Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

A123 Systems has added more than 50 corporate and research and development jobs in Massachusetts in the last year associated with its expanded US manufacturing capacity in Michigan. Under the terms of the MassCEC financing, A123 will double its Massachusetts employment to more than 500 by 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2009

GM and Toyota had cooperated on the development of a small paddle inductive charger (MagneCharge), and had separately begun production when in 2001, the California Air Resources Board decided to support a single, conductive standard for EV chargers in California. Subsequently, GM suspended production of its Gen2+ MagneCharge units in 2002.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Azure Dynamics Corporation incorporated Aura Systems ’s AuraGen motor/generator into its Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle delivered to the United States Postal Service fleet (USPS). In late 2001, AC/DC units as well as an 8kW unit were introduced. The AuraGen. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos. 2011.10.062.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

A significant challenge in designing a diesel reformer is the creation of an optimized mixture of fuel and oxidant before contact with the catalysts, while preventing autoignition. An assembly plant in Høyanger, Norway, is scheduled to open in early 2012 with Industrial Development Corporation of Norway (SIVA) as contractor.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The contracts are part of the FAA’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program, designed to speed the introduction of “green” technology into aviation. Most traditional wings are designed for best performance while at cruise, and have performance compromises during other flight phases. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

Cerf oversaw improvements to the system for three years after the launch, then left when former colleague Kahn started the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) , a nonprofit contract research organization. Testifying before Congress in his early days at DARPA, he wore a three-piece suit. Cerf recalls asking.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

The Rialto Renewable Energy Center (Rialto Project) is designed to produce approximately 600 barrels per day of renewable synthetic fuels and export approximately 35 MW of renewable electric power. The carbon footprint of the plant is designed to be near zero as the fuels and power would be produced only from renewable feedstocks.

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MAY 17, 2015

Volvo also brought in members of its engineering and design teams, including Michael Fleiss, VP of Powertrain Engineering, to provide more technical details on the car. Bottom line, subjectively, Volvo has set a high bar for the coming crop of full-size luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs, from design to performance. Earlier post.) Background.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Going forward, GM plans to spend proportionally less of its marketing budget on the corporate identity and more on the vehicle brands. One of the designers called Buick “ premium without being pretentious ” Buick appears to be targeting a Lexus like experience. Establishing four core brands. Chevrolet is a global value leader.

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