Green Cars News

MARCH 1, 2013

It’s the news we’ve been waiting to hear.Volvo’s ground-breaking new Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid will be eligible for the Government’s Plug-in Car Grant worth £5,000 to buyers.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

It’s good to be Mercedes Benz, as the German manufacturer picks up a grant of up to €9million for the research and development, testing and trial of battery electric vans. The aim of the all the projects is to extend the technologies developed to other van model series and to achieve a production maturity in a short time.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Switzerland based ReVolt Technology, a spin-off from Norway’s SINTEF, is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries and wants $30million in grants from the US Department of Energy to accelerate their commercialisation for both energy storage and electric vehicle applications. Tags: Green cars Latest news.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2010

Nissan is to receive a £20 million grant towards the production of its electric cars in the UK, the new Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed yesterday. The grant-initially approved by the old Labour government-was thought to be under threat after the new coalition government started a spending review.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

Envia Systems was selected for a $4-million grant from ARPA-E in the Agency’s first round of solicitation in 2009 ( earlier post ) and received another $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC). (GM The company is currently scaling up the material using a low-cost production process. Envia Systems. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

MAY 16, 2010

FedEx is about to take a very special delivery of its own – as Navistar Inc supplies the first full production eStar all-electric commercial truck to the company. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news electric trucks eStar electric truck FedEx green trucks Navistar Navistar eStar.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I Faye Sunderland.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 13, 2009

Department of Energy (DOE) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Grant to continue its efforts to design, develop and manufacture a cost-competitive commercial hybrid truck drive system. The Allison Transmission DOE grant will further increase U.S. Tags: Hybrid cars Allison DOE grant hybrid. million U.S.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The Green Piece: Tuesday 6 October, 2009. The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), production in the UK fell back 31.5

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The huge push state side to embrace green cars may adopt a distinctly British influence when Zytek, a specialist in electric vehicle drivetrains, provides its advanced technology for a new US Government-backed electric commercial vehicle programme.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The Olympic Delivery Authority has granted planning permission for a hydrogen refuelling facility that would be built in east London as part of a milestone in bringing a fleet of five hydrogen fuel cell buses into service. The buses of London may be seen as iconic and historic, but they could soon be sent hurtling into a greener, modern era.

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Green Cars News

JULY 7, 2009

The Green Piece - Tuesday 7th July 2009. Life has never run smoothly for the electric car. Once envisioned as futuristic, and the ultimate travelling option of the 21st Century, it has been maligned as slow, clunky and arguably not all that green at all. Tags: The Green Piece Volkswagen green piece.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2009

Algenol submitted a formal request for a grant from the US Department of Energy last week with the intention of building a refinery that would be based at Dow’s Freeport site in Texas. The direct to ethanol process used by Algenol links sugar production to photosynthesis, with naturally occurring enzymes within individual algae cells.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid is the first series-production hybrid truck sold in Europe. The Electricity Supply Board plans to use the vehicles for customer service and infrastructure maintenance with the Irish Government granting a special permit for Japanese hybrid trucks. It is part of the Daimler Trucks Division of Daimler AG.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Quallion LLC, a developer of customized lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs for medical, military, aerospace, and vehicle applications, remains on track to develop an advanced lithium-ion anti-idling HVAC system for heavy-duty trucks, Dr. Hisashi Tsukamoto, the company’s co-founder, CEO and CTO, recently told Green Car Congress.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

Despite the doom and gloom however, Chrysler insists that its day to day operations won’t be affected and that its green ENVI division will continue. The ENVI sector had plans to produce at least one of its prototypes with the Dodge Circuit EV listed as a 2010 product in the company’s viability plan.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

The AAP scheme launched earlier this year, is intended to support auto companies invest in greener products and processes. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said: “The government is determined to help the car industry to exploit fully the opportunities offered by green manufacturing.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, logo pictured) is ready to back clean diesel engines – with a $20million grant for a number of projects aimed at reducing pollution from existing diesel fleets.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Tags: Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Department of Energy DOE funding Holland Michigan Jacksonville Florida John Searle Johnson Controls Saft Saft.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

Approval has been granted for the restart of a natural gas vehicle research and development programme at the Department of Energy. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news compressed natural gas vehicles Department of Energy natural gas vehicle programme natural gas vehicles.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Its efforts were boosted after it was selected for two grants from the Department of Energy including one for $30million to fund its collaboration with utility partners and another of $62.7million for production of an electric-drive transaxle for both hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2009

Seven projects have picked up a total of $6.3million towards fundamental genomics-enabled research that will lead to the improved use of plant feedstocks and biofuel production. The grants come from the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 30, 2009

Nevertheless, he moved to reassure those with environmental concerns by pointing out that transport fuels will be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme and that a Road Users Charges exemption will apply to electric vehicles until 2013 with a grant for biodiesel production until 2012. km to 203.8g/km

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

Ricardo, one of the leaders in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles, has welcomed President Obama’s announcement of $2.4billion in grants to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of the next generation of US batteries and electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

A grant solicitation package entitled “Biomethane Production for Transportation” was first released in November, 2009, under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programme. Its aim was to fund [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

It is an important day for Think, and we would like to thank our creditors and suppliers for their continued support, and to show our appreciation to Think’s very patient and loyal customers – this means we can re-start production of the TH!NK Think began small scale production last year for its Th!nk NK City as soon as possible.”.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

Tags: Electric cars Ford Green cars Latest news electric car enablers electrification.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. The key to volume production of electric vehicles is the supply of battery packs. GM Stock Chart: Yahoo Finance. The “30 New EVs by 2025” Promise.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 6, 2012

As expected the Renault Zoe made its production-ready debut but with a surprise twist-it will cost from just £13,650 after a £5,000 Plug-in Car Grant is deducted-making it the most affordable and practical electric car we’ve seen yet.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Volvo has revealed the pricing and production details of its long-awaited V60 Plug-in hybrid model-its very first hybrid model. The Swedish brand’s rechargeable diesel hybrid will cost between £45,000 and £50,000, minus the Government plug-in car grant, when it goes on sale next early next year.

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The company’s lithium-ion batteries can be used in a variety of products and applications. A $10 million competitive grant program , administered by NYSERDA, for private sector gasoline companies to install renewable fuel pumps for E85, biodiesel, CNG, or other renewable fuels. Thanks to Green Car Congress for the tip.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2011

boost to its low carbon economy as the Government’s Regional Growth Fund has awarded Gateshead College the large grant. At the core of the successful bid is a plan to create 1,500 apprenticeships in the low carbon vehicle sector including the production of Low Carbon Vehicles. North East England has today received a £6.2m Mick [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

OBE seeks to use all of the barley grain for ethanol and co-products. Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-products for East Coast markets via a fairly conventional pathway of converting starch to sugar, followed by fermentation.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 7, 2010

Tags: Electric cars electricity fund grant production Spain subsidy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Grant Davis is a Managing Director at New York Life Investments. by Bill Cooke. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 28, 2009

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

A unique joint project between carmaker Volvo and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall is to see the production of battery-powered Volvos featuring plug-in hybrid technology as early as 2012. Volvo Cars also have FlexiFuel models which are powered by E85 (85 percent renewable bioethanol and 15 per cent petrol). producing 125 hp, the 2.0F

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