Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Mass reduction directly improves fuel economy and is especially important to electric and alternative powertrains. We utilized a tie rod made from aluminum tube with steel end pieces for the Baja SAE off-road competition in Kansas and Illinois. —Glenn Daehn. The new design results in a weight saving of over 55%.

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Ohio Universal Light Vehicles 210

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2023

Vehicles approved by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can be found by going to the fuel-economy offshoot of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website. Though, perhaps more interesting, is seeing Rivian's electric trucks (the R1S and R1T) losing their eligibility — despite the vehicles themselves being assembled in Illinois.

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Tax Credit Tax North America Chevrolet 77

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety.

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2016 Ford Manufacturer Energy 256

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2013

Loans awarded were: Ford Motor Company, $5.907 billion, Sep 2009: to upgrade factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio and to introduce new technologies to raise the fuel efficiency of more than a dozen popular vehicles. DOE has made five loans worth $8.4 billion and used $3.3

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Manufacturer Vehicles Missouri 2010 257

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

However, increased dilution leads to increased combustion instability resulting in reduced fuel-economy benefits. Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bernardi (University of Illinois). This limits the practical range of operation in real-world applications. 75,000,000 (Oak Ridge).

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Engine GM Ford 2014 335

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Illinois Institute of Technology. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Improving Network-wide Fuel Economy and Enabling Traffic Signal Optimization Using Infrastructure and Vehicle-based Sensing and Connectivity. Developing an Energy-Conscious Traffic Signal Control System for Optimized Fuel Consumption in Connect Vehicle Environments. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

This should also serve as an important reminder that whatever size tire you have, keeping the inflation at the manufacturer’s suggested rating is also critical to maximizing fuel economy. On its road to its record range, Lucid developed a 900-volt battery system with a proprietary battery management system and miniaturized drive units.

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Range Miles EPA San Francisco 66

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000. The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

billion to Ford Motor Company to transform factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio to produce more fuel efficient models. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed on its loan offer of $5.9 Earlier post.). The program was appropriated $7.5

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Ford Companies Motor Motors 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2009

A team of seven drivers prepared for the challenge by learning a few mileage-maximizing techniques, most of which can be used in any vehicle to improve fuel economy, but are especially useful in the Fusion Hybrid where the driver can take advantage of pure electric energy at speeds below 47 mph.

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Fusion Miles Ford Gas 231