Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2007

Increases for hydrogen fuel cell research from $289 million in FY 2007 to $309 million in FY 2008. And use the $15 million left over to educate Americans on why it is in their personal and the national security interest to buy a plug-in car. billion program expires next year." billion of our money and you wait 15 seconds?

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

Honda previously announced plans to offer a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle based on its FCX Concept in Japan and the United States. He said Honda would begin selling the car in 2008. At the Santa Monica AltFuel Expo in early December, I asked Steven Ellis, Honda AFV Chief, about the FCX. I asked if he meant "selling" the car. Yes, he said.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 22, 2022

It was the end of 2008, October, right before the holiday shopping season. This is the moment that the concept of electronic paper, or e-paper, went mainstream. Companies have built E Ink screens into millions of these tags, shipping them throughout the world to retailers such as Best Buy, Macy’s, and Walmart.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Moreover, company executives thought Whittingham’s concept was unlikely to ever be broadly successful. Goodenough wrote to battery companies in the United States, United Kingdom, and the European mainland in hopes of finding a corporate partner, he recalled in his 2008 memoir, Witness to Grace. But he found no takers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. This concept is often called “additionality.” Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Technology upgrades like Full Self Driving remain available to buy, but are not delivered via an over-the-air update. has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. since the Tesla roadster was introduced in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The FT-CH concept. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. However, at the time, the market, the consumer and consumer’s environmental mind-set were not ready to buy-in to the whole battery-electric concept.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

They are busy proving, despite automaker resistance, that the plug-in hybrid concept is worth pursuing. And these advocates have successfully prodded Toyota to dangle a concept PHEV before our eyes. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.)

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Q: Toyota won TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk’s ‘Green Car Manufacturer’ award in 2008 as well as a host of others across the industry. A: Toyota is unveiling a new Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept at the Frankfurt motor show, signalling further progress towards its ambition of building the ultimate eco-car. TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Fisker Automotive , which unveiled the concept version of the Karma in January, recently raised $87 million to help put it into production. Yippeee I cant wait not to buy one. Credit: Kevin Bullis The first plug-in hybrid to be sold in the United States will likely be the Fisker Karma, which is due out in November.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

Therefore, manufacturing begins at the concept stage itself, and we provide a platform for companies to design the product in the digital world, as well as simulate the complete manufacturing process digitally. I strongly believe we are heading in that direction.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In 2021, the IMU units you could buy off the shelf were pretty inexpensive and reliable. At this point it was 2008, and AMPbot was scheduled for release in early 2009, but that was not to be. Concepts for a variety of different balancing robots. On all my early attempts, about 30 Hz was enough to keep the robot stable.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

From 2008 to 2010, China began increasing pubic demonstrations to evaluate the technology; these are being expanded from 2010 to 2015. World-leading theories and models leading to new TE concepts. People will buy point-to-point mobility services. Power electronics and electric machines (PEEM). Produce an efficient prototype.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

There's also a £160-million scheme mimicking the United States' defunct Cash-4-Clunkers designed to pay people to destroy their old cars to buy new ULEZ compliant models (which admittedly sounds like it's just going to create more pollution). Basically, you need to be driving an electric vehicle or be prepared to spend £12.50

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

And if you dont see them, you dont want to buy them. Established in 2008, it has already converted eight Lotuses, and is working on five VW Golfs. The utility could behave customer oriented for a change and adapt to this concept. You dont see them in the street. We need the public to realise that electric driving is possible.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

At the same time, Brunel was partnering in a Ricardo-led project to develop the 2/4SIGHT concept—a direct-injection gasoline combustion system in which the design of intake and exhaust ports, combined with appropriate changes in fuel injection, ignition and valve timing, enable operation both in two-stroke and four-stroke modes.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Copenhagen Suborbitals was founded in 2008 by a self-taught engineer and a space architect who had previously worked for NASA. This controlled water landing—our first under a fully inflated parachute—was an important proof of concept for us, since a soft landing is an absolute imperative for any crewed mission. km to the east.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2023

From concept to commercialization Researchers around the world have been exploring the concept of metalenses for decades. When Apple introduced the iPhone in 2008, no one could have predicted that it would spawn companies like Uber. But like the smartphone itself, it’s hard to predict where metalenses will take us.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The vans themselves are based on the concept Town and Country EV that was unveiled last Fall by Chrysler. However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read. Project Better Place, along with Renault-Nissan and now Daimler , are advancing the concept of swapping out charged batteries for empty batteries. That is a concept as flawed as swapping out your empty gas tank for a full one in your current car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. Consumers expect a simpler concept. Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM says it is already looking ahead to the next generation of Volt-based vehicles — it unveiled the Cadillac Converj concept in January — and says costs will come down as the technology spreads to more models. Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996.

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