Creative Greenius

AUGUST 12, 2009

Here’s a few shots from yesterday first full day of the Plug-In 2009 conference in Long Beach, California. He charges his Mini-E it from the power his rooftop solar system generates. I’ll be back there today for more Greenius coverage to be published later this week.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

We have TWO reports from guest bloggers who attended the Aptera in the Wild EVent Thursday night at Smooth’s Sports Grille in Long Beach, CA. Also embedded below is a recent Aptera 2e demo ride video (with founder Steve Fambro) from the 2009 TED conference (held in Long Beach, CA) recently uploaded by Aptera forum member Josh.

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Aptera Long Beach 2009 Personal 100

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

The BP-supported team that races a Mazda-powered Lola prototype made history last fall when it became the first race car ever to race (unclassified) using isobutanol. He has a collective 14 wins in the world’s top endurance classics: the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Paul Drayson.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2023

The final event took place last November in Long Beach, Calif., XPrize Foundation The competition showcased the power of humans paired with robotic systems, transporting our experience and adaptability to a remote location. where 17 teams from around the world competed for US $8 million in prize money.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

At the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 in Long Beach, Dr. Uwe Wiedemann from Mercedes-Benz Cars/Development, Hybrid Systems & Components, presented an overview of the design of the system and components, with a particular emphasis on managing the small 0.8 Power electronics. Earlier post.) kWh Li-ion pack.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2009

The company made the announcement at the Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, CA. In response to requests from utilities and research institutions, GridPoint has expanded the software’s data capture to include average power factor, battery pack voltage and other advanced performance information.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

Enova brought its Ze (zero emissions) commercialized all-electric step-van to the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach. The Ze electric drive system. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Plug-in school bus. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2009

Peter Miller, Director of Ricardo’s Electrical/Electronic Engineering efforts, provided an overview of the project at the recent Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 (AABC 2009) in Long Beach. They are self-powered from cells being monitored. VTBM boards can do active or passive balancing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

Jeon Oh, SK Energy’s Leader, Corporate R&D Center/HEV Battery Project, provided an update on the company’s Li-ion automotive battery activities at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 this week in Long Beach. power density, W/kg. power density, W/kg. energy density, Wh/L. PHEV Cells. SK PHEV Packs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The Dow Chemical Company announced the transfer to Dow of collective assets from HPL (High Power Lithium).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

PICC says that its system also can recoup more regenerative power from braking than a factory-installed Prius battery. A Prius equipped with PICC’s third-generation NiMH conversion kit is on display at the 2009 Advanced Automotive Battery and EC Capacitor Conference, at the Long Beach Convention Center.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

the developer of the NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission ( earlier post ), introduced a new suite of automotive- and truck-related applications for the NuVinci CVP, referred to as continuously variable accessory drives (CVADs), at the Clean Heavy Duty Conference and Expo in Long Beach, Calif.

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Fuel Economy Long Beach Gasoline-Electric Engine 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

PLC=Power Line Communications. The emerging smart grid system is characterized by three elements, Bellino noted: A sensor system to determine the current state of the grid; An intelligent power management system to determine and to communicate the desired state of the system to the smart loads; and. Source: GM. Click to enlarge.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Synovate Motoresearch presented some very interesting survey results at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference in Long Beach, CA last week, as reported in MIT's Technology Review. Simply put, as the first sentence of the article states, [W]hen consumers understand what plug-in hybrids are, they want them. Wonder why?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

Utility partnership and renewable power generation. Prior to his current position, Tinskey led Ford’s product planning and product management activities for hybrids and for developing and implementing the electric vehicle strategy announced last January ( earlier post ). Ford is a little bearish on the concept of V2G at this point, he said.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

Aymeric Rousseau, program manager at Argonne, presented a small slice of this wide study at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 (AABC) this week in Long Beach. These were compared to a conventional HEV, using the same hybrid drive as the power split PHEV, and a conventional combustion engine vehicle.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

Hummer cars are known to have previously achieved as little as 12mpg, but thanks to Raser Technologies; who are currently exhibiting the new Hummer at the Plug-In Conference 2009, until Wednesday, 12 August at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California; the reputation of the Hummer could be on the mend.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

The D3 design allows multiple remote EV charging dispensers to be connected to a single Rhombus power control system (PCS), significantly reducing total electric vehicle support equipment (EVSE) costs for fleet EV deployments. The dispenser is available for immediate ordering.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. She lives in a solar powered house and drives an electric car. Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference. I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The results, which efficiently utilize the full potential of the GPU, are being presented at the 2017 NIPS Conference in Long Beach, California. To exploit the massive compute power of GPUs, data needs to be stored inside the GPU memory in order to access and process it. IBM’s goal to offer DuHL as a service in the cloud.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The additional funding will cover demonstration projects of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and range-extended hybrid electric/natural gas heavy-duty drayage trucks operating at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The money is an augmentation to an existing Energy Commission award of $750,000, conferred in February 2010.

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Alternative Fuels California Fuel Energy 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Regulating the operating temperature of a battery pack is essential because it affects performance (power and capacity), charge acceptance (during regenerative braking), lifespan, safety, and vehicle operating and maintenance expenses. Accuracy is better than 3%. Measure round-trip energy efficiency (i.e.,

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. Fortunately there are companies at the Plug-In Conference who exceed expectations and one of them is Coulomb out of Campbell, California. Get to know Coulomb they make the CHARGEPOINT charging stations and they make them good.

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i-MiEV 2009 Plug-in Volt 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Bill Ford began talking about the future of personal mobility in the context of ever-increasing congestion last year at the TED2011 conference in Long Beach. They operate on more than a million lines of code and have more processing power than many of today’s laptops. —Bill Ford.

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