Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

The Northwestern team, with colleagues from Boston University and the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton combined climate modeling with public health data to evaluate the impact of electric vehicles on US lives and the economy. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth. Peters, D. Schnell, J.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Ambitious lithium-ion manufacturer Boston Power Inc has set its sights on the battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle market after appointing former GM executive Robert C Purcell Jr to its board of directors. Purcell led the GM Advanced Technology Vehicles Group from 1994-2002 and was responsible for the development of the EV-1.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

The boys in blue have taken the green lead in several US cities with Concord in Boston the latest to welcome a new hybrid saloon car with more hybrids expected in the next year for use as unmarked police cars. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Boston police green cars police patrol vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

With long-range capabilities, fast charging, and an affordable price tag, is the Hyundai IONIQ 6 the ultimate EV? According to a new report from Boston Consulting Group , the Hyundai IONIQ 6 is the only EV on the market that meets potential buyers’ median price, range, and charging targets.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. Their research won several awards, and the system was covered by The Boston Globe.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Tags: Brief. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.;

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 19, 2010

My wife, Debra, and I watched our beloved world champion Los Angeles Lakers banish the bullies from Boston back to Beantown at the Staples Center. Tags: environment. Thursday night’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals was a magical experience we’ll never forget — for more reasons than you’d think.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A model developed by Researchers at MIT and Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) have developed a model that uses satellite imagery to tag road features in digital maps to help improve GPS navigation. Showing drivers more details about their routes can often help them navigate in unfamiliar locations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

The American Chemical Society (ACS) will hold a special day-long symposium on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Tuesday, 24 Aug during its 240 th National Meeting & Exposition in Boston. Tags: Brief. also of LSU.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2016

The system automatically uploads and tags road conditions and incidents that matter (drivers don’t need to manually input data) and alerts fleet managers to accidents, near-misses or major driving performance issues. Nauto in-vehicle system block diagram from 2015 Nauto presentation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The remaining cities included Denver, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Tags: Brief. San Diego, Portland and Sacramento were rated fifth, sixth and seventh putting four cities in California in the top-15 index. Rounding out the top ten were Newark, Seattle and Atlanta. Sacramento. Washington DC. Philadelphia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Plantic has offices in Melbourne, Australia; Jena, Germany; and Boston, US. Tags: Brief. The Company’s objective is to commercialize its plastic technologies across a broad range of applications, with a particular focus on the packaging industry.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Buses in nine markets are immediately being converted to run on B20 where the fuel is centrally stored and available: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio and San Diego. Tags: Brief.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Surprised Tesla went full Boston Dynamics mode with classical control/planning when it’s been around for a while…. The cheapest human-sized humanoids I’m aware of are in the $150K range (a long way from the olden days of $1M price tags)… But I’ll believe the price when I can actually buy one. Roboticist, Google Brain. BACK TO TOP ↑ ].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

The investment round was co-led by RockPort Capital Partners, an investment fund co-located in Boston and Menlo Park, Calif., Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). With the new equity, THINK says it is now fully funded and expects to become cash-flow positive in 2011. specializing in energy and clean technology; and Ener1 Inc.,

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 8, 2010

The research undertaken by global management consultancy, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), found that without a major technological breakthrough, batteries used in fully electric cars were likely to remain prohibitively expensive. Tags: Electric cars Hybrid cars batteries Boston Consulting Group cost hybrids.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

– Boston Corridor. Boston corridor. Tags: Test Fleets Smart USA. Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. San Jose, Calif.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2015

The total nationwide price tag: $160 billion, or $960 per commuter. nationally) including Riverside, Houston, Los Angeles, San Jose, Boston and Chicago. Other top-level findings include: Trucks account for $28 billion (17%) of that total cost, much more than their 7% of traffic.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Metro and commuter rail were modeled after the San Francisco Bay Area’s (SFBA) Bay Area Rapid Transit and Caltrain while the LRT modes are modeled after San Francisco’s (SF) Muni Metro and the Boston Green Line. In terms of GHG emissions, large aircraft on a total g CO 2 e/PKT basis outperforms Boston light rail (the Green Line).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

Tags: Fleets Hybrids. HTUF works to speed the commercialization of hybrid drivelines that could be used in both military and commercial vehicles. The HTUF program benefits from the participation of more than 80 fleets representing roughly one million trucks and buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Researchers at Boston College have synthesized a unique heteronanostructure consisting of two-dimensional TiSi 2 nanonets and particulate Si coating. Tags: Batteries. Charge capacity and Coulombic efficiency of the heteronanostructure with 8,400 mA/g charge/discharge rate tested between 0.150 and 3.00 Credit: ACS, Zhou et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Advanced biofuels, concentrated solar power (CSP), and solar photovoltaic power (PV) will see accelerating adoption and growth and are on track to change the global energy mix far earlier than is often assumed, according to a new report from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). BCG, November 2010).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

The authors of the report “An Assessment of the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Oil Shale,” Dr. Cutler Cleveland and Peter O’Connor at Boston University, reviewed the existing literature on the energy return on investment (EROI) for oil shale to reach their conclusions. Tags: Lifecycle analysis Oil Shale. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

At Northeastern University , in Boston, Matteo Rinaldi's group has demonstrated an event-driven sensor that could help detect a forest fire by reacting to the infrared light emitted from a hot object. An RFID tag can be a passive electronic device, with no power source of its own.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

Around $750million is needed for near-term Volt development according to General Motors with the vehicle expected to hold a price tag of $40,000 when it is launched in 2010. The California Cars Initiative believes the task force has been influenced unduly by “plug-in sceptics&# at the Boston Consulting Group.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2010

A series of recent reports—one from the National Research Council (NRC) ( earlier post ) and another from the Boston Consulting Group ( earlier post )—concluded that an expected continuing high cost of lithium-ion batteries will dampen mass market adoption of plug-in vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

and Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., Tags: Biomass Coal Fuels Hydrogen Power Generation. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-VPI, VPI, teaming with the University of Delaware Energy Institute in Newark, Del., DOE Share: $446,895; Recipient share: $111,725; Duration: 12 months).

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2009

Hybrid hydrogen technology could be the next big thing in the world of green cars, if entrepreneur, Malcolm Bricklin has anything to do with it; the Boston Herald reports. “I really believe this is why I was put on this Earth,&# he told the Boston Herald. Read the full article here: Boston Herald.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

. - NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation – The project will demonstrate the use of advanced sensors and monitoring instrumentation networks in downtown Boston to boost reliability and safety. It will also increase the system’s capacity to integrate technologies such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Boston, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Tampa, Washington, D.C. Tags: Ford american idol fusion hybrid. May 7-9, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and May 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. May 14-16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia.

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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2023

Army Reserve base near Boston, an unusual structure is rising from the rolling hills. On the site of a former U.S. Brandon Sorbom , the scientific director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) , leads me toward the center of the building’s cross-shaped footprint, weaving among scaffolding, forklifts, and teams of welders and painters.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Boston, Mass. Tags: Market Background Policy Vehicle Manufacturers. Fredericksburg Components, Virg. Close: Dec 2010. Massena Castings, N.Y. Closed: May 2009*. Service & Parts Operations (SPO) Warehousing & Parts Distribution Centers. Close: 31 Dec 2009. Jacksonville, Fla. Close: 31 Dec 2009. Columbus, Ohio Close: 31 Dec 2009.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This project will demonstrate the use of advanced sensors and monitoring instrumentation on low voltage (secondary) networks in downtown Boston to improve grid reliability and safety. Tags: Batteries Smart Grid. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

Tags: Climate Change Climate models. Permafrost. Permafrost soils in boreal and Arctic ecosystems store almost twice as much carbon as is currently present in the atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Maybe they all wished they were watching the Lakers-Celtics game that night instead… Your Greenius already knew the Lakers would beat down Boston, so my focus was fixed on what was going down in the room. I find it most curious indeed that they spend so much time talking among only themselves.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity. Tags: Ports and Marine Power Generation. DOE Funding: $240,000. Total Project Value: $300,000. Resolute Marine Energy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Key to the projected longer range of 200 km are the Boston Power battery cells which have an energy storage density greater than the best currently used in EV applications, according to Saab. Tags: Electric (Battery). Targets to be verified include a projected driving range of approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles). Earlier post.)

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