Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Daimler Trucks & Buses, one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, aims to offer only new vehicles that are CO 2 -neutral in driving operation (“tank-to-wheel”) in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039. The decisive criterion for truck and bus customers is the total cost of ownership, Daimler says.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2019

all Aurora-powered vehicles carry a common set of self-driving hardware and run the same self-driving software, allowing Aurora and its partners to benefit from the collective scale of all participants on the platform by reducing the cost of the hardware and allowing the software to learn from the combined experience of all vehicles on the platform.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Tesla and its partner, Panasonic, will contribute about 45% and 35%, respectively, of the initial $4 billion required to build the Gigafactory, proposed to go on-stream in 2017. The Gigafactory, proposed to be built at a cost of $5 billion, is designed to make 35 GWh Li-ion cells for half a million EVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

A big push is needed from governments, automakers, part suppliers and charging infrastructure providers in the years ahead. Sales of internal combustion engine vehicles already peaked in 2017 and BNEF expects the global fleet of ICE passenger vehicles to start to decline in 2024. Last ICE in 2038.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

The engineers (John Gibble, Frank Löfskog, Michael Balthasar, and Jan Eismark) behind the innovation have now received the Volvo Technology Award 2017. It must be possible to manufacture any new design cost-effectively in order for it to be used in production vehicles. Earlier post.) The new wave design has now been patented.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2012

According to analysis by the Carbon Trust, a cost of below $36/KW is where future fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are expected to be able to compete with internal combustion engine cars at mass-manufactured volumes on a total cost of ownership basis. DOE says that 2011 costs are $49/kW.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2018

Velocys is pursuing a USDA loan guarantee that could apply up to $200 million of debut as part of the total installed cost of the project. The FONSI was issued as part of Velocys’ ongoing development of a 100-acre site in Natchez that the company secured in October 2017. —David Pummell, Velocys CEO.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

Those who’ve owned or leased a Chevrolet Bolt EV from the 2017 through 2022 model year are likely eligible for an amount ranging from $700 to $1,400, as part of a $150 million settlement amount against GM and LG Energy Solution. GM said that it would replace all battery modules in 2017-2019 Bolt EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

One of the most significant impediments to an increased market share for plug-in vehicles is the high cost of rechargeable energy storage. This can represent a very significant cost element of a typical battery electric vehicle (BEV); manufacturers need to strike a balance between product affordability and available range between recharges.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

These projects will leverage national lab consortia launched under DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) this past year ( earlier post ), and will support the President’s Materials Genome Initiative and advanced manufacturing priorities. —Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

billion envisioned by Fields in 2017. That money will go toward: Next-Gen Hybrid Electrics: Part of Ford’s new strategy includes going all-in on hybrids to bring more capability to customers of our most popular and high-volume vehicles like F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Velodyne LiDAR announced a new design for a solid-state LiDAR sensor that can deliver a subsystem cost of less than US$50 when sold in high-volume manufacturing scale. LiDAR sensors that leverage this new design will be less expensive, easier to integrate due to their smaller size, and more reliable as a result of fewer moving parts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2013

With a proposed start in 2017, the Tier 3 program is also harmonized with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Low Emission Vehicle (LEV III) program—enabling automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states. Vehicle emissions. The standards differ by vehicle class and test cycle. Model Year. LDT2,3,4 and MDPV. Model Year.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Since starting its battery production activities in January 2017, Gigafactory Nevada has played a key role in Tesla’s overall operations. The facility does not produce vehicles, but it manufactures powertrains and 2170 battery cells for the Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla’s two mass-market cars.

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Teslarati

JUNE 1, 2022

General Motors-owned Chevrolet rolled back prices of the new model year versions of the Bolt EV and EUV by $5,900 and $6,300, respectively, despite electric vehicle costs increasing due to materials and parts shortages. Nearly 50% of 2017-19 Chevy Bolt EVs have been remedied after battery fire recall.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Among these investments, Honeywell will construct a high-volume manufacturing plant using new process technology at the company’s existing Geismar, Louisiana, refrigerants manufacturing site, which is expected to be fully operational in 2016. All cars sold in Europe after 2017 must meet the new GWP requirement of less than 150.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2015

With increasing demand for electric and hybrid electric vehicles and with lithium-ion battery (LIB) producers locating in close proximity to automotive manufacturers, the United States has an opportunity in automotive LIBs under certain conditions, according to a new 2 15osti/63354.pdf">report billion by 2020. billion by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2014

The Tier 3 standards, which come into effect starting in 2017, consider the vehicle and its fuel as an integrated system. The tailpipe standards include different phase-in schedules that vary by vehicle class but generally phase in between model years 2017 and 2025. EPA had issued the proposed standards last March. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

The deal has an estimated initial value of $17 million through 2016, with the opportunity for significant recurring royalties starting in 2017. The new FCvelocity-HD7 power module features a reduced parts count, simplified design and lower parasitic load. 90 kW FCvelocity-HD7.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The second generation 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid continues what Kia started in 2017 when the Niro Hybrid debuted. Previous Kia Niro Hybrid Interactions by CFR Staff: Road Test: 2017 Kia Niro Hybrid. Road Test: 2017 Kia Niro Hybrid (a 2 nd opinion). Road Test: 2017 Kia Niro Hybrid (a 3 rd opinion). News: 2017 Kia Niro Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

Following the company’s recent introduction of the new OM 654 diesel family ( earlier post ), Daimler will introduce a new family of gasoline engines in 2017, which will again set efficiency standards and will be the first ever to be equipped with a particulate filter ( earlier post ). We will invest 14.5 billion euro.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The study also illustrates how a holistic, total vehicle approach to system mass and cost reduction can help offset the additional cost of a 37% mass reduced body structure. Designing each part to be a structural element. Elimination of parts. which were optimized in a holistic redesign as part of the Phase 1 study.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

These fuel economy levels are achieved based on a sustained 4%–6% annual reduction of fuel use per mile with incremental technology additions that do not compromise vehicle size or utility at an incremental cost of $800–$1,300 from 2025 to 2030. Previous costs of compliance have been greatly overestimated.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

grams in 2010 (the latest year for which figures are available) and a mandatory target of 175 grams in 2017. The proposals would amend two existing regulations establishing binding requirements for manufacturers to meet the 2015 mandatory target for cars and the 2017 target for vans. Europe and the US. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

Under the current regulatory system, the cost of building the additional capacity would have to be borne by customers, so UK Power Networks is using innovation to optimize its existing infrastructure to reduce this cost. By 2030 it is anticipated that there will be up to 1.9

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Historically, companies that manufacture the trucks and their add-on parts have been permitted to certify their products only through physical testing, often using a wind tunnel. weather, test track availability, and the cost of wind tunnel testing). Video Credit: SmartTruck.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

ARB says it intends to provide vehicle manufacturers with sufficient lead time as well as compliance flexibility to implement new technologies across their vehicle lines both from a feasibility and cost-effectiveness standpoint. Greenhouse gas emission standards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2017

Deploy a pilot-scale manufacturing high-selectivity/high yield process to produce an intermediate fuel (bio-oil) by advancing one of the already existing biomass to bio-oil conversion processes. The deadline to submit applications is 13 October 2017. The CEC will hold a pre-application workshop on 25 August.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The lithium-ion batteries are being manufactured by the Daimler subsidiary Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE and distributed through selected sales partners and partner companies. These may comprise the photovoltaic system, battery inverter, energy management and the Mercedes-Benz energy storage unit, plus the cost of installation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Nano One produces low-cost high-performance energy storage materials for batteries as well as a wide range of advanced nanostructured composite materials. The innovations lie in the three-stage aqueous process that enables a wider range of raw material inputs, eliminates manufacturing steps and provides high purity high performance materials.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2024

Along with colleagues from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory , Ames Laboratory , and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, we have been studying advanced motor concepts as part of the U.S. The bottom line is that replacing rare earth–based magnets with non–rare earth ones comes at a cost: degraded motor performance.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

As a part of the first cycle of investment, Volkswagen’s “Electrify America” program is earmarked to spend $300 million, with the most focus on the installation of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at multi-family residences, workplaces, highway rest-stops, commercial and retail sites, and municipal lots and garages.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. Identifying ideal routes is key to success,” says the LIGHTS group’s final report , and the learnings were underscored by the fleet operators taking part.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Conventional polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology requires high content of platinum electrocatalyst, which raises manufacturing costs. These costs should be linked to a commercially viable business model for large scale manufacturing and should approach cost parity with Si switches on a cost per amp basis.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

The cost of producing Chinese-Pidgeon magnesium is $2.50/kg. The US Magnesium LLC cost, using a more environmentally sound approach, is approximately $3.31/kg.). The very high purity magnesium crowns produced by distillation are remelted and cast into ingots. kWh/kg and has emissions of 6.9 kgCO 2 /kg, according to ARPA-E.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Key program goals, as defined by the Office of Fossil Energy and the US Office of Management and Budget, include: Cost of $175 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for a minimum 40,000 hour fuel cell stack. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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