Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

For WPT [wireless power transfer], essentially the customer does not have to do anything except park the vehicle in the right spot. The taskforce has taken recommendations from JARI and developed a draft concept of charging categories per power level, static charging (e.g., Source: J2954. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

An new study from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University suggests that best way to reduce transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the short term is a “drastic downscaling of both size and weight” of conventional gasoline and diesel cars. Future of Mobility Roadmap.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2009

The quantify the capacity degradation of the pack, the authors derived a nominal urban driving/V2G power profile and correlated battery test regime by combing several common data sets. The efficiency of power transfer from regenerative braking to batteries was assumed to be 40%, the efficiency from battery to wheels was assumed to be 80%.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. Better Cars ….

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

One of the goals of the study was to investigate what the expected output of a TE generator could be for such an engine. Automotive applications generally favor direct TE generators because of their relative simplicity, and Ford’s modeling study was focused on that configuration. Principles of Thermoelectric Generation.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 3, 2008

A ccording to John O'Dell for Edmunds.com : "Chelsea Sexton, executive director of Plug In America , an advocacy group for PHEVs, has deeper concerns, though, maintaining that the story " borders on the irresponsible , ignoring the full picture and cherry-picking negative facts from different studies in order to prove a point that doesn't exist."

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

The electric sofas and scooters were so much cooler - and quieter - than the gasoline powered stinkers that predominate. Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. nk City could do the 20 – 50 mile round-trips without petroleum, using only the power from Google’s solar array.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. And these advocates have successfully prodded Toyota to dangle a concept PHEV before our eyes. Toyota ought to be pleased with the tone of both stories.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Both have now been revised and accepted by the Journal of Power Sources and are in press.]. The quantify the capacity degradation of the pack, the authors derived nominal urban driving and driving/V2G power profiles and correlated battery test regimes by combing several common data sets. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins V2G.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Sec 641 Energy Storage for Transportation and Electric Power Vehicle Demonstrations Directs DOE to carry out a program of electric drive vehicle energy storage technology demonstrations though a consortia. Tags: legislation. Here are the ones that caught our eye: Quantum's Fisker Joint Venture to Launch the New Fisker.

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PHEV Energy Energy Storage Saturn 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The low-cost materials—made of lithium, boron and sulfur—could improve the safety and performance of electric cars, laptops and other battery-powered devices, according to the scientists. Their findings are published in a study in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. All four compounds are chemically similar.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 22, 2010

At the SAE World Congress, Union of Concerned Scientists [Research Director of the Clean Vehicles Program] Dave Friedman stated that automakers should be responsible for the methods used to generate power for electric vehicles. Tags: union of concerned scientists battery electric car UCS david friedman. Let's be clear.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 14, 2007

Toyota has now moved to have a plug-in approved in Japan and will test them on California campuses. In this dual drive-by-wire type system, a sophisticated electronic management system interprets the rider’s request for more power, and selects the level of assistance based on the current level of battery charge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 1, 2009

Rumor has it that this next one will be quite a bit more powerful than the first. This is what Toyota built in to the RAV to simulate a gas car. Even though they’ll only have them for a year before BMW takes them back for study, it’ll be a terrific year. The more the merrier, I say.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A PHEV can provide power to an entire home in the case of an outage; A fleet of PHEVs could power critical systems during emergencies. Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. The GREET 1.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The study, in press in the Journal of Power Sources , examines the efficiency and costs of current and future EVs, as well as their impact on electricity demand and infrastructure for generation and distribution, and thereby on GHG emissions. Abatement cost using battery powered cars are. —van Vliet et al. This cost gap.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with support from Toyota Motor Corporation, have developed a new fuel cell electrocatalyst that uses a single layer of platinum and minimizes its wear and tear while maintaining high levels of reactivity during tests that mimic stop-and-go driving. Naohara, H.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The study focused on a portfolio of powertrains: BEVs, FCEVs, PHEVs and ICEs, taking into account significant advances in ICE technology between now and 2020. Over the next 40 years, the study found, no single powertrain satisfies all key criteria for economics, performance and the environment. Click to enlarge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Some think Nissan is taking a gamble by rapidly moving into mass marketing of EVs, comparing the company’s approach to Toyota and Honda’s approach of “wait and see how the market materializes for EVs, then jump in.&# I think it’s Toyota and Honda that are doing the gambling. – Toyota Motor Corp.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." That tore it for me," says Lutz. "If

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

A summary of the study is published in the 14 April IIHS Status Report. The Institute chose pairs of 2009 models from Daimler, Honda, and Toyota because these automakers have micro and mini models that earn good frontal crashworthiness ratings, based on the Institute’s offset test into a deformable barrier. IIHS video. Click to play.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. He knew very little about making cars but proved to be a quick study. executive who has studied BYD. "There were import duties, and delivery times were long."

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Creative Greenius

JULY 2, 2009

Second, recently the NY Times reported a health study equating 300,000 deaths a year to climate change and the impacts of it. He drives an electric car and has for seven years, a Toyota RAV4 EV. Tags: Environmental Politics Killer Coal News Media Saving Energy Sustainability Yes We Can! He’s the former President of SCE.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Featured Specs Battery-powered electric drivetrain Three wheels; 0.15 Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. He cites a number of studies that have shown that a majority of motorists drive less than 40 miles per day during the week. STORY TOOLS Digg this! coefficient of aerodynamic drag, which compares to the 0.25

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. “The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# Even in their resurrected state, they dont have a prayer against toyota, honda, hyundai, and their worst nightmare, CHINA… — Seren 21.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Current batteries in new Toyota hybridsare ~$3000 if they need to be replaced.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt is a case study. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent. Sorry the market killed the EV1.

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