Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

At the New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), Mitsubishi Motors North America President and CEO Shinichi Kurihara confirmed that the company is developing the i MiEV for sale in world markets, including the United States. The battery pack of the i MIEV. Fleet sales of the electric vehicle begin this July in Japan. Click to enlarge.

i-MiEV 150

i-MiEV Oregon Portland Mitsubishi 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Automotive lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel is entering the utility-scale energy storage market, supplying batteries for one of the 16 new smart grid regional demonstration projects recently awarded funding by the US DOE. Earlier post.)

Energy Storage 210

Energy Storage Market Energy Grid 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The E-Mobility Group of Daimler Trucks & Buses is launching a worldwide initiative to establish a charging infrastructure for battery-electric trucks. The initial focus is on charging stations installed at the depots of truck customers. Japan is the next market to follow. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks.

Global 414

Global Charging Japan Electric 414

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. since 2003.

Grid 218

Grid Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

2016 186

2016 Electric Vehicles Global Re-Charge 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2015

The paper also includes city-specific analysis of benefits to consumers, and seeks to discern links between policies aimed at promoting electric vehicles and the market uptake. Manufacturers are targeting these markets, a wider range of EV models are available, and sales are up as a result. Click to enlarge.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Atlanta Portland San Diego 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Electric vehicle (EV) drivers can now travel the most heavily-trafficked corridors on the East and West Coasts of the United States with the installation of 95 new DC Fast charging stations as part of the Express Charging Corridors Initiative—a collaboration of BMW of North America, Volkswagen of America, Inc.

BMW 150

BMW Charging San Diego San Francisco 150

EV Life

AUGUST 28, 2020

How much battery range do you need for your favorite road trips? First, start by narrowing the criteria for your EV search from the nearly 50 electric cars and plug-in hybrids on the market. However, your electric car battery is much larger than a smartphone battery. How do you charge your EV at home or in public?

Electric Cars 98

Electric Cars San Francisco Cars Financing 98

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

The Company, headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, will market and distribute battery charging equipment to support on-road electric vehicles (EV), industrial equipment, and electric airport ground support equipment (GSE). Much like the United States, the electric vehicle market in Australia is in its infancy. ECOtality, Inc.

Australia 170

Australia San Diego Nashville Tucson 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Ener1 has signed up two new customers for its Li-ion batteries: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Toro. Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea will receive Li-ion battery packs for electric buses; the packs are similar configurations as packs currently in operation in California with AC Transit. Tags: Batteries. million and 136.0

Li-ion 225

Li-ion Hyundai Supplies 2009 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the initial phase, the aim is to install nearly 100 DC Fast charging ports across both coasts, with plans to expand the program to increase access to fast charging across the country. The installations will occur both within and between relevant metro areas, strategically spaced at a maximum of 50 miles (80 km) apart.

DC 150

DC BMW Charging North America 150

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Here at Charged , we’ve been covering the commercial EV market for a decade. He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Charged : You recently wrote, “Commercial vehicle battery packs are tough to source.” It’s less time and effort.

Fleet 52

Fleet Portland Charging Commercial 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Portland General Electric. National Grid.

Obama 150

Obama Charging Financing Alternative Fuels 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

Plug-in 150

Plug-in Plug Raleigh Indianapolis 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Southeast Regional Alternative Fuels Market Initiatives Program, which. Greater Portland. Alternative Fuels Markets in New England will work to diversify the. The Advancing Alternative Fuel Markets Adoption and Growth project in. installation; and develop and conduct training programs regarding. Center for.

Clean 308

Clean Cleaning Alternative Fuels Fuel 308

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Grant 317

Grant Lithium Ion Obama St. Louis 317

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Electric Island project, a collaboration between Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric, will be a test bed for all kinds of heavy-duty EV charging solutions. More and more viable vehicles are coming on the market, from both established OEMs and bold startups. Electric trucks are finally starting to roll.

Future 106

Future Electric Electrical Portland 106

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. A bilingual and culturally sensitive awareness campaign (including marketing materials) that will run in disadvantaged/underserved communities or in media that target or serve disadvantaged/underserved communities.

America 150

America California Charging Fresno 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Mitsubishi’s North American-spec i-MiEV battery electric vehicle ( earlier post )—available in either an ES base model or upgrade SE trim package —will be available to test drive at US dealerships beginning in November 2011 with the first scheduled customer vehicle deliveries set to commence in early 2012. Click to enlarge.

i-MiEV 239

i-MiEV Mitsubishi Lithium Ion Battery 239

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

As automakers prepare to introduce the first mass-market electric cars late this year, it is increasingly evident that the cars will get their most serious tryout in just a handful of places. In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., “There is a huge momentum here,” said Andrew Tang, an executive at P.G.&

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. In the U.S. In the U.S.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

A generation of deregulation has culminated with free-market ideologues and corporate chieftains begging for salvation from the federal government once-despised as mettlesome. Chairman Carlos Ghosn has gone further than any auto exec in making an alternative fuel choice for the future and it is unambiguously battery electric cars.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Plug-in Alternative Fuels Plug 100