Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

GM announced that the Cadillac Converj extended range electric vehicle concept ( earlier post ) is moving forward as a production car that will be called the Cadillac ELR. Earlier post.) Development of the ELR is just underway; details on performance, price and timing will be announced later.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2019

Eaton’s eMobility business has developed compact power-dense automotive inverters capable of increasing the range of electric vehicles. The inverter’s high-power density and compact, lightweight design help maximize range while taking up minimal space in the vehicle. The inverter market for electric vehicles is still emerging.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Ford Pro revealed a new extended range option for the E-Transit, enhancing the capability of the top-selling large electric van in Europe, which last year outsold its nearest competitor by more than five to one.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. The gasoline engine extends the range to 350 more miles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The 2014 Cadillac ELR extended-range electric luxury coupe, based on the Converj concept ( earlier post ), will make its world debut 15 January at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

has launched a new extended-range product line. With the new TerraVolt XR extended-range battery, Proterra buses can now be configured to travel up to 180 miles (290 km) between charges. Electric transitbus manufacturer Proterra Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. The investment and 450 added jobs will help increase production capacity to 80,000 trucks a year. Ford has invested $7.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

Ford has begun full production of F-150 Lightning electric pickup at the ultra-modern Rouge Electric Vehicle Center within Ford’s historic Rouge Complex. Ford has 200,000 reservations for the Lightning and is expanding the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to ramp up production to a planned annual run rate of 150,000 in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

At this week’s WasteExpo2016, Mack Trucks, one of North America’s largest manufacturers of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks, engines and transmissions, will showcase Wrightspeed’s The Route turbine-based extended range electric powertrain ( earlier post ) applied in a refuse truck. —Curtis Dorwart, Mack’s refuse product manager.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

Ford Motor Company has resumed production of the F-150 Lightning following a six-week shutdown to expand and retool the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center plant to triple manufacturing capacity of the electric truck. Battery pack production is also ramping up at the Rawsonville (Mich.) Components Plant and the Van Dyke (Mich.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Production models are scheduled for delivery in 2018. Designed specifically to meet the needs of commercial fleets, the W-15 is believed to be the first plug-in, range-extended pickup truck built from the ground up by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). 80-mile all-electric range. gasoline-powered range extender.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

BMW will supply a four-cylinder turbocharged engine for the next generation of Fisker cars, code-named ‘Project Nina’, which are scheduled to go into production in the re-commissioned former GM plant in Wilmington, Delaware at the end of 2012 and be on sale globally in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ford has produced its 150,000 th Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle since starting production nearly two years ago, a significant milestone as the company scales EV production to a rate of 600,000 annually by late 2023 and more than 2 million annually by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2013

Cadillac unveiled the anticipated 2014 ELR extended range electric (EREV) vehicle (based on the Converj concept, earlier post ) at the North American International Auto Show. ELR production begins in the US in late 2013 in limited numbers, said Bob Ferguson, Cadillac global vice president. 2014 Cadillac ELR Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The company will start with an allocation of production that is distributed between itself and several Tier One sub-contractors in order to expedite the manufacturing ramp rate and delivery of motors to early customers. We’re entering phase two of the company’s production plans based on extremely high customer demand.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 24, 2023

With increased power, enhanced efficiency, and an extended range, the Next Generation eCanter from FUSO offers a wide array of applications and operates with zero CO2 emissions during driving.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

The extended range electric vehicle drive system by Raser Technologies and its development partner FEV is targeted at providing up to 40 miles all-electric range for SUVs and light trucks. Preliminary road testing of the HUMMER EREV showed 50 miles all-electric range. Click to enlarge. Raser Technologies, Inc.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Lucid adds a heat pump and subtracts charging time for its range-leading Air electric sedan. Mercedes-Benz might not see what Ram sees in a plug-in range-extended vehicle. The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is now being delivered, and once again it hits a 516-mile EPA range—the best of any EV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

To be integrated into VIA’s Extended-Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Powertrain ( earlier post ), A123’s 24 kWh battery packs combine with a 300 kW electric motor and an onboard generator to deliver an expected all-electric driving range of up to 40 miles. A123 has already begun producing the battery packs at its Livonia, Mich.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The F-150 Lightning extended-range battery system can store 131 kWh and deliver up to 9.6 F-150 Lightning can also offer lower-cost energy storage in a product customers already own—their truck. Buyers of the extended-range F-150 Lightning automatically receive the Ford Charge Station Pro.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

In its report of first quarter 2021 financial results and outlook, Lordstown Motors, a startup developing electric light duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market ( earlier post ), said that the expected production of its Endurance full-size electric pickup in 2021 will be limited—at best 50% of prior expectations.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Mercedes-Benz is scrapping extended-range EV powertrains after tests of prototypes, according to an Autocar report citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the matter. Autocar reports that combined range from both battery and fossil-fuel power was estimated by Mercedes to be beyond that of the EQS 450+ model.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Aircore Mobility motor delivers high power and torque density and operates with class-leading efficiency over a wide range of speeds and load conditions to maximize vehicle range, whether on road, off road, on water or in the air. —Paulo Guedes-Pinto, vice president of technology for Infinitum.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Capstone said that these would be the first production automotive applications of its microturbines, which have been used in buses, trolleys and shuttles. In November 2009, Capstone introduced a prototype range-extended electric supercar using one of its 30 kW C30 microturbines as the generator unit. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

At the IAA Commercial Vehicles Fair in Hannover (23-30 September 2010), Opel will unveil a research project on a Vivaro e-Concept, an electric van with up to 400 kilometers (249 miles) extended range. At this point in time there’s no plans for production in the future. The e-Concept is conceived to have 5.0

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

The new addition is a first for FALKEN’s product portfolio. The ECORUN A-A is exclusively made from ultra-refined natural pure rubber; the compound cuts heat build-up and rolling resistance, and thus significantly extends tire life. The product is recommended for use with hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Mercedes-Benz is presenting its first electric vehicle with Range Extender at the 2011 Frankfurt International Motor Show: the Concept B-Class E-CELL PLUS. Equipped with a Li-ion battery pack from Deutsche Accumotive (a joint venture of Daimler and Evonik), the E-CELL PLUS has a battery-only range of up to 100 km (62 miles).

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

Ford F-150 Lightning Range and efficiency ratings have been revealed for the Base and Extended Range through a Monroney Sticker leak. Obtained and shared by members of the F150Gen14 forums, the F-150 Lightning’s Base and Extended Range models show EPA-estimated range ratings of 230 and 300 miles, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Final production and testing of the new vehicles will be completed at Plug Power’s headquarters in Latham, New York, before they are made commercially available to the public in the third quarter of 2020. An extended range option is also available, effectively doubling the standard average range to 400 miles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

This allows each specialty chemistry to focus on different functions: LFP for daily driving, and anode-free to extend range for long distances. Scaling 100x from a 2 Ah pouch cell to a 240 Ah prismatic in less than 12 months is a testament to the simplicity of the design and ability to use conventional Li-ion production equipment.

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Teslarati

MAY 2, 2023

Ford has re-opened order banks on the Mustang Mach-E while simultaneously rolling back prices and increasing range. The ability to order the Mustang Mach-E once again was opened because of plant upgrades that Ford completed, which will help ramp production volume in the second half of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2020

Karma Automotive introduced its SAEnLevel 4 autonomous van with a battery electric vehicle (BEV) architecture, one of five platforms designed to offer new electric mobility solutions through highly versatile EREV (extended range electric vehicle) and BEV chassis systems. Engine-agnostic Extended Range. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

One of the very first Tesla Cybertruck independent range tests shows the electric pickup truck covering only 254 miles on the highway. That’s significantly less than the 320 EPA range, but it was cold and highway driving only. One of the things most disappointing about the Cybertruck since its production launch is the range.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

ZF has procured additional customer contracts in all major regions for its steer-by-wire systems for series production, establishing itself as a leader in this technology field. By-wire represents an ideal fit for future electric and automated vehicles. Brake-by-wire with Integrated Brake Control.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

kWh Li-ion battery) and extended-range (98.8 Equipped with an extended-range battery and rear-wheel drive, Mach-E has a targeted EPA-estimated range of at least 300 miles. In extended-range all-wheel-drive configurations, Mach-E is targeting 332 horsepower and 417 lb. -ft. Next-gen SYNC.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Ballard’s FCwave fuel cell product is a 200-kilowatt (kW) modular unit that can be scaled in series up to the multi-megawatt (MW) power level. Ballard is focused on Heavy- and Medium-Duty Motive applications, particularly where requirements include heavy payload, extended range and rapid refueling. Proven service model.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

The idea of converting existing vehicles that had very low fuel economy with Range Extended Electric Powertrains is an advanced idea especially considering the patents that come with it. Earlier post.). When I reviewed the business plan and conducted the due diligence personally it was obvious ALTe had tremendous potential.

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