Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Speaking at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, Honda Motor Europe’s President and COO, Katsushi Inoue outlined Honda’s commitment to an electric future in Europe, with a specific aim to have electrified powertrains in two-thirds of Honda cars sold in Europe by 2025.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But dealers attending the NADA show in Las Vegas on Saturday expressed their dismay that Ford snubbed a Q&A segment presumed to take place during a larger follow-up meeting. These were things NADA attendees with ties to the Ford Motor Company had hoped to clear up going into the event. Image: Ford Motor Co.]

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

And that's after two reveals, in Las Vegas and at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show. But some additional information is now available, albeit unofficially. The 2016 Toyota Prius was unveiled earlier this month, but Toyota was short on details regarding the new hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Ford Motor Company will hold an automotive app developer conference on 8 September as part of the Connected Car Expo taking place at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Across Hyundai Motor Group, the company now projects that by 2035 it will use 3 million metric tons annually. At present, the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo are the only two publicly available fuel-cell passenger vehicles for the U.S., while the BMW iX5 is currently being fleet-tested.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

At CES in Las Vegas, the company announced that hydrogen fuel will now play a “crucial role in Hyundai’s sustainability roadmap as it is a clean energy source.” Clean hydrogen should be for everyone, powering everything, and available everywhere,” Jay Chang, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company, said in a statement.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Cadillac’s new Twin-Turbo V-6 engine, available on the 2014 CTS Vsport midsize luxury sedan and XTS Vsport full-size luxury sedan in the US this fall, is equipped with a set of sensors that monitor air pressure, intake humidity and throttle intake temperature. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Volkswagen ‘s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on Monday as it presented the technology in Las Vegas. “I think what our customers are really looking for is seamless, intuitive usage of their car.”

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

SEE below for December 2008 contents from Las Vegas EVA Watts Happening -- space that was reserved for Stan & Marianne, Bill and Amanda, Bill, Lloyd, Daniel, John, Michelle, et Las Vegas EVA'rs al for webblogging plus posting pixs of the "Spirit of DC" shining & showing on the 2nd level of the Texas Station Casino parking garage.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Ricardo will introduce TorqStor—the latest generation of Ricardo’s high speed flywheel energy storage technology—at the CONEXPO 2014 show in Las Vegas as a pre-production prototype for OEM product integration. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Segway has taken to the Consumer Electronics Expo (CES) in Las Vegas to unveil a pair of new electric two-wheelers. Built with 21700-format battery cells, that capacity rating makes it one of the largest batteries available on this type of adventure-style electric bicycle. seconds.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

A permanently excited synchronous motor that can mobilize 125 kW (170 metric hp) if necessary operates in the area of the rear axle of the AI:ME. For the occupants, the compact drive package offers a maximum amount of objectively available space, spatial comfort, and a great deal of variability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2015

The Freightliner Inspiration Truck is equipped with the Highway Pilot sensors and computer hardware is based upon a series production Freightliner Cascadia Evolution, fully certified to meet all US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The area ahead is scanned by a stereo camera located behind the Freightliner Inspiration Truck windscreen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Findings from the study: An estimated 4 million children developed asthma each year from 2010 to 2015 due to exposure to NO 2 pollution, which primarily comes motor vehicle exhaust. Due to limited data availability, the NO 2 levels used in this study are for 2010-2012, whereas the population and asthma incidence rates are for 2015.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

The number of available models is expanding exponentially. SUV EVs are taking the market by storm as models appear throughout the diverse market, walking away with accolades as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 did with Motor Trend’s SUV of the Year award. CES is cranking up this week so there’s not much time to waste thinking about the past year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. The next Prius will also feature electric motors that will be smaller in size. —Satoshi Ogiso.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2013

in Las Vegas. General Motors’ engineers developed most of the accessories shown on the concept vehicles. Some of the accessories are available from Chevrolet dealers. The cars will debut at the SEMA Show, 5-8 Nov. SEMA is the world’s largest convention of automotive aftermarket parts and accessories. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2018

At CES in Las Vegas, Toyota Motor introduced the autonomous electric e-Palette Concept Vehicle, which is designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the 2015 CES this week in Las Vegas, OnStar will preview AtYourService, a commerce and engagement offering that connects drivers with retailers and merchants on their drive, providing information, convenience and money-saving values tied to their specific destinations.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Kia Corporation and Uber have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, committing the two companies to collaborate on Kia’s planned development and deployment of PBVs. Kia had revealed five ‘Platform Beyond Vehicles’ (PBV) concepts at CES 2024 on January 9.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Toyota and the tire maker Sumitomo debuted weight-saving airless tires combined with in-wheel motors in a 2017 concept, noting then that it needed to make progress in cutting rolling resistance, which was still higher than inflated designs at the time. Michelin tweel Building on Tweel Uptis isn’t Michelin’s first or only airless technology.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 30, 2024

Think Los Angeles to Las Vegas, where cruising Interstate 15 in comfort is all that plays on your mind as the cards are being dealt awaiting your arrival in Sin City. The GT and Rally have electronic all-wheel drive (eAWD) standard, which means they have dual electric motors, one each for the front and rear wheels.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Ram Trucks, the US truck arm of global automaker Stellantis , took the wraps off what it called the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept truck on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Those are a lot of electric motors that can be eliminated to cut prices for cost-conscious fleet managers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. App developers who want to enable their creations for AppLink can now register at [link] to download the AppLink SDK.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2020

During the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show and at CES in Las Vegas earlier this year, Nissan privately demonstrated e-4ORCE in a specially constructed test car using a LEAF e+ to allow drivers to experience the technology’s potential. Until now, Nissan EVs have all used a single electric motor, typically for front-wheel drive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Transaxle and Electric Motor. Toyota engineers also redesigned the transaxle and motor, delivering a reduction in their combined weight of 6%. The motor itself is considerably more compact (approximately 12%) and gains a better power-to-weight ratio (weight is reduced some 20%). Available Advanced Technologies.

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EV Central

JANUARY 17, 2024

Pulling the drapes off the close-to-production Afeela sedan at the CES tech-fest in Las Vegas, the stylish Tesla alternative is an evolution of the concept that was revealed last year at the same tech show. 2025 Sony Honda Afeela sedan dashboard. These are fed by a 91kWh lithium-ion battery that can only be charged at up to 150kW.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

Power is provided to the front wheels through a 150 kW (204 ps) motor, producing 395 N·m torque from a standstill, for acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.8 Taking inspiration from the Niro EV Concept unveiled at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the exterior is based on a ‘Clean and High-tech’ design concept.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

In the background, are various EVs from the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association, along with the "Spirit" hanging out in the shade and away from the sunny background. chillin' in the Las Vegas warmth of 110-degrees day, 27 July 2009. This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster!

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

Auto companies like Kia use CES as a vehicle introduction show This is a look, alphabetically, at some of what was announced at CES 2024, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, January 9-12. Timing: BMW says all these technologies will be become available over the course of 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

at CES next week in Las Vegas. The new platform remains flexible for incorporating future breakthrough technology as it becomes available. and engineers at Toyota Motor North America Research and Development (TMNA R&D) to compact and conceal the sensors and cameras.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

At CES in Las Vegas, NVIDIA unveiled the Tegra K1 mobile processor, a 192-core chip featuring the same NVIDIA Kepler architecture that powers the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti GPU. Tegra K1 will be available to automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers as a visual computing module (VCM), a design first introduced two years ago.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2017

Arizona-based startup Local Motors has unveiled Olli ( earlier post ), a 12-passenger minibus that may hit university campuses in Las Vegas and Miami later this year. ITF also noted that despite its inefficiencies, single-occupancy cars will dominate in three critical areas: flexibility, comfort and availability.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

Blue Bird unveiled two new electric-powered school buses at the STN Tradeshow in Las Vegas: a Type A Micro Bird G5 electric-powered school bus and an all-new electric Type D chassis which will power its Type D All-American rear engine (RE) school bus. This announcement comes on the heels of a $4.4-million Earlier post.)The

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The eSprinter has already been out for some time in Europe, first unveiled in 2018 , but that version was not available in the US. And the biggest improvement for the US market is that this version will be available here, unlike the previous version. In practice, we found the 150kW motor power merely adequate with our 440lb load.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2014

Audi will present the Audi Sport quattro laserlight plug-in hybrid concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from 6 to 10 January in Las Vegas. TFSI and the transmission is a disc-shaped electric motor that produces 110 kW and 400 N·m (295 lb-ft). Audi Sport quattro laserlight concept. Click to enlarge.

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