Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The new, all-electric 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 6 has completed final EPA testing with the IONIQ 6 SE Long Range RWD trim receiving an EPA-estimated range of 361 miles. The IONIQ 6 SE AWD achieved an EPA-estimated range of 316 miles. EPA testing also confirmed a 140 combined MPGe rating for the IONIQ 6 SE RWD Long Range.

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EPA Range Hyundai Miles 259

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

General Motors has begun retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ ( earlier post ) at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. LYRIQ also offers high-speed DC fast charging for public stations at 190 kW, enabling customers to add an estimated 76 miles of range in about 10 minutes of charging time. An additional $2.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

With its new EV supply chain coming online, Ford says it is significantly increasing production of the Mustang Mach-E this year to help reduce customer wait times and to take advantage of streamlined costs to reduce prices across the board, making Mustang Mach-E even more accessible to customers and keeping it competitive in the marketplace.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2023

Lightning eMotors announced the production launch of its next generation General Motors (GM)-based Lightning ZEV4 work trucks. This announcement follows the company’s recent announcements of accelerated ZEV4 production to meet customer demands for Class 4 school buses and shuttle buses built on the same popular platform.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

The pilot is designed to advance the Aurora Driver, and Aurora Horizon, Aurora’s autonomous truck product, to develop a robust service for carriers. The Fort Worth to El Paso lane (via I-20 and I-10) is more than 600 miles and takes approximately nine hours to complete.

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El Paso Fort Worth Miles Texas 418

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

kWh and supports an estimated range of around 450 kilometers (280 miles). The new MINI Countryman combines locally emission-free electromobility with the greatest possible environmental compatibility in production as well. The decarbonization of production by replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen is a key focus.

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Germany Production BMW Wind 426

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

LiveWire is opening reservations for the production version of the all-electric S2 Del Mar motorcycle, the first LiveWire model to feature the new ARROW architecture, and the first bike to sit next to the LiveWire ONE—the company’s flagship electric motorcycle. Del Mar range in city riding is targeted to be 110 miles.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Fisker on Thursday released more details of its Pear urban EV, which was first shown at the automaker's recent Product Day event, ahead of an additional showing at the Munich auto show this next week.

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Fisker Miles Range Auto 167

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Air Products Chairman, President, and CEO Seifi Ghasemi announced a $4.5-billion Air Products is a world-leading industrial gas company that produces and transports hydrogen and other essential industrial gases to many customer facilities in Louisiana, across the US Gulf Coast and around the world.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This combined system is expected to deliver more than 250,000 miles of lifetime service. Scaling 100x from a 2 Ah pouch cell to a 240 Ah prismatic in less than 12 months is a testament to the simplicity of the design and ability to use conventional Li-ion production equipment. —Steven Kaye, ONE Chief Technical Officer.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Lucid has unveiled the Gravity, officially bringing images of its first all-electric SUV to fruition as it plans to launch the 440-mile range EV to the market, with production starting in late 2024. Lucid said in its press release for the Gravity SUV that drivers will be able to add 200 miles of driving distance in just 15 minutes.

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SUV Miles Range Production 98

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Air Products plans to invest approximately $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen at a greenfield site in Massena, New York, as well as liquid hydrogen distribution and dispensing operations. Altogether the project spans 37 miles.

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New York Hydrogen Production Green 221

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division announced that its new CeTrax lite electric central drive has entered series production. Using synergies from ZF’s development and production of passenger car drives, the new driveline is adapted to use in light commercial vehicles (LCVs).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Magna has successfully developed and is piloting a novel last-mile delivery solution for urban environments. The solution integrates a purpose-built, on-road, lightweight, electric robot; Magna-developed low-speed autonomous driving system; and delivery software.

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2023

Sustainable trucking company Nikola, whose vehicles were once considered a rival to the Tesla Semi, has announced that it is finally starting the production of its hydrogen fuel cell electric truck. The vehicle will reportedly feature a range of up to 500 miles. Nikola announced the milestone in a recent post on X, formerly Twitter.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2020

Tesla’s Model S Long Range Plus now carries an official EPA-rated range of 402 miles—a 20% increase compared to a 2019 Model S 100D with the same battery pack design. This is the first US EV to break the 400-mile range mark. All Model S Long Range Plus vehicles will receive the new 402-mile rating.

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EPA Miles Range Tesla 357

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

These vehicles will be utilized by XPO Logistics and NAL Group in their support of IKEA Retail US last-mile delivery efforts. The Lightning Electric Class 4 commercial box trucks will deliver products to all five boroughs of New York City. The electric trucks will service all five boroughs, IKEA said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Offering a Cadillac-estimated 450 miles of range, the Escalade IQ features a curved pillar-to-pillar 55-inch total diagonal LED display, available Super Cruise driver assistance technology, and vehicle-to-home bidirectional charging technology with GM Energy’s available Ultium Home products.

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Escalade Cadillac Miles Price 195

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

Hyzon Motors announced the successful completion and factory acceptance testing of the first nine single-stack 200kW Fuel Cell System (FCS) B-samples at its production and innovation center in Bolingbrook, IL. By achieving this milestone, Hyzon remains on track to declare Start of Production (SOP) and commercialization of its FCS in 2024.

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Fuel Motor Motors Motoring 305

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Cadillac engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ—a critical milestone in Cadillac’s first luxury EV’s development, marking a transition to the final stage prior to production. Actual production model will vary. Initial availability first half of 2022. An additional $2.3

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Cadillac Production New Zealand Tennessee 418

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Nikola Corporation announced the product launch of the Nikola Badger electric pickup truck with an estimated range of 600 miles. Nikola Badger estimated specifications: 600 miles on blended FCEV / BEV. 300 miles on BEV alone. The partnership will follow the Badger build from concept through production.

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Miles Range Lithium Ion Phoenix 435

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Molicel ), a supplier of lithium-ion battery cells, entered into a memorandum of understanding for Molicel to manufacture and supply the battery cells for Archer’s production electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. Archer Aviation and E-One Moli Energy Corp. The facility will have the capacity to produce 1.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

bp has successfully started oil production at its Argos offshore platform, strengthening bp’s position as a leading producer in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. bp now operates five production platforms in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Argos, Atlantis, Mad Dog, Na Kika and Thunder Horse. Earlier post.) bp is the operator with 60.5%

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Aptera this week gave an update on its solar-assisted EV, but still hasn't provided a firm timeline for production. The Aptera 3-wheeler uses integrated solar panels to boost range up to 1,000 miles in some versions, with enough power to outrun some sports cars, Aptera has claimed.

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Aptera Solar Production Miles 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS), a designer of intelligent, e-mobility workstations for the last mile, signed a binding, long-term supply agreement with Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co., A Class 1 vehicle has a GVWR of 6,000 less or less.

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Miles Supplies Motor Motors 259

Electrek

JUNE 6, 2022

Aptera announced that it raised $40 million to bring its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production later this year. The post Aptera raises $40 million to bring solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

tons) capable of supporting middle-mile delivery logistics between warehouses and distribution centers. Final production and testing of the new vehicles will be completed at Plug Power’s headquarters in Latham, New York, before they are made commercially available to the public in the third quarter of 2020. Plug Power Inc.

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Electrek

JULY 1, 2021

Eviation, which has been described as the “Tesla of aircraft” for working on the first compelling long-range electric aircraft, has unveiled the production version of its Alice aircraft. It has a shorter range than previously announced.

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Miles Range Production Tesla 145

Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2022

Sono Motors on Monday revealed what it claims is a production-ready version of its Sion solar-assisted EV. Production is scheduled to start in the second half of 2023. The production version gets revised exterior and interior styling, Sono said in a press release.

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Solar Production Miles Motor 202

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

NIO held a product launch event that premiered the ES7, a smart electric mid-large SUV, and the 2022 ES8, ES6, and EC6. NIO ES7 inherits the second generation high-efficiency e-drive platform with the SiC power module. 0 to 100 km/h acceleration is within 3.9 Brembo 4-piston front calipers are standard. 100 to 0 km/h braking is within 33.9

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

kwh battery pack, the EQE 350+ will deliver 305 miles of range, according to EPA estimates cited by Mercedes-Benz but yet unconfirmed in official EPA listings. The EQE is one of the closest electric products. Mercedes-Benz confirmed starting prices for the 2023 EQE electric sedan lineup that arrives at dealerships this fall.

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Electrek

AUGUST 31, 2022

Aptera has reopened investments to the public as it tries to secure more money to bring its 1,000-mile-range solar electric vehicle to production. The post Aptera reopens investments to bring its 1,000-mile-range solar electric vehicle to production appeared first on Electrek.

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Aptera Solar Miles Electric Vehicles 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Shell reached an FID on Whale in 2021 and is currently scheduled to begin production in 2024. Shell is the leading operator in the US Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2022

The LYRIQ RWD model offers an EPA-estimated 312 miles of range on a full charge and has a starting MSRP of $62,990. Initial deliveries of the AWD model are expected to start in early 2023, with EPA-estimated range expected to be announced closer to the start of production.

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Cadillac Range Miles Charging 397

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

Aemetis, a renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary is operating the Central Dairy Project production facilities 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and has exceeded the RNG production plan by approximately 20% during Q2 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

General Motors has launched a new business, BrightDrop , which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. Peak charge rate of up to 170 miles of EV range per hour via 120kW DC fast charging. BrightDrop EV600.

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Miles GM Electric Electrical 243

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 9, 2023

On Wednesday, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ debuted with a GM-estimated 450 miles, 200-plus-kwh battery pack, 55.0-inches Cadillac estimates the electric luxury SUV will cost about $130,000 when entering production in the summer of 2024 at GM's. Cadillac's icon has gained an electric variant.

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