Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2018

US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2005, noncarbon sources accounted for 28% of the US electricity mix.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Nissan unveiled the e-POWER Sylphy, the first model equipped with the e-POWER series hybrid technology ( earlier post ) for customers in China. Nissan unveiled the e-POWER Sylphy, the first model equipped with the e-POWER series hybrid technology ( earlier post ) for customers in China. L/100 km (60 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. In 2017, total gross U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 6,472.3 below 2005 levels.

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APRIL 19, 2024

But activists put the pressure on to ensure that Disney goes all-EV with the ride, and fast. Late Thursday, those activists got their wish , and Disney announced that it would go all-electric with the ride within the next 30 months. 2016 was also notably after EVs had proven themselves in the automotive realm.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

Nissan announced that cumulative sales of vehicles with its e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ) surpassed 500,000 units at the end of March. The e-POWER system uses a highly efficient gasoline engine to generate electricity for the electric motor that propels the vehicle. e-POWER power train (for New Note).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH have extended their existing cooperation with a new strategic partnership for silicon- and silicon-carbide power modules. The partnership will see the two companies engage in joint research and development, with Danfoss also supplying power modules for silicon applications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2023

A power generator demo unit genset, relying on a first use of FuelAdaptive engine technologies patented by ClearFlame Engine Technologies, has successfully progressed through phase one trials. The trial was conducted by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in partnership with ClearFlame and Duke Energy. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The Chevrolet Volt’s all-new second-generation Voltec extended-range electric propulsion system ( earlier post ) delivers 53 miles (85 km) of all-electric range, based on EPA testing. Chevrolet expects many next-generation Volt owners will use power solely from their batteries for more than 90% of trips.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

China-based Dongfeng Motor (DFM) has launched two new passenger cars powered by ProteanDrive Pd18 in-wheel motors. The two models were showcased at a ceremony in Wuxi, held by DFM and Weifu Electric Drive Technology (WFDT)—the joint venture between Weifu and Protean Electric ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2023

Solaris has fulfilled another contract for the delivery of electric buses to MPK Kraków, Poland, comprising 20 units of the Urbino electric, including 13 twelve-meter vehicles, and 7 articulated vehicles. All systems and devices installed in the vehicles are powered solely by electricity. Photo: Grzegorz Mental.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2017

Hybrid and electric vehicles accounted for 7.5% of European sales so far this year, up from just one per cent in the first six months of 2016, according to Michael Cole, Chief Operating Officer of Kia Motors Europe. In addition, Kia’s cumulative market share climbed to 3.0%, up from 2.8% (229,585 units) during the first half of 2016.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

congratulated the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) as it welcomed its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus. New Flyer previously reported the order for five forty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit buses in September 2017. New Flyer of America Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ), available in the Serena minivan ( earlier post ), has been named Technology of the Year for 2019 by the Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC). Serena e-POWER. Fun and comfortable to drive, the Serena e-POWER has been a hit in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2022

In 2021, for the second consecutive year, US nuclear electricity generation declined, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Output from US nuclear power plants totaled 778 million megawatthours in 2021—1.5% less than the previous year. The nuclear capacity factor averaged 93% in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

Nissan unveiled the all-new IMQ concept vehicle at the Geneva International Motor Show. At the heart of the IMQ is the next generation of e-POWER, a 100% electric motor drive system that delivers instant, linear acceleration. e-POWER, introduced in 2016 in the Note, is a non-plug-in series-hybrid drive system.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

YASA , a pioneer in ultra-high performance electric drive technology and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, has appointed Jürgen Banken as its new CEO. YASA’s axial-flux electric motor technology offers the greatest efficiencies and highest power densities in class for the smallest size and weight.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Battery-electric AMG derivatives based on the new Mercedes Electric Vehicle Architecture (EVA) for luxury and premium-class vehicles. Extensive modifications to the drive, chassis, design and equipment will provide the hallmark AMG driving experience with all-electric drive. This is a P3 hybrid configuration.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

In 2017, emissions from GHG emitting activities statewide were 424 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent (MMTCO 2 e), 5 MMTCO 2 e lower than 2016 levels and 7 MMTCO 2 e below the 2020 GHG Limit of 431 MMTCO 2 e. Compared to 2016, California’s GDP grew 3.6% In-State Hydro, Solar, and Wind Electricity Generation.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Swedish automaker Volvo has rolled out its last diesel-powered vehicle, after a 45-year relationship with the powertrain and cranking out millions of oil-burning cars. Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. But those days are over now as the company moves toward an all-electric future.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

Aston Martin confirmed that the all-electric RapidE ( earlier post ) will enter production in 2019 in a limited run of 155 units. In 2016, Aston Martin and China-based technology company LeEco had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a partnership to develop a production version of the RapidE concept.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) power products, won a 2016 R&D 100 Award for its high-temperature, wide-bandgap (WBG) underhood inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles. The product operates by taking a two-level high and low input DC voltage (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a contract with public transport operator Freiburger Verkehrs AG for the supply of 15 electric buses: five 12-meter Solaris Urbino 12 electric and ten 18-meter articulated Urbino 18 electric. The commissioned Urbino will be equipped with Solaris High Power batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2020

ABB has entered into an agreement with Norway’s largest grocery wholesaler ASKO, and its owner NorgesGruppen, to supply charging infrastructure for its growing fleet of electric trucks. ABB will assist ASKO with efficient and reliable charging infrastructure for battery-electric trucks at distribution centers throughout the country.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

According to a new report from Navigant Research, the shipment volume of advanced batteries for the first three quarters of 2016 equates to more than 323.5 GW of power capacity, and $3.8 The majority of the advanced batteries in 2016 have been manufactured in Asia Pacific and shipped around the world. billion in sales.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Nikkei reports that Nissan will switch all models sold in China to either electric or hybrid vehicles by 2025. The move follows an announcement that China will require all new vehicles sold in 2035 to be “eco-friendly.” Nissan will introduce nine models in China by 2025 that will either be fully electric or hybrid.

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MAY 27, 2024

A recent study from Recurrent has revealed that overall, electric vehicle battery replacements are rare. of electric vehicle battery packs in 2011 to 2024 model year EVs have been replaced thus far. Electric vehicle critics typically point to battery replacements as a reason why EVs are a subpar alternative to combustion-powered cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

Deliveries of New Flyer of America zero-emission buses (ZEBs) in 2016 reached their highest level in company history, delivering 213 equivalent units (EUs) in 2016. of New Flyer’s total heavy-duty transit bus production in 2016. of New Flyer’s total heavy-duty transit bus production in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The City of Indianapolis will upgrade 425 non-police-pursuit sedans in its muncipal fleet to plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles by early 2016, cut the size of the fleet by 100 vehicles, and save $8.7 The City will replace 100 vehicles by the end of this year and 425 vehicles by the beginning of 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid with overhead conductive charging station and pantograph extended. As previously announced ( earlier post ), Volvo Buses will officially launch the new plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in September. Volvo Electric Hybrid drive system. Power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Volkswagen announced that the Taos compact SUV, which slots into the lineup below the Tiguan, will feature a new version of the EA211 turbocharged four-cylinder engine that currently powers the Jetta sedan. The Taos is expected to go on sale in the summer of 2021 in both front- and all-wheel-drive forms. Taos teaser image.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The brand will terminate its FIA WEC commitment, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the end of the 2016 season. Instead, Audi is taking up a factory-backed commitment ( earlier post ) in the all-electric Formula E racing series. We’re going to contest the race for the future on electric power. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 23, 2014

cut in CO 2 during the year puts the company on track to achieve its goal of a 20% reduction by fiscal year 2016, compared to 2005. Nissan set the target in its mid-term environmental action plan, the Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP2016). Energy procurement is being shifted toward more sustainable sources, like biomass and solar power.

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MAY 2, 2022

The health of residents living alongside a bus route in Gothenburg, Sweden, improved when hybrid buses were replaced by buses fully powered by electricity. In the fall of 2019, all-electric buses were introduced on bus route 60 in Gothenburg. The other half, who lived some distance away, made up the reference group.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. Only the electric-powertrain specific components will be installed in specific boxes along the production line. Earlier post.) Fuso is a brand of Daimler Trucks Asia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A bespoke development of GKN’s coaxial eAxle powers the rear wheels of the LEVC (London EV Company, formerly known as London Taxi Company)’s electrified TX model. In the LEVC TX, GKN’s eAxle is always the primary drive unit, and so uses a more powerful 120 kW e-motor. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. The vehicle is powered by Hyundai’s 2.0-liter kWh lithium polymer battery pack provides an all-electric range (AER) of 27 miles (43 km). Lastly, the vehicle’s 9.8 liter), 2010 (4.6-liter)

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