Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Providing basic information on electric vehicles increases interest in the vehicles—the study showed 21% of consumers were more likely to purchase an electric vehicle after being educated about the facts on the vehicles. Only 30% of New Yorkers are knowledgeable about the specific benefits and limitations of electric vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2024

Sustainability and Legislation In the era of sustainability and corporate responsibility, choosing vehicles that align with environmental regulations can bolster your company’s image and long-term viability. However, used vehicles can offer substantial savings, particularly when purchased through certified pre-owned programs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Eliminate state sales tax on vehicle purchase; Commit/fund government fleet purchases (200 vehicles). Provide incentives for vehicle purchasers (see above - $2,500/16 kWh vehicle) and charging equipment and installation (see above - up to $3,000/home; $30,000/other site with 10 charging ports). City and County Governments.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Renesas Electronics Corporation has introduced a new all-in-one Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) view solution kit. Both will be available for purchase from online retailers, in addition to Renesas sales companies and agents.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

has signed a definitive agreement to purchase EaglePicher Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EaglePicher Corporation, for $171.9 million to develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. OM Group, Inc., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Valero Energy Corporation intends to permanently shut down its Delaware City, Delaware refinery due to financial losses caused by very poor economic conditions, significant capital spending requirements and high operating costs. Valero Delaware City Refinery. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

Domestic and global trends in energy security and corporate responsibility have encouraged many public- and private-sector organizations to commit to adopting biobased aviation fuels. Biorefineries and airlines have demonstrated significant interest by signing long-term purchase agreements.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Bloom Energy Corporation staged a high-profile event announcing the availability of the Bloom Energy Server, a patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for distributed power generation. With low cost ceramic materials, and extremely high electrical efficiencies, SOFCs can deliver attractive economics without relying on CHP.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 16, 2021

The Electric Highway Coalition—made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority—announced a plan to enable EV drivers seamless travel across major regions of the country through a network of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs).

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EV Connect

MAY 10, 2021

As an approved network provider in the program, EV Connect helped install more than 300 charging ports in cities such as Fontana, CA, resorts such as the Marriott Palm Desert Springs Villa and corporate headquarters such as Panda Restaurant Group.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Change in total consumer expenditure for EVs and conventional vehicles (CVs) purchased in 2030 over the vehicle lifetime for 20% and 100% EV adoption scenarios. A negative value means the case has a lower TCE than the reference case. Credit: ACS, Choi et al. Click to enlarge. respectively relative to the reference case with no EVs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. to ensure that consumers purchasing the fuel are accurately charged. Subtopic 2a: Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. Innovative Hydrogen Delivery Pipeline Manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2015

Through these demonstrations, fleets will gain operational experience and the project can collect data to provide validation for AFV purchases. Based on this data, the project will perform analyses and create case studies to reveal cost-and fuel-saving opportunities relative to conventional vehicle models.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2022

The vehicles typically utilized in the states are purchased from overseas stock and stripped-down to the basics. The add-on electronics package introduces a suite of low-cost solutions designed to mitigate collisions with hazards while deterring theft, abuse, and misuse of rental scooters. . ($70,000).

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Those difficulties in the consumer area led to a corporate pretax loss of $28.9 Zenith has not officially confirmed that its television business is on the auction block, confining itself merely to the statement that it is examining “all options to restore corporate profitability to a satisfactory level.” Daewoo Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Municipal fleet electrification.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

manufacturing advocacy group, the Alliance for American Manufacturing, this month warned low-cost Chinese cars and parts could threaten the viability of auto companies in the U.S. The group called on Washington to block the import of low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico to prevent an "extinction-level event" for the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

Leading motor manufacturer Nidec Corporation will form a joint venture with GAC Components Co., GAC Components and Nidec, realizing the strategic importance of traction motors in the future automobile industry, have agreed to collaborate to produce low-cost, high-efficiency traction motors for Guangzhou Automobile Group.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2009

According to Marcero, who is part of the firm’s Corporate Advisory and Restructuring Services team based in Southfield, Mich., Grant Thornton LLP is the US member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global audit, tax and advisory organizations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

a synthetic biology company developing fermentation-derived drop-in renewable fuels and chemicals ( earlier post ), for a purchase price of up to $61.5 LS9’s technology platform can utilize diverse feedstocks including conventional corn and cane sugars, low-cost crude glycerin from biodiesel production, and cellulosic sugars.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2016

United has agreed to purchase up to 15 million gallons of sustainable biofuel from AltAir Paramount over a three-year period. AltAir retrofitted portions of the Paramount Petroleum Corporation—a subsidiary of Alon USA Energy—refinery in Paramount, California, to create a 35-million gallon per year advanced renewable fuel unit.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. It is not how can we get low cost capital to take more risk. It is how do we lower the risk so low cost capital can participate. What is the PTC and why does it matter?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

The BUSolutions demonstrator LCO-140H (Low Cost of Ownership–1 st 40-foot Hybrid) series hydraulic hybrid transit bus yields fuel economy of 6.9 The four main areas of focus for reducing the lifecycle cost of the new bus were purchase price; fuel economy; scheduled maintenance; and unscheduled maintenance.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Most Chinese buyers also are purchasing cars for the first time and have not developed particular preferences. " One key move GM is counting on to make the Volt more affordable in China is government incentives, whether they are cash incentives for customers or subsidies for fleet purchases by government agencies.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Under his direction, the design team became as compact and efficient as the Macintosh was to be—a group of engineers working at a distance from all the meetings and paper-pushing of the corporate mainstream.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

Mascoma Corporation has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass. This is a true breakthrough that takes us much, much closer to billions of gallons of low cost cellulosic biofuels. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. Department of Energy has purchased an F3DM to take the battery apart. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost. The initial production cost of the Commodore 64 was targeted at $130; it turned out to be $135. The computer would use the same case as the VIC-20 and the same-sized circuit board, to speed development.

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