Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

GE will invest an additional $70 million to expand its sodium-halide battery manufacturing plant in New York, which is part of the company’s new Energy Storage business. GE is also looking at using the batteries in heavy-duty hybrid applications such as in buses, locomotives and mining vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

GE’s Energy Storage business announced $63 million in new Durathon sodium-halide battery orders since the business launched in July. The technology is unique because it can function in a variety of extreme conditions and store as much energy as lead-acid batteries twice its size while lasting up to 10 times as long. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. million on a state-of-the-art facility at the University of Michigan to boost research and development of advanced battery technology. Carbon dioxide emissions per vehicle produced has also improved.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine. These vehicles use large traction battery packs to power the motor. Electric vehicles typically have a smaller operating carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine. These vehicles use large traction battery packs to power the motor. Electric vehicles typically have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging.

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