Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

Personal cars and taxi fleets in China are now adopting this technology as well with ambitious targets set by companies for rolling out their own swap station networks. It could be very likely that these OEMs introduce swapping as an alternate recharging strategy there.

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Asia Market Batteries Battery 326

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The Technology Strategy Board created the Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator competition to act as a catalyst for industry, the public sector and academia to come together to create low emission vehicles and provide solutions to powering them. The research will include a focus on domestic recharging behavior over a 12-month period.

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Carbon Electric Vehicles Vehicles London 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Power and automation technology group ABB has started installing multiple fast-charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) at some BP service stations in the Netherlands as part of a nationwide trial. Prestige GreenCab, a Dutch taxi operator with a large electric-vehicle fleet, took the initiative for the installations in Utrecht.

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Netherlands Installation Electric Vehicles Vehicles 239

Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. In March, BYD chief executive officer Wang Chuanfu announced that in the first half of 2010 the company will sell only 100 e6 cars, to a taxi company in Shenzhen.

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China E6 Gasoline-Electric Chinese 133

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2014

The aft main wheel is driven by a 6 kW electric motor, providing power for taxiing and acceleration up to 60 km/h during take-off, reducing overall electrical power consumption in day-to-day operation. New batteries with a higher energy density will be installed later on, which will increase the endurance to up to 1 hour + 15 minutes reserve.

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Extended Range Range Polymer Electric 400

Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

But some of the current EV models aren’t a good fit for owners who can’t wait around for hours for their batteries to charge, such as taxi drivers, delivery people, and ride-hailing services. ARC Ride is also installing battery-swapping stations around the city. Recharging a depleted battery takes less than 4 hours, Maluta says.

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Kenya Personal Fleet Building 91

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

The price of cobalt, a key element within an lithium-ion batteries (LiB) for stability, has nearly tripled over the past few years due to increased demand from the cell phone industry, a current materials shortage, and speculation for a future global shortage. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity.

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Vehicles Engine Fuel Grid 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. This is especially true in air, sea, and some ground transportation as well as in industrial processes. Since some readers might read only one appendix, some information has been repeated.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

Battery electric vehicles are a great technology but like the fax machine they are only temporary and there is a great deal of consumer resistance towards them for all manner of reasons, including range and the time it takes to recharge them. Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year. Earlier post.). Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell.

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London Hydrogen Hyundai Fuel 344

Plug In India

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Earlier this year, Volkswagen announced a new electric car strategy through 2030, called ‘NEW AUTO’, with a focus on electric cars, ride-sharing, autonomy, and robo taxis. The technology will help VW achieve its goal of recharging a battery of 77 kWh capacity – such as that in today’s ID.4 By 2025, v2.0

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Electric Cars Global Market Electric Vehicles 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.), Higher levels of regen allow the driver to slow the vehicle almost to a stop (with “B”), while recharging the battery. Installing the battery pack. The e-Golf then re-enters the main assembly flow.

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Batteries Battery MPH All-Electric 356

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

If we wanted to recharge this from 110V domestic service we would need to pull 10,800,000/110 = 96,000 amps. When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. Some industrial sites are even set up with 440V 3 phase service. Reprinted with permission from EV World.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Las Vegas Vehicles 28