Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T expects to spend an estimated $350 million to purchase about 8,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles and approximately $215 million to begin replacing its passenger cars with alternative-fuel models, beginning with hybrids. AT&’s investment represents the largest US corporate commitment to CNG vehicles to date.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Oshkosh Corporation ran two Light Concept Vehicles (LCV) through the 43 rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race course in Mexico, 18-20 November; one crossed the finish line of the 1,061-mile desert course. The system can improve fuel economy by up to 40% over conventional powertrains in harsh terrain, according to Oshkosh.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. Increased availability of low cost carbon fiber can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel economy. Optodot Corporation. 1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Developing cost-effective technologies to improve new vehicle fuel efficiency and achieve or exceed corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards of 144 gCO 2 /mi (61.6 Broadly, VTO program activities are focused on achieving: Saving 1.4 million barrels per day); and. mpg) for cars and 203 gCO 2 /mi (43.7

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. These standard trucks used in the retrofit programme were models from 2000 or 2001 with 300,000-500,000 miles on the clock.

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Plug in America

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Working together, the EPA LDV emission and CAFE standards reduce demand for fossil fuels, save drivers money, and provide greater fuel security. Starting on January 1, the new and used EV tax credit will essentially convert into a point-of-sale rebate.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2009

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, has made an initial 20 unit commercial commitment for a series hydraulic drive system from Parker Hannifin. The hydraulic hybrid improves fuel economy in three ways: recovered braking energy; improved engine efficiency; and its engine-off feature.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Gasoline or E10 BOB would be premium-grade fuel for total coverage of legacy fleet. Would all tests be required on all fuels? What benefit would there be for certifying a new fuel? Would there be compensation for the lower energy content of the new fuel in fuel economy calculations?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

These “technology forcing” requirements, which direct manufacturers to phase-in sales of battery-electric vehicles or large transit fleets to buy zero-emission buses, have not resulted in the commercialization of zero-tailpipe emission vehicles as quickly as air quality regulators hoped or planned for.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

The system captures energy from braking, converts the energy to electricity, stores the electricity in lithium-ion batteries, and uses it to power the electric motor, which assists the MP7 diesel engine with propulsion of the truck. Earlier post.) The T370 Class 7 is powered by the PACCAR 6.7-liter Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The announcement was made to show that the USPS is committed to the fiscally responsible rollout of electric-powered vehicles for America’s largest federal fleet. The Postal Service also announced plans to achieve 70% fleet electrification within the decade. The Postal Service fleet makes up a third of the US government’s fleet.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

The Chanje vehicles have demonstrated greater than 50 MPGe fuel economy in city and highway driving when tested by independent third-parties. Chanje is a privately held US-registered corporation with technology and investment from its co-founding partner, Hong-Kong-based FDG Electric Vehicles Limited.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). We are the highest fuel economy of any hybrid, of any gasoline car without a plug sold in the US. Design objectives included: Fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

Carbon fiber currently is produced by converting a carbon-containing polymer precursor fiber to pure carbon fiber through a carefully controlled series of heating and stretching steps. Growing demand from the automotive industry is due in large part to the global push to increase the fuel economy of nearly every vehicle produced.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). We are the highest fuel economy of any hybrid, of any gasoline car without a plug sold in the US. Design objectives included: Fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

According to its estimates, adopting the full combination of improved technologies in medium and large cars and pickup trucks with spark-ignition engines could reduce fuel consumption by 29% at an additional cost of $2,200 to the consumer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

When electric torque is blended with engine torque, the stored energy is used to improve fuel economy and vehicle performance and is suited for stop-and-go applications. The APG option converts high-voltage DC current from the battery to 115-volt AC current that can be used by any number of tools on the job site.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.). mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Lifecycle fuel costs, including oil and gas extraction and refinery processing from the industrial sector, add more than 10 additional percentage points, making the transportation sector responsible for almost half of all greenhouse gas emissions in the state on a full lifecycle basis.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

Bloomberg also said that “Integrating the use of plug-in technologies with the City’s already successful alternative fuel vehicle efforts will allow us to further improve upon our past successes, adding to our arsenal of energy saving, low emission vehicles that benefit all New Yorkers.” 18% Alternative fuel hybrid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009.

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