Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2013

UC Davis energy research centers will design high-efficiency, cost effective solutions to major home energy loads. At night, for example, when energy costs are lower, a smart refrigerator can perform high-energy tasks like ice making or defrosting, just as Ford’s plug-in vehicles do with recharging. ZeroHouse 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

MHYGALE, proposed Valeo, PSA and Freescale, is developing an affordable mild hybrid solution that will offer Stop-Start, regenerative braking and torque assist functions. Two Renault Mégane-type demonstration electric vehicles will be developed by 2011. Aixam, the ECA and INRETS, are demonstrating light electric vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2010

In the case of electric cars, time-shifting the recharge to late at night is important because recharging effectively a home’s daytime energy usage. When Ford’s first all-electric car, the Ford Focus Electric, ships in 2011, the recharging system will be remotely managed by Microsoft.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2011

Source: Wormald 2011. The short-term disadvantages are severe, Wormald says: cost (which leasing can disguise but not change, like a sub-prime mortgage); complete uncertainty about residuals (which makes leasing risky for its providers); limited range; long recharging times; and limited charging point networks. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Such economic benefits could be realized earlier through effective policies which reduce first mover costs in the short term and promote rapid take-up once non-ICE vehicle price premiums reduce to levels that make them affordable to. technologies to achieve fuel cost savings, the report found. operating cost savings increase.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

If terrorists had poisoned 40% of our wetlands and 25% of our fisheries, we wouldn’t ask, ‘How much will it cost to fight back?’ And it will cost much less than you think.”. We ask organizations to move this realistic, conservative, and cost-effective approach to the top of their talking points and priorities. The good news?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

We can have a competitive cost structure, we can have a competitive capital structure, we can have the best discount rates but we need to have the best product. ”. The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. Cathode active materials are not only a performance and cost driver in EV batteries—they are also a significant contributor to an EV’s overall emissions, so the cathode is in the spotlight of carbon reduction efforts.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

Compared to advanced lead-acid batteries, the PbC batteries: Support higher [10-20x] charge acceptance and faster recharge [5-10x] in partial state-of-charge (PSOC) applications; Offer an 4x increase in cycle life in 100% depth-of-discharge applications; and. This limits the ability of battery to take on recharge. start-stop) vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

in EVs on battery power alone, a critical need is the establishment of a supporting charging infrastructure to enable vehicle recharging at home, at work, and in public locations. Affordability. The ability to recharge anywhere in a secure fashion will greatly enhance EV driver flexibility and user convenience. Interoperability.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Electric vehicles are "definitely affordable and environmentally friendly technology, and we think theres a huge potential market in China for them," Li Shufu, Geelys chairman, said in an interview Monday. GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011. Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 9, 2021

Previous attempts in this area failed due to a lack of a battery strong enough to keep cars on the road and a cost-effective power train that could fit inside a consumer vehicle and propel it to highway speeds. When Tesla revealed the prototype of this vehicle in 2011, the company’s modern face was revealed. The Good Times.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition. Cathode active materials are not only a performance and cost driver in EV batteries—they are also a significant contributor to an EV’s overall emissions, so the cathode is in the spotlight of carbon reduction efforts.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

These misconceptions typically center around cost, performance, practicality and the true environmental benefits of EVs. Are EVs as affordable as gasoline cars? However, EVs are now much cheaper to buy and usually more affordable in the long-run. So, what are the main drivers behind these savings?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 4, 2021

In the case of the EV tax credit it should motivate: Automakers to produce more EVs in general; more affordable EVs, and EVs – whether BEV or PHEV – that are as efficient (getting maximum miles per kWh of the battery pack) as possible. Secondly, batteries are simply in short supply.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US. Further, if the EV range gains slow down over the next decade as expected, an EV's software-driven features along with their affordability , will decide the winners of the potential $1.1

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong says the two new sets of regulations, scheduled to be voted on at CARB’s January 22-23rd meeting, insert hundreds of thousands of dollars of unfair and unneccesary costs into the process. “For California to be on the cutting edge of green-tech, they need to be more of an enabler than a restrictor,&# Guzyk said.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Much of the attention on electric cars has been on the vehicles’ design, cost and performance. Robert Hayden, the clean transportation adviser for San Francisco, said the city hopes to have 60 charging stations installed in public garages by year’s end, with a thousand more available across the Bay Area in 2011.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“While the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline-fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable,” the task force noted in its recent assessment of GM’s restructuring plans. The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The grants will not be available until 2011 and the detail of how they will beallocated and which cars will qualify has still to be worked out. The 2011 start date has been chosen to coincide with theexpected introduction of a wider variety of electric and plug-in hybrid carsin Britain. Car buyers were less enthusiastic.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The car is expected to cost around $40,000. "Even the first DVD player cost many times more than it does today."

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