. But the real win is to plug these cars into renewable energy sources like wind and solar.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Bright Automotive, the developer of the purpose-built, plug-in hybrid IDEA ( earlier post ), has been awarded one of five contracts by the United States Postal Service (USPS) to develop and test an electric postal delivery vehicle. Other awards have gone to ZAP ( earlier post ); Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Hertz is the first car-rental company to deploy EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) on three continents—in the U.S. available to the public in New York, Washington, D.C. Hertz On Demand, the global car sharing club, and IBM are piloting a smart charging program in Germany. miles) away.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will work closely with Nissan and ECOtality as a member of The Electric Vehicle (EV) Project in western Washington state. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

Malikopoulos has recently begun a DOE-funded project on developing autonomous intelligent plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); he presented an early update at the recent DOE 2012 Annual Merit Review meetings in Washington, DC. Source: Malikopoulos 2010. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Although the Volkswagen Group’s current production emphasis is on battery-powered electric drive (full BEV and PHEV, e.g., Volkswagen e-Golf, e-up! Although the Volkswagen Group’s current production emphasis is on battery-powered electric drive (full BEV and PHEV, e.g., Volkswagen e-Golf, e-up! —Prof. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

The National Academies has issued a pre-publication version of an interim report on Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment. A final, comprehensive report will be published in late summer 2014. It also begins an initial discussion of the pros and cons of the possible roles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

At the same time, Sommer said in his presentation at the 2015 Electric Drive Congress in Washington DC, continued legislative support is needed to reach the next level of electric vehicle adoption. Earlier post.) Volkswagen will also invest to support installation of charging stations in certain dealer locations. We cannot do so alone.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 06, 2009 – The "Spirit of DC's" on the road again on its Sun Belt Grand Finale from San Francisco to Washington, DC. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around America (PHEV3A) tour with "EVJerry" Asher driving started last year on Earth Day, in front of the Nation’s Capitol. link]. [link].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

How do you prove the benefits of a plug-in hybrid car to the public? A Florida car dealer set a mission to drive 1,100 miles in a Toyota Prius, which had been modified as a plug-in hybrid, while burning as little petrol as possible. Plug-ins, he believes, are most useful to those with a daily commute to work.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Plug In America and other Electric Auto Association chapters have been actively promoting the film with a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness. Subsequent to that hearing, CARB pulled the plug on battery EVs and put its effort behind hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In July it will open in every major American market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2014

OSU’s series-parallel PHEV. announced that the Ohio State University (OSU) team was the overall winner of the EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future finals. The OSU team’s engineered 2013 Chevrolet Malibu featured a series-parallel plug-in hybrid drive with E85-fueled engine technology. Click to enlarge.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 11, 2023

California leads the way for state-specific alternative fuel laws and incentives with 183 at the time of this writing (149 when filtered specifically for EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Here’s what you should know about where and how to look for fleet EV charging incentives. Where is Blink a verified supplier?

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

Don’t miss this news conference of the “Sprit of DC”, Plug-In PHEV vehicle, bringing its message of energy independence to East Tennessee. EV Jerry” and the “Spirit of DC” Plug-In Hybrid EV All Around America educational tour are nationally recognized, because “Spirit" runs on electricity, and can convert to hybrid propulsion.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Quicke sidenote: PHEV3A as an acronym now encompasses the Tour de AZ: "Spirit of DC" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around Arizona (PHEV3A) EVducational Tour (tho it could change, depending on sponsorship to AAA Tour de AZ, or even eTour de AZ). The general theme (and purpose) is: Plug-in Arizona!

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Army in Washington, D.C., Army in Washington, D.C.,

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Roger Duncan gives Campaign Update The Plug-In Partners National Campaign has now been underway for six months. We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA., Irvine, CA.,

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Story and photos by Kay Crow [Go to the link for viewing story & photo] Friday January 23 brought the “Spirit of DC,” a Prius Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vechicle (PHEV) to Groveland’s Tioga High School. Now it’s time for the return trip to the National Mall in Washington D.C.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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