Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The applications, i.e. technologies, of particular concern as a result are electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, and lighting. The technology mix between permanent magnet motors and induction systems was also found to be a key sensitivity, as to some extent was the choice of battery chemistry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. In select markets within Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, Arcadia’s platform connects qualifying customers to community solar projects in their area.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. It will demonstrate infrastructure safety and reliability in a real-world situation.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2021

General Motors and Shell on Wednesday announced a new partnership to provide renewable energy to GM customers in Texas, as well as free overnight charging for Texans who own GM electric cars. The program offers customers electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar at fixed rates, through a Shell-owned utility, MP2 Energy LLC.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

MG Motor India aims to be carbon neutral by 2029, said the company’s Director of manufacturing Ravi Mittal. Currently, 50% of the energy that the plant uses is green energy, which is supplied through wind and solar energy supplied by CleanMax to MGI Halol by their 4.5 tonnes in 2021 to 0.3 tonnes last year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2021

Safety features include two wing-mounted electric motors, each with dual redundant motor windings, quad-redundant battery packs and a full airplane parachute. Safran product lines with the ENGINeUS motors, rated from 50kW to 500kW/1MW and GENeUSGRID systems, perfectly fit with the Bye Aerospace portfolio of e-aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2014

ABB and Solar Impulse have formed a technology alliance under which ABB will support Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg in their attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane in 2015. The 12,000 solar cells built into the wing provide four 10 hp electric motors with renewable energy. Earlier post.).

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs. According to Solar Energy UK, more than 3,000 photovoltaic (PV) installations were undertaken every week in July – an increase of almost 200% year-on-year. But why solar? While popular, solar is just one solution. With almost 1.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

In 2019, CO 2 emissions from petroleum fuels—nearly half of which are associated with motor gasoline consumption—fell by 0.8%, and CO 2 emissions from the use of natural gas increased by 3.3%. The United States now emits less CO 2 from coal than from motor gasoline. Total net electricity generation fell by 1.5%

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2019

In-wheel motors for EVs may be making their way to the mainstream. Ram's new eTorque does more than most mild-hybrid start/stop systems. Chevrolet is making no big sales push at the end of the quarter, despite the expiration of full tax credits for its vehicles. And renewable electricity may have passed a key cost threshold.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2016

Toyota Motor North America has awarded MP2 Energy, a full-service power company based in The Woodlands, Texas, a five-year retail electricity contract to provide 100% renewable energy solutions to Toyota’s new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. MW solar-generated power system located behind the utility meter.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Toyota Motor and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. Furthermore, when hydrogen is produced using renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass, CO 2 emissions are minimized during the production process as well.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

signed an agreement to supply its HVH250 motors to Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. Quantum will use the motors in its Ford F-150 PHEV program to convert the gasoline powered light-duty pickup trucks to plug-in hybrid operation. Remy International, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The US Department of Energy announced nearly $25 million for 13 projects aimed at advancing technologies for energy-efficient electric motors through applied research and development. The 13 projects selected for awards are led by: AK Steel Corporation Research & Innovation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Nikola Motor Company, which is developing a Class 8 hydrogen-fuel-cell electric truck ( earlier post ) has chosen Nel ASA as the sole equipment supplier to build a 16-station hydrogen refueling network that will span 2,000 miles. Each station is anticipated to produce hydrogen at 700 bar (10,000 psi) and 350 bar (5,000 psi).

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Electrek

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): General Motors, GE Renewable Energy will develop a rare earth materials supply chain for EVs, renewables. Scotland may get an offshore wind farm underwater substation. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Supplies GM General Motors Solar 121

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2023

REEs and PGMs are critical in the manufacture of modern energy and national security technologies, including high-performance magnets required for wind turbines, electric vehicles, high-energy-density battery electric storage, high efficiency lighting, solar panels, and other technologies either core or ancillary to the renewable energy industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

The 135 kW/184 hp electric motor of the BMW i3s (power consumption combined: 16.6 - 16.3 Four wind turbines on the site of the BMW Group plant in Leipzig supply the electricity needed for its production. kWh/100 km according to WLTP, 14.6 - 14.0 The BMW Group plant in Leipzig also has such an energy storage farm.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

that uses aggregation software and solar charging canopies with integrated storage to manage the flow of solar power to benefit the electric grid. TimberRock will monitor the output of its solar charging stations, how much stored energy is available and when it can sell energy back to the grid to help meet peak demand.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

African Cats , the developer of the Green Motion Retractable propulsion and generation system for sailing yachts ( earlier post ) has chosen solar panels made by Sunpower Corp. to power the system in conjunction with an Air Breeze wind generator and the regeneration thru the retractable electric generators. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2020

It can reduce both carbon and local emissions, increase energy security and strengthen the economy, as well as support the deployment of renewable power generation such as wind, solar, nuclear and hydro. The report was developed with input from 19 companies and organizations: Air Liquide; American Honda Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has launched a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) pilot, with the first charge point already being utilized with Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV’s in-vehicle storage batteries. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

The plant aims to be 100% self-sufficient for electricity and work will commence imminently on potential wind and solar farms. These light commercial vehicles and their passenger car variants, are all powered by a 100kW (136hp) motor with a 50 kWh lithium-ion battery. Peugeot e-Partner. Peugeot e-Rifter. Citroën e-Berlingo.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The BlackRock Global Renewable Power platform has invested directly in more than 300 projects globally, including onshore wind, offshore wind, and solar photovoltaic projects. BlackRock is the first company from outside the automotive sector to be a shareholder in this joint venture through its Global Renewable Power platform.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. Volkswagen inaugurated its largest solar facility in the world—also the largest solar facility operated by an automaker in the US—at its plant in Chattanooga, TN, which produces the Passat model for North America.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hyundai Motor committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 and continues to make efforts to reduce carbon in all areas of the value chain. Hyundai Motor Company is showcasing future technologies from across Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) at CES 2024 in Las Vegas from January 9–12.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

While electric vehicles themselves do not emit tailpipe emissions, it is critical that they be charged with electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation, Chubu Electric Power Co., Toyota Tsusho has engaged in the renewable energy business for more than 30 years, from development to operation of power stations, with a focus on wind power and solar power generation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

General Motors plans to generate or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100% renewable energy—such as wind, sun and landfill gas—by 2050. Tata Motors. megawatt solar array powers 1.5% GM is in the process of adding 30 megawatts of solar arrays at two facilities in China.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

New additions of solar and wind generating capacity contribute to the forecast that the share of US generation from renewable energy sources will rise from 20% in 2020 to 21% in 2021 and to 22% in 2022.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

I’m afraid the time has come to pull the plug on GM’s life support so we can plug into a whole new kind of Motors much better than General. I’m talking about electric motors. Here’s what I’m proposing: Seize and Nationalize the bankrupt General Motors Corporation. With extreme prejudice.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The slip in the July-September quarter leaves clean energy investment for the year so far running a modest 2% below that in the first nine months of 2017—leaving open the possibility that 2018 as a whole will end up matching last year’s total, particularly if a few more multibillion-dollar offshore wind deals are concluded before Christmas.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

They are used to make permanent magnets that are a vital part of modern electronics in televisions, smartphones, notebooks, jet engines, and rocket guidance systems as well as in solar and wind power plants, electric motors and in medical engineering.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

These valuable components are not confined to solar and wind generator applications; they extend to the EVs we drive and their infrastructure. Bidirectional components have grown to affect our everyday lives, and this technology is now contributing to the development of sustainable, power-independent microgrid communities.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

These high-strength permanent magnets are a key component in the manufacture of electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines, among other technology uses. We believe our rare earth demonstration project is timely to meet the growing demand of these products. —Randall Scott, RER President and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2019

UL announced that 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture of Nissan Motors and Sumitomo Corporation focusing on the effective reuse of EV batteries for energy storage systems, is the first organization worldwide to be certified to UL 1974 , the Standard for Evaluation for Repurposing Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will make up to $130 million available to develop five new program areas including biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (Solar ADEPT).

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