Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

An SAE Research Report in 2001 stated that "several automakers have pledged the introduction of fuel cell vehicles, including buses, by 2003-2005." In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. In 5 years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

Renault introduced the New Renault Mégane Hatch and New Renault Mégane Coupé at the Paris Motor Show in 2008, marking the beginning of the renewal of its C-segment lineup.). The medium-compact segment continues to expand and accounted for more than 40% of 2008 car sales in Turkey (up from 36% in 2005). The new Fluence is 4.62

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The team says replacing a metal wheel well with a composite one could enable Volvo to reduce the number of batteries needed to power the electric motor. In a paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium in 2005, South et al. Tags: Batteries Materials Nanotech. Snyder, Corydon D. Hilton, Daniel J. Shirshova, N.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

Separately, Minister Joyce announced that after careful consideration, the government has decided the requirements for used diesel vehicles to meet minimum emissions standards set out in the 2007 Vehicle Exhaust Emissions Rule (Emissions Rule) will not be delayed. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Policy. Steven Joyce.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Volkswagen unveiled the L1, its second-generation one-liter class concept car, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Volkswagen first revealed a one-liter concept at the annual meeting in 2002, then cancelled the project in 2005. The E-motor. The E-motor can also propel the L1 over short distances by itself. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

Based on the optimized more compact fuel cell system presented by Mercedes-Benz in its F 600 HYGENIUS research vehicle in 2005 ( earlier post ), the newly designed stack module is around 40% smaller, but develops 30% more power output and cuts fuel consumption by 16%. Tags: Fuel Cells Hybrids Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Damages from motor vehicles and fuels. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge. of the estimated total.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2007

23, 2007 -- General Motors Corp. Sales tripled the following year and topped 60,000 for the first time in 2005. Tags: manufacturers. I f there is any doubt that GM is serious about PHEVs, here is one more story that indicates that they are indeed very serious. according to Audodata Corp., Join Plug In Partners today.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Particulate matter comes from power plants, factories and motor vehicles and can cause a host of health problems including heart attacks and aggravated asthma. Tags: Global warming Green cars Latest news EPA greenhouse gas emissions particle emissions particulate matter US Environment Protection Agency. or particulate matter.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Donaghy noted that Valence has shipped some 70 MWh of Li-ion battery capacity since 2005—equivalent to 200,000 batteries, or enough for 1,500 3.5 Introduced in 2007, Epoch is the cell control logic enabling integration of electronics, firmware and software. The two companies have had a relationship since 2005. ton trucks. “

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

However the finding also suggest that the economic downturn may have played its part in poor performance in the US, as car giant, General Motors’ poor financial performance is accompanied by the worst sustainability performance recorded. billion from 1999 to 2007. The survey attempts to close this gap.”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Tags: Biomass Climate Change Emissions Fuels Policy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. SAE paper # 2007-01-2648. Tags: Ethanol Perspective Policy. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Tags: ev evdriven.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

General Disclaimer HV (High Voltage) DC (Direct Current) Warning: Traction Battery Packs, Motors, Chargers, and other HV sources could cause serious injury or death if proper precautions are not taken while working on or around such High Voltage Direct Current sources. 2008.03.20 - New rechargeit.blogspot.com about PHEVs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle by Noel Adams Mitsubishi has been showing a number of electric cars at auto shows starting in Tokyo back in 2005, they didnt show the most recent iteration, the one that will be the production version, until the 2007 Frankfurt Auto show. Tags: electricvehicles evdriven.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The figure has doubled since 2005. Your correspondent borrowed the new A2B electric bicycle from Ultra Motors, a British firm, and took it for a spin in London. Tags: evdriven. Moreover, making an electric bicycle uses far less energy than making an electric car. In Shanghai alone there are an estimated 1m electric bicycles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

EnergyCS, March 2005 Greg Hanssen, Pete Nortman and team Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 3. EnergyCS/Clean-Tech, May 2005 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 4. Amberjac Projects Ltd UK, September 2005 EnergyCS, Amberjac Lincolnshire, England simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Nissan Motor Co., During FY2007 and FY2008, per-unit CO2 emission from all the Nissan plants was globally reduced by 10% (compared to 2005 level). In July 2007, an ultra-low precious metal catalyst for gasoline vehicles was developed. Tags: Brief. Raleigh, N.C. and Washington, D.C. The reduction target was 7%.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

Unlike parallel or ‘mild’ hybrids, which use additional electric motor power purely to boost petrol engine performance, or ’series’ hybrids, which rely on electric power alone to drive the wheels, new Prius is a full hybrid capable of running in petrol and electric modes alone, as well as a combination of both.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

We’ve been waiting for folks to board the Clue Train since Inconvenient Truth in 2005 and it’s an ugly painful process to watch… In the meantime, it’s already taken us all these years to ramp up to 13% just in California, and now we’ve got to add another 20% more in renewable energy production in the next 10 years.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. Tags: evdriven. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. 1) XEL (1) XPV Capital (1) YGE (1) YHOO (1) ZENN Motor Company (1) ZNN.V (1) 1) XEL (1) XPV Capital (1) YGE (1) YHOO (1) ZENN Motor Company (1) ZNN.V (1)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Recycling of dead cells will become a big spin-off industry just like re-built motors are today, and all will be well in America, slower, but off of oil, and better, more sustainable - you know, more “Granola&# — Uncle B 8. Tags: evdriven. April 13, 2009 3:28 am Link The driver has a killer stash!

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