Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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. Russell Wager, Kia America's vice president of marketing, told Green Car Reports at the Chicago auto show.

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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. Combined, the V6 and electric motor produce 500 lb-ft (678 N·m ) of torque and 400 horsepower (298 kW), with an all-electric range of 20 miles (32 km). Kia Cross GT Concept Click to enlarge. liter V6 and 8-speed automatic transmission.

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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. The Sonata Hybrid’s total range is estimated at more than 650 miles under typical driving conditions. Total estimated range is 590 miles. Current battery level with real-time electric and fuel range. l/100 km) combined.

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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. million.

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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 9, 2021

A team from the University of Chicago, University of California, Davis, and UC Berkeley combined billions of hourly electricity meter measurements with address-level EV registration records in California—home to about half of the EVs in the United States. The takeaway here is not that EVs should never or will never be our future.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2017

A new study by Ryan Kellogg, a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and author of the study, evaluates the current approach and proposes a novel, market-based alternative: indexing the standard to rise and fall with the price of gasoline.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2018

I live in Chicago, in a 100-year-old apartment building converted to condominiums 17 years ago. Electric vehicles aren’t made for me. It’s not that I’m not for them. My circumstances just don’t fit with the realities of charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Carbon Day Automotive and Coulomb Technologies unveiled a solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in the City of Chicago. The Solar Plug-In Station will be used daily by the City of Chicago to fuel the city’s electric vehicles with power from the sun. The station features a 2.4 kW solar panel array and a 5.5 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Kia Motors America has today unveiled a new 5-door version of the Forte at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Topping the engine range is a 1.6-liter The sleek five-door hatchback has what Kia describes as 'European styling', and goes head-to-head with cars like the Ford Focus with its hatchback practicality.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Leveraging the technology found in the Chevrolet Volt and Spark EV, the Bolt EV concept was developed as a longer-range BEV for all 50 states, designed to offer more than a GM-estimated 200 miles (322 km) of range at a target price of around $30,000. The Bolt EV concept makes its debut in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The family of Fortiform steels extends ArcelorMittal’s range of Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS). Position of Fortiform steels in the ArcelorMittal steel range. ArcelorMittal R&D in East Chicago was charged with the product design. Ford called us to see if we could develop this specific type of steel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2019

The new Fortiform 980 Extragal (-GI) range of AHSS for cold stamping combines superior formability and ductility at higher strengths that exceed the capabilities of the second-generation AHSS, thus opening up significant new opportunities for AHSS in body engineering.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As Business Development Manager, you will enable tremendous growth of the EV charging market, working with top executives at Fortune 500 companies across a large range of industries. The chargers will first be installed in Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

LanzaTech will continue to be based in Chicago, Illinois, and led by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech, and other key members of LanzaTech’s executive leadership. In 2020, LanzaTech formed and spun out a new company, LanzaJet, to scale up production of sustainable aviation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Orange EV offers a range of configurations built to meet site-specific requirements while managing cost. RMS, one of the largest rail intermodal yard operators in the US, purchased their first Orange EV truck in July 2016 for use at a Class 1 railyard in Chicago. We put the Orange EV truck in Chicago at one of our toughest ramps.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2021

Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate of the University of Chicago. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

What the auto industry calls a "mid-cycle refresh" can range from indistinguishable to very evident. The 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid falls into the latter category, with new front and rear styling, changes to the interior and dashboard, and numerous added safety and connectivity features.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

I had a long drive from Chicago to Des Moines planned and thought, “why not test out an EV while I’m doing it?” This past weekend, I got my first official taste of the Genesis brand by taking the GV70 EV 333+ miles from Chicago to Des Moines and back. That’s a travel time of about five hours and fifteen minutes… or so I thought.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

the world’s largest package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions, placed 50 Lightning Hybrids hydraulic hybrid delivery trucks in the Chicago metro area. Fuel efficiency gains ranged from 18 to 34 percent during the pilot. United Parcel Service, Inc.,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

The big 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS hatchback is getting an extensive refresh for the new model year, including more battery capacity and driving range, improved brakes, and a limousine-like rear seating package. metro areas including New York, Chicago, and Detroit. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A significant number of U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2019

Average prices for the entire East Coast region moved within a range of $2.25/gal Midwest (Chicago and Cleveland). Prices in Chicago were higher than prices in Cleveland and the Midwest regional average in every week during 2018. Average gasoline prices for the entire Rocky Mountains region moved within a range of $2.42/gal

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

Counties in Southern California, the Texas triangle, and around Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Chicago will experience the greatest energy demands from electric trucks. The NHFN is projected to comprise 85% of the charging needs from long-haul trucks by 2030. kWh and hydrogen prices as low as $8/kg.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The city of Chicago, in Illinois, has expressed its commitment to electric vehicles after selecting 350Green to design, build and operate a network of 280 electric vehicle charging stations throughout the area.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 16, 2012

The first two 2012 Tesla Model S all-electric sport sedans to roll off the Tesla production line last month were shipped to Chicago, where they're presumably now tooling around in the Midwest's record-setting summer heat.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2016

Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles by the fall, Express Drive’s California members will have access to vehicles from the largest electric vehicle fleet in ridesharing, including the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the extended-range electric 2016 Chevrolet Volt. and Baltimore.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Orange’s T-Series is the only terminal truck solution that qualifies for financial incentives through Drive Clean Chicago (DCC). Through the Drive Clean Chicago program, CMAQ funds are paid directly to Orange EV to reduce customer purchase price. Eligible vehicles must operate 75% of the time in the Chicago 6-county area.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Chicago and Denver (tied). In Chicago, charging infrastructure growth has been more recent and now is robust. Driving habits in Chicago also are heavy with suburban to urban commuting patterns. Illinois provides a $4,000 state tax incentive for purchases and reduced registration fees. Washington D.C.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Thanks to our partnership with JNC Corporation, we are well-positioned for accelerated growth as we commercialize our graphene-wrapping technology for a range of applications, from consumer electronics to electric vehicles. million investment. —Samir Mayekar, NanoGraf co-founder and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) announced the first research grants from the EPIC-UCAS Joint Center for Energy Policy Research in China.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

a developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains ( earlier post ), has partnered with AxleTech International, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty specialty drivetrain systems. Wrightspeed Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

ViriCiti customers include prominent fleet operators and OEMs, such as Arriva, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, Chicago Transit Authority, GILLIG, Keolis, King County Metro, Metropolitan Transit Authority (New York), PicNic, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority and Toronto Transit Commission. Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Some models need more frequent charging The limited driving range of these vehicles means drivers must stop to recharge occasionally, which is not much of an option during an evacuation. In Chicago, there have been reports of EV batteries not charging because of freezing weather.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

The team is driving the 2014 Audi A6 TDI and 2014 Audi A7 TDI sedans ( earlier post ), with the 2014 Audi Q5 TDI as a support vehicle; the goal is to demonstrate the extended range and fuel economy provided by Audi diesel technology.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Electric car owners coming out of winter will know just how much of a drain a car's accessories can put on their range. That makes energy-efficient accessories like the Bose Energy Efficient Series audio system available with the 2013 Nissan Leaf an easy option to understand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Available in H- and V-speed ratings, the Bridgestone Ecopia EP100 has a UTQG of 400AB and will be offered in six different sizes ranging from 14-16 inch. The tire will be available in March in the first phase of a two-phase rollout in 2009. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Level 2 charging will provide for a charging speed up to 20-25 miles of driving range per hour, which would allow drivers to fully charge their electric vehicles at their home or workplace. The 2,800 Level 2 charging stations will be located at approximately 500 sites, all with more than one charging station.

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