Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

With United’s strategic partnership, AltAir Fuels will retrofit part of an existing petroleum refinery to become a 30-million gallon, advanced biofuel refinery near Los Angeles, Calif. United will use the biofuel on flights operating out of its Los Angeles hub (LAX). Earlier post.).

Purchase 247

Purchase Renewable Los Angeles Fuel 247

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

Zipcar is launching the Zipvan service in Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon today, and will roll out the service to its remaining metro markets in North America over the next 12 months. Car-sharing network Zipcar, Inc. plans to expand the company’s Zipvan cargo van service across North America.

North America 225

North America America San Francisco Los Angeles 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Argonne’s technology entails the use of an advanced gas phase deposition method that embeds nanoscale silicon particles into the graphene layers. The independent full cell tests cited by the company suggested increases in energy density by around 3 times and specific anode capacity by around 4 times over existing LIBs.

Li-ion 318

Li-ion 2014 Commercial Los Angeles 318

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

magazine at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, Jaugar design boss Ian Callum revealed that the British. Traditionally, small city cars haven’t been viewed by the mainstream auto industry or most car buyers with much enthusiasm. Now they’re so trendy that even renowned luxury brands like Jaguar want to build one.

Los Angeles 91

Los Angeles Gas Auto Industry Cars 91

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2014

Besides Brazil, the BYD electric bus has been tested since 2011 in several cities around the world such as Los Angeles and New York (USA), Bogota (COL), London (GB), Copenhagen (DEN) and Oranjestad (Aruba).

BYD 210

BYD Los Angeles Brazil New York 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Argonne’s technology entails the use of an advanced gas phase deposition method that embeds nanoscale silicon particles into the graphene layers. CalBattery has an option for exclusive and non-exclusive rights to the ANL Si-graphene process. Earlier post.).

Li-ion 268

Li-ion Los Angeles Batteries Battery 268

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2012

Honda debuted the 2013 Fit EV at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show and announced plans to begin leasing the battery-electric commuter vehicle to customers in select California and Oregon markets during the summer of 2012, followed by an East Coast rollout in 2013. Acceleration improves significantly when in Sport mode.

Fuel Economy 339

Fuel Economy EPA 2013 Honda 339

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The MuCell process involves the highly controlled use of a gas such as CO 2 or nitrogen in the injection-molding process, which creates millions of micron-sized bubbles in uniform configurations, lowering the weight of the plastic part. The all-new Escape makes its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 16 November.

Escape 186

Escape Ford Los Angeles MIT 186

Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2023

“I ordered a Model S in 2011 and took delivery in 2013. It was obvious to me that Tesla was going to disrupt the entire automotive and oil industries back then because EVs are fundamentally superior to gas vehicles in every way, and there were no serious competitors to Tesla back then. This is true today as well.”

Tesla 139

Tesla Los Angeles Buy 2013 139

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

Los Angeles 271

Los Angeles North Carolina Mississippi Indiana 271

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Pike Research forecasts that annual sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will reach 358,959 vehicles by 2017, representing a compound anual growth rate (CAGR) of 43% between 2011 and 2017. Hawaii, which typically has among the highest gas prices in the nation, will be the top state, with PEVs representing 6.3% FPL Group (Florida).

Plug-in 261

Plug-in Plug San Diego New York 261

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

liter V10 premium gas engine. The improved gas mileage translates to fuel savings as high as $1,700 annually, based on EPA data. liter V8 standard gas engine. liter V8 standard gas engine. A compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas prep package is available on Transit when equipped with the 3.7-liter

Fuel Economy 218

Fuel Economy 2015 Ford Economy 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2012

In November 2011, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) unveiled the 2013 CX-5 compact SUV with a SKYACTIV-G 2.0-liter liter gasoline engine at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The debut of the CX-5 with a diesel engine marks a new push on clean diesels in Japan market for Mazda. Earlier post.). Mazda says that the SKYACTIV-D 2.2

Mazda 186

Mazda Japan Diesel Europe 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

Importantly, the conversion to electric vehicle technology is expected to avoid the daily consumption of seven gallons of fossil fuel per vehicle, thereby cutting operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions across the 50-strong taxi fleet by more than 80% and 70%, respectively. On 29 December 2011, the City of Bogota enacted Decree No.

Taxi 311

Taxi Parts i-MiEV Los Angeles 311

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, unveiled the second-generation Toyota RAV4 EV demonstrator vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Toyota will build 35 of these Phase Zero vehicles—essentially converted RAV4s—for a demonstration and evaluation program through 2011. officer, TMS. as its core technology.

2012 312

2012 Toyota Market Engine 312

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production. Report 2011-5210, 45 p. and OCS Study BOEM 2011–016. Lorenson, T.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., Campbell, P.L., Greinert, J.,

Oil 199

Oil California Water Mariner 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Availability of the Focus Electric will expand in 2012 to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

Michigan 363

Michigan 2012 Ford Lithium Ion 363

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2012

Air Products and FuelCell Energy are already working together on a three-year hydrogen production project in California, which began in 2011. Under subcontract to Air Products, FuelCell Energy is operating a DFC power plant at an Orange County Sanitation District wastewater treatment facility near Los Angeles.

Hydrogen 244

Hydrogen Industrial Industry Power 244

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

My lifetime tally is 231 mpg, which means I’ve used less than 80 gallons of gas over the car’s 42 months on the road. If you’re adding up the numbers that 1,054,095 electric vehicles since the state began counting in 2011. Still turning in max EV miles. 379,125 plug-in hybrids (26%). 11,956 fuel cell electrics (1.1%).

Personal 80

Personal PHEV Plug-in San Diego 80

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Velozzi, a Los Angeles-based car designer and manufacturer, will integrate Capstone Turbine’s C65 and C30 microturbines into its electric supercar and a crossover vehicle, respectively. The supercar will be available late this year, while the SOLO will be available in 2011, said Velozzi CEO, Roberto Velozzi. Earlier post.).

Extended Range 278

Extended Range Electric Vehicles Range Vehicles 278

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Convenience: From 2011 to 2016, the number of stations for charging electric vehicles increased by 1,138% in the US. In January 2018, Assemblyman Phil Ting introduced a bill that would ban gas-powered cars by 2040. Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo and Nissan have announced plans to electrify their fleets over the next 10 years.

California 199

California 2017 2016 Los Angeles 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Jack Rosebro, founder of Perfect Sky in Los Angeles [and a contributor to Green Car Congress ], spoke of the need for government policy makers to move beyond incremental changes that are not providing enough incentive for the market to produce alternatives to oil as the almost exclusive source of energy for road and rail transportation.

Electric Vehicles 186

Electric Vehicles Vehicles Los Angeles Canada 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

The ActiveE will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011. A fleet of more than 1000 BMW ActiveE vehicles will provide further valuable insights into the everyday use of the vehicle.

Boston 218

Boston BMW Mini E Charging 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

The GRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills. The grants awarded were in response to RFP-I, a request for proposals the GRI Research Board issued on 25 April 2011. Lead Institution: University of Mississippi.

Mexico 225

Mexico Oil North Carolina Florida 225

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library The engineers at AC Propulsion (ACP) were familiar with the basic precepts of bidirectional EV power. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show.

Grid 137

Grid Power Powered Vehicles 137

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

the potential implications of electric vehicles for electricity consumption, management of electricity demand, greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutant emissions. externalities, such as the avoided costs of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition there are large savings in greenhouse gas and air pollution.

PHEV 210

PHEV Oil Prices Australia Price 210

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., For his sequel, Paine’s been gauging the mood at the now-much-gloomier GM headquarters, visiting geothermal-powered and EV-friendly Iceland, and test driving his brand new Tesla in Los Angeles. Is this discouraging?

EV1 100

EV1 Los Angeles Hydrogen GM 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In a review for the European version of the Chevy Cruze (The US version is a 2011 vehicle), Jens Meiners writes in Car and Driver : “ Like the larger Malibu, the interior of the Cruze shines ”. GM says it is committed to establishing a harmonized national program to improve fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

GM 262

GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

New Flyer first revealed its battery-electric Xcelsior design in 2011, unveiled a prototype in 2012, and delivered the first bus in 2014. Batteries are available in high-energy version for extended range or high-power for rapid on-route charging and continuous operations. LA Metro contracts for 100 Xcelsior 60' buses.

North America 170

North America Charging Los Angeles Fresno 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

The Fulcrum process begins with the gasification of the organic material in the MSW feedstock to a synthesis gas (syngas) which consists primarily of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. In 2011, United operated the first US passenger flight powered by advanced biofuels made from algae.

Renewable 150

Renewable Fuel Alternative Fuels Production 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

Climate 236

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

Prius 100

Prius Plug-in Plug Gasoline-Electric 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2007

based minivan in Tokyo, followed by a plug-in hybrid sedan at Los Angeles. The new Escort Hybrid is planned for the model year 2011 and to be introduced in the fall of 2010. M omentum for a Plug in Future continues. First, there is this story from Volkswagon. Apparently, VW is set to unveil an Up!-based

Ford 100

Ford Volkswagon Minivan Los Angeles 100

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. Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions. Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

You lose the flexibility of the hybrid being able to fuel up nearly instantaneously at a gas station, and pay an additional $10k for that loss. people’s desire for electric over gas cars 2. Of course people want gas cars — they don’t know where to get any other fuel. — Dan 3. — Ken Smith 4.

Volt 42

Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last week, at the Model S unveiling in Los Angeles, Tesla revealed that an optional “ QuickCharg e &# battery would get a full charge in 45 minutes from a 480V outlet. However, further down the line I think gas prices will rise much higher than electricity prices just because electricity sources are much more diverse.

Electric Cars 28

Electric Cars Charging Cars 2009 28