Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. The auto manufacturers have sued to stop progress before. We’ve seen this all before.

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Carbon San Francisco Sacramento Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The current supply outlook for natural gas will contribute to greater competitiveness of US manufacturing, while the use of more efficient technologies could offset increases in demand and provide cost effective compliance with emerging environmental requirements.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Hybrids and EVs use regenerative braking to capture kinetic energy and store it; this requires the conversion of the kinetic energy first into electricity to transport to the battery, resulting in extra energy conversion steps. TECO, a Taiwan-based company, is one of the largest manufacturers of electrical drive technology.).

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Motors Motoring Motor Climate 326

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

An innovative method of reusing energy, the nanogenerator ultimately could provide automobile manufacturers a new way to squeeze greater efficiency out of their vehicles. Wang estimates about a 10% increase in the average vehicle’s gas mileage given 50% friction energy conversion efficiency. —Mao et al. 2015.04.026.

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Fuel Wisconsin Waste Automobile Manufacturer 150

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 2, 2021

The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles. Manufacturing Infrastructure Software Development Training and Skill Development Retrofitting Fleet operation Dealership and Franchise Maintenance and Repair.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electrical Electric 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

This approach allows automobile manufacturers to create packages of technologies that can be tailored to meet specific cost and effectiveness targets, as opposed to developing diesel or full hybrid alternatives that offer a single large benefit, but at a significant cost increase.

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Fuel Downsizing Fuel Economy Diesel 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Individual manufacturers will be required to comply with a single fuel economy level that is based on the distribution of its production among the footprints of its vehicles. In the past, the baseline was the manufacturers’ confidential plans for each model year; in the new analysis, the baseline is each manufacturer’s MY 2008 fleet.

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $29,125—$6,075 less than electric vehicles produced by other mainstream automobile manufacturers—for the base ES model before a federal tax credit of $7,500 and available state financial incentives (subject to availability of funding).

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i-MiEV Mitsubishi Lithium Ion Battery 239

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

European car manufacturers (ACEA) recommend installing Type2/Type Combo inlet/connector, as of 2017, for charging electric vehicles. mind the need to have standardized solution, European manufactures are committed to accept one “envelope” solution for vehicle inlet once it is set by legislation or standard (with sufficient lead time).

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Plug-in Standards Charging Plug 230

Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S. 2023 Buick Envista (China spec) “They won’t sell any cars over here,” said Trump, picking up the conversation a short time later. automobile industry as a whole.”

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Mexico Chinese BYD South Carolina 52