Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2017

What company teased us with the possibility of 6-minute electric-car recharging? Which vehicles made it into the finalists for our Best Car To Buy 2018 award, and which didn't? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, October 20, 2017.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2012

A number of EV recharging station providers have booked space for April’s EV & Low CO2 Fleet Show.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. Its first model, the Tesla Roadster, was the first production car to use lithium-ion batteries and was the first electric vehicle with a range greater than 200miles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Earlier this year, Recargo, parent company to PlugShare, a leading charging station locator app, was awarded more than $1.6 Earlier this year, Recargo, parent company to PlugShare, a leading charging station locator app, was awarded more than $1.6 The fast chargers will enable EV drivers to recharge their batteries in about 30 minutes.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 18, 2009

US clean technology company, Evatran has developed wireless technology system to make it easier to recharge electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Virginia-based firm has developed a product called ‘Plugless Power’ which allows electric vehicles to be re-charged using a hands-free proximity system.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader? Many of the manufacturers with bases in the UK are already investing in new technologies and focusing on the development of green cars. What’s more is that Britain’s car industry has a reputation for producing “gas guzzlers”. The argument for the UK….

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Quallion LLC, a developer of customized lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs for medical, military, aerospace, and vehicle applications, remains on track to develop an advanced lithium-ion anti-idling HVAC system for heavy-duty trucks, Dr. Hisashi Tsukamoto, the company’s co-founder, CEO and CTO, recently told Green Car Congress.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 14, 2010

It was the green car of the year even before it went electric, and now Volvo is planning to introduce a battery powered version of the C30. The Swedish manufacturer is teaming up with energy company Goteborg Energi to co-operate on electric vehicles and recharge infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. Slow Level 1 charging [ 11 ] should be used to recharge PHEVLER batteries whenever possible.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Green Car Congress had an opportunity to follow up with Luca Guala of Systematica to learn more about the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system being applied in Masdar. Systematica, a design and engineering firm based in Italy with clients throughout the world, combines a traditional engineering company with an urban planning studio.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The company will use the money to expand research and development with plans to expand into worldwide markets such as those in Asia and South America. Electric vehicle charging station infrastructure provider Coulomb Technologies has received a $14million funding boost in a round led by Voyager Capital and Rho Ventures.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2010

Hitachi has formed a new company in-house as it attempts to strength its grip on the rapidly expanding lithium-ion battery market.

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Green Cars News

MAY 31, 2010

The company has developed a high temperature PEM fuel cell with an on-board reformer that enables the use of conventional hydrocarbons fuels to recharge the batteries in an electric vehicle. This innovation follows on from [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2010

The company is pouring $2.126billion into rechargeable batteries and solar cells over the next three years which will [.]. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news battery electric cars battery powered cars Lithium-ion batteries Sanyo Sanyo Electric.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 22, 2010

However, now the company is poised to develop a near production ready commuter vehicle. The next-generation Sunstang will use a removable battery system that will be recharged by residential solar charging [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Once just a small company based in Brighton, it seems there is now no stopping Elektromotive as it continues its European expansion. Last week we told you that the company was heading to Belgium and Luxembourg (see article ), and now it will play a pivotal role in the introduction of an electric vehicle recharging infrastructure in Denmark.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

The first units are scheduled to come into operation later this month after the Japan Post Service Company signed five-year lease agreements for 20 units apiece of the Subaru Plug-in Stella and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

His clients have included companies ranging from MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, to EDC Automotive, an emerging leader in automotive thermal management systems. I knew immediately upon meeting the team and reviewing the technology platform that I wanted to play a role within the company.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 4, 2009

The green car race is not restricted to vehicle manufacturers desperate to steal a march on their rivals – it’s also apparent that some of the leading nations are battling to be the first to have infrastructure in place for the electrification of the automobile. It is hoped to have 100,000 vehicles by 2015.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2013

Volvo, in collaboration with Californian design company, Synthesis Design + Architecture (SDA) have revealed a stylish new solar canopy designed to recharge its new Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid car on the go. SDA won the ‘Switch to Pure Volvo’ competition organised by international architecture maga[.]. Latest News'

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

BASF and Revolt Technology are ready to combine their expertise in an effort to speed the development and commercialisation of Revolt’s rechargeable zinc-air battery system. It will supply key component materials and jointly developed subsystem elements for the rechargeable batteries’ development.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The IPO represents a landmark in the resurgence of electric-car technology that most carmakers had dismissed as impractical until recently. The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. Venture funds back green cars.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The company says it has already signed letters of intent with nine companies and administrations for car sharing projects and large fleets in Europe. The i0n made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September with Citroen also announcing its version of the car – to be known as the C-ZERO – earlier this week.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

US based manufacturer International Battery, which develops large-format lithium-ion rechargeable cells, modules and packs, is introducing a three class system for standardising modules - nested, slim and wide. Tags: Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries battery standards International Battery.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Switzerland based ReVolt Technology, a spin-off from Norway’s SINTEF, is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries and wants $30million in grants from the US Department of Energy to accelerate their commercialisation for both energy storage and electric vehicle applications. Tags: Green cars Latest news.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Here is the story from the New York Times : Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ’10 By BILL VLASIC Published: May 13, 2008 DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. Toyota ( TM ).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

The partners, who introduced the prototype at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg Virginia, will send the first test unit to the fleet of the Pacific Gas and Electricity Company to conduct routine and emergency overhead line work in the northern and central California service area.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

If the G can go electric,” Mercedes marketing vice president Bettina Fetzer told Green Car Reports and other journalists in late April prior to our drive, “any car can go electric.” Going electric doesn’t just bring the G-Class up to date. It’ll come with a CCS charging port and soon adopt the NACS standard. at least).

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Green Cars News

MARCH 15, 2012

A new joint venture to help develop and integrate a recharging infrastructure for electric cars has been created by industry giants BMW, Bosch, Daimler, EnBW, RWE and Siemens. The new [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Meanwhile, engineers in Mainz-Kastel are further testing the battery pack while Opel analyses the requirements for standardisation and recharging infrastructure with energy companies. Tags: Green cars Latest news Vauxhall.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

The charging points will be used for recharging the 150 new electric vehicles that will transport staff and pupils around the campus reducing the university’s carbon footprint and improving air quality. . Understandably, Elektromotive’s managing director Calvey Taylor-Haw is excited about the deal.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 28, 2010

With demand constantly increasing, the NEC Group is aiming to boost its production of rechargeable high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Invited to attend by US billionaire Warren Buffet who invested in the company last year, BYD is set to demonstrate its F3DM or E6 model. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Berkshire Hathaway BYD Auto BYD F3DM Warren Buffet.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2011

Energy company, GE Energy chose Milan, the style capital of Italy to launch its new ground-breaking WattStation electric car charger. The innovative charger can slash the recharging time of an electric car from an average of 8 hours for a full charge to potentially under one hour, assuming the vehicle uses a 24kwh battery (like [.].

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

That phrase is a business principle that leaders of customer-centric companies live by. In the 12 months since sharing the forecast below, multiple new crossover/SUV EVs including the Mustang Mach-E, Volvo EC40 Recharge, Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y Standard Range, Nissan Ariya, VW ID.4, EVs will allow us to grow as a company.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

Paris is known as the city of romance, and now the Renault-Nissan Alliance and EDF Energy hope that its residents will fall in love with electric cars. The alliance and the French energy company are planning a large-scale electric vehicle test in the region that will run for one year beginning in September, 2010.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

The system will communicate directly with the electric grid and allows the vehicle operator to program when to recharge the vehicle, for how long and at what rate. This means that a vehicle owner could choose to accept a charge during off-peak hours when electricity rates are cheaper, or when the grid is only using renewable energy.

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