Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

Lithium Werks, a Li-ion battery and portable power solutions manufacturer that earlier this year separately acquired Valence Technologies and the industrial division and cylindrical cell manufacturing plant of A123 Systems, has signed a multi-year cell supply agreement with lithium battery specialist Super B.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2021

This expansion is a focused effort to build an advanced network consisting almost exclusively of 150 and 350 kW ultra-fast chargers—the fastest charging speeds available today—at convenient locations to provide customers with a superior charging experience.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

The expansion will increase the deployment of 150 and 350 kilowatt chargers—the fastest speed available today. Both initiatives are part of a global announcement today by the parent company Volkswagen Group to substantially increase public charging infrastructure in North America, Asia and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The law includes $5 billion in formula funding for states with a goal to build a national charging network of 500,000 public chargers; 10% is set-aside each year to provide grants to States to help fill gaps in the network. The law also provides $2.5 The Administration is a developing the guidance and standards described in the law.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

This new benchmark for speed of charging is possible through an ultra-high 900V+ electrical architecture, custom lithium-ion battery cells, a robust battery and thermal management system, and the Lucid Air’s powertrain efficiency.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

The proprietary motor design, battery cell chemistry, and thermal features have been enhanced to reduce wasted energy as heat even during “sustained spirited” driving. Lucid expects to build 9,000 electric cars this year, with 2,391 made in the first three months of the year. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Lithium-sulphur batteries (e.g., earlier post ), which Mercedes-Benz is examining in parallel with further development of the current lithium-ion battery and research into lithium-air technology. They are made up of nodal points known as Structural Building Units (SBUs). The lithium-sulphur battery for the F 125!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

BrightDrop gained valuable learnings through a series of rapid prototype builds, market research and customer pilot programs over the past year. The BrightDrop Trace Platform, including Trace Grocery, is available today. The Trace Grocery is a perfect example of this. —BrightDrop President and CEO Travis Katz.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

SMUD plans to site the utility battery in a location where significant load growth is expected over the next five years. Envoy – Round Trip Car Sharing: Electrify America also invested in a program with Envoy Technologies, a community-based EV car-share service based at residential buildings as an amenity.

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Driivz

MAY 3, 2023

V2H, or vehicle-to-home, uses smart EV charging and bidirectional (two way) charging to transfer energy stored in the battery of a parked electrical vehicle (EV) to the home for use as a backup power source during outages. The battery in an EV could keep a home or small business running for several days. Is V2H part of V2X?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Electrify America plans to build charging infrastructure that will primarily consist of (1) community charging and (2) a long-distance highway network. In addition, other use cases/technologies are also under consideration including targeted battery storage to manage peak demand and ease grid loads, etc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to build and to test seven hybrid fuel-cell, Class 8 trucks to transport cargo at the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports. gallons per minute models available today.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g., IBM and its partners have launched a multi-year research initiative exploring rechargeable Li-air systems for transportation—The Battery 500 Project ( earlier post )—but are viewing it in terms of a multi-decade development cycle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

For the vehicle application, Hohm will help owners determine when and how to most efficiently and affordably recharge battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles. Ford and Microsoft’s participation in the Hohm program builds on the success of their decade-long partnership to provide customers with superior in-car experiences.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

US President Barack Obama today launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in emerging technologies such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology. Reducing the time to develop and deploy advanced materials.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Methanol which is produced with CRI’s method is one of the most environmentally friendly liquid fuels available today. We are also participating in projects where our renewable methanol is already used to extend the range of battery electric cars and ferries. —Ómar Sigurbjörnsson.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

It turns an EV into a mobile battery that can be used to provide backup power to a home or business, and to provide services to the electrical grid, generating revenue for the vehicle owner and potentially offsetting a significant part of the purchase price of the vehicle. Going bi adds several nifty new benefits to driving electric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

This service will be available in Q1 2019. Envoy – Round Trip Car Sharing: Electrify America is also investing in a program with Envoy Technologies, a community-based EV car-share service based at apartment buildings as an amenity. Vehicles can be reserved, picked up and returned to the same location.

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EV Life

AUGUST 28, 2020

How much battery range do you need for your favorite road trips? You may be surprised by the number of sedans, SUV/crossovers, and hatchbacks available. For example, I grew up in a “Toyota family” and Toyota only has one electric vehicle available today: The Prius Prime. How do you charge your EV at home or in public?

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the automotive industry races toward an electrified future, Bosch is accelerating its R&D into the essential building blocks of electric drivetrains. One of these components is the inverter, which changes direct current (DC) from the car’s batteries into alternating current (AC) to power its drive motor (Figure 1).

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 30, 2022

The holy grail of battery development really hasn’t changed much in spite of the exponential growth of the electric vehicle market–make it more energy dense (for longer range), more powerful (for faster acceleration), faster charging and cheaper. Ford and BMW have invested in the solid state battery start-up Solid Power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2022

Part of that includes building a software platform that leverages data and simulation to demonstrate how new technologies can work for them. Its flagship vehicle, the BrightDrop Zevo 600, is currently in production and on roads today with high-volume production beginning later this year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used globally, according to a new special report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

regenerated in a reactor, similar to a battery. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. similar to a battery, yet can charge and discharge much more. Printed Integral Batteries. manufacturing process for lithium-ion batteries that reduces. PolyPlus Battery. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

The challenge—in which 3,800 teams from 100 countries participated—was to “design and build a safe, quiet, ultra-compact, near-VTOL personal flying device capable of flying 20 miles [32 kilometers] while carrying a single person.” Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

In this plan, Volkswagen and ARB prioritized ZEV infrastructure build-out in areas with high anticipated ZEV demand and around disadvantaged communities throughout California, noting the potential for significant decreases in air pollution as a result of this ZEV build-out.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Gasoline/diesel fueling stations to replenish the liquid fuel for these engines are readily available. This engineering solution allows versatility.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

First, to design and build the “Mach-I” prototype vehicle maintaining donor vehicle architectural space and using commercially available or demonstrated materials and processes while delivering a 22% reduction compared to the baseline vehicle. We are reducing electric loads to get another kilo out of the battery.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. Battery swapping has its critics.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

The benefit of a higher voltage connector has nothing to do with the speed at which the battery will charge it has to do with the conductor size. I imagine there will be tax incentives to build green generators when were at that stage. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz. However, I dont welcome this news.

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