Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development. The tools, which were announced by DOE as part of its Clean Cities Initiative, are available online, making them accessible to consumers, installers, governments and businesses.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Our Modular Transverse Toolkit already proved Volkswagen is one of the most successful platform developers in the auto industry. Thanks to their modular design and the multi-cell format, these batteries can be installed in smaller or larger ID. This Wallbox is an affordable home system that makes charging the ID.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

General Motors, which has a long history of crash test dummy design, is leading current research on the potential for global auto industry use of a test dummy that would help automakers and safety experts better understand how crash victims are hurt in rear impacts. The BioRID ATD. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2021

A new study focused on the auto industry finds that tightening emissions standards not only fails to curtail on-road emissions, but actually increases the likelihood of non-compliance by automakers. This phenomenon isn’t limited to the auto industry. You have to hit the score to make it. —Kejia Hu.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

In addition to testing two plug-in hybrid Ford Escapes, the company owns seven other plug-in electric vehicles for research purposes including the Southeast’s first plug-in hybrid electric utility bucket truck, and it is expanding its partnership efforts with the auto industry to test additional vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Customer Support : Utilities pledge to assure that a robust customer service process is in place that can scale up to support large numbers of plug-in vehicle customer service requests ranging from charging infrastructure installations to utility-specific rate options and incentive plans. Earley, Jr.,

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Electrek

JANUARY 9, 2023

Here’s how many the auto industry data analysts at S&P Global Mobility think the country will need to install by 2030. There are currently more than 160,000 EV chargers in the United States. The post Here’s how many EV chargers the US has – and how many it needs appeared first on Electrek.

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EV Central

APRIL 28, 2025

Publicly backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the beauty of the new Slate Auto made ute is the Michigan-based EV start-up will also sell you a kit to convert it into an SUV if your circumstances change. The most unusual accessory is the flat-pack SUV kit that owners can buy and instal themselves that transforms the Truck into a five-seat SUV.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Installing traditional fixed fast-charging stations is usually a cost- and labor intensive process that requires electrical upgrades to support the connection between charging stations and the main electrical grid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

ElaadNL would handle management of infrastructures and the smart-charge standard, and LomboXnet would take charge of installing the network of unique public charging terminals powered by a 44 kW grid connection. Renault would supply a fleet of 150 Renault ZOE models through 2017 to the city.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

ZF Friedrichshafen, which makes transmissions, shock absorption systems, and chassis components for more than 55 auto brands and is Germany’s second-largest supplier after Bosch, said it could axe as many as 12,000 people in a “worst-case scenario” by 2030, reports The Financial Times. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

announced last month that it had achieved an important automotive-grade certification, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), for THINK and had begun shipping battery packs to be installed in THINK vehicles for commercial sale in European and North American markets. Ener1’s principal operating subsidiary, EnerDel, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

One of SEAT’s landmark environmental initiatives is the SEAT al Sol solar power park on the roofs of the Martorell factory, the largest facility of its kind in Europe and one of the largest in the global auto industry. In 2018 SEAT invested €16 million euros in environmental initiatives in production related areas.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

Since the MOU signing, state regulators, the auto industry and infrastructure developers and other stakeholders have shared information and best practices to help move this effort forward. The plan also suggests promoting the installation of charging infrastructure for commuters at public transit hubs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2017

In Germany, the Volkswagen Group will install a software update on approximately four million Euro 5 and some Euro 6 diesel vehicles in total as agreed in order to reduce NO x emission levels. The auto industry and the Federal government will each contribute €250 million. —Matthias Müller, Volkswagen AG CEO.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

GM described its approach at the Washington Auto Show. Provide state tax credit for vehicles ($2,500/16 kWh vehicle) and charging equipment and installation at home/multi-family home/workplace/public (up to $3,000/home; $30,000/other site with 10 charge ports). State Government. Clean Cities Orgs / AQMD. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Meanwhile, the mid-2022 passage of the CHIPS Act in the United States yielded a multi-billion-dollar investment pool, some of which dedicated to ramping up American manufacturing of the mature-generation chips upon which many industries—auto and otherwise—are so dependent. Those processes make up most of the installed capacity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2011

Installed revenue by ESG technology, worldwide. Companies that can financially sustain themselves through the EV ramp will succeed in the long run, assuming that they have the technology and auto industry credibility. Economies of scale for such components will rely on the number of installations, not the size of the project.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Shock waves from Volkswagen's admission that it had installed "defeat device" software on its so-called clean diesels to cheat on emission tests continue to reverberate around the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2015

Driven by environmental problems, a growing auto industry, and a big policy push, China’s advanced energy storage market will be worth $8.7 China leads the world in installed capacity of renewables, with plans for much more. billion in 2025, more than quadrupling from the current $1.7 billion, or 85% share of the revenues.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful, SCE suggested. The Southern California region and SCE’s service territory in particular is seeing significant uptick of early plug-in vehicle adoption.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 22, 2024

But their application has been controversial, because it is thought of as a way to maintain current auto industry practices rather than quickly reforming the whole auto industry around electrification. Find a reliable and competitively priced solar installer near you on EnergySage , for free. Get started here. –

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. billion investment, coupled with another $2.4 The new awards cover the following areas: $1.5 Purdue University.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

At the Washington Auto Show in February, for example, GM suggested a partial draft checklist of stakeholders and enablers to help guide cities in making their regions plug-in friendly. One million plug-ins don’t happen without significant partnering, coordination and effort.” Tony Posawatz. Earlier post.). The charging pyramid. Source: EPRI.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

—Doug Harshbarger, business director, Auto Glass Solutions, Corning. Originally introduced in America by Henry Ford, the technology has been used in the auto industry for nearly a century. It is also a transformational material for lightweight glazing. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Swiss auto innovator Rinspeed is unveiling the “iChange,”—an electric car the body of which can adapt through the use of a “pop-up” rear end to seat between one and three passengers, at the upcoming Geneva Motorshow. The iChange is a symbol for the fundamental changes the auto industry undergoes worldwide. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2022

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. There is so much to love about driving electric!

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Rivian’s autonomous driving capabilities will likely make use of the hardware installed for its vehicles’ Driver+ system , a set of Level 2 active safety features to assist drivers on the road. Overall, Rivian’s potential software service offerings reveal the changing landscape in the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2015

Cities are focal points for collaboration among governments, the auto industry, utilities, and advocates on electric vehicles. EV promotion actions, charging infrastructure, and EV share of new vehicles in 2014 in the 25 most populous US metropolitan areas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Among drivers testing the vehicles were CRI staff and members of the Icelandic Automobile Association as well as several local service providers in the auto industry. Unlike methane gas and hydrogen, there is no need to install expensive infrastructure in order to store and distribute methanol as a fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

The e-Golf (“Das e-Auto” earlier post ), the Volkswagen brand’s second series production battery-electric vehicle after the e-up!, Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.), Installing the battery pack. The e-Golf. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 23, 2023

The PluginIndia team, got a chance to visit the Hyundai India electric car stall at the Auto Expo 2023. We visited the Hyundai stall at the Auto Expo 23 and there was a huge crowd at the Hyundai stall. I think the auto expo organizers gave passes to hundreds of YouTubers and Media houses. Here are our thoughts on it.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 4, 2023

After the state of Michigan pledged in 2021 to complete a wireless charging road by this year , Israeli startup Electreon has finished installing the EV charging road, according to a press release shared by the company last week. Today, thanks to Gov.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Despite a surge in interest, electric cars may remain niche products in the world’s two largest auto markets. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. Advocates disagree. By Jaeah Lee, Contributor.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

The new digital meters are being installed by the thousands in many utility districts, and in SoCal Edison’s case, they expect to be fully installed by 2012. So instead, Edison and auto manufacturers are turning to “smart metering&# technologies. Smart meters have uses far beyond electric vehicles.

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Teslarati

JUNE 28, 2023

announced the availability of Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors in new orders and currently installed CP6000, Express 250, and Express Plus customers. Ford’s announcement about adopting Tesla NACS has led other big names in the auto industry to do the same, like General Motors, Volvo, and Rivian.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry in Canada, Francois-Philippe Champagne (FPC), confirmed that he held talks with Tesla. The Markham site makes machines installed at Tesla gigafactories worldwide. Canada has been working on becoming the global auto industry’s “supplier of choice.”

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