Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

The biography, published by IEEE-USA , is the seventh in the organizations Famous Women Engineers in History series. Willie Hobbs Moore But she persevered, maintaining her standard of excellence in her academic pursuits. Moore, who died in her Ann Arbor, Mich., She was the first Black woman to earn those degrees at Michigan.

Michigan

InsideEVs

JULY 29, 2025

30 , and eliminating penalties under Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Subscribe Follow Us Facebook X Flipboard Google News YouTube RSS About Us Advertising Contact 650 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 USA Privacy policy Cookie policy Cookie Settings Terms of use © 2025 Motorsport Network. All rights reserved.

China

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The press release, from MP Materials , was light on details. However, the company is not making the magnets in the standard way, starting with metal alloys, but rather in a unique process based on recycling the materials from discarded magnets. It was important newsthere are no large U.S. trade relations. In another intriguing U.S.

United States

InsideEVs

JULY 24, 2025

Its also the hidden business-to-business incentive of selling regulatory credits to automakers that cant meet fuel-economy standards and spend billions of dollars to purchase credits from Tesla. That cash cow isnt just the car-to-consumer margin, either. billion in 2024. All rights reserved.

Tesla

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. Earlier post.)

Standards

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of US$648 million. Siemens, which beat CAF for the contract, will deliver a newly-developed light rail car based on its Model S200 for the San Francisco order.

San Francisco

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2019

Audi is introducing the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) service “Traffic Light Information” in Europe. From July, Audi will network new models with the traffic lights in Ingolstadt/Germany; further European cities will follow from 2020 onwards. With the Traffic Light Information function, drivers are more in control.

Audi

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

Standard equipment highlights for the EQB include EQ-specific design language with front and rear LED light bands that are seamlessly integrated into the black- panel grill. Certain safety features such as the Active Lane Keeping Assist, Blind Spot Assist, and Active Brake Assist are also equipped as standard.

Mercedes

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2021

BMW Motorrad USA has added the new CE 04 electric scooter to its 2022 lineup. Three standard riding modes “ECO”, “Rain” and “Road” for efficient, day-to-day use. Standard LED lighting units all round. Road mode delivers full acceleration; tThe standard range is available in this mode.

BMW

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

2011

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

Tendril, provider of a cloud-based energy management platform, and the BMW Group Technology Office USA are partnering to build out a demonstration smart energy home in Mountain View, Calif. Tendril Connect provides the open standards-based communications, extensibility and security necessary to support billions of networked devices.

USA

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

StreetScooter has presented the next generation of its successful all-electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs): the WORK and WORK L. StreetScooter is a well-known early bird in the electric light commercial vehicle sector. StreetScooter’s new electric light commercial vehicle will also be pilot-tested at DHL Express in the USA.

Light

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017.

EPA

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane.

USA

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2022

The technology, which uses lidar sensors and artificial intelligence (AI), will enable the city to monitor key safety metrics 24/7—including traffic conflicts, speeding and red-light runners—and proactively improve the safety of vulnerable road users. The campus-wide study will evaluate the effectiveness of GEKOT’s solutions.

Michigan

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Based on these results, the sponsors of the SAE CRP 1234 have concluded that HFO-1234yf can be used as the global replacement refrigerant in future mobile air conditioning systems and it can be safely accommodated through established industry standards and practices for vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, and service. Earlier post.).

Global

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The new vehicle market share of light-duty diesels in the US is quite low (2.6%) compared with a diesel share of 55% in Western Europe. In the first nine months of the current year, around 69,600 diesel cars were sold in the USA, compared to 30,600 for the same period in 2009. Clearly Better.”

Diesel

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Production of the BMW XM will get underway at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in the USA in December 2022 before it arrives at dealers worldwide in spring 2023. The key sales markets will be the USA, China and the Middle East. It is also the first BMW M model to feature Integral Active Steering, also part of standard specification.

BMW

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The initiative’s measures therefore include the development of standard concepts that cover common charging profiles. In addition, standardized and optimized forms accelerate the approval procedures for the network operators. Different energy suppliers can use these concepts, significantly reducing their planning time.

Global

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

Funk noted that demand for Omnitek’s high-pressure natural gas filter has increased significantly in the USA and abroad since its filter received international certification in 2010 based on tests conducted by an independent agency and standards sanctioned by the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Europe, specifically UN-ECE-110R.

2012

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

The New C40 Recharge will be available in the Ultimate specification level and includes every available feature such as Android Operating System with Google imbedded, oversized fixed Panoramic Moonroof, Pixel LED lighting, Pilot Assist, Harman Kardon Premium Sound, 360° Surround View Camera and Unique 20" wheels.

Recharge

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

The bill phases in a requirement that, by fiscal 2026, 50% of light-duty vehicles purchased for the State vehicle fleet be zero-emission vehicles. While the mandate requires that 15% of all vehicles sold in the state by 2025 be ZEV, as of today less than one percent (0.65%) of vehicles sold in Maryland meet that standard.

Maryland

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

Category 5 markets are seen, for example, as those with Category 4 emission standards that also require US 2017 light-duty fuel economy, US heavy-duty fuel economy, California LEV III or equivalent emissions control and fuel efficiency standards.

Fuel

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

auto market to make automatic emergency braking (AEB) a standard feature on virtually all new cars in the US no later than NHTSA’s 2022 reporting year, which begins 1 Sept 2022. NHTSA estimates that the agreement will make AEB standard on new cars three years faster than could be achieved through the formal regulatory process.

Standards

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

OXIS CEO Huw Hampson-Jones says that the company is on schedule to release commercial cells for use in applications in the USA and Europe in 2015. The cells continue to display the enhanced safety features that characterise Li-S with superior safety performance attained in a barrage of industry-standard tests.

Lithium Sulfur

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The LiveWire motorcycle is also equipped with a small 12-volt lithium-ion battery that powers the lights, controls, horn and instrument display. Charging can be completed using the on-board Level 1 charger that plugs into a standard household outlet with a power cord that stores below the motorcycle seat.

Motorcycles

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The United States is currently examining fuel economy and emissions requirements for 2017-2025, while the mid-term review of EU legislation on emission standards for new cars is expected next year and, in many Asia Pacific countries, vehicle efficiency standards also are being assessed. Earlier post.).

Emissions

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2014

of Volkswagen USA total sales. It is one of the most fuel-efficient engines in its class, and already conforms to the LEV3 emissions standard in the US. Like the Jetta GLI, the Jetta TDI sends its power to the wheels through either a standard six-speed manual gearbox or an available DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission.

2015

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2018

These plants are all conventional light water reactors (LWR), the technology of which has evolved steadily over time. This saves time and allows quality control to be conducted in a standardized, efficient environment, creating significant opportunities for reducing construction time and capital cost.

Molten Salt

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

As standard the EQC is equipped with a water-cooled onboard charger (OBC) with a capacity of 7.4 It is faster with DC charging—which is standard for the EQC, with a suitable market-specific plug—for example via CCS (Combined Charging Systems) in Europe and the USA, CHAdeMO in Japan or GB/T in China.

Mercedes

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

liter 150-horsepower (112 kW) EA288 TDI Clean Diesel engine offered in the 2015 Jetta already conforms to the upcoming LEV3/Tier 3 emissions standard ( earlier post ) in the USA. Bi-Xenon headlights with LED daytime running lights are now available. In addition to its three four-cylinder gasoline engines (2.0-liter l/100 km).

New York

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The California Department of Motor Vehicles issued a permit to Baidu USA LLC, authorizing the company to test driverless vehicles on public roads in Sunnyvale. Regulations allowing for light-duty autonomous delivery vehicles weighing less than 10,001 pounds were approved on 16 December 2019.

California

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Carmakers need to reduce the weight of their vehicles in order to meet future regulations; currently-enacted regulations in Europe (tailpipe emissions) come into full force in 2015 and those for the USA (tailpipe emissions and fuel economy) come into full force in 2021. lbs) while meeting standard structural and safety requirements.

Cars

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Geely Holding are fully committed to further investment in the business, including the creation of more high tech jobs in the USA, following the completion of the acquisition. In anticipation of this transaction, Terrafugia’s team of engineers in the US has already been tripled over the past quarter with Geelys Holding’s support.

Cars

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2018

The new, third-generation Touareg continues to be equipped with permanent all-wheel drive (4MOTION) as standard. Also included as standard: driving mode selection. Volkswagen has also given the green light for its nationwide communications campaign “Move Forward”, which is intended to further strengthen the brand.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Mercedes-Benz began production of the B-Class F-Cell in 2009; 200 units of the vehicle were produced under standard production process at Mercedes-Benz facilities and delivered to customers worldwide. Earlier post.). Source: Daimler AG Click to enlarge. In some cases, fuel consumption was less than 1 kg/100 km.

Mercedes

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

This first phase of specifications only covers 1 and 3-phase AC charging in the short- and medium-term, and reflects the needs of passenger cars and light-commercial vehicles. Manufactures will provide at least one cable with Type 2 plug (Mode 3) or standard domestic plug (Mode 2) to connect to infrastructure. Type 2 (Mode 3).

Plug-in