Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2019

Workhorse and Prefix have historically collaborated on real-world testing of several Workhorse prototypes, including previous N-GEN 450 delivery vehicles that were used in San Francisco, CA and Fairfield, OH.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

The New York and San Francisco-based company is developing and deploying EV charging projects in US cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit, and others this spring. Image: Voltpost EV charging company Voltpost ‘s “first-of-a-kind” lamppost EV charger is now commercially available in major US metro areas.

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Qnovo

OCTOBER 9, 2019

I was beaming with delight when I read that John Goodenough, Stanley Wittingham and Akira Yoshino received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the “development of lithium-ion batteries.”. Wittingham’s initial work on batteries dates back to the 1970s while at Exxon. IMAGINE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT A BATTERY ! You simply can’t!

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

kWh Li-ion battery pack. The addition of 100 hybrid service vans builds upon this work by expanding the variety of fuel-efficient options in the company’s light-duty fleet. These trucks deliver the company’s Odwalla brand beverages in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The 19 launch markets include: Atlanta, Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Orlando, Fla., Availability of the Focus Electric will expand next year to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2023

NEWS: As of Q1 2023, California has now cumulatively surpassed 1 million battery electric vehicle sales. Five hundred eighty-eight thousand four hundred fifty-five light-duty vehicles were sold in the first quarter of the year in California, with 16.3% Tesla had a record Q1, with the Model Y leading the CA BEV market with 6.3x

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2013

Polk light vehicle forecast through 2016. New light vehicle registrations in the US in 2013 are expected to rise 6.6% Polk analysts are currently reviewing global light vehicle forecasts with customers through 2023. Data: Polk. Click to enlarge. over 2012 levels to 15.3 million unit range (an anticipated 2.4%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The new eStar trucks will be deployed in San Francisco, New York City, Washington, D.C. A quick-change cassette-type battery can be swapped out in 20 minutes, enabling around-the-clock operations and aligning the vehicles as an absolute alternative to fossil-fuel urban delivery trucks. Atlanta and Miami. and Hartford, Conn.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Ford’s changing share of the hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, battery-electric vehicle segments and total ED market in the US in 2012 and YTD 2013. Ford Motor Company’s C-platform electric drive strategy has driven an increase in Ford’s overall electric drive market share (hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric) from 7.3%

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. Compared to Starlink’s sky-cluttering swarms of tiny satellites, San Francisco–based Astranis’s plans may seem old school.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. Volkswagen's current ID models with 77 kWh battery option now come ready for bidirectional charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 20, 2024

Through smooth driving and twice topping-off the battery we exceeded the AER by going 34 miles on pure electricity on our longest all-electric run. The regeneration on the Hornet R/T PHEV replenishes the battery when slowing or braking and is what contributed to that excellent range without using a drop of gasoline. The onboard 7.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. to develop and test a 25 kWh prototype battery system based on nanostructured polymer electrolytes. Commissioners approved $600,000 to Seeo Inc. Seeo is contributing $5.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2015

Proterra has completed the structural testing program at the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center with its new Catalyst battery-electric bus ( earlier post ), in the process setting records for efficiency, gradeability, weight and acceleration. The full public Altoona report is available here. While conventional diesel buses average 3.86

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Annual light duty PEV Sales, top 5 states, 2013-2022. Navigant expects the top five MSAs for total PEV sales over the forecast period to be Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Sacramento, and Riverside (California). Canada Electric (Battery) Forecasts Hybrids Plug-ins' Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

To date, North America is the strongest market for light duty (LD) plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), with more than 133,000 sold in 2014. Navigant expects metro areas in California to show the largest PEV population growth, as the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego areas are all within the top 10 metro markets for PEV sales.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Bosch is starting volume production of a new drive unit consisting of an electric motor and an integrated inverter for light commercial vehicles. The inverter controls the electric motor and provides the connection to the high-voltage battery. Even at a vehicle weight of 8.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

million Green Flight Challenge , scheduled for 2011 in San Francisco ( earlier post ), with its Hydrogenius fuel-cell aircraft being built there; the aircraft is to be equipped with Li-ion batteries for this competition. The Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB) at Universität Stuttgart is entering NASA’s $1.5 Source: IFB.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

This leads to scenarios where light duty vehicles are largely electrified, while aviation, marine and heavy duty continue to rely on liquids fuels. Battery costs will fall, and the market will move well beyond early adopters. The first is that the cost of batteries for larger vehicle sizes (i.e. —Yang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

Deliveries will begin through certified fuel cell vehicle dealers in Los Angeles and Orange counties as well as the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. Features include the Honda Sensing suite of safety and driver assistive technologies, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, LED exterior lighting and 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Additional features include the Honda Sensing suite of safety and driver assistive technologies, support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, LED exterior lighting and 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels. The Clarity Fuel Cell will be available in black, white and signature red exterior paint schemes.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Pike projections of cumulative light duty plug-in electric vehicle sales, 10 largest MSAs by population, 2011-2017. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 3, 2023

kilowatt-hour battery has a combined 323 hp and 369 lb.-ft. hours 480V Level 3 Not Available Easy overnight charging Even at the Level 1 charge rate, the battery will be topped-off by plugging it in overnight, just like you do every night with a mobile phone. The 48-volt mild-hybrid system with both 3.3L Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV): 2.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

The findings could lead to better performance in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, medical equipment and aircraft. While LFP material is intriguing to researchers and battery manufacturers, the process by which lithium ions move in and out of LFP as the battery stores and releases its energy is not well understood.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

The fee-based network of charging stations funded by the settlement and to be built by NRG will be installed in the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Joaquin Valley, the Los Angeles Basin and San Diego County. Buyout firm Blackstone Group acquired Dynegy in 2010, and power producer NRG Energy Inc. paid Blackstone $1.36

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

Additional workshops are planned for cities including Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., The vehicle’s 12 volt electrical system, which controls its high-voltage components, is then disabled by cutting its 12V battery cables at designated cut points behind a trim panel at the rear of the car.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

These vehicles will be leased to 20 agencies, including the Department of Energy, and will be located in Washington, DC; Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; and San Francisco, CA. In addition, the VAM shall address composition for agencies’ light-duty fleets based on their missions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

Jens Vetter from BMW presented an overview of the company’s current findings on the relation between cell and system characteristics for Li-ion battery packs for hybrids at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Pasadena.). Special emphasis is on light weight, compact size, and electric power.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has two main ways the battery is charged–plugging in or through regenerative braking when slowing or stopping. kilowatt onboard charger will replenish an empty battery to the maximum 32 miles driving range in about two hours using a 240-volt Level 2 charger. San Diego to San Francisco?

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Baua Electric

MAY 31, 2023

We will be able to proceed to paintings on rising our hybrid quantity and light-truck gross sales. [We Development the hybrid quantity is a part of our electrified technique as we transition those homeowners to our past [battery-electric] fashions. The Civic hybrid later 12 months will additional support develop our quantity.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You notice the smell of smoke, and when you try to turn on your bedside light you discover that the power is out. Could it use batteries instead, at least one per sensor node? Pause for a moment to look at the smoke detector in the room where you're sitting and think about the last time you changed its battery.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Also, its liquid cooled battery pack, developed with tailored A123 Systems Li-ion iron phosphate cells and GM controls, can handle multiple DC fast charges daily without impact on battery life. We don’t need as much battery. Driving on hills, L does a splendid job of re-topping the battery. Assistance and information.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

The C40 Recharge has twin electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle, powered by a 78kWh battery that can be fast-charged to 80 per cent in about 40 minutes. kWh battery, likely reaching about 265 miles of EPA range. – March 2, via Volvo press release. – February 23, via CNET Roadshow.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The overarching question was not whether the light-duty transportation sector would electrify to a significant degree, but when. Topics covered the expected gamut of policy (especially carbon policy), infrastructure, batteries and consumers. PG&E services the San Francisco area and Northern California.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The barriers are affordability of EV’s, awareness of charging, performance of EV’s and battery worries. kWh battery pack which helps it have a range of 250 kms. No Manufacturing Facilities We also learnt that the new company - “Tata Motors EVCo” will be created as an asset-light new subsidiary of Tata Motors.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 21, 2023

Speed, captured Charging and Regeneration There are three charging speed options for the 92 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery. With a 300 kW charger, the battery will add about 200 miles in 15 minutes, or 10-to-80% in 44 minutes. Utilizing the car’s 700-volt charging system and the onboard 19.5 Lucid says one is coming soon.

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