Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Demand for Volvo Cars’ SUV line-up remained strong and represented 71% of overall volumes, while the popularity of its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars—plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles—continued to grow. Recharge cars amounted to 41% of total European sales. In China, sales grew by 91.3%

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Japanese e-bike manufacturers are making a run towards battery-swapping as a convenient alternative to stopping and charging batteries. Yamaha is the latest company to spin-out a new battery-swapping venture, today announcing its new ENYRING.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2020

While DAF has commenced limited sales of its CF Electric tractor in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, four fully electric 6x2 chassis are now entering a field test for refuse collection applications. Earlier post.). For ROVA, ease of use of the DAF CF Electric refuse collection truck is key, states Marco van Lente, General Director.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

For this demonstration, the consortium linked Hitachi’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) charger to ENGIE’s office building in Zaandam, The Netherlands. Hitachi’s V2X Charger is the first recharger that not only recharges an electric car but can also discharge the energy back into the building/grid providing different flexibilities including kW,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Leclanché SA ( earlier post ) will develop a battery storage solution for Fastned’s fast charging electric vehicle stations, starting with a pilot at two locations. Fastned has built and is operating 63 fast charging EV stations in the Netherlands. The battery acts as a buffer between the electricity grid and the vehicles charging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2018

MAN, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is now selling a battery-electric van, the MAN eTGE. A 40 kW charging station fills a battery up to 80% in 45 minutes. With the relevant battery maintenance, the 36 kWh rechargeable battery only loses around 15% of its ca-pacity after ten years and around 2,000 charging cycles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

The pilot schemes will begin in the Netherlands and Portugal. These pilot schemes will begin today in Utrecht (the Netherlands) in an ecosystem developed by We Drive Solar and on Porto Santo Island (in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal) with Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, an energy supplier.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

million to two companies that have developed innovations with the potential to make cars lighter, more fuel efficient and, in the case of electric cars, better performing due to a longer battery life. CanArt), and the Netherlands-based multinational Constellium N.V. The Government of Canada is awarding a total of $18.2 Astrex Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2015

The truck battery takes three to four hours to charge. Thus, the electric truck can theoretically complete a full production day without any additional recharging. The standard tractor has two batteries (112 kWh) and a third battery can be fitted for extended or heavy duty operations. The truck will travel a 2km route (1.2

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Tesla has more than 35,000 Superchargers worldwide, offering a recharge of up to 200 miles for around 15 minutes. EV chargers are necessary for the world to transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to all-electric battery-powered cars. Tesla recently announced that it has 10,000 Superchargers serving owners in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2018

Numerous studies have tackled the future environmental impact of battery-electric vehicles; the resulting assessments are highly uncertain. The second is the impacts of changes to the electricity sector on the environmental burdens of producing and recharging future EVs. Credit: ACS, Cox et al. Click to enlarge. 8b00261.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2020

On test circuits in Poland, France and the Netherlands, the team was able to snatch a few seconds off their usual times. In addition, the 400 V battery can be recharged quickly while driving so that it can deliver another bout of massive torque by the next dune ahead.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The lowest UFs were for China at 26% for private vehicles, Germany with 18% for company cars and 43% for private vehicles, and the Netherlands with 24% for company cars. Plug-in hybrid vehicles often are not recharged regularly, which implies driving is often performed on the combustion engine.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

The Volvo C30 Electric will be manufactured and delivered to leasing customers throughout Europe, including in Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway. The batteries are installed where the fuel tank normally sits and also in a special compartment in the car’s central tunnel. A full recharge takes about 7 hours.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The new study, jointly prepared by the ICCT and the Netherlands’ Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), describes the increasing real-world efficiency gap using systematic statistical analysis. As a result, less than half of the on-paper reductions in CO 2 emissions since 2001 have been realized in practice.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2011

ABB’s Terra stations can recharge an EV battery in as little as 15 to 30 minutes, compared with eight hours when using a regular alternating current (AC) power outlet. In July, ABB acquired Netherlands-based Epyon Power ( earlier post ) and created the Product Group EV Charging Infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The City of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) has signed a Definitive Agreement with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles. For businesses, that means Nissan LEAF is available for less than €30,000 (US$40,000) including the battery. Each point has at least one regular user.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2012

Along the journey, the Nissan LEAFs were replenished by electric charging company DBT CEV’s DC Quick Charging technology—powered by a diesel generator fueled by GTL diesel on a truck—which allows compatible electric vehicles to recharge up to 80% of their batteries in less than 30 minutes.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. There are, researchers have discovered, a wide range of options to harvest enough microwatts to replace wearables’ batteries. Batteries die before animals do.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

In the Netherlands, the Karma ranked second in volume to the Porsche Panamera in the segment for four-door luxury sedans (of all powertrain types) in the January-April, 2012 period. Fisker has also become the first manufacturer to launch vehicles under the Federal Government’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

Built in Durban, South Africa, by African Cats BV with very lightweight construction and an innovative propulsion system allowing batteries to be recharged while under sail, she completed a long and successful maiden voyage to Ijmuiden in the Netherlands via Cape Town, St Helena and the Azores in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

Based on 12,330 miles driven per year, the pure battery electric Nissan Leaf has lower five-year and 10-year life cycle costs than the internal combustion Hyundai Elantra and the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, even without the federal government incentive. Price: The most expensive component of a ZEV is the battery.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The Transit Connect Electric utilizes a lithium-ion battery pack from Johnson Controls to achieve a range of 50 to 80 miles depending on auxiliary usage and drive cycle and is rechargeable using either a 240-volt or standard 120-volt outlet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2023

The Shell Recharge EV Driver Survey 2023 is one of the largest research projects into the attitudes and behaviors of European EV drivers. In its sixth consecutive year, the latest report looks at the view of nearly 25,000 drivers across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

The company is building these shipping container systems, which work like giant batteries that store energy as heat and pressurized air , rather than a chemical reaction (Cheesecake’s name is derived from a nerdy acronym for their technology.) Recent years have seen the construction of large lithium-ion battery farms that do just that.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Robroek’s long remission is “very impressive” and rare among patients with RA, says her doctor Frieda Koopman , a rheumatologist at Amsterdam UMC , in the Netherlands. While the study’s results were promising, the device itself was cumbersome.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2014

However, EVs differ from those technologies in that they entail changes in consumer habit (recharging instead of refueling) and a lack of charging infrastructure, raising the level of uncertainty associated with the eco-innovation. Behavior Electric (Battery) Fleets Plug-ins Policy Sales' 2014.05.022. Frost and Sullivan.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Maintaining the EV’s battery. Always read the owner’s manual first for specific battery maintenance information. When it comes to the main EV battery though, things are a bit more complicated. Most EVs, such as a Tesla Model 3 , will automatically use energy from the main battery to keep it charged and make sure it doesn’t die.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

With the handover in Dublin, the FUSO eCanter is now running in ten European cities in Germany, the UK, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland. kWh) lithium-ion battery packs. With quick-charging stations, the vehicle only takes approximately one and a half hours to fully recharge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Power and automation technology group ABB has started installing multiple fast-charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) at some BP service stations in the Netherlands as part of a nationwide trial. ABB’s Terra stations can recharge an EV battery in as little as 15 to 30 minutes. Fast charging makes our business case work.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

V eBikes are launching first in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, due to the popularity of lithium-ion battery-powered eBikes in those markets. In Belgium and the Netherlands, the AR?V The battery was validated to rigorous safety standards similar to GM’s EV batteries. V eBike’s battery in approximately 3.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2013

Rotterdam Taxi Centre (RTC), one of the biggest taxi operators in the Netherlands, is switching to electric taxis and has put into service two BYD e6 models, following successful extensive operation with an e6 model. The BYD e6 is a five-passenger, crossover vehicle powered by the BYD Fe battery (lithium-iron phosphate).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Mercedes-Benz is introducing the A-Class E-CELL, a compact five-seat battery-electric car with a range of more than 200 km (124 miles) (NEDC), targeted as a family EV for urban areas. The vehicles will be leased to selected customers in several European countries, including Germany, France and the Netherlands. The A-Class E-CELL.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The program is part of an aggressive rollout of a network of affordable fast charging stations that will provide convenient recharging to Nissan LEAF and other EV drivers. In April DBT established US operations in Chicago through the subsidiary DBT USA Inc.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

In the Netherlands TNT is still piloting EVs. Together with Electric Mobility Netherlands (Elmonet) Urgenda tries to stimulate large-scale introduction of (non-converted) EVs on the Dutch roads. I expect that in the long run EVs will attain a positive business case in the Netherlands. Why these different strategies?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

Clean fuel adoption is being held back by three main barriers, the EC said: the high cost of vehicles; a low level of consumer acceptance; and the lack of recharging and refueling stations. The leading countries are Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.

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JUNE 12, 2022

In cold temperatures EV batteries take longer to charge and are less efficient, and will see reduced range as drivers turn up their heaters and seat warmers. For the homeowner without a garage, these include curbside chargers, wireless charging, portable batteries, and charging that comes to you. Innovative Charging Solutions.

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