Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

ŠKODA AUTO, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, is introducing a smart energy storage system using second-life batteries from electric vehicles. The system stores sustainably generated electricity in used batteries that come from the all-electric SUV ŠKODA ENYAQ iV as well as the plug-in hybrid models SUPERB iV and OCTAVIA iV.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2021

Plug Power Inc. has been invited to submit a Part II Application for a loan guarantee under the US Department of Energy (DOE) Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program. Plug Power says it will work closely with the DOE to fulfill the requirements of Part II of the application process. Source: Plug Power.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, has entered an agreement with New Fortress Energy Inc. The facility is the first investment in green hydrogen for NFE, a global infrastructure company committed to accelerating the world’s transition to clean energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Phillips 66 and Plug Power Inc. NASDAQ: PLUG), a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions, signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of low-carbon hydrogen business opportunities. We believe hydrogen is an important pathway for hard-to-electrify industries in a lower-carbon energy landscape.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

This breakthrough offers two key benefits: batteries with a 70% higher energy density (1350 Wh/L) and 62% less CO 2 emissions. The new technology does not push up production costs and is a plug-in solution to existing battery gigafactories. As an anode material, silicon has ten times the capacity of carbon.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2023

The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV, a plug-in series hybrid model that uses a rotary engine as a generator, made its world premiere at the Brussels Motor Show. kWh lithium-ion battery and a 50-liter gas tank to create a series plug-in hybrid system with very competitive total driving range. Earlier post.) Drive modes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

emissions in its supply chain: the sports car manufacturer is calling for its around 1,300 series suppliers to use exclusively renewable energy in the manufacture of Porsche components as of July 2021. Suppliers who are unwilling to switch to certified green energy will no longer be considered for contracts with Porsche in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2023

Plug Power unveiled a new high-power stationary fuel cell system for charging commercial electric vehicle (EV) fleets. Plug’s standard 18,000-gallon liquid hydrogen tank combined with its new megawatt-scale PEM fuel cell solution can provide more than 60 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy—enough to charge more than 600 EVs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

Link Transit of Wenatchee, Washington has achieved 50 megawatt-hours of energy delivered wirelessly to its electric bus fleet. The wireless system requires no plugs or cables to operate and can be installed within the street pavement, or on a garage floor, making the automatic system both silent and invisible at the point of charging.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Nissan, working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid services provider, has approved the first bi-directional charger for use with the Nissan LEAF in the US. Bi-directional charging technology means not only charging the Nissan LEAF, but also sending energy stored in the vehicle battery back to the building or the grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

BYD has produced its 5 millionth new energy vehicle (NEV), a DENZA N7. In 2022, BYD’s new energy vehicles saw total sales surpass 1.86 As of July 2023, BYD’s global new energy vehicle sales have soared beyond 4.8 The momentum continued in 2023, as the company reached a cumulative sales volume of 1.5 million units cumulatively.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Citroën is offering a new, more accessible plug-in hybrid with a new version on the C5 Aircross that combines the 150 hp (110 kW) PureTech gasoline engine with an 81 kW electric engine for a combined power of 180 hp. The C5 Aircross Plug-in Hybrid 180 e-EAT8 complements the 225 e-EAT8 Plug-in Hybrid version, which has been upgraded.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad.

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Electrek

MAY 9, 2025

Ava Community Energy just rolled out a new program in California that pays EV and plug-in hybrid drivers for charging their cars when electricity on the grid is cleaner and cheaper.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A new report from a team at Argonne National Laboratory examines the changing characteristics for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) from 2010-2021, evaluating range, energy efficiency, costs, and performance. 2022) “Assessment of Light-Duty Plug-in Electric Vehicles in the United States, 2010 – 2021.” More than 2.1

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

California led the nation in plug-in vehicle (PEV)— both all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles—registrations in 2022 with 27.55 per thousand people, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). The average for the US was 8.66 registrations per thousand people in 2022.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 28, 2025

continued] The post Ports Plugging In: From Ground Vehicles To Ocean Shipping appeared first on CleanTechnica. Currently responsible for approximately 3% of global carbon emissions, maritime operations and related logistics are under intense scrutiny to reduce their environmental impact.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water ( earlier post ), is working with Suzhou GH New Energy Co. The pilot plant itself will be a full plug and play facility which will be initially designed with the Gen 1 technology. HyperSolar, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

All-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) traveled a combined 19.1 billion miles on electricity in 2021, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). million of these all fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEV), and 800,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). More than 2.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2023

Available on the European market this spring, the plug-in hybrid powertrain of Mazda’s compact crossover will feature an electric generator powered by a newly-developed rotary engine. Mazda will introduce a new powertrain option for its MX-30 at the Brussels Motor Show 2023.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

BMW is adding two plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variants to the new BMW 7 Series range, including the first BMW M model in the range. The electric motor fitted in the two models features the latest generation of BMW eDrive technology for plug-in hybrid models. The new BMW M760e xDrive and the new BMW 740d xDrive. The combustion engine is a 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Ford is launching a new sustainable charging program that allows plug-in electric vehicle owners in California to opt into carbon-neutral charging at home, reducing their carbon footprint from energy used to power their vehicles. Owners of eligible plug-in electric vehicles opt into the program through the FordPass app.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

GWh of passenger EV battery capacity was deployed onto roads globally in 2021—a 113% increase over 2020—as battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sales surged year-over-year, according to Adamas Intelligence. South Korea’s LG Energy Solution claimed a distant second place with a record 63.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2022

An optional solution is to place a hydrogen or ammonia production plant next to the floating nuclear power plant utilizing the CO 2 -free fission energy to produce hydrogen and ammonia. In the harbor, a transmission cable will be connected to the electric grid onshore. This provides significant safety benefits.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2020

The Road Map stresses the versatility of hydrogen as an enabler of the renewable energy system; an energy vector that can be transported and stored; and a fuel for the transportation sector, heating of buildings and providing heat and feedstock to industry. Toyota; and Xcel Energy. .; Toyota; and Xcel Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

Its streamlined approach also allows technicians to simply “plug in” or “unplug” individual battery packs, significantly reducing bus downtime and allowing easy replacement as needed in future. New Flyer manufactures its own batteries in its bus production facilities.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2020

With almost 50,000 units, BMW 5 Series plug-in hybrid models were the most successful electrified models in the BMW Group’s portfolio worldwide in 2019. With an increase from two to five models featuring innovative plug-in hybrid drive by November 2020, the new BMW 5 Series offers the largest range of PHEVs within one BMW Group model series.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2023

California posted new light-duty zero emission vehicle (ZEV) sales—battery-electric (BEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCEV)—of 124,053 units in Q1 2023, representing 21.1% market share of the total 588,455 light-duty vehicles sold, according to the California Energy Commission.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2023

BMW introduced the eighth generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan, including two all-electric i5 variants; BMW will extend the range to include two plug-in hybrid variants (530e and 550e xDrive) from the spring of 2024. The space-saving high-voltage battery is located in the underbody and provides a usable energy content of 81.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

The measures used in the present analysis (miles per gallon of fuel, and gallons of fuel per 100 miles) do not allow us to make direct inferences regarding changes over time in total energy consumed (e.g., total Btu). Concerning the latter: Even if all a{1.4 of all registered cars and light trucks in 2019.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2020

Volkswagen is electrifying the eighth generation of the Golf with two new plug-in hybrid versions: the Golf eHybrid and Golf GTE. The new Golf plug-in hybrid versions feature 50% more energy capacity (13 kWh) compared with the plug-in hybrid drive of the Golf Mk7. Sales of both models are starting now.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

With new fleet-wide energy monitoring and vehicle management tools from Ford Commercial Solutions, available through app and web-based interfaces, Ford is helping North American commercial fleets and businesses make a seamless transition to electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

FreeWire Technologies, a global electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy solutions provider and a manufacturer of ultrafast, battery-integrated EV charging stations and power solutions ( earlier post ), announced a program to make available battery-integrated electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and solutions for Chevron-branded stations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

kWh/100 km; estimates based on the car’s current development stage) as well as by a pair of plug-in hybrid models and another two conventionally powered variants with 48V mild hybrid technology. The high energy density battery gives the car a range of 413 – 438 kilometers (257 – 272 miles). All-electric BMW iX1 xDrive30.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2023

A wave of new planned electric vehicle battery plants will increase North America’s battery manufacturing capacity from 55 Gigawatt-hours per year (GWh/year) in 2021 to 998 GWh/year by 2030, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Most of the announced battery plant projects are scheduled to begin production between 2025 and 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Charging and energy are becoming a core business for Volkswagen; the company is building a universal and seamless eco-system for charging its electric models. Models along with solutions like Plug & Charge, we as a manufacturer are making a decisive contribution to realising such goals. With the new software in our ID.

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