Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

builds upon a 23-year history of DOE Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC). Using the VDP enables students to design, build and refine their advanced technology vehicles. At the end of each academic year, teams compete in more than two dozen static and dynamic events for top honors and $100,000 in cash prizes.

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Los Angeles North Carolina Mississippi Indiana 271

Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. The EPICS contest asked students and faculty at U.S.

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Environment North Carolina Climate Change Columbus 76

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

A new midsize EV SUV Contender Clean Fleet Report was both intrigued and curious about an all-new car from an all new company from a country that is not known for building cars. It has announced it’s building of a vehicle and battery manufacturing plant in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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San Diego Vietnam SUV North Carolina 96

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. Power America (Raleigh, NC). Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (Chicago, IL).

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Manufacturer Los Angeles Oregon Connecticut 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

A prototype of the uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system was demonstrated during GM’s Electrification Experience, powering all the support lighting and audiovisual equipment in an “off-grid” structure used for the event. is managing the proof-of-concept testing, market research and product development.

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Energy Storage Volt GM Energy 348

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

In conjunction with the Plug-in 2011 event in Raleigh, NC, GM and ABB demonstrated a lab prototype of a distributed energy storage (DES) system that combines Volt battery technology and a proven grid-tied electric power inverter. The first step toward this field demo is to build a lab prototype. Source: GM. Click to enlarge.

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Volt Grid GM Batteries 210