Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has developed a vehicle-to_home (V2H) system for the mutual sharing of power between plug-in vehicles—plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs)—and homes. Earlier post.). when running the engine in the Prius PHV as a generator.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Last month, Ford launched a new educational Web site on electric vehicles ( [link] ).

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

Maryland laws already exist that require the State to match California’s vehicle emissions programs. Maryland aligned with the California Air Resource Board (CARB) vehicle standards in 2011 and is one of seventeen states in the U.S. state to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035. to adopt the same standards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

The next three to four years will be critical for determining whether hydrogen vehicles are just a few years behind electric vehicles, rather than decades. ”. NextSTEPS is a four-year (2011-2014) multidisciplinary research consortium, part of the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 3, 2022

Many worry about finding a way to get power to an electric vehicle during a natural disaster, but what is not discussed is how electric vehicles can provide power during an emergency. Nissan, the Japanese-based company, saw an opportunity to utilize their fully electric model Leaf to assist in these disasters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. MW each, these four turbines are to supply some 53 GWh of electricity annually.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Strategies to promote adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., In our base case, we assume average US values for emissions and damage valuation of electricity generation, oil refining, vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has awarded AC Propulsion a $300,000 grant to integrate its electric drive system technology into commercial service vans ( three Ford E250 vans supplied by Comcast) in Southern California. The first conversion vehicle is slated for road testing in early summer 2011.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to employ outdated mileage formulas (55 city 45 highway) that do not accurately represent consumers driving habits and dramatically tilts manufacturers into producing electric-vehicle solutions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2011

A study by researchers at the University of Texas found that in general, use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can lead to an increase in ozone during nighttime hours (due to decreased scavenging from both vehicles and EGU stacks) and a decrease in ozone during daytime hours.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The Workplace Charging Challenge aims to expand the availability of workplace charging for American workers——increasing the convenience of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and providing drivers with more options.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Bazzi in his presentation at the US Department of Energy (DOE) 2011 Merit Review in Washington, DC this week. The Ram Truck Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle is a blended plug-in hybrid, meaning that it doesn’t run exclusively all-electric during its charge depletion period. The Chrysler PHEV pickup project is a $97.4-million

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s next step towards a mass-produced electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Included in this is a temporary program that will provide additional credit provisions as incentives for the development and sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), battery-electric vehicles (BEVs); and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Initial commercialization of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

With a vehicle lifecycle of around 15 years, the global electric car population might by then reach about the same total as cumulative production, some of the later EVs sold having replaced older EVs that had been scrapped, the report, “Electric Vehicles: Energy, infrastructure and the mobility market in the real world” , notes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

The study project—which is 50% complete—is using ORNL’s Market Acceptance of Advanced Automotive Technologies (MA3T) discrete choice model, with the baseline calibrated to the US Energy Information Administration’s Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2011 reference case. gallon of gasoline equivalent to $4.0;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

Smart grids, for example, make it easier and cheaper to replace fossil-fired power with renewables without jeopardizing the reliability of the energy system. In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. million, up 43% from 2011. HEV sales broke the one million mark in 2012, and reached 1.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

The same highly electrified scenarios, however, could not satisfy 80% GHG-reduction targets, even assuming 80% decarbonized electricity and no growth in travel demand. consumer attitudes, fuel prices, battery technology advancement, vehicle costs and subsidies). They considered three levels of GHG-intensity for US electricity supply.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

gasoline in cars) to electricity in order to achieve the GHG reduction target. They conclude that widespread electrification of transportation and other sectors is required, along with decarbonized electricity becoming the dominant form of energy supply. of vehicle miles traveled—including almost all light duty.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? The number of electric cars bought, according to the study, “may be significantly less if these assumptions do not materialize.&# ‘ Here is the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

“Betting on Science – Disruptive Technologies in Transport Fuels” selected 12 innovations in electrification and genetically modified biofuels, as well as existing fuel sources that will have the most immediate impact on emissions and on the gasoline and diesel markets. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G). Controlled charging.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2010

Microsoft’s Hohm to Manage Ford’s Electric Cars. manage off-hours home electrical usage? When Ford’s first all-electric car, the Ford Focus Electric, ships in 2011, the recharging system will be remotely managed by Microsoft. manage off-hours home electrical usage?

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. percent of $1.9

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2012

In an effort to calculate what percentage of daily trips in the US could be covered with a fully charged electric vehicle, two Columbia doctoral candidates recently conducted a statistical analysis using the National Household Travel Survey of 2009 on distances driven by the US population. Solar Journey USA project.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001. Two-Mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV).

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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. GENI: Green Electricity Network Integration ($36.4 Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Description.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

For example, a typical medium-sized family car will create around 24 tonnes of CO 2 during its life cycle, while an electric vehicle (EV) will produce around 18 tonnes over its life, the report said. A similar electric vehicle will have embedded production emissions of 8.8tCO 2 e, 43% of which arise from the battery.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

Sample label for a plug-in gasoline hybrid-electric vehicle, which features fuel economy ratings for both electricity and gasoline. Estimates on how much consumers will save or spend on fuel over the next five years compared to the average new vehicle. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Audi held a TechDay in Ingolstadt focused on its efforts to electrify the driveline, and provided more details on the upcoming Q5 hybrid-electric vehicle ( earlier post ), the A1 e-tron range extended electric vehicle ( earlier post ) and the R8 e-tron battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ). When the 2.0

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

While there’s no doubt that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has set back the automotive industry in what was to be a crucial year for the electric vehicles (EVs) market , EVs have an important role to play in reshaping the future as many people are already lobbying for sustainable ways to rebuild the economy when the pandemic ends.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. In nearby Silicon Valley, companies are ordering workplace charging stations in the belief that their employees will be first in line when electric cars begin arriving in showrooms. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. Photo by Jim Wilson, New York Times.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

GE and Better Place have formed a technology and financing partnership to accelerate the global deployment of electric vehicle infrastructure through collaboration in four key areas: standards-based technology development; battery financing; joint fleet electrification programs; and consumer awareness.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

Such a performance level would require universal deployment of one or more of: electric vehicles (EVs) running on nearly zero-carbon electricity; cellulosic-biofuel-powered vehicles achieving 300 miles per gallon (0.78 L/100 km); or gasoline-fueled vehicles achieving in excess of 1,000 mpg (0.24 Sager et al.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t.

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