Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2013

a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced a significant advancement in wireless technology, combining IBM software and Semtech hardware to create a system capable of transmitting data up to a distance of 15 km (9 miles), depending on the environment, with significantly improved ease-of-use.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

10,000 hours, the equivalent of 300,000 driven miles, is the point at which hydrogen fuel cell endurance is comparable to the best light-weight diesel engines under such test conditions. This approach significantly improves a PEM fuel cell’s durability and at the same time reduces the cost of a system. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

has a range of around 160 kilometers (99 miles) and can accommodate two people with luggage. In its total cost of acquisition and operation of the vehicle should be cheaper than a comparable gasoline engine, the partners said. miles) for a single battery charge. miles) in extended range. million (US$13.7

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved plans to proceed with the design of a unique environment for testing connected and automated vehicles. Current plans call for the facility to be completed by fall 2014 at a cost of about $6.5 —Peter Sweatman, director of the U-M Mobility Transformation Center (MTC).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2019

billion miles to be driven by UK cars. Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” Energy cost of metal production: This choice of vehicle comes with an energy cost too.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

Range’s electric-powered trailers hook up to any diesel-powered truck today, providing fleet owners 30-40% better fuel efficiency as they aim to meet new regulations and bring down their cost-per-mile. Range’s platform also works as a mobile power unit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2011

This results in a range increase of 30% to 50% in comparison to existing electric vehicles with four seats on the market today— 215 km (134 miles) urban and 135 km (84 miles) highway on the Artemis cycle. This results in a very flexible, programmable environment allowing different types of research to be executed.

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MARCH 25, 2021

To build the locomotive and demonstrate its operations in a real-world environment. To collect data during the demonstration period to provide insights into the performance, operations, and costs of this technology. The overall project goals and objectives are: To design a safe and reliable hydrogen fuel cell powered locomotive.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The Tata Indica Vista EVX completed the 58-mile journey from Brighton to London at an energy cost of £1.35 (US$2.18). This would give a vehicle range, in typical real-world driving conditions, of approximately 160 miles (258 km). Tata Indica Vista EVX at RAC Future Car Challenge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

Though the Postal Service now says at least 40% of the new delivery vehicles will be electric, the flaws in the USPS environmental analysis remain and need to be addressed, said Woody, a research area specialist at the Center for Sustainable Systems, which is part of the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability. Craig, and Gregory A.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Customer interest is growing quickly in Con Edison’s PowerReady program, which offers incentives covering up to 100% of the infrastructure costs of installing new chargers. Level 2 chargers provide 240 volts, offering up to 20 miles of range for every hour a vehicle is plugged in. Curbside Charging.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2014

Carter noted that Toyota has reduced the cost of the fuel cell powertrain by 95% , and is confident it can reduce the cost further. In his talk, Carter acknowledged that US DOE estimates put the cost of hydrogen fuel initially higher than gasoline, but said that longer term the cost will come down and be more economical.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Building on this progress, the new projects will help further reduce the cost of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, expand fueling infrastructure and build a strong domestic supply chain in the United States. These projects include: Center for Transportation and the Environment ($3 million DOE investment): Based in Atlanta, Ga.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. Levelized cost of driving for current (2015, dark bars) and future (2025–2030, light bars) technology pathways.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

A new national poll of likely voters conducted by the Mellman Group found that 74% of likely voters favor having “ the federal government require the auto industry to increase average fuel efficiency…to 60 miles per gallon by the year 2025.” 88% said is was important for the US to take action now to increase fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

According to the survey, the combined consumer expectations in China, the United States, Europe, and Japan for EV range are two to three times (320 to 480 kilometers or 200 to 300 miles) the current market offering (160 kilometers or 100 miles) from major automotive manufacturers. gallon US). At 12 RMB a liter ($1.83/liter, liter, $10.80/gallon

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

These electric bus trials will be used to establish whether the technology can stand up to the rigors of operating in an intense urban environment such as London. They support a range of up to 100 miles (161 km) depending on operating conditions. The buses take around five hours to fully charge overnight using the 15.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

If you hold a BEV at a constant range of 100 miles, over time the cost of the battery pack comes down, she noted, and begins to converge to equal the replacement cost of the powerpack of a plug-in. However, she noted, that assumes that a 100-mile range is acceptable to the customers. Meeting the transportation need.

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JULY 11, 2012

By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. The proposed 2025 US standard would bring that down to 163 g/mile in MY 2025.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW. When these goals are met, the levelized cost of an all-electric vehicle with a 280-mile range will be comparable to that of an ICE vehicle of similar size. That would take a 55 kW system cost of $1,650 down to $440 and increase power density from 1.1

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Vehicle has completed significant road testing and delivers an expected range of 85 to 125 miles on a full charge. Based on the average cost of fuel in the US, the eMLU is expected to save $150,000-$200,000 in combined diesel fuel and maintenance savings.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Over the next 40 years, the study found, no single powertrain satisfies all key criteria for economics, performance and the environment. Combined with the increasing scarcity and cost of energy resources, it is therefore vital to develop a range of technologies that will ensure the long-term sustainability of mobility in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Opel says that its pricing scheme eliminates confusion by listing the total cost of the car and battery. For the first 40 - 80 kilometers (25 - 50 miles), depending on terrain, driving style, and temperature, power is supplied by the electricity stored in the 16-kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Motiv’s electric step vans have a range of up to 90 miles with a top speed of 60 mph; battery packs are available in 106 kWh or 127 kWh configurations. Our all-electric EPIC chassis have accumulated 500,000 real-world miles and are ideally suited to the USPS vehicle route characteristics. —Motiv CEO Jim Castelaz.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2011

Swim, Penn State professor of psychology and her colleagues report that growing consumption and growing population are two significant contributors to human impact on the environment. Swim and her colleagues reported that peoples’ perceptions of how their behavior affects the environment influences how they act.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The demand for new roads and the cost of expanding and maintaining the transportation system have increased with population and economic growth. User charges based on distance travelled and weight can closely approximate user responsibility for highway construction and maintenance costs. States use similar mechanisms.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

Preliminary estimates indicate that one such sphere could be built and deployed at a cost of about $12 million, Hodder says, with costs gradually coming down with experience. This could yield an estimated storage cost of about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour—a level considered viable by the utility industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2013

The Northern Gateway Pipeline is a proposed 1,170-kilometer (727-mile) twin pipeline from Edmonton, Alberta to Kitimat on the British Columbia coast. —BC Environment Minister Terry Lake. Northern Gateway’s West line, 36 inches in diameter, would transport an average of 525,000 barrels of oil sands crude per day to Kitimat.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). One surprise among their findings was that the electric truck had cost advantages over the diesel vehicle under some conditions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

These begin with an investment in carbon reduction projects via a partnership with 3Degrees to offset emissions created from e-Golf production, distribution and from the estimated emissions produced from keeping the vehicle charged through the initial 36,000 miles of its life. 3Degrees and carbon offsets.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

To cover the research and investment costs of the project, a MINI E would normally cost in the region of £550 (US$894) a month to lease, however part funding from the Government’s Technology Strategy Board means that the lease cost to MINI E pioneers is £330 (US$536) per month, which includes VAT, insurance, service and maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The industry has gone from drilling four wells per square mile to up to 16 using shorter, wider fracs. are stockpiling sand now, hoping to shield themselves from rising costs of the high-demand product, according to a recent Reuters report. In this environment, the new game is about quality and location. and Baker Hughes Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

This battery could be one-fourth the cost of current car batteries, and could nearly triple the distance electric vehicles could travel on a single charge. The DOE wants a battery that can power a car for 240 miles; we think we can exceed that. Energy Environ. Click to enlarge. Konezny, Aaron Shim, Robert H. Tucker, Michael C.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy Specifically: the current cost of high?energy miles in passenger vehicles and 435,000 miles for heavy?duty Most critical is the cost of the carbon fiber.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The vehicles also have trackers fitted so Mitsubishi can monitor how often they are charged, how many miles they cover and how often the cars are used on the road. The zero emission i-MiEV has a top speed of 81 mph and a range of 100 miles. A full charge takes around six hours and costs less than £1.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

A recent discussion paper published by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, concludes that significant penetration of electric cars into the US marketplace will only occur if the vehicles are competitive with conventional vehicles, not only on a cost basis, but also on an attribute basis.

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