The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

General Motors’ Cruise is taking a hiatus testing its vehicles after a high-profile crash and recall, and most recently , a Waymo vehicle was set on fire in San Francisco. The Alphabet-owned company said a crowd used fireworks to set the Jaguar I-Pace on fire in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Electric microcars are a tricky to define subset of motor vehicles, especially in the US. Open-air neighborhood electric vehicles , fancy golf carts , and other small vehicles tend to blur the line, leaving microcars in that weird category of “I know it when I see it.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Ford Motor Company, Bedrock and Bosch are launching a demonstration project with connected Ford Escape test vehicles that can drive and park themselves inside Bedrock’s Assembly Garage in Detroit using Bosch smart infrastructure. —Ken Washington, chief technology officer at Ford Motor Company.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

—Akio Toyoda, president, Toyota Motor Corporation. Both neighborhood parks and a large central park for recreation, as well as a central plaza for social gatherings, are designed to bring the community together. Toyota believes that encouraging human connection will be an equally important aspect of this experience.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Got some kids you need to shuttle down the neighborhood to a friend’s house? With your own electric rickshaw, you can become the open-air, eco-friendly neighborhood cab driver you’ve always dreamed of! For power, we’ve got a rear axle-mounted 1,000W motor supplied by a 48V battery. Throw ’em in! Have some grocery shopping to do?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The truck will operate on a variety of service routes in the community from urban to residential neighborhoods including streets with steep inclines. The electric refuse truck has 76 miles of range and requires only two to three hours maximum to fully charge. —Andy Swanton, vice president of truck sales for BYD Heavy Industries.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A letter from talking heads at an outfit called the American Automotive Policy Council outlines what it estimates billions of dollars in fines could be levied at companies like General Motors and Stellantis if a government proposal to hike fuel economy standards through 2032 is adopted. Reuters is reporting the concerns were sent to the U.S.

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Teslarati

MARCH 23, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi service has faced mounting pressure in the Bay Area as its robotaxi vehicles continue to find their way into bad situations. More weather drama in my neighborhood. 2 driverless cars didnt detect 1) the caution tape blocking my street and 2) the down @SFMTA_Muni wires.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will unveil its el-Born electric vehicle concept at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. The SEAT el-Born concept fuses the core aspects driving change in the automotive industry: electrification, autonomous driving, shared-mobility and connectivity.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 19, 2023

If you’re the kind of person that wants to make a strong impression on the neighborhood and are less than concerned whether it’s good or bad, Ford is offering 2024 model year Mustangs with a key fob that lets the holder remotely rev up the engine. Images: Ford Motor Co.] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Some of the first systems planned to go into the market will be the Utility Electric Vehicle (UEV), an off-road and on-road work and maintenance vehicle; the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV), a low-speed vehicle; and the Intra-city Logistic Vehicle (ILV), a compact delivery vehicle similar to those used by major overnight delivery services.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

All power comes from the electric motor. Power flows in series from engine to generator to traction motor. The nine green zones are located in population-dense neighborhoods most affected by air pollution. BAE’s series hybrid system features no mechanical link between the diesel engine and the axle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2016

GreenPower Motor Company Inc. The EV350 40-ft bus has a 320 kWh LiFePO 4 battery pack providing some 185 miles of range (300 km); the two 85 kW drive motors are from Siemens. The EV350 40-ft bus has a 320 kWh LiFePO 4 battery pack providing some 185 miles of range (300 km); the two 85 kW drive motors are from Siemens.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

The joint venture will bring a suite of EV technologies to the US, including advanced EV in-wheel direct drive motors and rapid charges. With plans for additional research, development and manufacturing of these motors in the US, the partners have applied for financial support from a Department of Energy grant.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Nissan Motor and DeNA Co unveiled the Easy Ride brand for the new robo-vehicle mobility service that the two companies are developing jointly. With customers able to discover new local destinations through Easy Ride, the companies expect the service will also help energize cities and neighborhoods. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

In less than four months, Maven, General Motors’ personal mobility brand ( earlier post ), has grown to five markets: New York City, Ann Arbor, Mich., In addition to Maven City, Maven+ residential on-demand car sharing is available to residents of the Aqua luxury high-rise apartment community in the city’s Lakeshore East neighborhood.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

UPS has launched an eBike that will deliver packages along Las Olas Boulevard and in surrounding neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The eBike is equipped with battery-powered electric motors that makes it possible to cover longer distances than traditional bikes, carry substantial loads and navigate hills and other terrain.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

million vehicles including: more than 500 fuel cell vehicles; 38,000 battery electric vehicles; 29,300 neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs); 30,000 plug-in hybrids; 570,000 hybrids; and 3 million gasoline vehicles. NEV = Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. Earlier post.). ZEV credit balances by vehicle type as of 30 September 2014.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Polish firm Romet presented at Intermot 2010 in Cologne a prototype of small neighborhood electric car (NEV) named 4E (Electric, Economic, Ecologic, Easy). The two-seater is powered by two BLDC motors, with total power of about 4 kW, and is powered by a Li-ion or lead-acid battery pack, with a capacity of about 10 kWh. The Romet 4E.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Ford and Rivian have more than proved that a market exists for the vehicle , and with General Motors on the cusp of introducing its first electric truck, RAM couldn’t be far behind. That was the thought process behind the RAM Revolution concept that was revealed just a month ago; now, the brand has announced its production version.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the creation of a sustainable, low-carbon society.

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Teslarati

MAY 29, 2021

The most recent was in San Francisco when Teslarati reader Blake Marvin spotted a Model S Plaid build on the street in his neighborhood. The new Model S starts at $79,990 for the Long Range Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive setup, and $119,990 for the Plaid Powertrain. Tesla routinely tests new vehicles in the areas surrounding Fremont.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 19, 2023

Another first for Corvette–Two drive modes (with or without engine) With a gentle nod toward electrification, the E-Ray also takes the Corvette into more new territory—its first all-wheel drive model, first hybrid model and first one with a Stealth Mode to slip out of the neighborhood without the full-throated blast of 6.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2020

We didn’t see many e-scooter crashes with motor vehicles, and that may be a result of riders sticking mostly to the sidewalk. Neighborhood associations and advocacy groups like the National Disability Rights Network have also pushed for more stringent regulations. —Jessica Cicchino.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2014

The EDI-Drive system automatically adapts its functions so it can operate as either a pure electric vehicle (EV) for trips around the neighborhood, or as a series hybrid, suited for stop-and-go city traffic conditions, or as an efficient parallel hybrid that is ideal for the highway.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Native 12 used to be arranged in 1933 partly through staff at Willys-Overland, which had simply twenty years previous been the public’s second-largest automaker at the back of Ford Motor Co., however which used to be now suffering throughout the Superior Melancholy.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

V6 that my parents’ Pontiac minivan came with, this Alibaba version has a 4,000W electric motor ready to clock in for a union job driving around those snot-nosed kids every day. But if you’ve got a local neighborhood carpool going then you might want to opt for the six-seater version. But instead of a 3.2L

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

liter gasoline engine, two high-performance electric motors and Mitsubishi’s Super All-Wheel Control (S-AWC) system, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is the only PHEV crossover with all-wheel drive in its class. The two 60 kW full-time, high-output electric motors are separately mounted at the front and rear axles. Equipped with a 2.0-liter

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

General Motors’ self-driving unit, Cruise, saw protests outside its San Francisco headquarters earlier this week. The incident, which happened on August 14, involved a pedestrian who was hit by a car in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The system, analogous to vehicle-based research underway by Ford Motor on the same problem ( earlier post ), will be used this spring for the first time in a pilot project in Berlin. In the Siemens concept, networks of stationary sensors collect information about the parking situation in cities.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2022

This project will construct three miles of complete streets elements in the Skid Row neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles, where 50% of residents live in poverty, and 35% of residents are unhoused. Normandie Beautiful: Creating Neighborhood Connections in South LA ($23.58 They are: Skid Row Connectivity and Safety Project ($38.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

A coalition of 13 leading industrial companies and electric utilities, including General Motors Company, The Dow Chemical Company and Duke Energy, issued a white paper recommending the installation of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage (DES) systems around the country by 2022.

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Wallbox

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Sometimes renewable energy can be unreliable due to weather conditions, using bidirectional charging could encourage the uptake of renewable energy as electric motor users can use their car batteries to store energy! Better management on local power needs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

Last year, General Motors and Honda announced plans to jointly develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, and Hyundai will lease its Tucson Fuel Cell hydrogen-powered vehicle in California this spring. Toyota will begin selling its Fuel Cell Vehicle in 2015.

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Baua Electric

JULY 20, 2023

The Indian conglomerate’s anchor shoppers can be its luxurious automobile arm Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) along side Tata Motors. Below the post-Brexit age, extra automakers can be having a look to supply car elements in the neighborhood to deliver to steer clear of price lists on imports from Europe from 2024.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2015

While VIA Motors also is producing plug-in hybrid work trucks, also based on a Silverado model, which also offer an all-electric range of up to 40 miles, those plug-ins are Class 2, with a GVWR of 7,500 lbs (3,400 kg). FHWA Class 2 = 6,001 to 10,000 lbs; Class 3 = 10,001 to 14,000 lbs.).

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