Congress, Gas-Electric, Miles and Neighborhood

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN). Actually delivering commercially viable 500-mile batteries will require exascale computing—i.e., The Net-Zero Neighborhood.

Neighborhood

Neighborhood Energy Storage Grid Transportation

PG&E and BMW of North America start V2X testing in California

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2023

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and BMW of North America (BMW) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of renewable energy. In California 1.4

North America

North America BMW California America

BYD delivers first all-electric automated side loader refuse truck to city of Palo Alto

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

BYD delivered the first all-electric automated side loader refuse truck to the City of Palo Alto and GreenWaste, the city’s waste hauler service. The BYD electric refuse truck uses its batteries for propulsion, as well as to power the hydraulic system for the body.

BYD

BYD All-Electric Neighborhood Electric

Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

Electrify America and the City of Sacramento announced new projects that will increase access to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) in the Sacramento region, expand ZEV technology use, and prepare the City for future electric vehicle adoption. mile “Home Zone.” EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

Sacramento

Sacramento America Green Davis

EDI partners with Greenkraft for parallel-series multi-mode Class-4 CNG-PHEV truck; CEC funding

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2014

EDI), a producer of plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and continuously variable transmission (CVT) solutions ( earlier post ), is partnering with Greenkraft , CALSTART, and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop a Class-4 vehicle that combines the benefits of compressed natural gas (CNG) and PHEV technology.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Gas-Electric Gas

California ARB awards $9.5M to Porterville to deploy 10 GreenPower electric buses and charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million to the City of Porterville to deploy 10 GreenPower EV350 40-foot zero-emission all-electric transit buses on all nine Porterville Transit routes, and to install the charging infrastructure including 11 charging stations. develops electric powered vehicles for commercial markets. GreenPower Motor Company Inc.

California

California Charging Neighborhood Gas-Electric

The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. by Bill Cooke. 0.9 - 0.95X.

2009

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Bureau of Reclamation buys 27 e-ride electric utility vehicles for Grand Coulee Dam

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The Bureau of Reclamation this fall purchased 27 electric utility vehicles for use at the Grand Coulee Dam. We’re trying to introduce these electric vehicles as a way to offset our current gas fleet vehicles. Neighborhood Electric Vehicles) with plenty of torque to make it up steep grades around the power plant complex.

Buy

Buy Vehicles Minnesota Lithium Ion

Ford C-MAX Hybrid EPA-rated at 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway; plug-in Energi version offers 85 mph top electric speed

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2012

The C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid is equipped with a button that enables drivers to choose an electric-only driving mode. The gasoline engine will not operate unless an override setting is selected or certain conditions are present such as the accelerator pedal being fully depressed and the driver enabling the gas engine.

MPG

MPG Plug-in MPH Plug

IIHS studies find most e-scooter rider injuries happen on sidewalk

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2020

City planners and many pedestrians have wondered how to get electric scooters off the sidewalk, but two new studies from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety raise a different question: Just where should e-scooters be ridden? who recently switched from an e-scooter to an electric bike.

San Antonio

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

Since 1993 my wife and I have lived in Torrance California, just a half mile from the beautiful beach and the Pacific Ocean. What we’re not breathing is clean air, because the smoke from the La Canada-Flintridge fire, about 38 miles from here, is still making air quality hazardous and people in the L.A.

Climate Change

Climate Change Los Angeles Climate Water

CPUC approves SDG&E pilot EV grid integration project; 3,500 charging stations at 350 sites, dynamic pricing

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2016

With rates encouraging off-peak charging, vehicles will be efficiently integrated onto the grid, helping to avoid on-peak charging that drives the need to build more power plants and other electric infrastructure. million electric meters and 881,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

San Diego

San Diego Grid Price Charging

PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2019

Port Authority of Allegheny County: A $1,104,000 grant to replace two diesel transit buses with two new battery electric buses and install two charging stations. The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. Montgomery County. Application deadlines are in October and November.

Pollution

Pollution Transportation Pennsylvania Philadelphia

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

billion in federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) in support of the development of advanced electric drive vehicles (EDVs) including plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), electric vehicles (EV), and fuel cell vehicles (FCV). Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Components.

PHEV

PHEV Batteries Battery Vehicles

Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And yet, what about recharging? car market.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric

Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And yet, what about recharging? car market.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric

Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins? Where Can I Buy One? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? 4 Great Gifts!

Plug-in

Plug-in America Plug EV1

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Transportation details of LA Mayor’s proposed Green New Deal

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2019

The LA Green New Deal seeks to “zero out” Los Angeles’ main sources of harmful emissions: buildings, transportation, electricity, and trash. A 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. As a corollary, Garcetti’s LAGND seeks to reduce VMT (vehicle miles traveled) per capita by at least 13% by 2025; 39% by 2035; and 45% by 2050.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Transportation Green Emissions

Snapshot of the California Zero Emission Vehicle program credit balances

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

In complying with the ZEV regulation, manufacturers operate vehicles in California which generate varying credits, expressed in units of grams per mile Non-Methane Organic Gases (g/mi NMOG). ZEV credit balances. Source: ARB. Click to enlarge. plug-in hybrids); AT PZEVs (e.g., hybrids); and PZEVs (low-emission conventional vehicles).

California

California Emissions Vehicles 2011

California announces it will ban the sale of New Gasoline Cars

Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Decided to completely ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California from 2035, when all new vehicles must be an electric or plug-in hybrid. Drivers will still be able to continue to buy and sell pre-owned gas-powered cars. Ensuring access to charging stations is also key to ramping up electric vehicle sales.

California

California Gasoline Sale Gasoline-Electric

Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Additionally, the rear electric motor also acts as a generator to provide supplemental power to the vehicles lithium ion battery pack, which also powers the front-mounted TMU. In addition to improving 0-to-60 mph and quarter-mile times, this zero-delay acceleration response allows the driver to experience a heightened sense of G-loading.

Acura

Acura Hybrid Lithium Ion Engine

EV Driven

The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

PG&E and BMW of North America start V2X testing in California

BYD delivers first all-electric automated side loader refuse truck to city of Palo Alto

Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

EDI partners with Greenkraft for parallel-series multi-mode Class-4 CNG-PHEV truck; CEC funding

California ARB awards $9.5M to Porterville to deploy 10 GreenPower electric buses and charging infrastructure

The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Bureau of Reclamation buys 27 e-ride electric utility vehicles for Grand Coulee Dam

Ford C-MAX Hybrid EPA-rated at 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway; plug-in Energi version offers 85 mph top electric speed

IIHS studies find most e-scooter rider injuries happen on sidewalk

The View From Here Today

CPUC approves SDG&E pilot EV grid integration project; 3,500 charging stations at 350 sites, dynamic pricing

PA Governor Wolf announces $8.5M from Volkswagen Settlement to reduce transportation pollution

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Plug In America - Links and Resources

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Transportation details of LA Mayor’s proposed Green New Deal

Snapshot of the California Zero Emission Vehicle program credit balances

California announces it will ban the sale of New Gasoline Cars

Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

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