Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

Ford Motor Company unveiled its plans to transform its Dearborn facilities into a modern, green and high-tech campus to foster innovation and help drive the company’s transition to an auto and a mobility company. —Bill Ford, Ford executive chairman. A lot of this we learned about by refurbishing facilities over last 15 years.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

NRV began in 2003 by first identifying and evaluating all solid and liquid waste streams within the plant. While technologies such as building automation systems, solar hot water heaters and infrared heaters helped drive NRV’s energy reductions, many of the energy-saving ideas have come from employees.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2011

By rapidly ramping up and down in response to fluctuations in wind and solar power, the technology will enable the integration of more renewable resources into the power grid. In addition, the high performance of the 9FB gas turbines offers great potential for meeting not only regular power but also cogeneration needs in China.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion dollars ($451.8M) repays the full loan facility with interest.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 million shares of common stock from Ener1 at a price of $6.18 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Lithium Ion Fisker Mazda Batteries 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel will supply the advanced battery systems at the heart of a new project, based in Tsukuba City, Japan, combining electric vehicles (EVs), stationary grid storage, solar power and a rapid charging infrastructure a in a real-world operating environment. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

This comprehensive energy management system features several Honda-developed energy production technologies, for example, a gas engine cogeneration unit and a solar power system. Honda also plans to construct and test its Honda Smart Home System in Saitama in the spring of next year. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

In November, EnerDel was selected to supply the batteries that will power a DOE-funded smart grid energy storage project by Oregon's Portland General Electric (PGE) that will help manage peak demand and smooth the variations in power from renewable sources like wind and solar. since 2003.

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Grid Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 218

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

She lives in a solar powered house and drives an electric car. Meanwhile the plug-in EV RAV-4s they made in 1997-2003 are still working just fine - the ones they didn’t crush and actually allowed people to buy. That’s right those are solar panels that all electric Toyota RAV4 is towing. You could too.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

When that company was bought out by ENEL X , Miftakhov used the substantial profit to launch ZeroAvia in Hollister, California to develop and manufacture fuel cell-powered electric aircraft using green hydrogen (locally produced by electrolysis of water using solar or wind power). It’s very cool."

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

After facing some questionable criticism about its manufacturing processes and how green the Toyota Prius really is, the Japanese manufacturer has hit back with a Press release highlighting its environmentally focused manufacturing. Between 2003 and 2007, CO2 emissions have also been slashed by 36 per cent.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Hydro-electric output grew just 1.6%, the weakest growth since 2003. Solar powergen rose 86.3%, though from a low base. Nuclear and hydro. Nuclear output fell 4.3%, the largest decline on record driven by Japan (-44.3%) and Germany (-23.2%). Renewables. or 10,000 bpd equivalent), the lowest rise seen since 2000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

Visibility in the clear sky is reduced by the presence of aerosols, whose types and concentrations have a large impact on the amount of solar radiation that reaches Earth’s surface. Increased aerosols in the atmosphere block solar radiation, and have thus caused a net “global dimming.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. Now, in light of ongoing events in Japan, I want to say another word about nuclear power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

The five warmest years since the late 1880s, according to NASA, are in descending order 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2006. At the same time, the difference in temperature between 1998 and the cooler 2008 year, which was affected by a La Niña, does not show an overall cooling trend; 2008 was still the tenth warmest year on record.

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Climate Change Climate 2002 2008 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

He or she owns a home, which is perhaps solar-powered. The RAV4 EV’s gauge system includes a “turtle light”, or reduced power indicator, which Toyota last used on its 2001-2003 first-generation (North America) Prius. Based on its research, Toyota has a clear customer in mind, Fay said. The pool of buyers ,” noted Fay, “ is small. ”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

At the same time, solar output was at its lowest level of the satellite era, which would normally be expected to create another temporary cooling influence. Anthropogenic and solar variability influences on global. For example, a La Niña climate pattern was active in 2008. However, 2008 was the ninth warmest year on record. Atmosphere.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 2009 239

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007). The introduction of large intermittent power generation from, for example, wind and solar, will have specific short and long term effects on the mix of generation technologies.

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The Green Piece Column: Tuesday 27 October. With the global recession making drivers think about their wallets and the environment ahead of power and good looks, a green car race has emerged with manufacturers keen to offer more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles than their rivals. The green car race – the leaders.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

The size of China’s high-tech manufacturing industry increased nearly six-fold between 2003 and 2012, raising China’s global share of high-tech manufacturing from 8% to 24% during that decade, closing in on the US share of 27%. In addition, emerging economies now invest more in clean energy than advanced economies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Neutral Kaitou KID @ Apr 19th 2009 4:45PM not if the electricity is from ultra efficient solar panels, hydroelectric dams or wind. I imagine there will be tax incentives to build green generators when were at that stage. Also, Im not so sure that blocking huge amounts of solar energy will not have long term effects on Earth.

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009 75

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. [See Power and Associates 2004 report ].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Green Car Company , "Green Machine," Manzanita Micro (PiPrius), April 2007 (Kirkland, WA), contact: greg@greencarco.com. by Hymotion, July 2007 (Sun Prairie, WI), contact Kelly Simonsen ( full-size photo ) San Diego Gas & Electric , Prius by Green Gears (San Diego, CA) July, 2007. Green Gears, Inc. Full size photo.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Business of Green B.T.W.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

I wrote about our experience at the time in Greenius On The Green Scene The South Bay Report. Then in 2003 we presented a forum on Iraq, “Voices From the Streets.&# Other Forums the EPN has presented since 2003 include: Depleted Uranium: Wonder Weapon or Toxic Hazard? Diesel Fuel Emissions: A Public Forum - 2003.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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Charging Batteries Battery 2009 38

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

For only the second time since PPIC began asking the question in 2003, more Californians support expanding oil drilling off the coast than oppose it (51% favor, 43% oppose), the same as last year (51% favor, 45% oppose). Energy sources and automobile efficiency. Air quality. Californians’ views about air quality have seen a significant shift.

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Economy Los Angeles Climate Change 2008 170