Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

this morning, officially launching the 2015 Kia Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show. The Soul EV was one of three Kia vehicles featured at the Chicago show. It was shown alongside the Kia Niro Concept, a hybrid subcompact urban utility vehicle, first shown.'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Like much of the auto press, we'll be at next week's Chicago Auto Show to see the covers come off the concepts and production cars. While Chicago has traditionally been a truck show, at least one maker is unveiling a concept for a small and economical--but still sporty and cool--compact car.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2015

The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago has entered into an agreement with New Energy Innovations, Inc. The concept entails the embedding of a series of air pumps in the road. Traffic Powered Renewable Energy System (TPRES), powered by vehicles driving over cylinder shown.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

At today''s Chicago Auto Show, Mitsubishi showed off a new concept for a full-size SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Called the Concept GC-PHEV, the large and angular design exercise had previously been seen at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show last fall, but its appearance in Chicago represented its North American debut.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In the lead-up to the Chicago Auto Show, we got a teaser photo two days ago of a Kia "rugged runabout" concept that will be unveiled there in 10 days. The photo--a wintry shot of the front end of a car in an artful snow storm--immediately made us think that Kia might add electric all-wheel drive to its Soul tall wagon.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

At the very first automaker press conference of the Chicago Auto Show, Kia pulled the wraps off its Trail''ster Concept: an all-wheel-drive hybrid versions of its Soul that uses an electric motor to power the rear wheels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

The Volkswagen BUDD-e battery-electric microbus concept ( earlier post ) has been named “2016 Concept Truck of the Year” at the 15 th Annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards. More than two dozen jurors participated in the selection process of the 2016 North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards.

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Electrek

MAY 8, 2023

Nearly 70 years ago, the idea of a viable solar car concept was introduced to the world in Chicago, Illinois. more… The post Solar powered cars: A 70 year-old idea that has yet to reach its full potential appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 20, 2012

At last week’s Detroit Auto Show, we got our first glimpse of what an all-electric Volkswagen Beetle could look like thanks to VW’s e-Bugster concept car. At next month’s Chicago Auto Show, Volkswagen will unveil another green-minded Beetle, but this time we won’t be seeing a concept car.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2010

With the 2010 Detroit Auto Show behind us, we're fast coming up on the Chicago Auto Show, which starts February 10. Now we've gotten our first teaser image, for the Kia Ray concept car that will be unveiled in the spacious precincts of McCormack Hall.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The offtake agreement could provide for enough SAF to fly more than 50,000 flights annually between United’s hub airports in Chicago and Denver. If the technology is successful, Blue Blade is expected to proceed with the construction of a pilot facility in 2024, followed by a full-scale facility that could begin commercial operations by 2028.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2015

Exactly two weeks from now at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, Kia will unveil a new concept car with an outdoorsy theme. It will feature an electric all-wheel drive system, but that''s about the only specific detail the Korean carmaker is willing to disclose right now.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Chicago Auto Show is traditionally all about trucks, and in this slow year it's pretty light on green cars. A welcome exception comes from Korean maker Kia, who just unveiled their Ray plug-in hybrid concept car. The Ray points the way toward a stylish compact four-door sedan that's both expressive and efficient.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The exciting new concepts didn’t disappear with the North American International Auto Show held in January: the Chicago Auto Show is proving to be a close match for its more prestigious rival. Kia chose the event to unveil two new vehicles: the Cross GT Concept (pictured top) and the 2014 Kia Forte Five-Door SX (pictured [.].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Trail’ster e-AWD concept at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. The Trail’ster, based on Kia’s Soul urban passenger vehicle, is primarily powered by a 1.6-liter

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Today we cover Tesla''s plan to sell batteries for home energy storage, the Mitsubishi Concept GC-PHEV plug-in hybrid''s appearance at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and an effort by Honda, Nissan, and Toyota to support hydrogen fueling sites in Japan. The Mitsubishi Concept GC-PHEV makes its North American debut.'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Today, see why electric car owners need to pay close attention to dealer service bills, a new Tesla app for the Apple Watch, and the name of Kia''s upcoming 2015 Chicago Auto Show concept. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

We''re at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show today bringing you the latest green-car news, including the debut of the Kia Trail''ster concept and General Motors'' confirmation that it will build the Chevrolet Bolt electric car. We''ve also got photos of an undisguised Tesla Model X testing on public roads. An updated.'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2015

We wrap up the week with stories on the potential end of the "standard war" between CHAdeMO and CCS electric-car fast charging, a Kia concept car with electric all-wheel drive set to debut at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and General Motors'' plan to put CVT automatic transmissions in more cars to boost fuel economy.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 14, 2023

During that interim, Lincoln debuted a concept car at the Chicago Auto Show of 1989. Finished in monochromatic white and very aerodynamic shapes, the futuristic concept used a full-width light bar front and rear, a very thin C-pillar, and scalloped sides. The debut timeline pushed further into the future.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

The first VOCSN V+Pro critical care ventilators produced by General Motors and Ventec Life Systems in Kokomo, Indiana ( earlier post ) are being delivered by UPS to Franciscan Health Olympia Fields in Olympia Fields, Illinois and Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago at the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Kia is showcasing its latest green car technology at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show this week. The Korean carmaker is using the opportunity to display among other innovations, its plug-in hybrid concept called ‘Ray’. Tags: Kia Chicago concept hybrid ray Show. The show opened yesterday (10th) and runs until the February 21.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 23, 2011

Well, perhaps you take that oh so secret concept model into the centre of a busy city like Chicago, where casual passers-by can film it and ‘leak’ it onto YouTube. Just how do you get the internet buzzing with mentions of your forthcoming electric car model? That’s what BMW seems to have done, after a [.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

At the H2@ Scale project ( earlier post ) kickoff meeting in Chicago, EERE’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Steven Chalk announced the release of a request for information (RFI) soliciting stakeholder feedback on opportunities to enable high volume production and multi-sector use of hydrogen. Demand-Sector Market Expansion.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Chevrolet confirmed production of a next-generation battery-electric vehicle based on the Bolt EV concept introduced last month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. GM North America President Alan Batey made the announcement ahead of the Chicago Auto Show. The Bolt EV concept makes its debut in Detroit.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Nissan and Cummins unveil a Frontier diesel pickup concept at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, an August electric-car gathering in California promises to be the world''s largest, and a new study says carsharing is eating into new-car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Volkswagen Group America CEO Pablo Di Si told MotorTrend at the Chicago Auto Show this week, “It is not in the plans anymore.” Volkswagen also teased the Tarok pickup concept in 2019, asking, “Is America ready for a smaller pickup again?”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The new ECONAMIQ technology builds on existing concepts such as cylinder deactivation and variable valve timing with a unique patented combination of routing gasses for increased system efficiency. The company presented its first results at the annual ASME ICEF (Internal Combustion Engine Fall) conference in Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The concept vehicle event stemmed from a Local Motor’s Design Challenge which resulted in the submission of over 200 entries from 30+ countries. The winning concept, Strati, inspired the full sized 3D-printed prototype. —Andrew Jamison, CEO of Cincinnati Incorporated. IMTS 2014 is runing 8-13 September.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 29, 2024

Regardless of whether an unveiling happened at Javits or not, the fact that five or six new vehicles were shown in New York sort of makes up for Chicago being so quiet that I didn't even write a recap. Yes, most of the unveilings were refreshes -- the Nissan Kicks probably has the biggest redesign -- or concepts.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC). Demonstrate the potential to radically advance state of the art concepts into possible use cases. Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Indiana University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Princeton University. Smith College. Stanford University.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The January 2014 plug-in electric car sales numbers are in, a preview of the green cars and concepts of the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, and the Volkswagen Beetle celebrates 65 years in the United States. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

The company previewed a concept version at the Chicago Auto Show in February. Honda has unveiled the 2011 Odyssey minivan, due to go onsale this fall. 2011 Odyssey. Click to enlarge. Compared to the current Odyssey, the 2011 model’s lower roofline (-1.6 inches versus 2010 Odyssey EX) and wider track (+1.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

University of Illinois at Chicago. New Engineering Concepts to High Energy Density Li-S Batteries. Strategies to Enable Lean Electrolytes for High Loading and Stable Li-S Pouch Cells. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. University of Pittsburgh. AOI 3: High Power Density Inverters.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2014

While most of the original concepts for cloud computing came from the academic research community, as clouds grew in popularity, industry drove much of the design of their architecture. —Kate Keahey, a scientist at the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and principal investigator for Chameleon.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Previewed in concept form at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show, the production ILX, Acura's first ever hybrid model, will make its debut at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show this week.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As far as the big intros go, we had the new Camry , the updated Forester , a new Kia Sorento (plus two concepts ), a debut from Genesis , the Lucid Gravity , a hi-po Hyundai EV , and confirmation of how the Hyundai Santa Fe will be equipped in this market. Still, it was a hit among attending media, based on conversations I had.

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