Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

In cooperation with its long-standing joint-venture partner FAW, Audi is currently building a completely new automotive plant specially for the future generation of electric-powered models on the basis of the new PPE technology platform. A6 e-tron concept. At the end of 2020 Audi announced the founding of the Audi FAW NEV Co.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

The new SP:01 was launched under the brand’s mantra of ‘Pure Electric Excitement’ and was revealed at Detroit Electric’s new headquarters in the Fisher Building in downtown Detroit. Each SP:01 will come with a three-year, 30,000-mile warranty with an optional extension for the battery to five years and 50,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2023

The EFC runs 972 km (604 miles) from the Carajás Mine in Pará—the world’s largest open pit iron ore mine—to the Maritime Terminal of Ponta da Madeira, in Maranhão. Credit: Wabtec Wabtec will build the FLXdrive locomotives at its plant in Contagem (state of Minas Gerais). The locomotives’ delivery is forecast for 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Over the next ten years, Argentina plans to modernize and decarbonize its entire 40,000-mile rail network. For Argentina, OptiFuel will build locomotive kits in the US that will be shipped for local assembly in Argentina, creating new jobs and enhancing business in both countries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

These allow Hyundai’s employees driving Ioniq Electric, Plug-in Hybrid and Sonata Plug-in Hybrid vehicles to recharge their vehicles at Hyundai Motor America’s new gold LEED-certified modern building in Southern California, minimizing local fossil-fuel-based emissions during their weekly commutes.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for permission to build an estimated 25,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers at sites across its service area in Northern and Central California—8 times the number currently installed.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

They have a range of up to 130 miles and are expected to take between three and eight hours to fully recharge, based on the district’s future charging infrastructure. Blue Bird has invested in expanding its electric school bus production capacity by opening its Electric Vehicle Build-up Center.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Land Rover Defender EV conversion by Protean The first completed Defender EV has a 75-kwh battery pack affording 153 miles of WLTP range—likely in the vicinity of just 110 to 125 miles if it were to be run in EPA-cycle tests. The company didn’t reveal the curb weight of this example.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

THE UK GOVERNMENT will introduce legislation to include electric vehicle charging points on all new-build homes and offices in England, it has been confirmed. The government first proposed the potential world-first legislation that all new-build homes would get charging points back in 2019. Will it be compulsory on older homes?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

While the use of shared e-scooters generates few direct environmental impacts, their green credentials can be questioned by the substantial negative impacts associated to their materials, their manufacturing and their frequent collection for recharging purposes. —“The first and last mile”. Increasing transport emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Following the success and key learnings of building EV infrastructure from its previous $400 million investment in California over the last five years, Electrify America will focus the $200 million across three main categories: Infrastructure; Public Education, Awareness, Access & Marketing; and Green Cities.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Minimum number of publicly-accessible recharging points for electric vehicles in each member state. MEPs added a requirement for building up numbers of hydrogen refueling points in member states where they do not yet exist, with a deadline of 31 December 2030. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 2, 2021

In the United States, we might be happy with a car that gets 25 miles per gallon, whereas in the rest of the world that same car would be said to have an efficiency of 9.4 Right now the measure used in the United States is MPGe, which stands for miles per gallon of gasoline-equivalent. liters per 100 kilometers. kilowatt-hours?

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

To recharge, you can top off your vehicle via a fuel cell stack in about five minutes. For the Nexo, a recharge can take you 380 miles, with its only emissions being water vapor. Problem is, there is almost no hydrogen infrastructure and very few hydrogen recharging stations, and only a smattering in North America.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The fuel cell system will recharge the 320 kWh battery pack, which in turn will power the drive motors. The hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered day-cab is slated to have a range of 800 to 1,200 miles, with a 15-minute refill time. It has been designed to handle the entire lease period of one million miles per truck. The PowerCell S3.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

The company wants to build on the success of its trolleybuses, of which several hundred will be produced next year mainly for foreign customers. miles), is planned for next year. The vehicle will be designed so that the battery can be recharged quickly at the terminals and bus stops. Škoda battery-electric bus.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

Thanks to an upgraded battery conditioning system, the 2024 model can recharge up to 80 minutes faster in extreme temperatures. As online auto research firm CarsDirect points out, Subaru builds the Solterra overseas, meaning it isn’t eligible for the EV tax credit through purchasing. The Limited and Touring models get 222 miles range.

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2021

This was, at least, the conclusion drawn by motoring publication Car and Driver following its “EV 1000” test, which evaluated how long mainstream electric vehicles today can complete a 1,000-mile journey.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

The company’s first-generation product build slots are filled through the remainder of the year, and Proterra plans to introduce its new second generation product to the transit industry later this year. The vehicle incorporates lightweight composites, a custom heavy-duty electric driveline and autonomous recharging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2017

Kenworth is developing a prototype Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell tractor, using the Ballard Power Systems fuel cell to recharge the battery pack. Kenworth has also begun building a second prototype series hybrid-electric T680 day cab designed to produce near-zero-emissions. Kenworth will build its first unit for this project in 2018.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 16, 2022

. “Like any early technology, the incentives help us build out the program.” “We keep the trucks for a million miles, seven years. He provided details on how long it would take to charge a Tesla Semi for a 425-mile trip carrying Frito-Lay products. The operating costs over time will pay back.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The Cycle 2 plan builds on Electrify America’s initial priorities and expands into new areas, where the need for electric vehicle charging stations and technology are greatest or are most likely to be used regularly. Electrify America is committed to investing $800 million in ZEV projects through four investment cycles over a 10-year period.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow electric vehicles to recharge and travel easily along the 5,000 miles of freeways in the western region. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

Chargers at this power can charge a vehicle at speeds of up to 20 miles of range per minute. Building upon the original commitment set forth in April 2018, the companies are planning to expand the relationship in the coming years with additional Electrify America charging stations located at Walmart stores across the country.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

Volvo says it will build about 250 cars by the end of 2012, possibly more if market interest takes off. The car is recharged from a regular household power socket. A full recharge takes about 7 hours. The operating range is up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) per full charge. As a result, the luggage compartment is unchanged.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 28, 2023

We can’t expect the market to move en masse towards electric until the public recharging network matches the landscape for petrol-powered vehicles. Not surprisingly, they overlap with the locations that tend to have the biggest parking lots, such as supermarkets, hospitality venues, office buildings and so on.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

The program will utilize Matternet’s M2 quadcopter, which is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and can carry medical payloads weighing up to about 5 lbs. The five IPP partners involved are the FAA, NCDOT, UPS, Matternet, and WakeMed. over distances of up to 12.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Ford transformed Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.,

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EV Life

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

From a standard electric plug, batteries recharge at a speed of 2 to 5 miles per hour of charging. If your driving habits resemble the average American, who drives about 32 miles per day , then charging on a wall charger (also called “Level 1” charger) each night may be all you need to start. Level 2 charger (240 volts).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2019

billion miles to be driven by UK cars. Energy cost of charging electric cars: There are implications for the electrical power generation in the UK needed to recharge these vehicles. billion miles uses at least 63 TWh of power. A 20% increase in UK-generated electricity would be required to charge the current 252.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fully electric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. Production and the first customer deliveries of the XC40 Recharge P8 are scheduled to begin later this year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2019

The proposed mine would create one of the largest copper mines in the United States, with an estimated surface disturbance of 6,951 acres (approximately 11 square miles). The Resolution Copper deposit lies more than a mile beneath the surface. miles across. Overview of the mining process at full operation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JULY 26, 2021

For example, rechargeable Li-ion batteries could offer a range of 200 miles, but aluminium-air batteries could be used for a 1000 mile range. If there is adequate demand, Indian Oil and Phinergy want to build a gigawatt-scale battery manufacturing facility in India. Automakers Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The new E-Trikes, which run on an electric motor and rechargeable lithium-ion battery, will be introduced to Metro Manila and other urban centers across the Philippines under a lease-to-own arrangement. Road works will include expanding roads to two lanes, building new sections, and constructing and strengthening culverts and bridges.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The work is part of the Modellregion Elektromobilität München – Drive eCharged project being funded by Germany’s Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Development. Over the medium term, it is expected that DC systems will be able to charge a vehicle to the equivalent of a 100-kilometer (62 mile) range in just 15 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

Earlier this month, Fisker signed an exclusive agreement with the Al-Futtaim Group, one of the Middle East’s most experienced automotive distributors, to build Fisker’s sales presence in fast-growing markets for performance and luxury cars. The car allows the driver to manually select all-electric or hybrid-electric drive modes on demand.

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