Electric Cars Report

JUNE 13, 2023

Toyota Motor Corporation announced its plans to develop an all solid-state battery as part of its ambitious strategy for battery electric vehicles, in response to growing criticism of Japan’s leading automaker’s efforts to combat climate change.

Toyota 137

Toyota Climate Change Charging Japan 137

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2021

Toyota’s first standalone, early-stage venture capital firm, Toyota AI Ventures, will change its name to Toyota Ventures and grow its total assets under management to more than $500 million with the addition of two $150 million early-stage funds: the Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund and the Toyota Ventures Climate Fund.

Toyota 186

Toyota Carbon Climate Change Climate 186

Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

As a former top corporate subject matter expert, I took a very deep made myself a environmental resource for others in my reincarnation as The Creative Greenius and author of this blog. I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. But I needed to see and feel the car for myself.

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General Motors Motors Motor Motoring 370

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Also, Toyota will provide fee-based technical support to other manufacturers developing and selling electrified vehicles when they use Toyota’s motors, batteries, PCUs, control ECUs, and other vehicle electrification system technologies as part of their powertrain systems.

Toyota 270

Toyota Vehicles Climate Change Grant 270

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and General Motors are collaborating to pilot the use of GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes in PG&E’s service area. —PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe. By the end of 2025, GM will have more than 1 million units of EV capacity in North America to respond to growing demand.

GM 150

GM Vehicles North America Gas-Electric 150

Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

Hertz has massively expanded the number of EVs available to Uber drivers in Europe to help both organizations achieve their respective climate goals. However, via a multibillion-dollar deal with General Motors , Hertz’s offerings may also include GM products in the near future as well.

Vehicles 98

Vehicles Gas-Electric Climate North America 98

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The GM brand will retire the carbon credits to benefit the climate instead of using them to offset the emissions of Chevrolet vehicles or operations. — Greg Martin, executive director of sustainability, General Motors. Of the nearly 8.2 million tons contracted from 36 projects, 69% have been retired.

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Chevrolet Purchase Carbon Illinois 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. Climate Change. Climate Change.

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Grant Toyota Myanmar 2017 150

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

I’m afraid the time has come to pull the plug on GM’s life support so we can plug into a whole new kind of Motors much better than General. I’m talking about electric motors. Here’s what I’m proposing: Seize and Nationalize the bankrupt General Motors Corporation. With extreme prejudice.

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General Motors Motors Motor Motoring 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

California’s Climate Protection Strategies do not help meet NAAQS Standards. If the near zero technologies outlined in this paper are developed in the time frame described herein, they will dramatically enhance the state’s ability to meet air quality standards and climate protection objectives. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Teslarati

JULY 8, 2022

On Friday, the company says the ACEA lobby’s attempts to address climate change aren’t aggressive enough. In a statement , Volvo Cars said, “What we do as a sector will play a major role in deciding whether the world has a fighting chance to curb climate change. I’d love to hear from you!

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Volvo Climate Change Automobile Manufacturer Climate 98

Teslarati

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric announced the launch of a new pilot program today that will allow California residents to use their GM electric vehicles to act as on-demand power sources for homes. We are really excited about this innovative collaboration with GM,” PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe said.

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GM General Motors Gas-Electric Grid 119

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

WWF and Toyota Motor Corporation have entered into a five-year agreement aimed at accelerating the globe’s transition to sustainability. Toyota is the first car company and the first Japanese company to sign a Global Corporate Partnership agreement with WWF. The agreement went into effect on 1 July 2016.

Toyota 150

Toyota Global Indonesia Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Excluding biofuels, the demand peak for refined products derived from crude oil processing occurs earlier, in 2032, hastened by an intensification of fuel economy and substitution investments linked to enhanced government and corporate greenhouse gas targets. This shift is already being reflected in supply-side investment.

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2019 Global Production Oil 170

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MAY 19, 2016

It is anchored in the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board, the organization’s platform for discussions with the private sector. The preliminary results of the project will be presented at the next ITF Summit in May 2017.

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Transportation Global International Davis 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Fourteen major cities, members of the C40, announced the formation of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network at the Climate Summit for Mayors in Copenhagen. In collaboration with four vehicle manufacturers and the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), these cities will focus on four key areas necessary for becoming electric vehicle ready.

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Electric Vehicles Los Angeles Houston Chicago 268

Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 30, 2021

Nissan Motor Co., The vehicle is part of a joint project with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and is being planned and developed by NMKV Co., Nissan’s well below 2°C carbon reduction targets have been validated by the SBTi, ensuring that they are aligned to climate science.

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All-Electric Nissan Japan Electrical 84

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

The researchers studied California Department of Motor Vehicle trends in household behaviors for two-car households for a period of six years. We want to focus more on driving behavior and how multi-car households drive their vehicles and respond to changes in gasoline prices in the future.

Purchase 220

Purchase Fuel Economy Fuel Cash For Clunkers 220

Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Corporations and governments use it to make pledges and announce sustainability measures. And the automotive industry too is doing its bit to ensure green motoring. It means supporting Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and others being hit hardest by the pollution, climate and biodiversity crises. degrees Celsius.

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Emissions Pollution India Climate 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

There are currently 12 industry participants in UKH 2 Mobility together with 3 UK government departments—the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Department for Transport and the Department for Energy and Climate Change—and Transport Scotland, Welsh Government and the Greater London Authority.

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Hydrogen Honda Toyota Climate Change 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

The three UK Government Departments are The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; The Department for Transport; and the Department for Energy and Climate Change—in addition to the European Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. Hyundai Motor Company. Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited. Daimler AG.

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Hydrogen Electric Vehicles Industrial Industry 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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Financing Ford Clean Cleaning 170

Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

The Climate Change Commission has recently confirmed that incentives are necessary to continue to ensure the adoption of EVs. With recent policy changes ending ideas like social leasing and scrappage schemes, we need new ideas to enable all New Zealanders to access EVs.

Clean 52

Clean Cleaning New Zealand Land Rover 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

After considering a wide range of possible strategies to reduce light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, a team from Carnegie Mellon University, RAND Corporation and the University of Toronto has concluded that no one strategy will be sufficient to meet GHG emissions reduction goals to avoid climate change. MacLean, and H.

Climate Change 220

Climate Change Grid Emissions Sustainable Transportation 220

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

The authors found that artificially increasing the popularity of alternative motor vehicles through tax credits has the unintended effect of decreasing new conventional vehicle fuel economy as compared with implementing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards without the credits. Adoption of all of the preceding policies.

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Tax Credit Tax Emissions Fuel 220

Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

And this wouldn’t be the first time: in the past, the Volkswagen Group has engaged in alliance conversations with Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra; now, the homegrown business of the JSW Group is on its list. In fact, manufacturers like Hyundai Motor India and Ola are looking to list and raise money through the sale of shares.

India 52

India Suzuki Motoring Motors 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The program, created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of new vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels to help attain the state's climate change policies. Earlier post.) Villa Ford Inc.

Los Angeles 240

Los Angeles California Plug-in ZeroTruck 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2010

Without strong action, those numbers are expected to keep rising, but reducing the nation’s impact on global climate change and dependence on oil imports has proved problematic. Taxes on motor vehicle fuels should be increased by $0.10 Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. Heywood et al.

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MIT Emissions Light Climate Change 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National High Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly established increasingly stringent greenhouse gas emission standards under the Clean Air Act for 2012 through 2016 model-year vehicles and fuel economy standards under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, respectively.

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EPA Standards Light PHEV 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Mainstream Engineering Corporation. US Hybrid Corporation. American Lithium Energy Corporation. Novarials Corporation. reliance on foreign energy sources and mitigate climate change, highly efficient automotive gasoline fueled engines need to be developed. Select SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Battery Powered Engine Lithium Ion 150

EV Connect

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Government agencies, nonprofits and businesses large and small are all increasing their commitment to developing a sustainable economy and curbing the effects of climate change.

Industrial 52

Industrial Industry Charging 2019 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Impact pathway approach for modeling policy interventions in (a) air quality and (b) climate impacts. An analysis by a team in Bangladesh found large air quality and associated health benefits accruing to the residents of Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh) as a result of the rapid conversion of the motor vehicle fleet to CNG.

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Conversion Climate Bangladesh Vehicles 281

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Toyota Central R&D Labs., This has led to calls for reductions in emissions of atmospheric pollutants, including those from motor vehicles. have developed a simulator able to predict tropospheric ozone concentrations across the whole of South and East Asia.

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Ozone Asia Toyota India 199

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2022

In recent years, classic muscle cars have received modifications and design evolutions to help them compete in the world market of climate-conscious vehicles. It also sparked the long-standing feud between GM, Ford and Chrysler corporations. Driven with care (i.e., not with a heavy-right foot) they can produce surprising fuel economy.

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Future Dodge Cars Ford 87

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2018

In Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chita City, Toyota City, Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries have launched the Chita City and Toyota City Renewable Energy-use Low-carbon Hydrogen Project.

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Hydrogen Carbon Supplies Japan 230

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Toyota Motor Europe is already compliant with its 2012 target, and also less than 1g CO 2 /km from the more stringent 2015 target. If car manufacturers make no further improvements in carbon efficiency of new cars between 2010 and 2012, non-compliant manufacturers could face fines which in total would add up to €10 billion.

2015 244

2015 Emissions CO2 2010 244

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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Grid Powered Power Vehicles 141