Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 7, 2011
The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2013
A Honda Civic hybrid retrofitted with lead-carbon UltraBattery modules ( earlier post ) (provided by East Penn Manufacturing) has recorded more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) of courier duty in the local area of Phoenix, AZ. That’s when we approached the US DOE and Ecotality about operating a vehicle in a fleet in and around Phoenix.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2020
In 1900, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft also equipped its Phoenix racing car with a steering wheel. It was standard until the 1970s and became increasingly more delicate. was one of the first automobiles to be equipped with a cruise control system as standard. This enabled more precise steering and thus higher driving speeds.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
During dynamometer testing, three standard drive cycles were chosen to represent the range of delivery routes. The first study, performed in 2008, focused on first-generation hybrid vans operated by UPS in Phoenix. Earlier post.) Resources.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2009
Funded by the DOE’s Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA), NREL’s Fleet Test & Evaluation (FT&E) team performed a 12-month evaluation of six MY 2007 P70D hybrid vans and six MY 2006 P70D standard diesel vans at a UPS location in Phoenix, collecting and analyzing fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Test lead Hal Bryan says the effort demanded long hours for testing various 3D accelerators, which had yet to settle on common standards. Aces, flying solo in an Xbox-centric Microsoft Games Division, became an easy target when the financial crisis of 2008 forced company-wide layoffs.
Green Cars News
MAY 7, 2009
In the United States, the Alliance is exploring ways to promote zero-emission mobility and the development of an EV infrastructure in the State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, and Tucson, Phoenix Arizona, Seattle in Washington and Raleigh in North Carolina. The Renault-Nissan Alliance.
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