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EuroCarBody Award 2015 goes to the Carbon Core body of the new BMW 7 Series

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The Carbon Core body structure of the new BMW 7 Series has been awarded the EuroCarBody Award 2015 at the 17 th Global Car Body Benchmarking Conference. The EuroCarBody Award has been announced at the annual conference of experts every year since 2002 and is regarded as a leading award for innovations in car body construction.

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BMW 2015 Carbon 2002

FEV, Inc. Develops 40kW Range Extender Unit

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

FEV will also be exhibiting at the conference. FEV developed this concept to offer a viable solution to the limitations of current Hybrid Vehicle technology. Gary Rogers, FEV, Inc. president and CEO, made the announcement in conjunction with the 2010 SAE Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium, opening tomorrow in San Diego, Calif.

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San Diego Range Dodge Extended Range

GM Will Produce Cadillac Converj EREV

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show, announced that GM will produce the Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show.

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Cadillac GM Lithium Ion Detroit

Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2009

University students from The Ohio State University earned top honors at the 2009 finals of the EcoCAR : The NeXt Challenge competition in Toronto, Canada for their design of a Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). Tags: Conferences and other events Hybrids Plug-ins.

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Ohio Universal 2009 Design

Say Hello To The Cadillac Converj

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 11, 2010

Detroit — It’s official: the Cadillac Converj will be the second extended-range electric vehicle that General Motors Co. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz made the announcement Sunday at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show.

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Cadillac Detroit GM Lithium Ion

FEV, Inc. Partnering with EIG on Li-Ion Pack Development for Range-Extended Electric Vehicle Project

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2009

for a Range-Extended Electric Vehicle (ReEV) project. The battery pack is expected to be demonstrated in a ReEV concept Dodge Caliber that was shown by FEV at the 2009 SAE World Congress. is developing a 21 kWh Li-ion battery pack utilizing cells from Korea-based Energy Innovation Group (EIG Ltd.) Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Electric Vehicles Range

GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

plug-in hybrids, extended range electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles) are smart loads, and so fall into the third element. The basic concept of smart charging integrates three elements with different communications responsibilities: A smart grid utility systems operation center. Plug-in electric vehicles (i.e.,

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Grid Plug-in Standards Plug

Goal!

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2008

As stated at the opening press conference by Austin's Mayor Will Wynn in January, 2006, “ Plug-in hybrids represent a real near-term solution to America’s over-reliance on foreign oil imports and energy prices that escalate the cost of everything and threaten the very economic life of our nation,” “The technology exists today ,” Wynn says.

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Volt Austin Plug-in Plug

Wrightspeed unveils new turbine range extender for medium- and heavy-duty electric powertrains; 30% more efficient than current microturbine generators

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2015

The Route extended range electric powertrains incorporate a range-extending genset designed to recharge the high-power battery pack (currently from A123 Systems) and Wrightspeed’s own geared traction drive (GTD) ( earlier post ). Weighing in at 250 lbs (113.4 Jaguar was using a turbine from Bladon Jets. Earlier post.).

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Range Extended Range Gas-Electric Electric

Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy

GM: Putting 1M Plug-ins on the Road Will Require a Plug-In Ecosystem

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The concept that Tony [Posawatz] used of a plug-in ecosystem is perfect for what we are trying to do. GM’s plug-in ecosystem concept and efforts also drew a positive response from long-time plug-in advocate Felix Kramer of CalCars, who was a participant in the call: Today’s briefing confirms GM’s giant steps forward. Bob Hayden.

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Plug-in Plug San Francisco GM

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Another strikingly different concept evidenced by the PHEV is that it is essentially a large, portable battery that can store energy gathered during one part of the day, and then use it later to power not only itself but also the vehicle owner’s home. The convenience and low cost of this concept alone merit attention.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is the concept of using stored energy in a plug-in hybrids (or electric cars) battery to send power to the electrical grid when necessary. For more on plug-in hybrids and V2G, see CalCars Resources , University of Delaware V2G Research Center , and papers from a June 2005 conference in Seattle.

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PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI

EV Driven

EuroCarBody Award 2015 goes to the Carbon Core body of the new BMW 7 Series

FEV, Inc. Develops 40kW Range Extender Unit

GM Will Produce Cadillac Converj EREV

Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

Say Hello To The Cadillac Converj

FEV, Inc. Partnering with EIG on Li-Ion Pack Development for Range-Extended Electric Vehicle Project

GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

Goal!

Wrightspeed unveils new turbine range extender for medium- and heavy-duty electric powertrains; 30% more efficient than current microturbine generators

Perspective: A View Into the New GM

GM: Putting 1M Plug-ins on the Road Will Require a Plug-In Ecosystem

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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