Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2013

Balqon Corporation will receive $925,000 to develop three on-road electric trucks (Model MX-30) for use at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as a DC fast charger utilizing a 500 kWh lithium battery energy storage unit.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2012

When we tested the 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid six weeks ago in Los Angeles, the real-world indicated gas mileage was 37 mpg over 50 miles of mixed freeway and urban driving. Depending on how they're designed--and at what speeds their electric motors kick in--their efficiency can vary considerably.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This expansion nearly quadruples BYD’s facility from its initial 2013 footprint. These trucks incorporate the same proven core components that are used in BYD’s commercialized buses and vehicles with several hundred million service-proven miles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and Via, a provider of on-demand shared rides are partnering to offer an affordable, equitable, and accessible option to connect to major train and bus stations. The project is funded in part by the largest federal grant of its kind—a $1.35-million

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Siemens will conduct trials of its eHighway system ( earlier post ) in California on a two-mile (3.2 km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Click to enlarge. The 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Honda had introduced an earlier version, the FCEV concept, at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. The next-generation Honda FCV is targeted to deliver a driving range of more than 300 miles (483 km) with a quick refueling time of about three to five minutes at a pressure of 70 MPa. Earlier post.) The power density is now 3.1

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AUGUST 27, 2015

tops the list of gridlock-plagued cities, with 82 hours of delay per commuter, followed by Los Angeles (80 hours), San Francisco (78 hours), New York (74 hours), and San Jose (67 hours). From 2013 to 2014, 95 of America’s 100 largest metro areas saw increased traffic congestion, from 2012 to 2013 only 61 cities experienced increases.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

FirstElement Fuel Inc is a California-based company established in 2013 with the sole purpose of providing safe, reliable, retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. Air Liquide has designed and installed more than 120 stations around the world to date.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Volkswagen’s CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid concept had its US debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. Volkswagen first unveiled the plug-in SUV at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013. In hybrid mode, it allows for a theoretical range of around 570 miles (917 km). Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

This feedstock is rendered in North America and shipped by ocean tanker an estimated 7,741 nautical miles to the Neste plant. Once the rendered tallow has been converted to renewable diesel, the finished fuel is transported an estimated 7,677 nautical miles by ocean tanker to Los Angeles. CI = 39.33 gCO 2 e/MJ, or ?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The Harris Ranch Superchargers sit off the I-5, the interstate highway connecting Los Angeles (and San Diego) with the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento in the north. Harris Ranch is roughly equidistant from Sacramento (~187 miles); San Francisco (~183 miles); and LA (~199 miles). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

While Hyundai, Toyota and Honda seized much attention over their presentations of fuel cell rollout plans (in the case of Hyundai) and concepts (in the case of Honda and Toyota) at the Los Angeles and Tokyo auto shows, Daimler used EVS27 in Barcelona as a forum to report on its 3.3 million miles) in fleet testing. million km (5.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Based on the ISX12 G, first introduced in 2013, the ISX12N natural gas engine is available with ratings from 320 to 400 hp and up to 1,450 lb-ft (1,966 N·m) of peak torque. Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas is the largest natural gas distribution utility in the United States. g/bhp-hr) since 2001. SoCalGas services 21.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Honda will debut two all-new models, the 2013 Fit EV and the 2012 CR-V at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 16 November. The Fit EV was targeted to achieve an estimated 100-mile (161 km) driving range per charge using the US LA4 city cycle—70 miles (113 km) when applying EPA’s adjustment factor. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

ActiveE vehicles will be distributed in the major metropolitan markets of Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. AeroVironment’s EVSE-RS charging station will deliver approximately 25 miles of driving range per hour of charging time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan ( earlier post ) made its North American debut at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show as Honda announced additional details for the vehicle’s entry into the US market. The Clarity Fuel Cell will be available in black, white and signature red exterior paint schemes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

To reduce methane’s impact on the climate, California has set a goal to cut overall emissions in the state by 40 from 2013 levels by 2030. Los Angeles and Ventura Counties were next on the list. Landfills accounted for 41% of point source emissions, manure management accounted for 26% and oil and gas accounted for 26%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

Early aggregate data collected through vehicles tied to MyFord Mobile show nearly 60% of total PHEV miles driven every day are in electric mode, and that there is an improvement in this figure over the first 30 days of vehicle ownership. More daily total miles. 84% of one-way trips are of distances 20 miles or less. Short trips.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

Deliveries will begin through certified fuel cell vehicle dealers in Los Angeles and Orange counties as well as the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. The new Honda Clarity Fuel Cell will feature a driving range estimated to exceed 300 miles (483 km), with an anticipated refueling time of approximately three to five minutes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

(At WasteExpo 2017, Peterbilt displayed a Model 520 refuse truck equipped with the Transpower ElecTruck drive system, which has accumulated over 80,000 miles of Class 8 heavy duty use in a variety of commercial applications since 2013. Two 520 refuse haulers will be tested by Sacramento County and a waste hauler will operate one truck.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

annual growth from 2013 to 2025 to meet its goal. But with a 53% increase in growth from 2013-2017, the annual growth rate required to meet the ZEV goal from 2017 on has decreased to 20% annually. The average Californian drives 14,435 miles every year. ZEV sales increased 29.1% China leads with over 75 EV models.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2014

MC Method control diagram, from a 2013 DOE-hosted webinar on hydrogen refueling. In November 2013, the new Honda FCEV Concept debuted at the Los Angeles International Auto Show, pointing the way to an all-new Honda fuel cell car launching in the US and Japan in 2015 and later in Europe. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

Hyundai is initially offering the Tucson Fuel Cell to customers in the Los Angeles/Orange County region for a 36-month term at $499 per month, with $2,999 down. The front-wheel drive Tucson Fuel Cell offers a driving range of 265 miles (426 km), with combined city/highway fuel economy of 50 mpge (4.7 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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MAY 25, 2021

For example, at freeway speeds, you can drive 65 miles in an hour. How long does it take you to put those 65 miles back into your EV? If your EV can restore those 65 miles in 6 minutes (one-tenth of an hour) then your EV has a drivability of 10; you can drive 10 times as long as it takes to charge. Very drivable.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

The CPV Sentinel project is located near Desert Hot Springs, five miles northwest of Palm Springs. is scheduled to start construction of the 800-megawatt (MW) project immediately, with CPV Sentinel scheduled to go into commercial operation in the summer of 2013. GE’s LMS100 can reach full load in 10 minutes. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Beijing, like some other cities in Asia, has significant problems with air quality, and may be 10-50 times more polluted than some major urban areas in the US with air concerns, such as the Los Angeles basin. This work was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Science Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2016

This not only allows performance characteristics typical of a sports car—acceleration from 0‑100 km/h in under four seconds, top speed electronically governed at 250 km/h / 155 mph—but also a range of more than 500 kilometers according to the NEDC (more than 200 miles according to EPA).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

In his press presentation at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Scott Keogh, the president of Audi of America, officially announced the addition of A8, A7, A6, and Q5 TDI diesel models to the Q7 and A3 TDI already on sale in the US. The new models, as well as the 2013 Q7 TDI, will feature an all-new 3.0L Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Audi first revealed the A3 Sportback e-tron at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. At a sustainability workshop at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Dr. Rudolf Krebs, the Volkswagen Group’s Commissioner for Electric Drive Systems, said the group will “ electrify all segments. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 9, 2022

It might be able to transport passengers at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour in floating pods that race along inside gigantic low-pressure tubes, either above or below ground. The pods should be able to travel at speeds of up to 750 miles per hour as a result of this. Hyperloop is currently being developed by a number of companies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In the United States, DOE, along with industry stakeholders, announced the public-private partnership H 2 USA in May 2013 to address hydrogen infrastructure and assist in deployment of FCEVs in the United States. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Source: Jesse Schneider. Click to enlarge. This is on par with gasoline internal combustion vehicles.

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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. At the same time, newly developed lithium-ion batteries facilitate a vehicle range of around 100 miles (161 km) in everyday driving.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Self-driving cars has been a focus of Uber for the last half of the decade with the company racking up about 80,000 autonomous miles a week as it strives to bring driverless cars into the mix. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. In the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

The BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ) 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 for $499 per month for 24 months with a down payment $2,250. BMW ActiveE. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

The all-new 500e is longer, wider and lighter, with a longer all-electric driving range, faster charging and the latest in audio and driver safety systems compared to the predecessor model that was sold in North America from 2013 – 2019. So what has changed with the 2024 Fiat 500e? Fiat gives performance numbers of 0-60 mph in 8.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The 2013 Fit EV. Honda unveiled the all-new 2013 Fit EV at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and announced plans to begin leasing the battery electric commuter vehicle in the US in the summer of 2012. Honda anticipates a combined city/highway EV range of 76 miles (122 miles) on the new Fuel Economy labels.

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