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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
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
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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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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CleanTechnica EVs
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GM brings two heavyweight contenders to Chicago's EV showdown.
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Innovation News Network
JUNE 10, 2024
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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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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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Electrek
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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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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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Electric Cars Report
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Hyundai Motor America in partnership with Hyundai Capital America today announced its new Evolve+ electric vehicle subscription service at the 2023 Chicago Auto Show. Evolve+ is a month-to-month subscription […] The post Hyundai Launches Evolve+ EV Subscription Program at the Chicago Auto Show appeared first on Electric Cars Report.
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CleanTechnica EVs
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The Truth About Cars
JULY 2, 2023
I remember reporting on the news that NASCAR was coming to Chicago. And the Taste of Chicago, and. The Chicago Sun-Times got the course right in its initial reporting, too. According to the& Chicago Sun-Times , the& race course & will be 2.2 Rain, rain go away, we want to see NASCAR race in Chicago today.
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The Truth About Cars
JUNE 27, 2023
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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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Electric Cars Report
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Hyundai Motor America in partnership with Hyundai Capital America today announced its new Evolve+ electric vehicle subscription service at the 2023 Chicago Auto Show. Evolve+ is a month-to-month subscription […] The post Hyundai Launches Evolve+ EV Subscription Program at the Chicago Auto Show appeared first on Electric Cars Report.
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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
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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InsideEVs
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Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2019
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Green Car Congress
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Green Car Congress
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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 Congress
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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
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 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 Reports
AUGUST 23, 2024
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Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Russell Wager, Kia America's vice president of marketing, told Green Car Reports at the Chicago auto show. Looking ahead to the next year, it will solidify some new decisions about its range of hybrids and plug-in hybrids for the brand, in addition to additional EVs on the way.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
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The Truth About Cars
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
It got a bit buried in the news about NASCAR heading, quite literally, south of the border to Mexico , but the series will also return to Chicago for a third year in 2025. NASCAR has a three-year contract with Chicago and 2025 will mark the third and final year. The event will use the same 12-turn, 2.2-mile
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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
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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InsideEVs
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Extremely cold weather is the cause, but a lot of the issues could have been avoided or rectified ahead of time.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2022
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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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