Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) chose the state of Michigan to host the multi-stage competition that will result in the award of a $10 million prize purse in September. Vehicles will be tested on braking speed, lane change ability, acceleration and refueling/recharging time, among other elements. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Honda’s popular CR-V compact crossover is now getting a hydrogen-powered version that will begin deliveries this year in California – the car allows you to recharge via Level 2 charging for quick trips, or rely on hydrogen power for long hauls. To recharge, you can top off your vehicle via a fuel cell stack in about five minutes.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Sure, you’ll have to plug in and recharge eventually, but with a median range of more than 250 miles per charge, you won’t have to worry about refueling for a while in a modern EV. Drive more than 350 miles on a single charge (Long Range model) and go from zero-to-60 mph in about three seconds (Performance model). California.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation announced 27 Ford Transit Connect Electric van sales, including a five-unit sale to returning customer FedEx Express, a four-unit sale to the City of Toronto, a three-unit sale to DTE Energy, one of Michigan’s largest energy suppliers, and 15 unit sales to various Ford commercial truck dealers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2018

Selected research projects are focused on developing electric vehicle systems that can recharge rapidly at high power levels, decreasing typical charge times to 15 minutes or less using a connector or wireless fast charging system. University of Michigan. Pennsylvania State University. DOE award: $1,000,000. DOE award: $1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

million Michigan homes and businesses. The conversion of the three DTE Energy SUVs is part of the $5-million grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) awarded to DTE Energy in 2008. DTE Energy is the Detroit-headquartered diversified energy company providing gas and electric services to 2.7 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 13, 2023

.& The single-motor version of the bZ4X (pictured) is theoretically capable of 250 miles between recharges. Meanwhile, the all-wheel drive version is lucky to surpass 200 miles under anything the most idyllic conditions. & The presentation itself was rather humble. By 2030, that target is expected to jump to 1.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

The study looked at a variety of factors that can affect the relative performance of these vehicles, including the role of low temperatures in reducing battery performance; regional differences in average number of miles driven annually; and the different mix of generating sources in different parts of the US. Di Wu, Fengdi Guo, Frank R.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2024

The Silverado gets electric motivation Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity recently to drive the Silverado EV RST at an automotive media event in Detroit, Michigan. Freeway time can be much more enjoyable, and relaxing, by activating Super Cruise that allows the driver to travel more than 400,000 miles on compatible roads.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

million miles) of revenue service. 24 in the Cities of Foshan and Yunfu, China; 13 in the US, including the states of California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio; 3 in Brazil; and 1 in India. Ballard Power Systems fuel cells have powered buses for more than 10 million cumulative kilometers (6.2

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 28, 2009

GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. By Richard Kessler for Recharge News. GM to invest $700m in Volt rechargeable electric car. Michigan has approved $135.2m The Volt is an electric car designed to drive up to 40 miles on electricity without using gasoline or producing tailpipe emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. kWh (EPA is now using $0.13 mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

When the all-electric Focus is plugged in to recharge, the vehicle control system will automatically precondition the battery, if needed, to the optimal temperature before accepting charge. The Focus Electric will be built at Ford’s retooled Michigan Assembly Plant and will be available in late 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

The vehicle can be driven 500-plus miles with total system output of 188 hp (140 kW), compared to the 134 hp (100 kW) from Toyota Prius v and Prius. The Li-ion battery pack is recharged when the gasoline engine is in operation. based Michigan Assembly Plant alongside Focus, Focus Electric and Focus ST.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

The 8 kWh battery pack for the new 2011 Buick PHEV crossover vehicle is prepared for testing at the General Motors Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman of product development, made the announcement during the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

Both Focus gasoline and electric variants to be sold in North America will be built at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., up to about 100 miles). Nissan’s LEAF has a EPA range of 73 miles.) A full recharge is expected to take three to four hours at home with a 240V charge station.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

At the 2010 NAIAS the PEP Station is the exclusive recharging station provided for EcoXperience, the showcase of electric vehicles and green technologies which features a quarter-mile indoor ride-and-drive test track surrounded by landscaped and forested terrain. The entire process is as easy as traditional methods of fueling vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

Michigan-based Azure began work on its collaborative agreement to deliver the pure battery-electric powertrain for the Transit Connect in the US and Canada in October 2009 following the end of Ford’s partnership with Smith Electric Vehicles US on that project ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Both the C-MAX Energi and C-MAX Hybrid models will be built alongside the all-new 2012 Ford Focus and Focus Electric at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. C-MAX Energi and C-MAX Hybrid will use advanced lithium-ion battery systems developed and assembled in-house by Ford in Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

Each is required to meet stringent quality requirements, enabling Cadillac to offer an eight-year/100,000-mile battery system warranty. Using only the energy stored in the battery, the ELR will deliver a GM-estimated range of about 35 miles (56 km) of pure electric driving, depending on terrain, driving techniques and temperature.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., in this study the environmental impacts of delivering driven vehicle miles are compared for three different vehicle fleets, each powered either directly or indirectly by natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

In standard mode, the high voltage battery charges only up to 35 kWh and the vehicle is expected to achieve an EPA-estimated driving range rating of 92 miles. kWh, providing an anticipated EPA-estimated driving range of 113 miles. So, in a standard mode of 92 miles, in an extended miles we might see a label range of 113 miles.

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Charged EVs

MAY 19, 2021

However, its parent company seems likely to devote at least as much marketing to the GMC Hummer EV coming late this year [and the Cadillac Lyriq that will follow early in 2022] as to the much smaller, much less noticeable and glamorous tall hatchback—regardless of its 250-mile projected range rating. New role: value pricing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Six of the seventeen EcoCAR teams, including Georgia Tech, Howard University, Michigan Tech University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas Tech, and West Virginia University, have designed Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles which are constructed with a large lithium-ion battery. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV).

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

The car, expected to run 40 miles without recharging, will cost less than $30,000. "If If they were able to get 30,000 to 60,000 on the road in a year, it would be a huge leap in technology ," Brett Smith, an alternative-fuel analyst at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan, told Bloomberg. "It

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The combination permits the Lightning to travel 230 miles (370 km) without recharging and go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 says the Lightning’s software will identify nearby public charging stations and tell drivers when to recharge. University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has long studied the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. The project will increase the use of natural gas, electric and hybrid electric vehicles in 13 sites throughout Michigan.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 19, 2022

With some halfway decent sensors to detect obstacles on the track, reliable motors and batteries that last long enough (current range is 800km with a sub-hour recharge time), and the software infrastructure required to sort it all out, I don’t see any major obstacles to building these things and putting them on some tracks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Michigan State). This novel high energy battery concept is based upon a closed loop system in which the zinc (anode), suspended as slurry in a storage tank, is transported through reaction tubes (cathode) to facilitate the discharge and recharge of the battery. Sion Power Corporation. PolyPlus Battery Company. 4,973,724.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive. That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. We won’t need new power plants, since we have enough off-peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Postal Service with a fleet of 250 all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivans in Michigan, North Carolina and the New York City area beginning later this year. The Postal Services electric vans will have a range of about 40 miles between charges, Chrysler said. I see that happening, but probably a long time in the future." (3

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A lack of recharging infrastructure, combined with easy access to gas stations, is one of the major factors preventing widespread use of electric vehicles. Plugging In BYD’s all-electric E6 mid-sized vehicle can run for 250 miles on a single charge and tops out at 100 miles per hour.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is basically a 40 mile per hour / 40 mile electric car. While a series hybrid is good, the Toyota Prius gets 100 miles per gallon because after the 20 miles of pure EV mode, it kicks into a hybrid-electric car. Turn the car into a 80 mile range EV. The GM (Range Extending EV) comes in with 50 miles per gallon.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. The car is no longer limited to 34 miles per hour, all-electric.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

thermoelectric energy converters to recharge the hot and. transportable like fuels, 100% renewable, rechargeable like a. Michigan State. Solar Power Transmission Michigan State will develop a unified power flow controller (UPFC) that will have enormous technological and economic. University of Michigan).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. Note: Recharging from a standard 110 VAC, 12-Amp source would take 27 to 30 hours to replenish the battery pack and significantly slow the progress of the roadtrip.

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