Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Earlier post.). GM has a goal of 125 MW renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The path to realizing the goal is to build on the strong legacy of fuels and engines work sponsored by the vehicle and bioenergy technologies offices over the past several decades. Co-Optima is investigating fuels that would extend the load-range band supported by RCCI and also investigating the impact of fuels on phasing control.

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Engine Fuel Vehicles Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Batteries not ready.

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