Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

GM announced that the first buyers of the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended-range capability will be eligible for one of 4,400 free home charging stations. The program will provide Volt owners with a 240-volt charge station from either ECOtality, Inc. In many cases, it will include the cost of home installation.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2014

There''s a little bit of everything today, from the cost of filling up with hydrogen to problems with Consumer Reports'' Tesla Model S test car, as well as a minor (but important) distinction for the Chevrolet Volt. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Yesterday, we ran a story sourced through Reuters, asking how much money GM was losing on every Chevy Volt it builds. The Reuters article was based on figures from several Michigan-based industry analysts, claiming that Chevy might be losing up to $49,000 on every Volt it makes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

The blower was developed in both a low- and high-voltage version with up to 800 volts. The project aims to reduce the currently still high manufacturing costs of these systems by using low-cost, space-saving components and a high level of integration.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2023

The lack of supply and high cost of iridium pose a major barrier for widespread adoption of PEM electrolyzers. volts (Nafion 115 membrane) or 4000 milliamperes per square centimeter at 3.00 volts (Nafion 212 membrane) and low degradation in an accelerated stress test. A paper on their work is published in Science.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 9, 2012

How much does it cost to charge your electric car? Do you know? That might initially sound like a simple enough question to answer, but in some homes--especially ones signed up to time of use electricity metering--it’s often far from straightforward to find an answer.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2021

Elon Musk recently hinted at a very welcome and simple update for Tesla’s vehicles, especially those which have already replaced their 12-volt batteries in the past. According to the CEO, Tesla would be looking into the idea of equipping older vehicles with a 12-volt lithium-ion battery, similar to the Model S Plaid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Simultaneously, with fuel prices surging as much as 20% in the last six months, and the cumulative costs of internal combustion engine-vehicle maintenance, drivers are increasingly turning to cost-effective electric auto-rickshaws as the modern and reliable vehicles of choice.

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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.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The 2012 Chevrolet Volt might cost nearly $5,000 cheaper to buy than the 2012 Nissan Leaf, but over the next five years, it might cost you less to run. At least, that’s the verdict of Kelley Blue Book (KBB) which crowned the 2012 Chevy Volt the electric choice in its inaugral Total Cost of Ownership awards.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Moreover, our battery team is already starting work on new concepts that will further decrease the cost of the Volt battery pack quite substantially in a second-generation Volt pack.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

based R&D platform lowers Xmart OS software adaptation costs by 85%, shortens voice software R&D cycle by 50% and reduces cost of voice assistant service by 50%, making the industry’s top smart cabin services available to every XPENG owner. 800 Volt High Voltage Silicon Carbide (SiC) Platform.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The Innolith proprietary liquid inorganic electrolyte can operate at up to 5 volts without degradation, unlike the Li-ion batteries in use today that are limited to 4.2 This is made possible through its high voltage, high conductivity, non-flammable electrolyte that also enables an improved temperature range of -40 ˚C to +60 ˚C.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Ford’s Transit Custom plug-in hybrid (PHEV) will make its show debut in production form, and the new Transit with a segment-first 48-volt mild hybrid (mHEV) powertrain. The mHEV system captures energy on deceleration in a 48-volt lithium-ion battery, and uses the stored energy to help drive the engine and electrical ancillaries.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Given the high cost of installing different infrastructure for different makes of car, that proved a not-inconsiderable impediment. When the first few thousand electric cars went on sale in California in the mid- to late 1990s, they used various different charging methods, each with its own dedicated charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2022

A $5-million research project led by North Carolina State University’s (NCSU’s) FREEDM Systems Center focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs) ( earlier post ) has been awarded an additional $200,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

With cars like the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf already on sale, plus a handful of startups either selling or building battery-powered cars on U.S. Sadly, the cost of entry to be a part of this revolution is still quite high, even with the myriad of state and federal.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Most will have 400-volt battery packs and up to 200 kW fast-charging capability while the electric truck platform will have 800-volt battery packs and 350 kW fast-charging capability. Motors designed in-house will support front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and performance all-wheel drive applications.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Perhaps stemming from unfamiliarity with the low cost of electricity and plug-in cars in general, the associations (HOAs) often assume that charging will somehow cause problems for other.'

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The 580 EV is powered by a 480-volt, 90 kWh lithium-ion battery pack that can be charged by any 220-volt/three-phase connection. Some utilities and contractors are incentivized to deploy electric equipment and vehicles in their fleets, providing even greater financial benefit and further lowering the total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

Camry hybrid) PHEV with a 4 kWh and an 8 kWh pack; and a series hybrid (extended-range electric vehicle, e.g., Volt) with a 12 kWh and a 16 kWh pack. Cost benefit analysis. Based on the results, Argonne also modeled out the cost-benefit of the different configurations. kWh and a fuel cost of $4/gallon, the HEV breaks even at 7.5

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 23, 2024

I recently wrote a review of my Tesla Model 3 reaching 100,000 miles, with detailed TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), and I stick by the conclusion that this car. Why is it that, often when you reach a milestone and you are really happy about it, things go bad afterwards?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

liter 4-cylinder 48-volt light commercial vehicle in challenging real-world conditions. The CO 2 reduction can be achieved at a cost of only €200 ($235 USD) per vehicle. The study validated that Tula’s Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) developed for mild-hybrid diesel vehicles reduced CO 2 emissions in a 2.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2009

The Gen 1 Volt 16 kWh pack, comprising more than 200 cells grouped into modules. They also delivered an update on the progress of the Volt’s development cycle. Undertray of the Volt, showing the integration of the T-. The current state of the Volt. Undercarriage of the Volt during the 35 mph crash test.

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EV Adoption

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

To install 4-180 kW chargers can easily cost roughly $500,000-$800,000 depending on the hardware chosen. With the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill grants covering up to 80% of the cost of charging infrastructure projects, that means that a charging location with 8-180 kW chargers can easily cost taxpayers $1 million.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Several states offer tax incentives to reduce the upfront cost of PEVs to consumers. The District of Columbia has a tax credit of 50% of the incremental cost of an EV, up to $19,000. For instance, DTE Energy in Michigan offers customers discounted electricity rates at off-peak hours if they install a 240-volt Level 2 charger.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

They have an 800-volt modular, liquid-cooled battery system with up to 640 kilowatt-hours of energy that provides roughly 200 miles of real-world range and can be charged fully in three hours via DC fast charging. Electric motorcoaches to be offered by ABC Companies include both touring coach and high-capacity double-deck coaches.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

The tool grew out of a class assignment in which Professor Suh had students compare two vehicles—one having a conventional gas engine and the other a high-efficiency engine—in terms of their total lifetime costs. that savings from the higher fuel efficiency would not be enough to offset the higher upfront cost of the vehicle).

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Tesla said in its Shareholder Deck for the quarter that the upgrades were implemented to “enable further unit cost reductions” that would decrease the money it spent to build a vehicle. During the quarter, the cost of goods sold per vehicle decreased to roughly $37,500, it said. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

GM is hosting a webchat today at 11am EDT with Volt vehicle line director Tony Posawatz, ECOtality CEO Don Korner and Coulomb executive director Marc Carlson to answer questions about the EV home charging announcement made yesterday. The program will provide Volt owners with a 240-volt charge station from either ECOtality, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

SiC Schottky diodes are available in 600 Volts (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12 A), in both TO-220 and DPAK packages, and in 1200 V products (2, 5, 8, 10, and 15 A) in TO-220 package. In quantities of 10,000 pieces, third generation SiC Schottky diodes with a blocking voltage of 600 Volts (3 A) are priced at €0.61 (US $ 0.85, ) per unit.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2010

The lithium-ion battery pack for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles officially went into volume production today.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2022

Patented zero-volt safe transport and storage. Low cost – total cost of ownership already comparable to lead-acid with potential for further reductions in costs. Sodium is the sixth-most abundant element on the planet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The new Indy fleet vehicles will include 100% electric models, such as the Nissan LEAF, as well as plug-in hybrid models like the Chevrolet Volt and the Ford Fusion Energi, which offer extended range. The Indy fleet would be the largest municipal fleet of electrified vehicles in the US.

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Teslarati

JULY 20, 2021

The Department’s Dodge Charger eclipsed this cost by $6,755, as the combustion engine vehicle had costs of $7,580 for routine gas and maintenance. While the Model 3 police cruiser that Bargersville Police chose to purchase costs $14,500 more than the Charger, the costs will offset in just a couple of years.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

NEC Energy Solutions, along with NEC Corporation, has announced production availability of the Li-ion ALM 12V35 product line of 12-Volt batteries utilizing Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4 ) technology from A123 Systems. The ALM 12V35 batteries are drop?in Compatibility with most popular lead acid battery chargers.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2016

The derivative of the first-generation Chevrolet Volt was intended to sell at a higher price, to help recoup some of the development costs of the Voltec plug-in hybrid technology. After a long and tortured development process and a short life, GM has quietly euthanized its Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe.

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