Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

Coca-Cola Enterprises has ordered 150 Kenworth T370 diesel-electric tractors and 35 Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks, all of which will be on the road this year. GCW) are the largest hybrid delivery truck on the road in North America. The CCE order is the largest yet received by Kenworth for hybrid tractors and trucks.

Kenworth 150

Kenworth Hybrid Las Vegas San Antonio 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding approximately 5,000 additional gas/electric hybrids to its nationwide fleet and designating nearly 80 rental locations across the country as “hybrid branches.” Louis; Seattle; and Washington, DC. per rental to fund certified offset projects through TerraPass.

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Fleet St. Louis Hybrid San Francisco 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

. … Livery fleets have changed significantly in the past decade, with many city fleets now featuring large numbers of hybrid and alternatively fueled vehicles. —Bishop et al. In their study, Bishop et al. Credit: ACS, Bishop et al. Click to enlarge. of the registered vehicles (2000/325000).

Emissions 150

Emissions Fleet Light Taxi 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Another three are on the West Coast and in Hawaii: Seattle (4), Portland (5), and Honolulu (6). The enhanced driving range of the 2013 LEAF—partially enabled by the energy-efficient hybrid heater that is an especially important feature for Chicago—has helped make the EV a viable commuter car in this huge car market, Nissan said.

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2013 Nissan Market San Francisco 334

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Seattle, and Washington, DC. Markets were chosen based on several criteria, including commuting patterns, existing hybrid purchase trends, utility company collaboration and local government commitment to electrification. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.,

2012 218

2012 Ford San Diego San Francisco 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Seattle; and Washington, D.C. Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. When C-MAX Hybrid launches, Ford becomes North America’s largest maker of hybrid transmissions.

Michigan 363

Michigan 2012 Ford Lithium Ion 363

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

Seattle, Washington-based EnerG2 , a seven-year-old company focused on introducing advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage, broke ground on its first facility dedicated to the commercial-scale production of synthetic high-performance carbon electrode material for use in ultracapacitor energy storage devices.

Companies 186

Companies Washington Energy Storage Financing 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Seattle; and Washington, DC. The Focus Electric initial markets were chosen based on several different criteria including existing hybrid purchase trends, utility company collaboration and local government commitment to electrification. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

Ford 231

Ford San Diego Market San Francisco 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The THINK EV-Ready Cities Index was presented by THINK CEO Richard Canny at the Electric Drive Transportation Association Annual Conference and Meeting at the Washington Auto Show. Rounding out the top ten were Newark, Seattle and Atlanta. The remaining cities included Denver, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Phoenix.

San Diego 231

San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Think City 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

Energy Storage 210

Energy Storage Energy Washington Wind 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

King County, Washington, Executive Dow Constantine announced that King County Metro Transit will acquire 120 battery-electric buses by 2020. Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County. Maintenance costs of all-electric buses are expected to decline versus hybrid-diesels, primarily because they have fewer moving parts.

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Purchase 2020 Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

Peter Slowik and Nic Lutsey analyze the connections among various state and local policies; public and workplace charging infrastructure; consumer incentives; model availability; and the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric (both fully electric and plug-in hybrid).

Market 186

Market San Jose Kansas City Minneapolis 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

While the most populous states will see the highest sales volumes, with California, New York and Florida likely leading the way, as a percentage of total vehicle sales, smaller states will lead, with Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, DC, and Delaware among the top states for PEV penetration. penetration, respectively. 4.6%), and Delaware (4.5%).

Plug-in 261

Plug-in Plug San Diego New York 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

These typically range from $1,000 to $3,000 per battery electric vehicle in most states, and they are typically about half as much for plug-in hybrid vehicles due to their lesser all-electric driving capability. There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington.

San Jose 253

San Jose San Francisco Market Atlanta 253

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

University of Washington (Seattle, Washington). University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada). University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, Tennessee). University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada). University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia).

Los Angeles 271

Los Angeles North Carolina Mississippi Indiana 271

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C., The DOE has also signed a conditional commitment with Fisker Automotive to build plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. and with Houston-based Reliant Energy. This marks the third loan arrangement agreement signed by DOE with an advanced technology vehicle manufacturer. Earlier post.).

Nissan 225

Nissan San Diego Batteries Battery 225

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

Cars 99

Cars Fleet Los Angeles Houston 99

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Daimler Trucks North America LLC will develop and demonstrate a tractor-trailer combination using a suite of technologies including active aerodynamics, cylinder deactivation, hybridization, and the electrification of accessories. University of Washington, Seattle. Navistar, Inc. Drive Oregon. Plug In America. 1,250,000.

Vehicles 150

Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2009

That is the question posed by Car.com’s second annual Green Cities Index which shows which areas have the most interest in hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles. The index ranks cities across the USA by evaluating the number of hybrid searches as a percentage of overall car searches in each market and then ranking them.

San Jose 39

San Jose Oregon San Francisco Portland 39

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region.

Alternative Fuels 236

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Plug In Partners

JULY 7, 2006

H ere is a guest editorial from a plug in partner city that appeared in the Seattle Post Intelligencer. clip) There is more, however, that we in Washington state can do to help reduce oil use by a transportation system 97 percent dependent on oil.

Oil 100

Oil Plug-in Washington Gasoline-Electric 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Field Testing and Validation of Hybrid Optimization and Performance Platform (HOPP) , $500,000. Pacific Netting Products (Kingston, Washington). Seattle, Washington). First Solar Inc.

Commercial 170

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

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. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids.

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Kansas City Minnesota Oklahoma Austin 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Alone, the federal government plans to purchase more than 500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or EVs in fiscal year 2017. University of Washington. City of Seattle. Municipal fleet electrification. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University (research partner and advisory board). Con Edison.

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Obama Charging Financing DC 150

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to 35 miles or more.

Nickel Metal Hydride 100

Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", No announced plans.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

King County Metro, the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle, will soon begin testing long-range battery-powered buses that can travel more than 140 miles on a single charge, the latest milestone toward a zero-emission fleet.

Miles 372

Miles Seattle North America Charging 372

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius.

Prius 48

Prius Conversion Plug-in Plug 48

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

AESC will market its laminated compact lithium-ion batteries to automotive manufacturers around the world for use in electric-powered vehicles (hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles). and Washington, D.C. Raleigh, N.C.

Nissan 150

Nissan 2010 CO2 Green 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Washington, D.C. PT Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year By AUBREY COHEN SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Seattle will be one of the first cities where Nissan sells a new electric car, and the city will help make the vehicles viable here, officials from the city and auto maker said Tuesday.

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Seattle Nissan Electric Cars Cars 67