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Archer Aviation and United Airlines plan to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago. Vertiport Chicago, North America’s largest vertical aircraft take off and landing facility, is located in the Illinois Medical District near the Chicago Loop.
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Green Car Congress
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The Chicago Transit Board awarded a $32-million contract to Proterra for the purchase of 20 new, all-electric buses. CTA expects to begin receiving the first buses by the end of 2018, which will begin service along one of CTA’s busiest bus routes—the #66 Chicago route.
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Green Car Reports
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Electric-car charging infrastructure in Chicago could use a boost, and the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance Friday meant to pave the way for that.
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Teslarati
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The Tesla Cybertruck, together with its stablemates, will be displayed at the 2024 Chicago Auto Show, one of the United States’ most prolific automotive events. Updates from the organizers of the 2024 Chicago Auto Show indicate that the Cybertruck has arrived at the event’s venue, and it is ready for some visitors.
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CleanTechnica EVs
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CleanTechnica EVs
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Electrek
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The first-ever electric NASCAR racer made its debut at the Chicago Street Race today wearing ABB livery and packing a tunable powertrain good for up to 1,000 kW (1340 hp) of peak power!
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Innovation News Network
JUNE 10, 2024
Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have created a method for sustainable lithium extraction. The post University of Chicago pioneers sustainable lithium extraction method appeared first on Innovation News Network.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Hyundai unveiled the redesigned 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at the Chicago Auto Show. Although the powertrains remain the same, the new Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid feature a comprehensive exterior and interior redesign, safety, suspension and new and improved infotainment and connectivity features.
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CleanTechnica EVs
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At the recent Chicago Auto Show, ComEd. Providing power for more than 4 million customers and about 70% of the population of Illinois, ComEd is a giant utility. Now it is turning its attention to good. (Or, Or, well, it’s stimulating more consumer demand by incentivizing a switch to electric vehicles.)
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Electrek
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One of the most anticipated new EVs made its debut on the streets of Chicago this morning as Dodge brand CEO Matt McAlear rev’ed onto the stage in a pre-production example of the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona EV Scat Pack Stage 2.
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The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
On this week's TTAC podcast, we're talking with Bill Stokes, Car Line Planning Manager at Subaru, about the new 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid and 2025 Subaru Forester Wilderness , both of which were unveiled at the 2025 Chicago Auto Show. You can find us wherever you get your podcasts, or by clicking here.
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The Truth About Cars
JULY 9, 2024
While snagging some lunch in downtown Chicago Friday afternoon, I spied rising NASCAR star and last year's winner of the inaugural Chicago Street Race Shane van Gisbergen walking down Michigan Avenue. NASCAR drivers were moving about Chicago incognito. But Chicago hasn't yet become a NASCAR town, and it shows.
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Electrek
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Illinois utility ComEd kicked off the Chicago Drives Electric event with a $90 million bang, featuring a new Point of Purchase initiative to deliver instant discounts to qualifying business and public sector customers who make the switch to electric vehicles.
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Electrek
MARCH 23, 2023
Leading global airline company United Airlines is set to launch the first electric air taxi route in Chicago in collaboration with Archer Aviation using Archer’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
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Electrek
MARCH 10, 2025
Niche boatbuilder Spacruzzi made waves (but limited wake) last year with an electric hot tub boat model showcased around the US, including Lake Tahoe and even on the Chicago River. An all-electric boat with a hot tub in it.
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Electrek
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
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CleanTechnica EVs
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The Truth About Cars
JUNE 27, 2023
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Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2022
Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.
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The Truth About Cars
JULY 3, 2023
It was the first time Chicago has hosted a street race for a major racing series in the modern era – and while we’re on the topic of firsts, what’s billed as the first-ever American auto race took place on the streets of the city and nearby Evanston in 1895. There’s always a first for everything. It was NASCAR’s first street race ever.
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The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The presence of the 2025 Kia K5 at the 2024 Chicago Auto Show is a reminder that the K5 still exists. The new year brings 11 more horsepower as a 2.5-liter liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder replaces the 1.6-liter liter turbo. The GT trim continues to use a turbocharged 2.5 that puts out 290 horsepower and 311 lb-ft of torque.
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The Truth About Cars
JULY 3, 2023
NASCAR's first foray into racing on the streets of downtown Chicago was met with criticism from the public and skepticism from the drivers before the race even took place. Take Nick Fornero, 30, from Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. Most, if not all, of the drivers sounded a positive tune after being on track.
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2019
University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2023
Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2019
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Green Car Congress
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
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Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2021
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
years per person, according to a new pollution index and accompanying report produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). —Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics and director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
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Green Car Reports
APRIL 11, 2024
metro areas like New York, Chicago, and Detroit. Charging company Voltpost is preparing to roll out its lamppost EV chargers in major U.S. The company on Thursday announced that it had "imminent plans" to deploy its chargers in these areas this spring.
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Green Car Reports
JULY 9, 2024
NASCAR surprised attendees at its Chicago Street Race on Saturday with the debut of a fully electric SUV prototype. It’s so surprising, perhaps, because the race series hasn’t even gone hybrid yet. NASCAR remains a race of thirsty, loud V-8 engines and rear-wheel-drive cars with rear-mounted manual transmissions. And while the.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
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Green Car Reports
JUNE 17, 2024
Americans aren't very enthusiastic about EVs, with cost, range anxiety, and charging among the main concerns, according to a new consumer poll by the Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). Researchers polled 6,265 U.S.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander made its world premiere before the opening day of the Chicago Auto Show. It is available in three powertrains across three grades: the 2.4L turbo gas engine, the 2.5L hybrid with a manufacturer-estimated 34 combined MPG, and the 362 hp Hybrid MAX.
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Green Car Reports
AUGUST 23, 2024
NASCAR is considering an electric racing series A prototype electric SUV race car was revealed in July The electric NASCAR race car prototype's body panels were made from plants NASCAR surprised attendees at its July Chicago Street Race with an electric SUV prototype race car, but the powertrain and body style weren't the prototypes only unusual.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2022
LanzaTech will continue to be based in Chicago, Illinois, and led by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech, and other key members of LanzaTech’s executive leadership.
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Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Rivian only recently identified locations in the Chicago and Los Angeles for the first showrooms, according to recent reports. The Chicago location is a former bank branch on W. Rivian is expected to start deliveries of its electric vehicles this summer, but the company doesn't have any showrooms yet.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
This first-of-a-kind fully integrated sustainable fuels production facility will be located in the Marquis Industrial Complex in Hennepin, Illinois, just two hours southwest of Chicago, on a 2,500-acre industrial site adjacent to the Illinois River.
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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
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Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
And the latest 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, revealed at the Chicago Auto Show today, looks to be a great example of that. Especially in the numbers-focused green-car arena, some healthy competition can do wonders.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 18, 2022
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