Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2019

By analyzing trillions of anonymous data points from hundreds of millions of connected devices, INRIX Research identified the current routes with the greatest market potential in the Atlanta, Austin, Boston and San Francisco metropolitan areas. Among the findings: Atlanta.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Jeremy Michalek has investigated the implications of regional and drive cycle variations on the degradation of a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) battery. Air cooling can increase battery life by a factor of 1.5–6, End of life criteria has a substantial effect on battery life estimates. Credit: ACS, Yuksel et al. Click to enlarge.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

including Atlanta, San Francisco, Metro Detroit, Phoenix and Kirkland, Washington. The self-driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans are equipped with Waymo’s hardware suite and are also running Waymo’s self-driving software, which has been honed with more than 4 million miles of on-road testing, and billions of miles in simulation.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

The Saf-T-Liner C2 has 244 kWh standard battery capacity and 295 peak horsepower. It features over-the-air battery management software updates and has bilateral V2G capability. It can charge in two to three hours on a DC fast charger and has a range of up to 150 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Using 800 volt technology and the combined charging system (CCS) plug, the Taycan will be able to add more than 60 miles of range in four minutes—the fastest in today’s automotive market. The highway stations will be spaced along multiple routes and no more than 120 miles from each other.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each truck will have a range of approximately 100 miles between charges, ideal for delivery routes in and around cities. 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.

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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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

The study found that the total cost of ownership for a 300-mile midsize electric SUV varies by $52,000 across all the cities studied. But the cheapest cities for EVs were Atlanta, Chicago, and Cleveland, while the cheapest cities for gasoline cars were Houston and Dallas. There was some crossover, however.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; The Focus Electric’s motor will be powered by a 23 kWh lithium-ion battery.

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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 and Meritor are supporting prototype deliveries for testing, as well as initial pilot electric axles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 20, 2024

seconds MPG: 29 combined and 77 combined MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent, a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline) Efficient around town Clean Fleet Report drove the Hornet R/T Plus PHEV 157 miles through Southern California, averaging 31.8

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Plug in America

AUGUST 10, 2022

In larger metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Atlanta, or Seattle, where EVs are in high demand, prices are higher but have more inventory available than in suburban or rural areas. These vehicles won’t have the 250+ mile range of brand new EVs on the market, but they are affordable, reliable, and have inexpensive running costs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Atlanta and Miami. The eStar trucks run up to 100 miles per charge and can be fully recharged in six to eight hours. A quick-change cassette-type battery can be swapped out in 20 minutes, enabling around-the-clock operations and aligning the vehicles as an absolute alternative to fossil-fuel urban delivery trucks.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

A research team led by Atlanta-based. Initial testing has demonstrated the hydrogen views have a range of more than 300 miles, representing an increase by almost a factor of 10 compared to standard electric cart vehicles. 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

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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

million kilometers (1 million miles) and last at least two decades in grid energy storage. Professor Dahn and his research group is Tesla’s battery research partner, following an agreement signed in 2015. Earlier post.). —Harlow et al. Cormier, Matthew Genovese, Samuel Buteau, Andrew Cameron, Jamie E. Stark, and J. Electrochem.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

When plugged in, the battery systems of these specially equipped plug-in hybrids can communicate directly with the electrical grid via smart meters provided by utility companies through wireless networking. We are designing what plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles will be capable of in the future. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 20, 2023

The GV70 EV’s all-electric range is rated at 236 miles. After driving in-and-around Atlanta for several hours, we averaged a respectable 3.3 miles per kilowatt-hour (kWh). kWh lithium-ion polymer battery. When coasting or braking, it converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Cummins will reveal electrified power technology for transit bus applications at the APTA public transportation show opening in Atlanta on 9 October. Cummins will display a new powertrain, configurable for either a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) or a range extended electric vehicle (REEV) incorporating a compact engine-generator.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2017

At the APTA public transportation show in Atlanta, GILLIG LLC a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses, and Cummins Inc. announced a technical collaboration focused on integrating and optimizing new battery electric technology from Cummins that will soon power GILLIG electric transit buses. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

The company says it has resolved its battery module production problems that have plagued sales for the last two years. Last year GM added new dealerships in 2023 in New York, Texas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, said John Roth, vice president of global Cadillac, yesterday at a media roundup, reported by Detroit Free Press.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

Allison first announced the 9-speed model in 2017 at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show in Atlanta. The Allison 9-speed model leverages the proven durability of the Allison 2000 Series 6-speed transmissions, which have accumulated more than 100 billion miles globally.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

NEXT eMobility Solutions exhibited a prototype electric version of the International MV Series medium-duty vehicle—the eMV—at the North American Commercial Vehicle show in Atlanta. The vehicle was designed to accommodate multiple battery capacity options that range from 107 to 321 kWh.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2017

At the American Public Transit Association (APTA) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Proterra introduced the two-motor DuoPower drivetrain for its award-winning Catalyst battery-electric vehicles. miles on a single charge. Integrating Proterra’s proven battery technology in the CX will take this coach to the next level.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Based on the benefits of its own analysis of anonymized driving data from its plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle customers, Ford is encouraging the adoption of a standard way to analyze driving data for OEMs and regulatory agencies to understand the real world electric driving usage in comparison to regulatory test cycles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

by EAA-PHEV with Nilar NiMH batteries, May 2007 (Centennial, CO) contact: info@nilar.com Small photo. Dave Kennington, 2004 Prius, by self using Cal-Cars method and Plugin Supply kit, November 2008 (Atlanta, GA), contact d_kennington@. or s.peeraer@spinnovation.com. View full size photo. Contact info: John Joyce. Full-size photo.

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