Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

Member company representatives and staff of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) participated recently in the first face-to-face meeting for the newly-formed Electric Vehicle Standards Panel (EVSP) of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Earlier post.)

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Standards Electric Vehicles Vehicles Automobile Manufacturer 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

The interim report considers PEV manufacturers, dealers and customers; the charging infrastructure; and the electric grid. Findings and possible Federal roles for overcoming the barriers include: Manufacturers, dealers and customers. Dealerships are independent franchises that are not owned or operated by the automobile manufacturers.

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Plug-in Tax Charging Automobile Manufacturer 312

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. The hearings will take place in March and will be held in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Risk odds ratios above 1.00 ratios below 1.00 Source: NHTSA.

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Transportation Vehicles Los Angeles Missouri 210

Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

Last year, BYD sold 412,202 Yuan Plus EVs, with 100,020 of them exported, or 42% of its total car exports for that year, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers states. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels.

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BYD Price SUV Gas 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

The production of the i3 marks the first time an automobile manufacturing plant in Germany has installed wind turbines on site to directly power production.) The SGL carbon fiber plant at Moses Lake, Washington, uses 100% hydropower. All the electricity used to produce the BMW i models at the Leipzig plant is wind-generated.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2013

As a rule of thumb, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) expect part failures to occur at less than one per thousand vehicles, so a part failure in a single test is highly worrisome. Automobile manufacturers developed a candidate list of vehicles for testing. A different use for ethanol: High Octane Fuels.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 30, 2006

C ongressional Briefing on Flexible Fuel Plug-in Hybrids March 29, 2006 Washington, DC [ RenewableEnergyAccesss.com ] The Environmental and Energy Study Institute ( EESI ) invites anyone interested to attend a Congressional briefing April 4, 2006 (from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

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PHEV 2006 Automobile Manufacturer Plug-in 100

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Maybe some Washington Mutual stock instead? That’s a real bummer about your lack of money old Chucky, but I’m still laughing away at your karma, dude. By which GM’s head Putz means more money from you and me for a car company that will soon be going bankrupt and stiffing everyone they owe. Now that’s funny!

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Changing of the guard at the auto makers' industry group the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM). As reported at the Washington Note , just seeing a Democrat in this top spot once held by Andy Card , who went on to become Bush's Chief of Staff, is a positive sign of the times.

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