Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The 2023 Ford Escape SUV Plug-In Hybrid model targets an EPA-estimated range of 37 miles in electric-only mode. In Auto EV mode, the vehicle decides whether to run on gas or electric power. In EV Now mode, drivers can operate on all-electric driving. Escape Plug-in Hybrid has a Level 1 / Level 2 AC charging port.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This will support an all-new F-Series Super Duty pickup being built at Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville. As part of the Ford+ plan for growth and value-creation, Ford Motor Company is investing $700 million in new investment and creating 500 additional hourly manufacturing jobs in Kentucky.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

Consolidated Metco, a leading global supplier of components to the commercial vehicle market, and Protean Electric, the manufacturer of ProteanDRIVE in-wheel motors, are partnering to develop an electric in-wheel drive system to provide hybrid-electric solutions for the medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 3, 2021

Taking a successful Joint Development effort to the next level 20 ampere hour (Ah) multi-layer all solid-state batteries in production 100 Ah cells for automotive vehicle integration in 2022 Automotive-compatible all solid-state battery by the end of the decade – BMW demonstrator vehicle well before 2025 Louisville, Colorado, USA.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2024

Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability. The remaining third of workers will remain on-site. The new F-150 Lightning units were held for a quality review.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has selected BAE Systems to supply electric power and propulsion systems for its transit buses. BAE Series-ER (Electric Range) systems will operate on 68 transit buses and support designated green zone routes throughout San Francisco that are free of emissions.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

In a press release on Friday, the UAW threatened to put the site’s roughly 9,000 workers on strike next week, saying that Ford has failed to reach a local agreement with UAW Local 862 at Louisville Assembly even after more than five months since the contract deadline. As a result, the union has set a strike deadline for 12:01 a.m.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Due to the eliminated stand-alone primer application and dedicated oven—both reducing the paint booth size—Ford saves electricity from the blowers that circulate massive volumes of air through paint booths, and reduces its use of natural gas needed to heat the air and ovens. and Louisville Assembly Plant, Louisville, Ky.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The BMW Group is partnering with Solid Power , a developer of solid-state rechargeable batteries, in a joint effort to develop Solid Power’s solid-state batteries for electric vehicle applications. Collaborating with BMW is further validation that solid-state battery innovations will continue to improve electric vehicles.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Team Explorer, the SubT Challenge entry from CMU and Oregon State University, is in the last stage of preparation for the competition this month inside the Mega Caverns cave complex in Louisville, Kentucky. Explorer ] Team CERBERUS is looking good for the SubT Final next week, too. Introducing BLK2FLY: Autonomous Flying Laser Scanner.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

University of Louisville, and 23 others. A team led by the University of Louisville will develop and refine a “layerwise certification standard” for additive manufacturing. NAAMII: Holistic Approach to Solving Measurement Science Challenges in Additive Manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Sunline Transit Agency, in partnership with the Southern California Association of Governments, will receive funding to build and deploy five hydrogen electric hybrid fuel cell buses. The charging station has emergency power generation capability, providing power to the electric bus fleet during power outages.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Louisville, Colo.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

DARPA SubT Finals – September 21-23, 2021 – Louisville, KY, USA WeRobot 2021 – September 23-25, 2021 – [Online Event] IROS 2021 – September 27-1, 2021 – [Online Event] ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Paper ] via [ UC Berkeley ] Thanks, Robert!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Escape, which debuted the world’s first hybrid SUV in 2005, brings back two hybrid choices for 2020—a standard hybrid and a plug-in variant—and introduces technologies ranging from drive modes and driver-assist features to electric vehicle ingenuity and on-board connectivity. Vehicles are due to reach showrooms this fall.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight US cities. Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

A total of nearly $5 million will be provided by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems America (Basking Ridge, NJ), the University of Kentucky, the Electric Power Research Institute, the Kentucky Department of Energy Development and Independence, and the Carbon Management Research Group.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said in March 2021 that it would invest $5 billion into potential electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing sites in North America. Ford declined to comment but is relevant as it operates two vehicle assembly plants in Louisville, Kentucky. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

of Louisville, Colo., The current annual rechargeable battery market is estimated at $12 billion and is anticipated to grow to $20 billion by 2020 to meet demands in consumer electronics, electric vehicles and military, aerospace and industrial applications. The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Solid Power Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

billion for Ohio Assembly (with some of that going toward electric vans); $1.2 billion for Louisville Assembly (with some slated for new EVs and hybrid models of existing cars); $1 billion in Kansas City Assembly; and $900 million set aside to maintain localized F-Series production.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

The new product, designed to complement batteries, was first displayed in March at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. Unlike batteries, which produce and store energy by means of a chemical reaction, Maxwell ultracapacitor products store energy in an electric field. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

Applications for the loan program have included vehicles running on electricity, biofuels, and advanced combustion engines, and were submitted by both car and component makers, US automakers, US manufacturing subsidiaries of non-US-based companies, major US auto parts suppliers, and startups. Nissan will receive $1.6 Nissan will receive $1.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award approximately $36 million to 22 projects to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. Princeton University. Long-Life Rechargeable Alkaline Battery for EVs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

.; Colorado Association for Manufacturing & Technology; Cray; Dassault Systems; Deere & Company; DMG Mori; Evolved Analytics LLC; General Dynamics - Ordnance & Tactical Systems; General Electric; Haas Automation; Honeywell; Illinois Tool Works; Imagecom Inc. Aspire 3D); International TechneGroup Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

Under the federal stimulus plan, the Obama administration has set aside $2 billion for electric drive vehicle battery and component manufacturing projects. Alliance members would have the ability to run trials to demonstrate and validate their own technology on a cost-share basis with the rest of the alliance. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

The company’s air system includes international air hubs in Cologne, Germany; Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai; Miami (to serve Latin America), an intra-Asia hub in the Philippines; and UPS Worldport, the Louisville, Ky., four-million-square-foot heart of UPS’s global air network. Click to enlarge. UPS Sustainability Report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.) The 2.866 million square-foot plant was built in 1957.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company today announced that it is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a green manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Talking extreme era to Ford employees at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fain complained about one usual for the company category and some other for familiar employees. As well as, he famous, the automakers are all set to let fall a slew of pristine electrical cars that may be not on time via a collision.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 12, 2022

The 2022 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, powered by a 2.5-liter liter non-turbocharged, I4 engine and two electric motors producing a total system 266 horsepower. That number jumps to 78 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when looking at the car’s electric power. The way to Lincoln.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2014

General Electric Aviation (Aerojet Rocketdyne; B6 Sigma, Inc.; CDI Corporation; Honeywell Aerospace; Pan Computing LLC; Penn State University; United Technologies Research Center; and the University of Louisville). Concurrent Technologies Corporation; General Electric; and Robert C. Lincoln Electric Company; rp+m, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2014

Walmart showcased its Walmart Advanced Vehicle Experience (WAVE) at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky. Range extending hybrids are a synergy between electric trucks and series hybrids, and their design reduces the energy storage size required for trucks to run on batteries alone. Component Electrification.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

The smaller scale of the aluminum-sulfur batteries would also make them practical for uses such as electric vehicle charging stations, Sadoway says. Sadoway is formally the Chief Scientific Advisor. The work was supported by the MIT Energy Initiative, the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, and ENN Group.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

It is noted that rail is among the cleanest and most energy efficient passenger transportation modes and a network using new diesel or electric power can further enhance its advantages. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville). Empire Corridor (New York City, Albany, Buffalo).

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world , the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. Due to heavy investment costs, Ford’s all-electric arm lost $2.1 The strike also could cause a fragile parts supply base to collapse, he said. "The billion by the end of 2023.

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