Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2023

Besides the massive retooling effort that has taken the auto industry by storm over the past two years, the search for raw materials for EV batteries has become a growing priority for automakers. The facility is strategically placed near PT Vale’s nickel mining operation on the island of Sulawesi.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2011

HaloIPT’s technology will be marketed by Drayson Racing to the motorsport industry as affordable, practical systems for race cars and race circuits. This is a milestone innovation that will have a dramatic effect not just on racing but on the mainstream auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2018

Affordable, lightweight and capable of withstanding temperatures 100 degrees Celsius higher than commercially available automotive cast alloys, ACMZ is proving to be suitable for the next generation of more fuel-efficient internal combustion engines.

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Push EVs

JULY 13, 2023

Plugless vehicles will continue to be sold in Norway until plugin options — most likely BEVs — appear in all vehicle segments, and at affordable price points. Let’s see if this somewhat affordable small SUV can catch on in Norway, as it already is doing in France. YTD cumulative share. The third place goes to the Skoda Enyaq.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

For McMaster, the project partnership is one of three new partnerships with Chrysler, the federal government and other auto industry leaders worth a combined $24 million. Legislative pressure and socioeconomic forces are compelling the auto industry to deliver unparalleled technological advancement at an unprecedented rate.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Indian government has introduced various incentives and initiatives, such as subsidies and tax benefits, to promote the adoption of electric autos. Additionally, major automakers are investing heavily in R&D to develop affordable and high-performing electric vehicle models specifically designed for the Indian market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. Don Runkle.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

One cannot link disposable incomes and affordability to the fall in the hatchback segment’s contribution, he said. “It This shift reflects a growing trend where customers prioritise affordability and value. Also, the availability of financing options means more people can afford to buy a used car,” he explained.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

An improved titanium alloy—stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market—gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to form a special nanostructure. b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

General Motors is working with communities such as San Francisco to develop a plan of action to establish the supporting technical and policy infrastructure required for broad commercialization of plug-in electric vehicles such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt. GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show.

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Qnovo

JANUARY 1, 2022

Commercial vehicle manufactures including buses and trucks are ramping up their transition to electrification. Auto companies have committed to a vast expansion in their EV offerings by 2025. EV models that are increasingly affordable are making it to showrooms.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

The accumulation of these EV tax breaks, plus the hefty 25% tax on fossil-fuel cars, means that EV models in Norway are often more affordable than fossil-fuel cars, even without the EV subsidies that are available in other countries.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We have Northway Motorsports, who will start selling their kits for the Maruti Swift Dzire, Maruti Ignis, and Tata Ace Gold commercial loader. Unless you happen to have a few crores lying around that you don't mind spending, you will have to wait for kit providers who are willing and can afford to spend big bucks on certification.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

Delivering a commercially viable achievement in this area has evaded researchers for more than a decade. This is a breakthrough in making 3D printed and sintered parts for the auto industry. Collaborative and individual patents are expected to be filed by Ford and ExOne as a result of this ongoing project.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 25, 2023

17:23 CT – The analyst asked if Tesla wishes to accelerate commercial vehicle production outside the Semi. 16:48 CT – Kirkhorn states that Tesla will get a different amount of credits, and that the company wants to use incentives to push affordability. ” Kirkhorn said. Credit: Tesla Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

CLEPA (the European umbrella membership organization representing the interests of the global automotive supply industry) and EUCAR (the European Council for Automotive R&D from the major European passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers) jointly prepared the document.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. I set up the partnership between ChargePoint and Solar Smart Living and helped many commercial and residential customers make the transition to electric charging. Mentorship to help grow this industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. After our one-year test, in summer 2011, we’ll be ready to create a powerful new US conversion industry.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. I set up the partnership between ChargePoint and Solar Smart Living and helped many commercial and residential customers make the transition to electric charging. Mentorship to help grow this industry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Bright is planning to sell its IDEA to commercial businesses only. Brights commercial truck, however, could actually make a big difference  even if you and I cant run out and buy one.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

This progress has kept the Program on track to meet critical path technology goals by 2015 and will enable industry to make decisions regarding commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and fueling infrastructure in the 2020 timeframe. However, some targets and milestones relating to non-critical path technologies—e.g.,

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 7, 2021

BYD & Levo collaborated for heavy-duty BYD commercial EVs. As part of the collaboration, BYD will implement Levo’s technology and capital to offer fully financed medium and heavy-duty BYD commercial EVs. We can breath easier – these buses will prevent: 114,947,040 – tons of C02. 80,160 – tons of Nitrogen Oxide.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2010

the need for widespread affordable hydrogen if mass-produced fuel cell vehicles are to become a reality, a feedstock/production combination for biofuels that does not compete with food crops, etc.). Most of the remaining barriers relate to cost (e.g., fuel cells, batteries, etc.), although there are also substantial performance barriers (e.g.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2024

Sudeepth Puthumana talked about how India was catching up with global automotive safety protocols and the company’s localisation efforts in making ADAS technologies more democratic for the auto industry. How has safety evolved in the automotive industry? With BNCAP, do you see the safety regulations getting stricter?

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Baua Electric

MAY 5, 2024

How the Inflation Reduction Act helps American health, economy & manufacturing The Inflation Reduction Act included hundreds of billions of dollars of climate spending, much of which was allocated to EV tax credits, both for personal and commercial vehicles. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The solar market, for example, has been around for some time, but it has been a fringe technology in commercial terms. The state of Michigan, which has seen its economy decimated by the collapse of the gas-powered auto industry, is pouring incentives into the alt-car market.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. We need an economy electric car that we an afford, not that nonsense. It is 12 years later. The management at GM are liars.

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