Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

A startup based on work conducted at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis has received a one-year STTR Phase I grant of $225,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support development of a novel solid-state hydrogen storage system based on catalytically-modified porous silicon.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. The 107th running of the 2023 Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 30.

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2022

Lordstown Motors said today it will be bringing the Endurance all-electric pickup to the Association for the Work Truck Industry’s (NTEA) Work Truck Week event in Indianapolis, Indiana from March 9 to 11. Lordstown says it will begin production and commercial sales in Q3 2022. It has not been an easy twelve months for Lordstown.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer EnerDel will invest $237 million in a new manufacturing plant near its Indianapolis headquarters in order to meet anticipated demand for advanced battery systems used in both automotive and stationary smart grid applications. The Indiana plant will be financed through a $118.5 Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

This could reduce the mining of ore which reduces costs, greenhouse gas emissions and waste. It is commercially successful, with contracts for almost 30 billion pounds of product and a 50 million pounds per year expansion plant that is already sold out. Dow AgroSciences, LLC of Indianapolis, Ind. million kg/year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

million from the DOE, is to develop a Class 6 commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50% over conventional Class 6 vehicles. NMC has double the energy capacity and is attractive from a cost point of view, but carries risk in performance and durability. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

On the heels of the Indianapolis 500 last weekend, the IZOD IndyCar Series has released a new engine strategy that reflects the downsizing trend in the larger commercial market. cubic liters.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

Collectively, the National Clean Fleets Partners operate more than a million commercial vehicles nationwide, accounting for more than 12% of all commercial vehicles on American roads. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the new partners at Green Truck Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Among the first products expected to be manufactured at the new facility will be power electronics components and systems for Allison Transmission, a leading supplier of commercial-duty fully automatic transmissions for both on- and off-highway vehicles, and of hybrid propulsion systems for on-highway transit and coach vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

million of non-Federal cost sharing funds. Analysis of advanced IGCC power systems indicates hydrogen membrane separation technologies could increase overall power plant efficiency, with a resulting decrease in electricity cost to the consumer. the Surface Technologies Center in Indianapolis, Ind., million, with an addition $1.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. presence in Indianapolis. The first commercial wireless charging products will be shipped in small quantities in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Community members in Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raleigh, North Carolina soon expanding to the Triangle region have already agreed to work with RMI’s Project Get Ready. Create collaborative stakeholder group within the community to help regulatory, commercial, and community interests align.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Indianapolis Power & Light Company.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion. This project will be the first commercial deployment of articulated fuel cell buses in the US. Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Zenith manufactures the first commercial radio set to operate on ac. Thomson CSF of France has also reportedly entered a bid; it recently purchased RCA/GE’s consumer electronics division with the observation that “volume is one of the rules of the cost-competitiveness game.” presence, and only one of them is said to have made a bid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Indianapolis, IN. Expansion of manufacturing for existing electric drive power electronics components for both passenger and commercial vehicles. Indianapolis, IN.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 13, 2009

Commercial hybrid systems manufacturer, Allison Transmission has been notified that it will be awarded a $62.8 Department of Energy (DOE) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Grant to continue its efforts to design, develop and manufacture a cost-competitive commercial hybrid truck drive system. million U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

received 10 electric THINK City cars, and the remainder were delivered to Indianapolis Power & Light for company fleet use. THINK has contracted with Tom Wood Automotive in Indianapolis to support the sale and service of THINK City electric cars in the metropolitan area. Duke Energy in Plainfield, Ind.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2015

The winning design, Aerodynamic Water Droplet with Strong Lightweight Bone Structure (“WaterBone”), was created by Andres Tovar, a mechanical engineering assistant professor at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and his group of graduate students.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. metric tons [in battery weight] from a bus, we saved a fleet operator $24 million in energy costs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

Compared to Li-ion batteries: PbC batteries are more affordable [3x] than lithium-ion or supercapacitors; PbC batteries have recycling value at end-of-life [$35/lbs], while Lithium-ion batteries have recycling cost at end-of-life [~$75/lbs]. start-stop) vehicles. Earlier post.). In November of 2011, Axion commissioned a.5 25 MWh PowerCube.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. Follow us on Twitter!

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