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JULY 1, 2013

Honda Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura and GM Vice Chairman Stephen Girsky will explain the details at a news conference in New York at 9 am Tuesday, local time, according to the Nikkei report. The deal is a shift in strategy for Honda, which has been working on its own amid a big shift in carmakers’ approach to green technology.

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MARCH 19, 2020

At its annual press conference, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand touted its record deliveries of 6.3 million units in a declining market in 2019 and said that it is about to leap into the electric era. The brand’s first all-electric SUV, the ID.4, million electric cars should be sold per year.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

The Detroit News reported that GM will announce on Wednesday it will introduce a full battery-electric city car in the US. Green Car Reports fleshed that basic item out with additional details: The vehicle is the Chevrolet Spark EV, unveiled as the Chevrolet Beat EV, in India. Earlier post.). (In Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 20, 2012

At a press conference with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, BMW Group Member of the Board Dr. Ian Robertson announced the upcoming launch of ParkNow, a mobile parking solution that is a joint venture with Urban Mobility; and also provided new details about DriveNow, a new premium car-sharing service which features a fleet of BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicles. (..)

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

Renault and energy supplier Eneco will collaborate on a smart charging solution for electric vehicles. Under the terms of an agreement signed today at the COP21 Paris conference, Eneco subsidiary Jedlix will develop a version of its existing smart charging app, adapting it to Renault’s ZOE EV.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The rear axle features ERAD (Electric Rear Axle Drive) in the form of an electric motor producing 70 hp (52 kW), which receives its power from a 12 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The car features a six-speed automatic transmission. —Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Cars.

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JULY 15, 2012

BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer is calling for tax subsidies in Germany to help meet the federal government’s target of having 1 million electric cars on the road in eight years. But last year, we sold just 2,000, including 100 at retail,” Reithofer said on Thursday at the “Handelsblatt” annual conference in Munich.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Under the contract, China BAK will deliver 1,000 lithium-ion high-power battery units in 2012 to power Chery’s Ruilin M1 electric cars. The Ruilin M1 is one of the five electric vehicle models that have been approved for government use since early this year. China BAK Battery, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Volkswagen AG plans to sell 10,000 electric vehicle in China by 2018, according to Karl-Thomas Neumann, president of Volkswagen Group China, at the EVS conference in Shenzhen. The German company will produce an electric model at local ventures with SAIC Motor Corp. and Daimler AG in planning electric vehicles in the country.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Shenzhen aims to build an electric car base at the national level during the 12 th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period, Tang said earlier this month. It is now building recharging stations across the city, laying fundamental infrastructure for electric vehicles, Tang said at the conference.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. Top: Threefold pathway to a de-fossilized powertrain. Bottom: Fuel pathways. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

In a press conference at Paris Motor Show, Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Cars stated that the future for Volvo lies in electric cars. During the press conference in the Volvo stand, Jacoby emphasized the importance of electrification. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 14, 2016

mi) driven as part of the four-year Electric Mobility Showcase in Germany. Ahead of the closing conference in Leipzig today, Audi revealed some of the electric driving results for its two models involved: the A1 e-tron prototype and the production A3 Sportback e-tron. Audi gained a wealth of experience from the 1.4 Earlier post.)

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APRIL 24, 2019

The LiDAR sensors currently used to detect 3D objects in the paths of autonomous cars are bulky, ugly, expensive, energy-inefficient—and highly accurate. These sensors are affixed to cars’ roofs, where they increase wind drag, a particular disadvantage for electric cars. They can add around $10,000 to a car’s cost.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Under the new agreement, the two sides will jointly develop finished cars made of lightweight multi-materials, using new lightweight design and material application techniques. The first production car model based on the platform will be unveiled at Auto China 2016 in April.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management at Audi AG for Technical Development, during his speech at Audi’s Annual Press Conference in Ingolstadt. Plug-in hybrids, natural gas vehicles and battery-electric drive systems will have a key role to play in achieving CO 2 targets, Hackenberg said. —Ulrich Hackenberg.

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MAY 24, 2011

The “ Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 ” conference and exhibition will take place in Stuttgart, Germany 27–28 June. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November. There will be an investment session and an awards dinner.

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MAY 3, 2017

Speaking this week at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York, Total SA’s chief energy economist, Joel Couse, forecasted that EVs will make up 15 to 30 percent of global new vehicle sales by 2030. These are great cars. by Jon LeSage for Oilprice.com. Maybe even decline. ”.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

However, Edison2 notes, in the real world an electric drive could prove best. This side-by-side two-seat battery electric car was built on a lightweight aluminum chassis and weighs in at 2,176 pounds (987 kg). Tags: Conferences and other events Fuel Efficiency. Edison2 is fuel source agnostic.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Production is expected to increase from 600 cars/week presently to about 1,000 cars/week by the end of the year; Tesla is in the process of adding a new final assembly line, said CEO Elon Musk on the earnings conference call. Tesla plans to integrate precursor material, cell, module and pack production into one facility.

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MARCH 18, 2010

During the AASHTO conference (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) in Palm Desert, California last fall, BMW and Siemens presented a system that transmits data between traffic lights and the vehicle to optimize the automatic engine start-stop function and the recovery of braking energy when approaching a traffic light.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

and Sumitomo Corporation formed a new joint-venture to conduct research on the second-life use of lithium-ion batteries that have been used previously in electric cars. The Volt’s battery will have significant capacity to store electrical energy, even after its automotive life. Earlier this month, Nissan Motor Co.,

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

million ZEVs would represent a new vehicle market penetration for the group of states of about 15%, said Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (ARB), during a conference call announcing the agreement. Collectively, the eight signatory states represent more than 23% of the US car market.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

At the upcoming World Expo 2010 conference, SAIC will provide nearly a thousand units of new energy vehicles including hybrid, pure electric, fuel cell, and supercapacitors vehicles spanning cars, buses, sightseeing cars, rental cars and other styles. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

LG Chem plans to focus on R&D investment in the field of innovative batteries, which can far exceed the limits of conventional batteries, such as investment in high capacity electric cars, small batteries and high power ESS batteries with low cobalt content.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

This marks BMW’s first partnership with a Japanese car company, said Dr. Klaus Draeger, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development, at a joint press conference announcing the partnership in Tokyo. We want to set benchmarks in the future with both: hybrid and electric cars.

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MAY 19, 2009

This investment deepens the relationship between the two, and enables the partners to collaborate even more closely on the development of battery systems, electric drive systems and in individual vehicle projects. Executives from both companies announced the arrangement this morning in a webcast press conference. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Toyoda positioned EVs for short-distance travel and fuel cell cars for longer ranges.

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JANUARY 25, 2016

ExxonMobil forecasts that by 2040, one of every four cars on the world’s roads will be a hybrid; conventional cars (primarily gasoline-powered) will still remain most popular to 2040. The company forecasts modest gains for plug-in electric cars, with cost and functionality remaining barriers. Source: ExxonMobil.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

The THINK EV-Ready Cities Index was presented by THINK CEO Richard Canny at the Electric Drive Transportation Association Annual Conference and Meeting at the Washington Auto Show. The company recently announced plans to manufacture the THINK City electric car in Elkhart, Ind. THINK US EV-Ready Cities Index Scorecard.

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JANUARY 13, 2009

press conference at the Santa Monica Civic parking lot--next to its solar carport with EV chargers -- then a short parade nearby. Join in with PluginAmerica in urging Congress, Detroit and our new President to build plug-in vehicles, in calling for 1 million plug-ins by 2012 and, 15 million by 2016. We'll start with a 9:30 a.m.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. Executives insist the program is on track, generally speaking, and Chrysler will be ready to produce cars on time.

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JUNE 16, 2009

In the near-term (2011), lithium-ion batteries could grow to represent about 21% of the hybrid and EV advanced battery market, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman, President of Advanced Automotive Batteries and the organizer of last week’s Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009. If pushed too fast, it could backfire. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

during the conference Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (Therminic), 7-9 October in Leuven, Belgium. to help commercialize the advanced cooling system using microchannels for electronic components in hybrid and electric cars. The researchers also have published several related papers in peer-reviewed journals.

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APRIL 29, 2016

In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. —Matthias Müller.

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JUNE 3, 2014

Raymond Kilmer, executive vice-president and chief technology officer at Alcoa, and Aviv Tzidon, founder and CEO of Phinergy, are presenting the aluminum-air battery electric car project at the Canadian International Aluminium Conference (CIAC) in Montreal. kWh/kg of Al—second only to the Li-air battery (13.0 Earlier post.).

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MARCH 13, 2014

In conjunction with its annual media and investor conference, Volkswagen is staging a two-week (8 - 21 March) e-mobility event at Berlin-Tempelhof. earlier post ); and currently has two battery-electric passenger cars on the market (e-Up! TSI when “BluePower” (green electricity) is used. The e-Golf.

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