Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America will invest in metro-based direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations in 18 metro areas, including these new metro areas in Cycle 2: Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Bridgeport (CT) for the New York City market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Electric drivetrain power and control systems, as well as batteries and accessories, will be supplied by TransPower, a California-based manufacturer of integrated drive systems, full-electric truck solutions and energy-storage subsystems. UQM for e-axles. Electric axles integrate electric motors into differentials or wheel-ends.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

At the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) EXPO 2017 in Atlanta, XALT Energy introduced its first second-generation (Gen II) battery cell to its portfolio of lithium-ion cells. The XMOD114E design is optimized for large systems where the integrator installs the modules in a suitable superstructure.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

The battery-electric car posted its best US sales month yet in March, and a 423.5% We’re seeing the adoption curve for EVs accelerate, and there is tremendous interest not only on the West Coast but in a number of new strongholds like Atlanta, Raleigh, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, St. year-over-year sales increase in April.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Three major school bus manufacturers—Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses, Blue Bird and Navistar subsidiary IC Bus—introduced battery-electric school buses at the recent National Association for Pupil Transportation Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio (NAPT). Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

The US Postal Service showed off its first EV charging stations at an event in Atlanta yesterday, with hundreds of new sorting and delivery centers set to open around the country this year. The USPS also plans to buy another 11,750 commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) vehicles from other manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Electric vehicle technology is rapidly improving with battery, charging and smart grid advances that allow us to specify our delivery vehicles to eliminate emissions, noise and dependence on diesel and gasoline. UPS will test the vehicles primarily on urban routes across the country, including Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

QSTP is a world-class incubator for the research, development and commercialization of new technologies that has attracted significant R&D investment from companies such as Shell, Microsoft and GE. The WTC will initially be tasked with the progression of two Formula One inspired R&D projects with clear commercial goals.

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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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

A research team led by Atlanta-based. The analysis identified trade-offs in performance for each of the options, including weight, volume, cost, safety and commercialization potential. The analysis led to a report comparing the resulting vehicle to a vehicle operating on the latest batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

Researchers have developed a new high-performance anode structure for lithium-ion batteries based on silicon-carbon nanocomposite materials. Development of a novel approach to producing hierarchical anode or cathode particles with controlled properties opens the door to many new directions for lithium-ion battery technology.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2022

.” Ferrari was listed ahead of Rivian, which is ranked 2nd on Morgan Stanley’s list, and Tesla, which sits in fourth, behind Freyr, a Norway-based company in the business of manufacturing battery cells with sustainable energy. The new plant will be located near Atlanta, Georgia. David Tayar (@davidtayar5) January 4, 2022.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

This vehicle-to-grid communication technology is an important step in the journey toward the widespread commercialization of electric vehicles. We are designing what plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles will be capable of in the future. Greg Frenette, manager of Ford’s Battery Electric Vehicle Applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. The first PHEV research prototype used a JCS 10 kWh lithium-ion battery pack based off a 41 Ah cylindrical cell. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2011

The hybrid models are equipped with a NiMH battery pack. Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and California. Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, assembles, sells and services class 4-7 commercial trucks in the United States and is headquartered in Novi, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Eaton’s eMobility business is launching an all-new 4-speed transmission for heavy-duty electrified commercial vehicles to meet growing global demand in a number of segments, including pickup and delivery and port drayage in North America, China and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Professor Dahn and his research group is Tesla’s battery research partner, following an agreement signed in 2015. have been provided in contrast to literature reports using commercial cells. Dahn (2019) “A Wide Range of Testing Results on an Excellent Lithium-Ion Cell Chemistry to be used as Benchmarks for New Battery Technologies” J.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

DeKalb County’s DeKalb County/Metropolitan Atlanta Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle Project. The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Alcoa and Israel-based Phinergy have entered into a joint development agreement to develop further Phinergy ’s aluminum-air batteries. Aluminium–air cells are high-energy density primary (non-rechargeable) batteries originally developed in the 1960s. kWh/kg of Al—second only to the Li-air battery (13.0 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Navistar, a leading maker of commercial vehicles, has launched a new business unit, NEXT eMobility Solutions, to deliver customized electrification solutions in the truck and school bus markets. Constructing the vehicle, taking advantage of Navistar’s world-class commercial vehicle manufacturing capability.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The PURPL solution includes power distribution panel-based EV breakers with a simple pedestal making it ideal for any application such as multi-tenant, commercial and captive fleet, requiring real-time Energy Management with Peak Demand Avoidance. —Ryan Kennedy, CEO, Atom Power.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

At IAA Commercial Vehicles, Allison Transmission announced that it will offer its medium-duty, fully automatic 9-speed transmission globally, and that it has developed an electric hybrid system with purely electric extended range. Allison first announced the 9-speed model in 2017 at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts Thanks to a new $50 million investment, Atlanta-based EV charging company EnviroSpark wants to hire as many of the Tesla Supercharger team as possible. Read more: To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

The cost-savings for commercial electrification are real and tangible. For commercial / industrial users, the three basic components of an electric bill are: energy charges, demand charges, and fixed charges. For both light duty and buses, AMPLY found Atlanta’s DPGe for fleet vehicles to be $1.85. —i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. DOE Award ($mil.). Technology.

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

Ford will use module-less LFP (LiFePO4) batteries from CATL to cut costs by 10-15 percent starting next year. Our Model e team has moved with speed, focus and creativity to secure the battery capacity and raw materials we need to deliver breakthrough EVs for millions of customers.”. DEARBORN, Mich.,

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Another crazy week in the world of EVs, with lots of announcements on the automaker and battery front. The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Batteries and Charging.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

The struggle may not be over, but as it stands now, USPS “anticipates” adding some 66,000 battery-electric vehicles to its delivery fleet by 2028. At a dignitary-drenched ribbon-cutter at the agency’s South Atlanta Sorting and Delivery Center, USPS unveiled the first of its new EVs and charging stations.

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