Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. The pilot program will include up to 600 EV customers in Colorado.

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Electrek

AUGUST 22, 2022

Denver-based Guzman Energy almost didn’t get approval for a solar farm it’s going to build in western Colorado, but when the wholesale power provider agreed to add irrigation to support 1,000 sheep and possibly host beehives, it then gained unanimous approval from Delta County, Colorado’s commissioners.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build high-temperature superconducting magnets made of material that conducts electricity with little or no resistance at temperatures warmer than before. —Jon Menard, PPPL’s deputy director for research and co-author.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado uses engineering techniques and lightweight materials to create fuel-efficient pickup capability in a mass-efficient mid-size package. The 2015 Colorado 4x4 crew cab, which GM expects to be the most popular version of the new trucks, weighs 880 to 1,400 lbs (363 to 635 kg) less than a full-size truck.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Two Colorado companies are planning an affordable vehicle-to-home home integration and charging system.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 29, 2022

BMW has licensed solid-state battery cell designs and manufacturing processes from Colorado-based Solid Power, taking the partnership between the two companies up a notch.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

A version of the all-new Colorado midsize pickup will be built and sold in the United States, Chevrolet confirmed today. The current-generation Colorado will be produced in Shreveport, La., The new Colorado is based on an all-new midsize truck architecture developed by GM do Brasil within GM’s global product development organization.

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Electrek

JULY 24, 2023

The Swiss solar maker is diverting production equipment from Germany to the US to build a new solar cell factory in Colorado instead. more… The post Meyer Burger abandons German solar cell factory plans to build a US factory instead appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

billion to develop a vertically integrated solar manufacturing operation in the US, and it’s starting in Colorado. to build US solar factories appeared first on Electrek. New US-India joint venture VSK Energy has announced it will invest up to $1.5 more… The post A new US-India joint venture will spend $1.5B

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 10, 2022

The legislation, House Bill 22-1218, would have ensured that new buildings and major renovations had the electrical wiring and capacity to host future […].

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 22, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard. The build tag says it was built at St. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard.

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InsideEVs

MARCH 8, 2023

The American company claims its silicon anode batteries offer the best energy density on the market.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tesla has quietly registered to build electric motors intended for non-land vehicles, according to the United States’ Patent and Trademark Office. Musk went on to detail the potential development of an electric boat that visitors could use to float on the Colorado River, which runs directly through Austin.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 3, 2023

2024 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison Chevrolet’s redesigned Colorado spawned a ZR2 off-road fashion for 2023, however for 2024 there’s a extra succesful ZR2 Bison grade. Bugatti Bolide prototype Bugatti supplied an replace on building of the Bolide.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 9, 2021

Business owners, especially, can stand to profit from Colorado EV incentives for upgrading their fleets or business vehicles to electric, as well as for installing EV charging stations on their property. Colorado offers nice incentives for EV owners through its Income 69 program.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2012

The Colorado River Basin encompasses much of the American West, covering parts of seven US states and two states in Mexico. It also comes on the heels of a major study of the Colorado River Basin by the US Department of Interior that projected longer and more severe droughts by 2060, and a 9% decline in the Colorado’s flows.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The investment will be used to accelerate technology development and commercialization of H3X’s HPDM family of integrated motor drives and the scale-up of their new headquarters facility in Louisville, Colorado for production. H3X currently has three base products: the HPDM-30, the HPDM-250, and the HPDM-3000.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The company was able to work around NM’s ban by building a service center on Native American tribal land. For the longest time, Tesla owners in New Mexico had to drive out-of-state to centers in Colorado or Arizona just to get their vehicles serviced. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2022

New filings with the City of Austin show that Elon Musk’s Boring Company has filed to build a private access tunnel under Tesla’s new Gigafactory Texas. The site’s previous owner is “COLORADO RIVER PROJECT LLC,” which is the pseudonym Tesla bought the Gigafactory Texas land from TXI Operations LP.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) chose National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day to hold the dedication ceremony for its 700 bar hydrogen fueling station, the first of its kind in Colorado and in the national lab system. The new HITRF station in Golden builds on that experience and expertise.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Three and a half years ago, Lightning eMotors moved its headquarters, manufacturing, and research and development into the nearly one-million-square-foot campus that was formerly used by Hewlett-Packard/Agilent in southwest Loveland, Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

It also builds on the work that NV Energy is doing to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure and help fleets electrify vehicles, as directed by Senate Bill 448. Signatories of the MOU represent 40% of the US population and 35% of registered medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Connecticut. Washington, DC. Massachusetts New Jersey.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now. The build tag tells us that this car was assembled at Ford's Kansas City plant on July 14, 1964 (the day Jaxques Anquetil won the Tour de France ).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

The South Korean battery maker is also building three EV battery plants in the US with Ford Motor Co. Headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, the company holds mineral rights to explore and potentially mine the Coosa Graphite Deposit that is located across 42,000 acres in Coosa County, Alabama.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Colorado Auto & Parts recently placed well over 100 vintage machines from the 1940s through 1970s in the regular self-service inventory, including today's Junkyard Find. Over 1,000 pairs of hands in Abingdon build the MGB. 1971 MGB-GT in Colorado wrecking yard. 1971 MGB-GT in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Our new, ambitious EV vision builds on this work as we continue to lead the clean energy transition and enhance the customer experience while keeping bills low. Utility holding company Xcel Energy wants 1.5

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Army to build a Chevrolet Colorado mid-size pickup truck with powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. While General Motors has cut back its fuel-cell research efforts for passenger cars, it has joined forces with the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The grant will be used to expand Bridgestone’s guayule production in the Southwestern US with lowered greenhouse gas emissions and to create regional jobs for farmers and Native American tribes to build a rubber bioeconomy based on climate-smart and sustainable practices.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Some of the Tesla jobs are in Austin, Texas, and one is in Fort Collins, Colorado. Tesla is set to invest more than $500 million to build a building for its Dojo supercomputer in New York. The supercomputer has taken a backseat to Tesla’s other projects but has steadily been making progress.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Increasingly, the US is splitting into two camps when it comes to EV adoption: those states who’ve been aggressive about offering incentives and building infrastructure to support EVs and those that have not.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2023

In March of 2023, Amprius announced plans to build a gigawatt-scale factory in Brighton, Colorado for its next-generation lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform. The DOE funding of $50 million was only a portion of the expected cost to complete the initial phase of 500 MWh production.

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Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2024

By 2023, Tesla expanded the program to multiple Independent School Districts, where over 170 students enrolled.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Oil giant Chevron USA and Gevo, a Douglas County, Colorado-headquartered renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, today announced a letter of intent to jointly invest in building and operating one or more new facilities that will process inedible corn to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2023

In partnership with mayors across the US, Hertz will bring its EV fleet to US cities, while supporting the build-out of charging infrastructure. Hertz Electrifies is launching in Denver, Colorado in partnership with Mayor Michael B. Electric vehicles are poised to transform the future of mobility.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers Construction Research Lab Commercial truck and locomotive engine maker Cummins , which has pledged to make all its heavy-duty road and rail vehicles zero-emission by 2050, won a $1 million competitive award to build the H2Rescue, which gets its power from a hydrogen fuel cell that charges its lithium-ion batteries.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2024

In order of priority, the categories are fastest to complete the tunnel, innovative design, build, and/or test, and most accurate tunnel. For the 2024 Not-a-Boring Competition’s main event, teams will compete in three categories. The 2024 Not-a-Boring Competition has begun! The 2023 Not-a-Boring Competition finalists are listed below.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2015

liter engine for the Chevrolet Colorado and Traverse, GMC Canyon and Acadia and Buick Enclave. Once production of the 1.4-liter Volt production will begin later in 2016. Throughout the transition, Flint Engine will continue to produce the 3.6-liter

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