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OCTOBER 8, 2016

The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group announced 2016 release of the suite of GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation Model) models and associated documentation. Updated the fuel economy and material composition of the light duty vehicles. Updated U.S. Updated U.S.

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MAY 1, 2017

The largest share of all-electric vehicle (EV) sales in calendar year 2016 in the US were large cars (35%) and standard sport utility vehicles (SUV)(23%), according to figures gathered by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Of the nearly 347,000 hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) sold in 2016, close to three-quarters were midsize cars.

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MAY 25, 2018

Foton Motor and Piaggio Group signed the agreement for a joint development project for new light-duty commercial vehicle products in Italy. Since 2016, Foton Motor and Piaggio Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Framework Agreement in succession. Piaggio Porter.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Findings of this year’s Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report position stationary power, backup power, and material handling equipment as some of the largest current markets. billion in 2016 alone. In 2016, China emerged as a leading customer for fuel cell buses, with more than 30 deployed or ordered throughout the year.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

During the General Motors (GM) 2023 earnings call held this week, CEO Mary Barra said the company will be bringing plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to North America—despite still being committed to going all-electric by 2035. The post GM plans to bring plugin hybrids to North American market appeared first on TESLARATI.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of US$648 million. Siemens, which beat CAF for the contract, will deliver a newly-developed light rail car based on its Model S200 for the San Francisco order.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. By contrast, almost half of all EU member states have an ECV market share of 0.5% ECV Units sold.

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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 The majority of the advanced batteries in 2016 have been manufactured in Asia Pacific and shipped around the world. million individual battery cells, 16.1 billion in sales.

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JULY 25, 2017

A new white paper from a team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses the growing US electric vehicle market and the factors that are driving it, with a focus on the 50 most populous US metropolitan areas. Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area.

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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. The Fuso eCanter is produced in line with the conventional Canter light-duty truck at the Tramagal plant. Earlier post.) Fuso is a brand of Daimler Trucks Asia.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The Renault-Nissan Alliance delivered significant sales growth in 2016, with global sales of 9.96 The car group also reinforced its leadership in zero-emission vehicles with cumulative sales of 424,797 electric vehicles since the introduction of the Nissan LEAF in 2010, followed by the Renault ZOE. Earlier post.) Fluence Z.E.,

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Worldwide, Daimler battery-electric trucks and buses have already logged more than seven million customer kilometers (4.3 With our electric trucks, we aim to offer our customers electric vehicles that are on a par with conventional trucks in terms of availability and performance as well. Electric FUSO eCanter.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Later this year, Buick will become the first brand in China officially to roll out the market-ready technology on a production vehicle, a Buick GL8. The market-ready V2X technology incorporates vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) solutions.

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OCTOBER 9, 2016

A German research alliance has developed the basis for smart, high-resolution active matrix LED headlights, which takes adaptive forward lighting to a new dimension. Both headlights contain three LED light sources, each with 1,024 individually controllable light points. This allows the driver to see these vehicles more clearly.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The new joint venture, which has initially been concluded for a term of 25 years, will develop electric vehicles and launch them on the hotly contested Chinese mass market. The new partnership is a further milestone in our electric offensive in China. million electric vehicles in 2025. over the previous year. (JAC)

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APRIL 19, 2017

China-based electric vehicle startup NIO unveiled the NIO ES8, an electric SUV planned for serial production for the China market later this year. The NIO ES8 is a full-size 7-seat electric SUV with a 2-3-2 seating arrangement. NIO intends to equip the ES8 with a swappable battery pack.

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JUNE 22, 2017

The consultancy says that China will dominate both the market and the industry in the foreseeable future. The index assess the relative competitive position of the seven leading automotive nations (Germany, France, Italy, the US, Japan, China and South Korea) on the basis of three key indicators: technology; industry; and market.

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JUNE 24, 2015

European fuel cell system provider Symbio FCell says it will deliver more than 1,000 Kangoo ZE-H2 vehicles in 2016. The Kangoo ZE-H2 is a Renault Kangoo ZE Light commercial vehicle (LCV) powered by a hydrogen Fuel Cell Range-Extender. Earlier post.) This comes in addition to the vehicles already successfully deployed in Lyon.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Nissan Motor Company is targeting becoming world’s leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles (LCV) by fiscal year (FY) 2016. Light Commercial Vehicles include several classes of vehicles that are designed and developed primarily for work use. Nissan will begin sales of an all-electric version of NV200 in 2014.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

When illuminated with light-emitting diodes rather than lasers, the photocatalytic efficiencies remain comparable, even when the scale of reaction increases by nearly three orders of magnitude. Unlike traditional catalysts, it doesn’t require heat; it harvests energy from light. —Yuan et al. Courtesy of Syzygy Plasmonics, Inc.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. Reflecting increased research interest in synthetic liquid fuels produced using renewable low-carbon electricity and CO 2 sources, e-fuels were added to the potential future fuel technologies that are evaluated.

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APRIL 20, 2012

Roland Berger forecasts for LiB market size by vehicle class (left) and region (right). In light of recently presented or announced vehicle models with electric, hybrid or plug-in-hybrid drives (xEV), Roland Berger experts expect the global LiB market to grow from US$1.5 Market consolidation therefore looks certain.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In a new study, IHS Markit forecasts that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) will by 2040 grow to an all-time high of around 11 billion miles per year (a 65% increase since 2017) in China, Europe, India and the United States—the key markets examined for the study—and will keep growing. IHS Markit, “Reinventing the Wheel.”

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Nikola Motor Company is partnering with Bosch on the development of its hydrogen-fuel-cell range-extended electric Class 8 long-haul truck, unveiled as a prototype in December 2016. Bosch’s eAxle expertise ( earlier post ) has enabled Nikola to move quickly on an aggressive path to bring its electric truck to market.

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MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 40 93 MPGe.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

General Motors plans to source 100% renewable energy to power its US sites by 2025—five years earlier than previously announced, and 25 years ahead of its initial target that was set in 2016. Sourcing renewable energy is a critical component of GM’s plans to decarbonize its portfolio.

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Citroën is a leading player in the Light Commercial Vehicles market. Already present in very targeted markets with Berlingo Electric and the forthcoming launch of Jumpy Electric (beginning of 2020), the Brand plans to extend its electric offering for business customers with a range of 100% electric compact vans by 2021.

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DECEMBER 2, 2023

Ultraviolette Automotives: Disrupting 2-Wheeler Landscape Ultraviolette Automotives has been making headlines since its inception and we see great potential in the company to disrupt the Indian 2-wheeler EV market. Ultraviolette Automotive was founded in 2016 by Niraj Rajmohan and Narayan Subramaniam.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016). Nissan Green Program 2016, the company’s third environmental mid-term plan, aims to deliver the following by the end of fiscal year 2016: No. Nissan Motor Co., 1 in Zero-Emission Vehicles: cumulative sales of 1.5

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OCTOBER 12, 2019

In China, the recently opened Airbus China Innovation Center (ACIC) battery lab is looking to power a new generation of electric-powered aerial vehicles. In 2016, millions of electronic devices had to be recalled after a battery fault caused units to overheat and explode. One challenge is thermal runaway.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

TM4 is expanding its SUMO family of electric powertrains ( earlier post ) with the introduction of the new SUMO HP line which is dedicated to high-power applications. As part of this new line, TM4 is launching the SUMO HP HV900, a new motor/generator and inverter combination for the commercial heavy-duty market. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

DOE’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office has made significant investment in hydrogen and fuel cell research and development (R&D) over the last decade, helping to cut fuel cell cost in half and enabling the commercialization of fuel cells for several early market applications. BMW-Toyota, Daimler-Ford-Nissan, and Honda-GM. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 30, 2021

g (12%) lower than in 2019 and represented the first decrease observed since 2016. The share of electric vehicles in new registrations tripled from about 3.5% The share of electric vans increased from 1.4% grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km). This was 14.5 in 2019 to about 11% of new registrations in 2020. Source: EEA.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is bringing its all-electric heavy-duty truck ( earlier post ) to market in a small series this year. GVW and a range of up to 200 km at the International Commercial Vehicle Show in 2016, the first vehicles will be delivered to customers this year. —Stefan Buchner.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

turbodiesel engine coming in the 2016 model year. The 2015 Canyon also features the segment’s first application of electric power steering, which enhances efficiency because it is not driven by the engine. GMC revealed the new 2015 Canyon midsize pickup on the eve of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

This strategic partnership is the beginning of a long-term collaboration involving the co-design, co-development, production, marketing, and sales of integrated fuel cell-battery solutions. The fuel cell module, which is powered by hydrogen stored in tanks on the vehicle, produces electricity which is supplied to the electric powertrain.

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