Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At SEMA360, Chevrolet will showcase a 1977 K5 Blazer converted to all-electric propulsion. Our vision is to offer a comprehensive line of Connect and Cruise systems from Chevrolet Performance—delivering a solution for every customer ranging from LSX V-8s to eCrate conversions. eCrate Installer Certification Program.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Australian manufacturer Roev plans to do just that from 2023 by converting Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to electric, with conversions priced from $47,990. That makes the locally-converted utes cheaper than the LDV eT60 that has just gone on sale priced from $92,990 drive-away. 2023 Roev electric Toyota HiLux.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Volkswagen has begun conversion of its Emden, Germany plant to support the production of Evs; the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022. With the conversion of our plant at Emden into a production location for electric vehicles, Volkswagen is forcing the pace of system change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider to the motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transportation market in the United States and Canada, will soon be the first to offer a motorcoach-diesel-to-electric-repower program for North American operators. —Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer of ABC Companies.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

to build a first-of-its-kind, self-driving battery electric haul truck, paving the way for other companies to upgrade their existing equipment assets to reach their sustainability goals. It’s important to note here that this really might be a “first-of-its-kind” conversion. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles are teaming up to develop, convert, and deliver battery-powered and range-extended electric buses, trucks, and specialty vehicles with industry-leading performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

The flight, conducted under an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate, was the first in a two-year flight test campaign expected to culminate in 2025 with entry into passenger service of ATR 72 regional aircraft converted to run on hydrogen. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight. Deliveries will start in 2025.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

-based Bedeo is launching a Land Rover Defender EV conversion based around in-wheel motors from Bedeo-owned Protean Electric. The Defender is the first in a series of “Reborn Electric: Icons” conversions, according to a Bedeo press release. The company didn’t reveal the curb weight of this example.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 22, 2024

The standard question posed by EV naysayers is, “What if an EV’s battery is nearly depleted and the nearest charging station is too far to reach?” The company has announced a pilot project to retrofit street cabinets traditionally used to store broadband Internet and telephone cabling.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

VWCV partner eClassics is planning to offer T1 conversions and T1 complete vehicles in the style of the new e-BULLI. As the basis for the future e-BULLI the team chose a T1 Samba Bus produced in Hannover in 1966, which prior to its conversion spent half a century on the roads of California. As in the new ID.3 As in the new ID.3

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Compass Minerals has announced the success of the conversion testing of its sustainable lithium brine resource into both lithium carbonate and battery-grade lithium hydroxide. The testing was performed by a third party, Veolia Energy, which used a proven, commercially viable conversion process.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

Finland-based lithium producer Keliber has completed a four-phase pilot-scale test program and verified the behavior of the ore from the company's largest deposit, Rapasaari, at all stages of the production process. The high-temperature conversion pilot achieved an average conversion rate of 96.3%.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 4, 2022

LG Energy Solution (LGES)—the company’s dedicated cell subsidiary—plans to use 100% renewable energy in all its battery manufacturing plants worldwide by 2025. In 2020, LGES reported a conversion rate of 33% across its business sites. In 2020, LGES reported a conversion rate of 33% across its business sites.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The company also released video footage of successful first taxi tests of the aircraft, designed to evaluate ground handling qualities and the performance of the fuel-cell electric powertrain at low power settings and airspeeds. Air New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Successful operation of the technology at pre-commercial continuous scale has directly extracted lithium from brine in Arkansas and produced a purified, concentrated intermediate product (LiCl solution) which has been converted to better than battery-quality lithium carbonate final product.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. UPS and Unique Electric Solutions LLC (UES LLC) will design, build, test and make the conversions. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Landsvirkjun , The National Power Company of Iceland, and German investment company PCC SE have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing and utilizing carbon emissions from PCC’s silicon metal plant in northeast Iceland. The silicon metal plant of PCC BakkiSilicon hf. in Iceland is operated with 100% green electricity.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

They feature TopCon solar cells and have a power conversion efficiency of 20.02%. Solar panel efficiency – how much sunlight a panel converts to electricity – typically ranges from 15-23%.) If they had lame power conversion efficiency, then it wouldn’t be a story – but they don’t. Let me know in the comments below if you have.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

The funding will help Sierra Energy further develop and commercialize its FastOx gasification technology, which converts virtually any waste into clean, renewable energy and fuels without burning. BNP Paribas SA, Twynam Investments Pty Ltd, Formica Ventures AB, and The March Fund I LP.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

Glencore, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, has established a strategic partnership with Li-Cycle Holdings, a leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. This will reduce the lead time for achieving industrial scale production of battery grade end products.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Moog subsidiary ZQuip says it can convert diesel-powered heavy equipment to EVs at a lower cost than buying all-new machines. The company sells a conversion kit that includes a battery harness, electric motor and thermal management, along with 70 and 140 kWh Energy Modules (battery packs), which are interchangeable across machines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

XL Hybrids , a startup that offers a hybrid conversion system for large fleet vehicles such as vans or Lincoln Town Cars, has raised $2 million in new funding and signed an agreement with Ashwoods Automotive in the UK, the producers of the retrofit kit. million in convertible debt from angel investors. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider of motorcoach sales and support in the USA and Canada, has finalized an agreement with Lightning Systems, a Loveland, Colorado-based developer of zero-emission electric drivetrains for commercial vehicle fleets. —Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer, ABC Companies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

To support the new vehicle technology, FedEx is installing charging infrastructure across its Canadian facilities, including the 80 charging stations the company has already installed in the three EV launch markets. The company plans for 50% of its global PUD vehicle purchases to be electric by 2025, rising to 100% of purchases by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

51-year-old Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. On 13 February ECD sold its majority owned subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. OBC is the inventor and worldwide licensor of NiMH rechargeable battery technology and is pursuing advanced battery technologies, including cathode materials for lithium-ion chemistry batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

the developer of a new approach to electric power conversion ( earlier post ), has priced its initial public offering (IPO) of 3,000,000 shares of common stock at an offering price of $5.00 has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology it calls Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA). Ideal Power Inc., Ideal Power Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

received an order from privately held ePower Engine Systems LLC for PbC batteries and management systems required to convert 10 Class 8 trucks from standard internal combustion engines (ICE) to series diesel electric hybrid drive train systems utilizing ePower’s proprietary technology. Axion Power International, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Recently, the company converted mineral exploration permits into 21-year mineral leases—the first for lithium brines in Saskatchewan. Conversion to a lease is only possible when a company has met the minimum work requirement expenditure associated with an exploration permit.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

The truck is a Volvo FH model that was converted to battery-electric by Swiss Designwerk Technologies , (Volvo Trucks owns a 6% stake in the company). It has a 1,000 kWh battery pack, and features technology that keeps the battery warm in order to mitigate the effect of cold weather on range.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

Solar batteries work as a short-term solution, but not when it comes to long-term storage or to power, say, an entire city. To harness the sun’s heat, the company will use its concentrated solar power (CSP) solution, called Hylux, which comprises inexpensive, lightweight modular plastic parts rather than the traditional steel and concrete.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The conversion of coal to higher value materials, such as graphene, graphite or carbon nanotubes, is of high interest, and a number of researchers have proposed processes. Ramaco Carbon is a carbon technology company, based in Sheridan, Wyoming, with operations in both Wyoming and West Virginia.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 25, 2024

As EV production and, with it, battery production accelerate over the next decade, so too will the demand for rigorous EV battery testing. But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is no mean feat.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

The company has developed a modular platform producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate from diverse input streams and assets to improve the sustainability profile of lithium. The platform technology is also being commercialized for the conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car Watch, we will talk about the challenges facing electric car conversions and what the industry and agencies can do better to make it easier. One was the conversion kit by Hyderabad based e-Trio, and the other was Pune based Northway Motorsports. Sounds utopian, right?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

The company recently took over the entire building on the campus located at Southwest 14 th Street and Taft Avenue, expanding its square footage from 45,000 to 142,000. Bringing these conversion lines in-house significantly reduces costs and provides greater quality control. —Tim Reeser, CEO, Lightning Systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2023

The proposed development will include a quarry, a beneficiation plant and a conversion unit co-located on Imerys’ brownfield site to produce high-purity lithium. British Lithium pilot plant. The project will also build upon British Lithium’s entrepreneurial spirit and committed team. Li with a Li recovery of more than 90%. Mineral background.

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