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DOE Selects 42 University-Led Nuclear Research and Development Projects for $38 Million in Funding

Green Car Congress

University of Nevada, Las Vegas - $989,800. University of Nevada, Las Vegas - $451,269. University of South Carolina - $1,366,626. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - $810,141. University of Florida - $894,042. University of Michigan - $931,603. University of Michigan- $406,712.

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BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway

Cars That Think

Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. An $810-million battery factory will spring up in South Carolina, in partnership with Japan’s Envision AESC.

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BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway

Cars That Think

Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. An $810-million battery factory will spring up in South Carolina, in partnership with Japan’s Envision AESC.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The project will include vehicles and fueling infrastructure for electric, hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas, propane, E85, and biodiesel fuels and technologies to be deployed throughout North Carolina and South Carolina. South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project.

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Mercedes eSprinter first drive: here’s the deal – it’s a van, but it’s electric

Baua Electric

In Europe, the eSprinter will be available in 3 battery configurations (56, 81 and 113kWh) and in short- and long-wheelbase versions, but here in the US we’re only getting access to the long-wheelbase, largest battery version, which will be built in Charleston, South Carolina. The car said we got 2.0 miles per kWh. miles per kWh.