Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2016

Today, BMW debuts an energy-storage system that uses i3 electric car batteries, a Mercedes-Benz electric SUV concept is expected for the 2016 Paris Motor Show, and the Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is pulled form the U.S. BMW will use i3 electric-car batteries for home energy storage. for the 2017 model year.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Today, we look at why more SUVs and crossovers don't offer hybrid powertrains, Faraday Future scales back production plans, and three battery energy-storage sites come online in California, including one from Tesla. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See the Lucid Air electric luxury sedan hit the road in this new video.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

The new EQB (length/width/height: 4684/1834/1667 millimeters) is closely related to two models in particular: to the EQA, whose advanced drive technology it shares, and to the GLB compact SUV. A battery guard in the front area of the battery is able to prevent the energy storage unit from being pierced by foreign objects.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2019

Audi’s sporty top model of the Q family, the SQ8 TDI SUV coupé, features a biturbo V8 TDI diesel that delivers 435 metric hp, 900 NN·mm (663.8 In the WLTP cycle, the large SUV coupe consumes an average of 7.8 A compact lithium-ion battery with an energy capacity of 0.5 kWh serves as its energy storage unit.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2022

Jaguar is using repurposed batteries from I-Pace electric SUVs to support its Formula E racing program. Used I-Pace form the basis for the Off-Grid Energy Storage System (ESS) developed by portable-generator company Pramac.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Grid 168

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Ricardo Kinergy high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system. Such potential applications range from small, price-sensitive mass-market passenger cars to large luxury SUVs, buses and trucks. Click to enlarge. Cutaway of the FLYBUS with Kinergy system. Click to enlarge. The £1-million (US$1.7-million)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the first member of its EQ electric vehicle line-up: the new Mercedes-Benz EQC crossover SUV. The EQC is classed as a crossover SUV. The extended roofline and window layout with a low waistline and the coupé-like roof recess at the rear visually position it between an SUV and an SUV coupé.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, also announced another all-electric compact SUV: the EQB, which will be available in China from 2021. The energy storage unit is surrounded by a stable frame that can absorb energy.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Lucid is going for range numbers that will top all other electric SUVs with its upcoming Gravity. Flywheel energy storage may be used to help charge rental cars in New York. And a major annual survey again finds that hybrids are more reliable than EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, have repurposed end-of-life electric vehicle batteries as small energy storage systems (ESS) for off-grid locations in developing countries or isolated communities. We are now looking for support to allow these new units to be further developed and tested in remote or off grid locations.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 19, 2023

It’s also the first to implement site-wide alternative fuel vehicles, on-site renewable energy generation, energy storage equipment, and employee EV charging stations. If the standard 4-person compact SUV drives on average 15,000 miles per year with an average MPG of 25.5, megawatt-hours of on-site battery storage.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

billion in electrified vehicles by 2022, including an all-new Mustang-inspired fully electric SUV in 2020 with range of 300 miles and an all-electric F-150 in a few years. Ford is investing more than $11.5 An F-150 Hybrid also arrives next year.

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Ford F-150 Batteries Battery 280

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

It will do so by improving lithium-ion battery technology on its forthcoming second generation of electric cars, starting with the company’s first SUV on a completely new electric-only technology base.

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Volvo Batteries Battery Energy 321

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2019

The two parties will jointly develop sedans and low-floor SUVs as well as the onboard batteries for these vehicles and others with the aim to launch them in the Chinese market under the Toyota brand in the first half of the 2020s. BYD Company Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

The increase in the e-SUV globally and electric pickup truck segment in North America, for example, will likely increase battery sizes and thus battery demand. Demand for other home, consumer and energy storage products will also increase the need for gigawatt hour capacity.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

The two companies are engaged in a feasibility study regarding the utilization of battery technology to facilitate the transition to clean energy in India, with the aim of finalizing details of their collaboration by summer this year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

More than ten will be fully electric passenger cars—throughout all segments, from the smart to the large SUV. Accumotive is producing drive batteries for electro- and plug-in hybrid vehicles and also batteries for the stationary Mercedes-Benz energy storage as well as for the 48-volt-system.

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Batteries Battery Mercedes Thailand 268

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Series production of the EQ with a range of up to 500 kilometers (311 miles) will start within this decade in the SUV segment. The Kamenz site started producing Li-ion batteries for Mercedes-Benz and smart iin 2012, and recently added the production of stationary energy storage systems.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Mercedes 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The vehicles were separated into two categories: sedans, which also includes hatchbacks and other small cars, and SUVs, which includes vans and utility vehicles. For the report, Lux collected data on 64 model year 2019 BEVs to build a data set on BEV range and performance. —Anthony Schiavo, Senior Analyst at Lux.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

First in the pipeline is an all-new battery electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) that will enter production in late 2018. Based in Yixing, China, it is primarily engaged in the design, development and manufacture of electrical systems, battery manufacturing and technologies for transportation and energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The production model will be based on the EQ show car—an 500-km (311-mile) range electric vehicle in the look of a sporty SUV Coupé—that was presented at the Mondial de l’Automobile 2016 in Paris in September. The product brand EQ is an elementary part of the corporate strategy for future mobility bundled under the term CASE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design. Flexibility: GM’s all-new global platform is flexible enough to build a wide range of trucks, SUVs, crossovers, cars and commercial vehicles with outstanding design, performance, packaging, range and affordability.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

In India, BYD currently retails three all-electric passenger vehicles – the recently launched Seal sedan , the Atto 3 SUV , and the e6 MPV. Its business covers electric passenger cars, battery energy storage, electric buses, electric trucks, electric forklifts, and electronics.

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EV Central

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hot high-performance electric flagship Alfa Romeo SUV on way to battle Porsche Cayenne and BMW iX Better still, sodium-ion batteries (Tiamat prototyopes pictured top) are said to be faster to charge, safer to use, with much less chance of the catastrophic thermal runaway conventional batteries occasionally suffer.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 8, 2023

Bidirectional EV charging, coming soon to GM electric pickup trucks, SUVs, and Cadillacs. What is missing from this picture?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Ltd will stage the European premiere of two electric vehicles at the upcoming 2011 Geneva International Motor Show in March: the updated pure-electric vehicle 2012 e6-Eco and the independent 4WD dual-mode electric SUV S6DM. Environmentally-friendly energy storage. China-based BYD Co., gasoline engine.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Features such as alternative energy sources, backup power systems and energy storage solutions must be present in these locations. Elevated Charging Stations Less than 20 inches of water can sweep away cars, SUVs and trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Lexus is pricing the new 2018 RX 450hL three-row hybrid SUV—announced at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2017—with a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $50,620—$1,550 more than its gasoline-engined RX 350L AWD three-rowed sibling. The RX 450hL is set to go on sale at dealers in April.

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Lexus Nickel Metal Hydride Hybrid Price 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2014

A 13 kWh Li-ion battery pack provides energy storage. The Qin is only the first of multiple of BYD electric vehicles launching as the electric version of the S7-styled SUV—internally named the Tang—is set to be released later this year. The Qin combines a 1.5-liter, The system uses a 6-speed DCT transmission.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 7, 2023

With the new Electra 5, GM banks on Buick brand to add high end SUV sizzle to its electric car sales in China.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

From electric motorcycles to electric SUVs to electric semi trucks to hydrogen planes, below is a roundup of electric vehicle news from the past day, as well as a few other cleantech stories. Electric Cars & Motorcycles New standard range model joins MG ZS EV line-up Mercedes readies EQE and EQS electric SUVS for late […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

EVs Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV will make its European debut at Mobile World Congress Vauxhall named UK’s best-selling electric LCV manufacturer Volvo & Northvolt accelerate […]. It’s time for another roundup of EV news releases from the past day or so. Check out the hottest EV news below.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

More than ten new electric passenger cars are scheduled to be launched by 2022 in all segments from smart to large SUVs. In addition to traction batteries, ACCUMOTIVE will produce batteries for Mercedes-Benz energy storage units and 48-volt-systems. The A-Class, B-Class and the compact SUV GLA are manufactured at the location.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The Magna-built Fisker Ocean SUV will have batteries from CATL thanks to this long-term deal.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2015

Nearly six times more efficient than a diesel or CNG bus, the Catalyst is also ~15% more energy efficient per mile than its closest competitor’s electric bus on the same test (BYD, which averaged 1.988 kWh/mile), which translates to a lower lifetime energy consumption of 15%. Click to enlarge.

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Lithium Titanate San Francisco Carbon Fiber Energy Storage 150

Teslarati

JULY 3, 2023

One pillar corresponds to the company’s vehicles like the Lucid Air and the upcoming Gravity SUV; another pillar corresponds to the company’s energy storage business; and the last corresponds to technology licensing transfer supply.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 30, 2023

Kia (among others) is now promoting the same capability for its upcoming EV9 three-row electric SUV. This is likely due to Tesla’s ancillary business selling Powerwall home energy storage batteries, which gives the company solid business reasons to slow-walk V2H. Tesla may soon be forced to implement some form of V2X.

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