Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2012

The Bat’Lib station allows a user to exchange an empty battery for a full one in less than 10 seconds rather than waiting a few hours for the empty battery to recharge. Click to enlarge. The system is suited for electric bike and scooter commercial fleet owners, tour companies, and vehicle sharing programs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The top four cities included first-ranked Los Angeles and second-ranked San Francisco with Chicago and New York tied for third. Chicago (tie). Electric vehicle maker THINK released its first US EV-Ready Cities Index. The company recently announced plans to manufacture the THINK City electric car in Elkhart, Ind. City Purchase/Usage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

Both sets of electric vehicles are designed with a range that allows many FedEx Express couriers to make a full eight-hour shift of deliveries before their vehicles need recharging. A FedEx-branded prototype all-electric truck from Navistar is being unveiled today at an event in Chicago to kick-off a demonstration tour of the technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Kia unveiled three major hybrid offerings at the Chicago Auto Show: the 2017 Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle; the new Optima Hybrid; and the new Optima Plug-in Hybrid. Similar systems have been seen on German luxury makes, but Kia says its system is the first in the industry to monitor and adjust for both ascending and descending scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The program is part of an aggressive rollout of a network of affordable fast charging stations that will provide convenient recharging to Nissan LEAF and other EV drivers. In April DBT established US operations in Chicago through the subsidiary DBT USA Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2009

In January, Toyota Industries had given the concept hybrid lift truck its North American debut at ProMat 2009 in Chicago. The lift truck shifts automatically between battery and engine mode, simultaneously recharging the battery during operation. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Industries Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2012

The plug-in hybrid system uses energy from its battery pack to improve efficiency and power during driving, operate quietly in an all-electric mode at the job site, and is recharged using cleaner domestically produced electricity from the grid. The Terex Commander 4042 digger derrick features a DUECO, Inc. ComEd received a $1.5

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. It was manufactured in small volumes by Exxon, appeared at an electric vehicle show in Chicago in 1977, and served briefly as a coin cell battery. Did Exxon invent the rechargeable lithium battery? But then Exxon dropped it.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

EV charging station placement along many of these routes allow for EV drivers the option to solely recharge at Walmart stores during their travels. Examples of routes include Houston to Chicago via I-45, I-35 and I-44, San Antonio to St Louis via I-35 and I-44 and Washington DC to Savannah, GA via I-95.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Total DOE award: $15,000,000. Total DOE award: $14,999,905. Total DOE award: $12,975,388.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

At the Chicago Auto Show, Hyundai introduced its new 2020 Sonata Hybrid, featuring up to 686 miles of driving range and an EPA-estimated 52 mpg combined fuel economy rating on the Blue trim. This system recharges the 12-volt and hybrid battery while preventing unnecessary battery discharge when the car is off. Solar roof system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Some short distance plane routes have already been cancelled, and train travel from Beijing to Shanghai (roughly equivalent to New York to Chicago) has been cut from 11 hours to 4 hours. Advanced Coal Technologies. Fluidic Energy’s approach involves ionic liquids. Solar fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

When it returns to its home base at the end of the day, it can be plugged in and fully recharged within 6-8 hours. FedEx showcased a prototype of the eStar electric truck during last month’s “Charge Up Route 66” tour that began in Chicago and ended in Los Angeles as part of the Fortune Brainstorm Green Conference. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In October, strategy consultancy Roland Berger updated its 2010 report on the Li-ion battery business in which it warned that only six to eight global players in rechargeable battery business would survive through to 2017. Wendt, Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants’ Chicago office. Roland Berger: the Li-ion bubble bursts.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

You may already know that pharmaceuticals giant Walgreens is installing as many as 800 electric car charging stations at its branches throughout New York City, Houston, Dallas Fort-Worth and Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

The software upgrade is based upon patented technology developed by Chicago-based Ewert Energy Systems , which has granted PICC exclusive rights for its use in Prius conversion kits. (PICC) has completed a software upgrade to its 6.1 PICC will begin California Air Resources Board emissions-control certification testing later this month.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

One of the two new hybrid police vehicles will be built in Chicago, and both will be upfitted with their police gear at Ford’s dedicated police vehicle modification center in Chicago. Wireless recharging extends electric-only range for short distance commuters, even during quick stops. Understanding customers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Trail’ster e-AWD concept at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. The Trail’ster’s electric motor acts as a generator to recover kinetic energy and recharge the battery when the vehicle is braking or coasting. The Trail’ster, based on Kia’s Soul urban passenger vehicle, is primarily powered by a 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

Vehicles will be tested on braking speed, lane change ability, acceleration and refueling/recharging time, among other elements. 29 April: Competition opener and welcome (public). Up to ten competition vehicles will be on display at the state capitol for the public and media to view, including opportunities to interact with the teams.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

For example, in Chicago (calculations via the US Department of Energy (DOE) fueleconomy.gov site) the Ioniq PHEV is responsible for 200 g GHG/mile, upstream and downstream. DC fast charging is not available, unlike the Ioniq Electric, which can recharge to 80% in 30 minutes at 50 kW (23 minutes at 100 kW). Ioniq Hybrid (Blue).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 9, 2009

———- EVI’s Class 3 truck (white) on display at Chicago truck show. And if (or as) battery-electric trucks catch on, the charging infrastructure that will be developed to keep the fleets in operation could provide the foundation for a charging infrastructure for rechargeable electric passenger vehicles as well.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

Plug-in vehicles would combine today’s new electric-flex fuel (gas and/or biofuels such as ethanol) hybrid technology with a larger battery that could be recharged by plugging it into a standard wall sockets. imports about 60 percent of its oil—most of which is used in the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

The paper was written by former Purdue doctoral student Moiz Diwan, now a senior research engineer at Abbott Laboratories in Chicago; Purdue postdoctoral researcher Hyun Tae Hwang; doctoral student Ahmad Al-Kukhun; and Arvind Varma, R. The material-based H 2 yield (~14.3 Diwan et al.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 25, 2006

These new hybrids would offer consumers a 50-mile all-electric range, get the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon, be fully recharged at night and deliver all the performance and comfort of traditional gasoline-powered vehicles without the damaging emissions. We believe Americans will buy these vehicles , which is why we want to sell them. "The

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Its battery recharges in an hour, the company says. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE. Akhtar originally wanted to work with people with amputations as a physician. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Design, build, test, commission, and operate a utility-scale 20 MW flywheel energy storage frequency regulation plant in Chicago, Illinois, and provide frequency regulation services to the grid operator, the PJM Interconnection. Beacon Power 20MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant. 24,063,978. 48,127,957. 12,392,120.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Honda gave the all-new 2016 Honda Pilot SUV its global premiere at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show. The new Pilot offers five USB ports, four that provide better recharging with 2.5-amp The 2016 Pilot features a new 3.5-liter, amp output, to charge iPads or smartphones while in use.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

Real-time pricing would enable customers to recharge vehicles during off-peak hours at reduced cost. The Perfect Power Prototype for the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) - $5,405,583. Smart grid supports EV and PHEV deployment through real-time pricing structures and bi-directional metering.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), headquartered in Portland, Oregon, has delivered 20 Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors to the Golden Brands—East Bay and Harbor Distributing—Huntington Beach warehouses of Reyes Beverage Group (RBG), a Chicago-headquartered nationwide distributor of alcoholic beverages.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition. economy."

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough was awarded the 2012 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for discoveries that “paved the way for development of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology.” Following World War II, he pursued a doctorate in physics at the University of Chicago.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Some models need more frequent charging The limited driving range of these vehicles means drivers must stop to recharge occasionally, which is not much of an option during an evacuation. In Chicago, there have been reports of EV batteries not charging because of freezing weather.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 8, 2024

Now, Hipcamp, an online marketplace for campsites, glampsites and RV spaces, and Subaru of America have come together to create itineraries for 10 classic American roadtrips that will recharge not only drivers and passengers but their EVs as well. “At

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

I had a long drive from Chicago to Des Moines planned and thought, “why not test out an EV while I’m doing it?” This past weekend, I got my first official taste of the Genesis brand by taking the GV70 EV 333+ miles from Chicago to Des Moines and back. That’s a travel time of about five hours and fifteen minutes… or so I thought.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

The Great American Road Trip: Chicago to LA. This particular 3200 km trip from Chicago to LA, is a modern take on the famous Route 66, and takes a few days to complete. There are also plenty of great places to stop overnight and recharge batteries (literally and figuratively speaking), such as Omaha, Denver or Las Vegas.

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