Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Energy Storage Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2020

The program will evaluate PSI cells against electric vehicle requirements to determine whether its active material coating technology improves cell level energy density and lowers cell cost. The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion General Motors United States 170

Teslarati

JUNE 15, 2023

In its last briefing session, Toyota Motor Corporation set ambitious electric vehicle (EV) goals. The legacy car maker aims to develop low-cost batteries , which it believes will lead to the adoption of more electric vehicles. The Japanese automaker plans to sell 1.5 million BEV units by 2026.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Tesla has seen notable challenges breaking into India in the past, the electric vehicle maker appears to be receiving a red carpet welcome of sorts this time around. Tesla is the world leader in pure electric vehicles, but in China, the company has a number of strong competitors.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

BYD EV sales momentum continues in January BYD sold 105,304 fully electric cars last month, up 48% from the 71,338 handed over last year. Interestingly, BYD’s all-electric vehicles are beginning to outpace its plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). Instead, BYD and Tesla need to work together “to increase the new energy vehicle ‘cake.’”

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

It was the end of an era, and numerous electric vehicle enthusiasts expressed their appreciation for the vehicle. As we bid farewell to the original Model 3, it seems pertinent to look behind the vehicle that changed it all for the electric vehicle movement. The Model 3 is both of these things.

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Tesla Cars Electric Electrical 119

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Lower cost is one of the key aspects of the renewed interest by some in zinc air fuel cell technology—which had been explored in the 80s and 90s—propelled by the anticipated demand for efficient, low-cost alternatives to lithium for electric vehicle battery production. John Cooper et al.

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Zinc Air Montana Companies Fuel 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Organized by Sandia, the American Gas Association, and Toyota, the workshop included participants from the auto industry, freight delivery fleets, gas suppliers, gas storage developers, utilities, academia, industry associations, national laboratories, and federal and state governments. Click to enlarge.

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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. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In the transportation sector, Boston-Power is targeting its high-energy, long-life cells at plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles. From 1994 to 2002, Purcell led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group (GM ATV). Swing cells for electric vehicle, industrial and electronic applications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Strategies to promote adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., Error bars represent variation of estimates based on charging electricity source (Base case is U.S. Click to enlarge. Michalek et al.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Making electric vehicles affordable will be critical for them to have an impact on the environment, as vehicle ownership continues to rise quickly.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. And no one asked what it would cost. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. It’s under the hoods of the 250 million vehicles we drive today.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

A meltdown in some of the most-hyped energy-transition metals is wreaking havoc across the mining world, stalling projects, scuppering deals and triggering a scramble for cash that promises to reverberate through the industry for years. The auto industry had shown signs of becoming an key source of funds, as companies such as Ford Motor Co.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

In Italy, data from the Italian Foreign Car Maker Association highlights that car registration for gas and diesel-powered vehicles fell by 97.5% last month, but battery electric vehicle sales decreased by only 58.1%. Renault is stopping ICE vehicle sales in China to go all-electric instead.

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