Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

A study by a team from Ford Motor Company and AVL has concluded that a mid-level ethanol blend—greater than E20 but less than E40—appears to be attractive as a long-term future fuel for the US for use in engines optimized for the higher octane blend. These include: Lower energy content than that of gasoline. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is approving the use of E15 (15% ethanol and 85% gasoline) in its model year (MY) 2016 Chrysler/Fiat, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles. FCA’s decision to join GM and Ford provides clear evidence that the tide on E15 has turned.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded its Prize for the Environment to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Controlled Power Technologies and Valeo engineers for their paper HyBoost—An Intelligently Electrified Optimized Downsized Gasoline Engine Concept. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. Electrovan—a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell-powered GMC van. 24, page 55).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2010

Another interesting development : Ford is using Microsoft’s technology in its upcoming EV. Microsoft’s Hohm to Manage Ford’s Electric Cars. Ford CEO Alan Mulally announced the partnership Wednesday at the opening day of the New York International Auto Show. manage off-hours home electrical usage?

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

” Moore drove off from a Monday press conference in a Ford Mustang Mach-E, which was the Detroit-based automaker’s initial EV rollout several years ago. state to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035. The rule will receive an advisory review from a legislative committee.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Cackette was in effect suggesting that the future tailpipe emissions baseline (LEV III) for light duty passenger vehicles—both diesel and gasoline—was likely to be or to approximate CA SULEV/US Tier 2 Bin 2. We see dramatic downsizing and boosting [as] something that’s going to for gasoline engines especially. Robert Czarnowski.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Kihas and Borrelli accepted the award on behalf of the team at IEEE’s Conference on Decision Control held 10-13 December in Maui, Hawaii. OnRAMP has been used to complete development projects with OEMs such as Cummins, Daimler, MAN, Ford and others.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

version of its vehicle (a 2009 Ford Focus) but with fuel economy and CO 2 emissions approaching those of a Prius, according to David Boggs, Ricardo Technical Specialist, Engines, in a presentation at the recent 2011 Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research Conference (DEER) hosted by the Department of Energy in Detroit.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Ford about-face on hybrids a slap in the face to Big Enviro While consumers may be awakening to the need for plug-in cars and government conferences on the subject multiply, the automakers continue to send very mixed signals. Ford has now done an abrupt about face. Tags: Ford plug-in hybrid Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Ford is currently leading a €3.5-million Ford is currently leading a €3.5-million Further development of diesel and gasoline fuels now offers the chance of preventing the formation of hazardous exhaust gases directly at their origin, i.e. during combustion in the engine. million (US$3.9-million) Earlier post.). million (US$3.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is current considering a request to allow more than the current limit of 10% ethanol in gasoline to increase overall ethanol consumption in the US fuel pool. Earlier post.) The auto industry in principle is not opposed to the introduction of such mid-level blends (i.e., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2015

Lest we be too quick to forget whence we came, America is now 9-months into lower gasoline prices, which started their swoon the week of June 30, 2015 from a lofty national average just under $3.70, tumbling almost every subsequent week before bottoming and bouncing from $2.02 by Thomas Miller for Oilprice.com.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It also provides market development support, such as hosting webinars, sponsoring conferences, etc. BMW-Toyota, Daimler-Ford-Nissan, and Honda-GM. This is on par with gasoline internal combustion vehicles. In September, for example, DOE presented a live webinar titled “ Introduction to SAE Hydrogen Fueling Standardization ”.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Ford’s multi-award-winning 1.0?liter liter EcoBoost gasoline engine acts as a range extender for total driving range exceeding 500 kilometers (310 miles), 2.7 Ford is also introducing a new Tourneo Custom Plug-In Hybrid eight-seat people-mover, utilizing the same advanced powertrain technology. kW electric motor powered by a 13.6

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

They reduce emissions, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce the upward pressures on gasoline costs. The Chevy Volt , a plug-in electric car, will have the battery power to take most American drivers to and from work every day without using any gasoline at all. Automakers are now on board.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

On June 11 and 12, the Brookings Institution and Google.org will host a conference entitled “ Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington ?” That time may have arrived now that gasoline prices have hit $4 a gallon or more." Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.); Event Summary Oil prices are at record highs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet. The CNG-Hybrid buses are heavy duty and larger than the current light duty Ford vehicles. Purchase gasoline-electric hybrid vans: Gasoline-electric hybrid vans will be purchased to replace gasoline-powered vans used by transit supervisors.

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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. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JULY 29, 2009

The conference room and hotel parking lot were also provided to help stage an Electric Vehicle Fiesta on Tuesday, July 28 th from 9 AM to noon. These included a factory-made 1998 Ford Ranger Electric Pickup truck, a Bombadier NEV, and vintage classic electric car provided by Lou Baker.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

At the UN climate conference in November 2021, six major automakers, including Ford and General Motors, pledged to stop selling new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040. Canada, the UK, France, Spain, the Nordic countries and California have also announced a phasing out of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The cars, two of which were produced in association with major OEMs (Ford and Hyundai/Kia), exhibit substantial environmental and fuel-efficient benefits through low-cost hybridization. The vehicles were part of the ALABC display at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC Europe 2015) held at the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The European Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC) is delivering a paper this week outlining the consortium’s approach to 48V hybridization at the 2 nd International Conference on Advanced Automotive 48V Power Supply Systems in Düsseldorf. —Allan Cooper.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 23, 2021

Audi Will Stop Developing Internal Combustion Engines – According to Audi CEO Marcus Duesmann, the automaker will not develop any new internal combustion engines, and will begin phasing out the current gasoline and diesel engines and replacing them with electric powertrains. – March 17, via Ford Authority. kWh battery pack.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. A few electric cars added to the mix will really boost that average, making things easier on the gasoline-powered side of the ledger.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

In other words, outside of the very best areas of the Eagle Ford, Bakken and Permian, the tight oil party is over because companies will lose money at forecasted oil prices for the next year. The world oil demand growth picture is discouraging despite an increase in US gasoline consumption (Figure 3). strong>Figure 3. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

These fuel choice-enabling vehicles are defined as flexible fuel vehicles capable of running on gasoline and on up to 85% alcohol-gasoline blends such as E85 or M85, as well as diesel vehicles warranted by its manufacturer to operate on biodiesel. The Open Fuel Standards Act ( H.R.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? 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. The enthusiasm for ethanol ("flex-fuel" cars use E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) is welcome.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. California Los Angeles, Ford Motor Company). Developing Tobacco as a Platform for Foliar Synthesis of High-Density Liquid Biofuels The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and its team will. develop tobacco plants with leaves that contain fuel. The tobacco will be. Research Center.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. One told me he was appalled when he learned that Ford, which lost billions last year, had staged a gala at the Hotel George V during the Paris auto show. The company itself is frugal.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. Planning background. An I3 architecture is also scheduled.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. SZ (1) 6753.T SZ (1) 6753.T

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 13, 2008

News of oil by the barrel and gas by the gallon reaching new highs had been dominating TV and print, so it was perhaps not surprising that the Google/Brookings Plug-in Electric Vehicle Conference saw overflow crowds. Bill Reinert of Toyota played the contrarian, forecasting a return, albeit temporary, to $2/gallon gasoline.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do The car is expected to cost around $40,000.

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