Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2020

And Chicago is requiring more EV charge points. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Chicago has made a move that requires more charge points to be installed in large-scale residential and commercial development. What started with the Prius has now hit 15 million. It might seem.

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Green Fleet Magazine

MAY 12, 2023

Fleet Forward: The Tour announces the agenda for its Chicago stop on June 8. The event offers attendees an opportunity to take in educational sessions, experience new technologies behind the wheel, and network with their local fleet community.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Russell Wager, Kia America's vice president of marketing, told Green Car Reports at the Chicago auto show. Looking ahead to the next year, it will solidify some new decisions about its range of hybrids and plug-in hybrids for the brand, in addition to additional EVs on the way.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Smith Electric Vehicles announced that Smith will open an electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Chicago. Chicago will be Smith’s third location in the United States, joining the headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., and a manufacturing facility in New York City.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Chicago isn''t as big as some annual auto shows, and at this year''s show green vehicles are a little thin on the ground--March''s Geneva Motor Show will provide more to that effect. Nevertheless there are a few significant vehicles set to appear in Chicago, so we''ve pieced together a green car preview to bring you the latest details.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2016

Express Drive begins later this month in Chicago and will soon roll out to additional cities including Boston, Washington D.C., When drivers complete 65 rides a week in Chicago, drivers will be able to access a vehicle at no weekly rental cost. Baltimore and others. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Eight commercial airlines used Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) derived from renewable isobutanol for Fly Green Day, sponsored last week by the O’Hare Fuel Committee, at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Commercial airlines participating in the event were: Lufthansa.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Funded in part by Drive Clean Chicago, JLL will lease the Proterra buses for its shuttle service for Prudential Plaza and Aon Center tenants commuting to and from the Ogilvie, Union and LaSalle Street commuter rail stations. The program will begin in December 2016. —Randy Conner, Acting Commissioner of Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

Established in 2002 as a pilot program of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, IGO was the first car-sharing program in Chicago and has been dedicated to creating an integrated multimodal transportation system for more than a decade. Enterprise first launched hourly rentals in Chicago in 2005.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

and is adding Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. In Chicago, the Maven City car sharing program is now in operation, with pricing starting at $8 an hour including insurance and fuel. Express Drive allows Lyft ride share service drivers in the Chicago area to rent Chevrolet Equinox crossovers for $99 a week. and Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

Kia Motors America will unveil an electric all-wheel drive (e-AWD) concept vehicle at the upcoming Chicago Auto Show. The concept was conceived by Kia’s California design studio and built for city dwellers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2015

VIA Motors announced a voucher program for Chicago-area fleet and business owners that will reduce the initial costs of owning a VIA Motors extended range pickup truck, extended range electric passenger van, or extended range electric cargo van. VIA VTRUX offers up to 40-mile battery range and.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2024

metro areas like New York, Chicago, and Detroit. Charging company Voltpost is preparing to roll out its lamppost EV chargers in major U.S. The company on Thursday announced that it had "imminent plans" to deploy its chargers in these areas this spring.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Kia’s Niro urban lifestyle concept vehicle, unveiled last September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, made its US debut at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show. The Niro suggests a possible future B-segment contender, and features a hybrid electric powertrain working through an advanced four-wheel drive system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Subaru confirmed to Green Car Reports that there is no plan for a Crosstrek Hybrid in its new generation, which made its debut Thursday at the 2023 Chicago Auto Show. The Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid plug-in hybrid has reached the end of its charging cord.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Chicago is joining the growing number of U.S. cities that are requiring multifamily buildings to make accommodations for electric vehicle owners. The ordinance, passed back in October, requires that new residential developments with 24 units or more provide—at minimum—two EV-ready parking spaces.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

At the 2023 Chicago Auto Show, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America Pablo Di Si told Green Car Reports plug-in hybrids are back in consideration for the U.S. Volkswagen has in recent years seen hybrids and plug-in hybrids as slowing the U.S. shift to EVs. But that may no longer be the case.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Cross GT concept at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Purely conceptual, the Cross GT reveals Kia’s intentions for the possible offer of a larger premium CUV than the current Sorento. Kia Cross GT Concept Click to enlarge. liter V6 and 8-speed automatic transmission.

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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. Call it electric Soul: Kia took the wraps off its first electric car to be sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. F of warming.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The Nissan NV Cargo X project vehicle, arguably the most extreme version of Nissan Commercial Vehicles’ flagship NV Cargo van ever created, will make its world auto show debut at the upcoming 2017 Chicago Auto Show. V8 Turbo Diesel transplanted from a Nissan TITAN XD full-size pickup.

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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 University of Illinois at Chicago Senior Mechanical Engineering and Design Team will be working on optimizing the best mechanical system.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Hyundai unveiled the redesigned 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at the Chicago Auto Show. Although the powertrains remain the same, the new Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid feature a comprehensive exterior and interior redesign, safety, suspension and new and improved infotainment and connectivity features.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The City of Chicago has selected 350Green, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks ( earlier post ), to design, build and operate a network of 280 EV charging stations—73 DC Fast and 207 Level 2 charging stations—throughout the Chicago area. —City of Chicago Mayor Richard M.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 16, 2015

Very quietly, that''s now changing; the company hopes to lease around 200 BYD e6 electric cars for use by UberX drivers in Chicago. Green BYD BYD e6 Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Chicago China Chinese Uber fleet plug-in cars'

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

The findings revealed unevenness between built-up areas expansion (BUAE), which reflects the pace of infrastructure development, and urban population growth among the cities; and a widening gap between rapid urban population growth and slow urban greening, represented by features including new parks, green spaces and green roofs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2011

Taxi Medallion Management in Chicago has purchased 12 Ford Transit Connect Taxis running on compressed natural gas (CNG) for its fleet. The cabs will be affiliated with Yellow Cab Chicago and bear the company’s logo and color.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 24, 2006

T hrough the leadership of Mayor Richard Daley , the City of Chicago has joined Plug In Partners with a big bang by committing to purchase 850 plug in hybrid vehicles. Recently, Chicago's greening was highlighted in Time. Chicago is also going to start a green roof program. But Johnston, Mayor Richard M.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

debut at the Chicago Auto Show today. Kia''s Niro concept, a subcompact-sized urban hybrid, is making its U.S. First unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show, the Niro points the way to possible future models for Kia, a potential rival for models like the Nissan Juke and upcoming Honda Fit-based crossover. It''s the latest take on Kia''s.'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

More and more automakers are slotting diesel engines into pickup trucks, and at this year''s Chicago Auto Show Nissan and Cummins have made one of the most compact yet, the Frontier Diesel Runner. Based on the Frontier Desert Runner 4x2, Nissan has dropped a 2.8-liter

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Especially in the numbers-focused green-car arena, some healthy competition can do wonders. And the latest 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, revealed at the Chicago Auto Show today, looks to be a great example of that.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Chevrolet has announced full details of its 2015 City Express van, launched at this year''s Chicago Auto Show. Basically a rebadged version of Nissan''s NV200 van--best-known in its more fenestrated guise as New York City''s "Taxi of Tomorrow"--the City Express promises greater fuel efficiency than full-size vans.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Yellow Cab Chicago and its affiliates plan an initial deployment of 100 new CNG taxis. Clean Energy partnered with Yellow Cab Chicago to apply for and secure $1.5

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2016

After over a year of testing, Chicago is ready to commit to all-electric buses. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) took delivery of two electric buses in 2014, and found them satisfactory. So the city now plans to purchase 20 to 30 all-electric buses over the next few years, as part of an overall modernization of its fleet.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

It''s making its debut at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and gives buyers yet another body style for their electric.' If you can get over the rodent-based adverts, Kia''s new electric Soul, the 2015 Soul EV, is quite an interesting vehicle, and it''s the first electric car sold by Kia in the U.S.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable.

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