Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2010

The bill mandated ambitious production targets of 9 billion gallons of biofuels a year in 2008, rising to 36 billion gallons a year by 2022. Based on the latest available US Government Accountability Office data (2008) the US government spent $4 billion in subsidies to replace about 2% of the US gasoline supply.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. That’s why we’ve already doubled the number of alternative vehicles in the federal fleet, and that’s why, today, I am directing agencies to purchase 100% alternative fuel, hybrid, or electric vehicles by 2015. —President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

In 2007, with support from Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Jay Whitacre began researching low-cost electrochemical approaches to bulk energy storage. In 2008 he produced the first functioning Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) battery. Supported by VC funding, Aquion spun out of CMU in 2009. Whitacre, J. Shanbhag, S., Mohamed, A., Polonsky, A.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, —Lester Lave, University Professor and Higgins Professor of Economics at CMU’s Tepper School of Business. But that’s only one element of the equation.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 27, 2023

You don’t have to identify the people,” says data scientist Jonathan Weber of the University of Haute-Alsace , in Mulhouse, France, and coauthor of a review of video crowd analysis. Whether this is true is unclear; the fast evolution of the technologies involved makes it a difficult question to answer.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 19, 2009

In the summer of 2008, amid staggering gas prices, Central Michigan University (CMU) invested $23,000 into an electric vehicle. The EV in question is believed to be a Miles ZX40ST Work Truck , purchased as part of an effort to.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Probabilities at different price points for at lest some chance of purchase. The survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,513 adults age 18 and over was conducted between July and November 2008 by the U-M Institute for Social Research as part of the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 15, 2024

In the 2008 film Iron Man , he changes his ways because he learns that his company’s specialized weapons are being used by terrorists. Anyone can purchase a drone, but there are regulations for using drones that vary between and within different countries. Remember, robots are tools.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

Shortly after releasing the Roadmap, the Coalition commissioned the Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of Maryland and Keybridge Research to study the long-term economic effects of their policy proposals. By 2030, the typical US household’s annual income would rise by $2,763 (2008 dollars). Annual Household Income.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order from Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. Internally, Nisshinbo has been working on different approaches to fuel cell catalysts for some time ( earlier post ), including a carbon alloy catalyst being developed in collaboration with Professor Jun-ichi Ozaki of Gunma University under a NEDO project.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 1993, Cox went from Bellcore, a breakoff from Bell Labs, to Stanford University, where he served as a professor of electrical engineering. The university also granted special permission to non-students to attend the EV class, including a city manager from a small town in Eastern Nebraska. Sound familiar?”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

Meanwhile, a more cautious stance prevails with regard to the timing of a vehicle purchase. While male university students living in large urban areas are indeed turning away from cars, the degree of interest in cars’ general and purchasing appeal is high among young women and individuals living outside large urban areas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Early adopters will include government, university, and utility company fleets. In 2008, Pike notes, In 2008, the North America market accounted for 63% of global hybrid sales. between 2008 and 2015) as a result of a new segment of hybrids, the PHEV, which will be more widely available for fleet purchases after 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). million award to increase its previously awarded funding of $1,394,298 for the university’s microgrid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2009

Canadian government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits commensurate with the cost, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). So for the majority, rebates are not changing behavior—they are subsidizing planned purchases.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Alone, the federal government plans to purchase more than 500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or EVs in fiscal year 2017.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

Strong income tax credits for the purchase of new diesel, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles are very expensive and essentially ineffective at reducing GHG emissions from transportation. million barrels per day, relative to 2008 levels. —Morrow et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2014

The global economic recession of 2008—which severely depressed light-duty vehicle sales—resulted in an increase in the age of the light-duty vehicle fleet in the US that likely slowed the rate of decrease of fleet average emissions, according to a study by Gary Bishop and Donald Stedman at the University of Denver.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Now, a study conducted by the University of California Berkeley’s Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) concludes that car2go’s carsharing model can complement existing mass transit options; reduces the overall number of vehicles on the road; and ultimately improves mobility in densely-populated urban areas. Martin and Shaheen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2010

The Port of Los Angeles is entering into negotiations with Los Angeles-based Vision Industries for the purchase and evaluation of Vision’s Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric trucks. Vision Industries Class 8 zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric truck at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Business Wire). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

In October 2008, Xcel began testing a one-megawatt sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery ( earlier post ) to demonstrate its ability to store wind energy and move it to the electricity grid when needed. Xcel Energy purchased the battery from NGK Insulators Ltd. They are able to store about 7.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Confirmation of the Project follows a joint study, which was completed in November 2008. Subsidy for EV purchases: Offer a subsidy to customers. In 2008 Yokohama offered 300,000 yen per car. Nissan Motor Co., The Project uses a total-management approach to address the issue of zero-emission mobility.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. We covered the start-up here.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2010

A robust US battery industry will require the US to have a solid manufacturing base that can readily accept innovations in process and technology from our universities, small companies, and national laboratories, converting them into a sustainable competitive advantage domestically and globally.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Data gathering for the Beijing study was completed in 2008. Rapid economic growth, growing mobility, increasing purchasing power, and rising demand for goods have made China one of the fastest growing—and one of the largest—auto markets in the world. Discussion Paper 2008-08, Cambridge, Mass.: Oliver, Hongyan He. “

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Baua Electric

APRIL 2, 2024

Pool temperature: 84 degrees Public access: Non-guests can purchase a resort pass online to use the pool and fitness facilities through Resort Pass , a platform that partners with hotels across the United States to offer day passes to access exclusive amenities. Hours: Weekdays 6 a.m. weekends 7 a.m.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. A regulated entity may consider purchasing offsets if the offsets are less expensive than making direct, onsite emission reductions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2011

Research from the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis (ITS-Davis) suggests it will take more than a reasonable price and good information to get consumers to make more sustainable transportation choices, such as the purchase of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Social influence does matter.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

This investment will add to the $17 million in funds the Department had awarded these projects in 2008 following a competitive award process. Bi-directional metering would enable customers to purchase energy at off-peak hours and sell unused, stored energy back to the utility during peak periods at higher rates.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7% The bill does not restrict who can hold an allowance, nor does it restrict the purchase, sale, or any other transactions involving allowances. compared to 2005 levels.).

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Test rides most always evoke a comment of future EV purchase. He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

In May 2008, the Telegraph newspaper in the UK reported that British drivers paid 57 pence/liter or $2.99/ gallon of diesel in excise tax which doesn’t include the value added tax. According to Tanfield’s most recent annual report, 2007 filed in April of 2008, Smith is the world’s largest supplier of electric vans and trucks.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Test rides most always evoke a comment of future EV purchase. He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. In April 1999, the Israeli company M-Systems filed a patent application titled “Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-based PC flash disk.”

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