Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

Ballard Power Systems and First Mode announced a purchase order for Ballard to supply First Mode with 30 hydrogen fuel cell modules—totaling 3 megawatts—to power several hybrid hydrogen and battery ultra-class mining haul trucks. This is the equivalent of approximately 4,000 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

Volkswagen of America (VWoA) opened its Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga, to test and optimize batteries for all electric vehicles in the American marketplace. That’s the equivalent of driving from Orlando to Seattle three times in seven days. With the BEL, Volkswagen is adding more highly-qualified jobs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) is opening a lab in Seattle, the organization’s sixth. The new digital hub is planning on expanding to 150 people, and is headed by Mike Dosenbach, who has worked for more than 10 years in Seattle with a broad experience and network to the software industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

GM has acquired a 25% ownership stake in Pure Watercraft , a Seattle-based company that specializes in creating all-electric boating solutions. The Pure Outboard system includes a 25kW electric outboard motor with power tilt/trim (112 lbs); one or more 8.85

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2012

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), along with electric charging station partner AeroVironment opened 10 new public charging stations—seven along Interstate 5 and three along US Route 2 in northern Washington—that provide EV drivers the ability to travel from Seattle to the Canadian border.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Seattle-based startup Recurrent now plans to provide a similar service focusing specifically on EV battery health. Battery health is the new odometer for electric vehicles, and we're bringing transparency to it," Recurrent CEO Scott Case said.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

King County Metro in Washington state has awarded New Flyer an order for 20 additional 60' battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses (40 equivalent units or EUs). Earlier post.).

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Electrek

MARCH 5, 2024

Rad Power Bikes, the Seattle-based electric bike maker that spent years at the top of the US e-bike sellers list, has occasionally rolled out major updates alongside the launch of a new model. The Rad lineup is now welcoming the new Radster Road and Radster Trail e-bikes, as well as the RadWagon 5 and the RadExpand 5 Plus models.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Listen to what happens when the Nissan Leaf roadshow reaches Seattle. Mark Perry, Nissan North America’s Director of Product Planning, says Seattle is part of a DOE project to place 2,500 charging stations to the Puget Sound region this summer. Nissan is taking advantage of battery technology developed for consumer electronics.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Seattle-based e-bike manufacturer Ariel Rider has raised US$14.8 million in a Serie A round, which puts the company’s valuation at US$74.0 Founder of Ariel Rider, Arda Onal, stated that the new investment will help the growth of Ariel Rider and will be used mainly for inventory, improving customer service, and product development.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Seattle-based electric bike maker Rad Power Bikes has just announced the biggest update to its entire product lineup yet, promising full UL-compliance for its batteries and e-bikes. more… The post Rad Power Bikes announces major update to its entire e-bike lineup appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2018

BYD (Build Your Dreams) will deliver two 8R Class-8 battery-electric refuse trucks, fitted with New Way Viper Rear Loader refuse bodies, to Recology in Seattle, WA for use in residential solid waste pick up. These will be the first electric refuse trucks to operate in the entire Pacific Northwest region.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

Voltabox of Texas , the US subsidiary of paragon AG, has received a major order for battery packs in the double-digit millions of dollars. Delivery of the battery packs will begin in 2014. Voltabox develops battery systems based on two different types of cell-technology: iron-phosphate and nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But this Seattle startup, Joule Case , is building a unique business by supplying modular battery systems to food trucks eager to ditch the gas generators for a clean, quiet electric alternative. more… The post Food trucks are switching out dirty gas generators with this zero-emissions option appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 25, 2022

Polestar invests in some very fast-charging batteries, and Stellantis partners with Samsung SDI. And could a program in Seattle for putting EV chargers along residential streets serve as a template for other big cities? The automaker Stellantis on Tuesday announced a joint-venture EV battery plant with.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Electric vehicles are defined as “vehicles that use energy stored in rechargeable battery packs or in hydrogen that rely solely on electric motors for propulsion.”. Nicole Macri (D-Seattle) with assistance from Coltura, a Seattle-based nonprofit. Emergency vehicles are excluded from the requirements.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2013

NTSB said that examination of the flight recorder data from the JAL B-787 airplane indicated that the APU battery did not exceed its designed voltage of 32 volts. The lithium-ion battery that powered the auxiliary power unit has been examined in the NTSB Materials Laboratory in Washington. Both investigations remain ongoing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Batteries that are light, resilient, and low cost in addition to lasting the lifetime of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

Nicole Macri (D-Seattle) as HB 1204, the bill is now the first LDV combustion-engine phaseout target to be passed through the legislative process. The legislation defines “electric vehicles” as vehicles that use energy stored in rechargeable battery packs or in hydrogen and which rely solely on electric motors for propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

The webapp combines curbside maps with data from nearly 300 sensors placed within 74 parking spaces in commercial and passenger loading zones from 1 st to 3 rd avenues and between Battery and Stewart streets in the Belltown neighborhood in downtown Seattle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Chevrolet partnered with Hancock and Lane Racing not only because of the team’s success in NHRA drag racing, but also its involvement with Patrick McCue, the driving force behind the record-holding “Shock and Awe” electric drag racing car, and his Seattle-area Bothell High School automotive technology program. —Russ O’Blenes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2013

At the time of the battery fire, the aircraft had logged 169 flight hours with 22 cycles. The auxiliary power unit battery was manufactured by GS Yuasa in September 2012. A cursory comparative exam has been conducted on the undamaged main battery. The event airplane, JA829J was delivered to JAL on December 20, 2012.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The auxiliary power unit battery, manufactured by GS Yuasa, was the original battery delivered with the airplane on 20 December 2012. The battery was assembled in September 2012 and installed on the aircraft on 15 October 2012. The battery was assembled in September 2012 and installed on the aircraft on 15 October 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

The powertrain does not use a battery—the fuel cells drive the electric motor directly—reducing weight and cost significantly. The company’s powertrain is built around Plug Power’s ProGen family of fuel cells specially modified for aviation use.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Alaska is also joining the list of top investors for the company, alongside a fellow Seattle-based Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures. ZeroAvia will set up a location in the Seattle area to support this initiative.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Operating 12 routes between hubs such as Seattle and Vancouver and across the Pacific Northwest, Harbour Air welcomes more than 500,000 passengers on 30,000 commercial flights each year. Through this partnership, both companies are furthering the vision to someday connect communities with clean, efficient and affordable electric air travel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

Seattle-based AeroTEC will lead aircraft conversion, flight test, and certification activities, drawing on its own extensive experience with electric aviation and expertise from across the aerospace sector.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Seattle, Washington-based EnerG2 ( earlier post ) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new manufacturing facility for electric vehicle battery components in Albany, Oregon. EnerG2 is one of 30 advanced battery and electric drive manufacturing facilities supported by the Recovery Act.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2013

The examination of the damaged battery continues. Examination and testing of the exemplar battery from the JAL airplane has begun at the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center laboratories. In addition to the activities in Washington, investigators are continuing their work in Seattle and Japan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The roll-out is expected to follow four phases: os Angeles, Portland and Seattle in January. Additionally, the two companies are actively discussing a potential global roll-out program beginning in Europe and Canada. Phoenix, New York and Boston in February. The Midwest and Southeast in March. The rest of the US, excluding Alaska, in April.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. Beyond supply, Volkswagen is expanding its battery know-how in the United States. 4 in 2022, the ID.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Marine Propulsion: In addition to supporting existing GM Marine customers, GM’s strategic investment in Seattle-based electric watercraft company Pure Watercraft represents an opportunity to bring EV technology to the marine industry and help preserve enjoyment of the outdoors for future generations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Lyft expects these savings to increase over time as the cost of EV batteries continues to come down. Last year Lyft launched hundreds of EVs onto the Lyft platform through Express Drive in Seattle, Atlanta, and Denver. In 2018, Lyft started a carbon-offsets program to make rides on the Lyft platform carbon-neutral.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. These metro areas are expected to account for more than 50% of expected battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation outside California through 2022 (Navigant, 2017).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Lithium polymer battery packs from Corvus Energy were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat, the RotorTug RT Adriaan of KOTUG, an international maritime service provider headquartered in The Netherlands. The conversion features Corvus’ AT6500 48 volt lithium polymer battery packs. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Engineered carbons enhance storage performance by providing higher voltage and energy in supercapacitors and by significantly increasing the charging rate of lead-acid batteries at a partial-state-of-charge. Batteries Materials' Energy storage materials are an essential part of BASF’s strategy to enable electromobility.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a formal—and legally enforceable—request for detailed information from Tesla Motors for the agency’s preliminary investigation into the battery pack of the Model S in the wake of two vehicle fires caused by impact with road debris. Earlier post.).

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