Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Based on detailed model-level data for US light-duty vehicles from 1980 to 2006, a recent analysis by a UC Davis researcher found that if weight, horsepower and torque had been held at their 1980 levels, fuel economy for both passenger cars and light trucks could have increased by nearly 50% from 1980 to 2006. Knittel, Christopher R.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

With global leading car OEMs such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai all recently announcing their intentions to make their FCEVs available to the consumer, there is no doubt that the OEMs have done their homework. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe but, on earth, it must normally be extracted from water or organic compounds.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

In addition, in December 2013, Honda supplied an Accord Plug-In Hybrid with a bi-directional on-board charger to the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Plug In Partners

JULY 20, 2006

Toyota Motor Company J ust last month, there seemed to be good evidence that Toyota was looking at producing a plug- in. Now, Toyota is making it official. Toyota moves to corner the 'plug-in' market Reversing course, the Japanese automaker reveals it will make hybrid cars that can go even farther on electricity.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Davis, personal communication, February 20, 2010). The report was sponsored by The University of Michigan and by the research consortium Sustainable Worldwide Transportation. Motors; Honda R&D Americas; Nissan Technical Center North America; and Toyota. The governments, the energy companies, and the. evolutionary thinking.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Once held on the Stanford University campus, “The chapter had a rally course in downtown Palo Alto,” Pohorsky recalled. “It An early advocate for green energy, he drove the car to Sacramento in 2003, stopping in Davis, California to charge overnight before testifying before the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Then we disbanded.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

Toyota, the automaker arguably best positioned and most experienced in the ways of electric drive, has scarcely hidden its intention to go slow on plug-ins while touting small incremental mileage gains on the gasoline-only Prius and the green glitz of an optional solar roof. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

FIALKA Staff Reporter THE WALL STREET JOURNAL January 25, 2006 DAVIS, Calif. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It The current top seller is Toyota Motor Corp.'s It had gobs of torque," he recalls. In June, U.C.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. Vehicles converted by Professor Andy Frank and his team at the UC Davis Hybrid Center are listed at our History of PHEVs page , with further info at www.team-fate.net. NREL, June 2006 Toyota Prius by EnergyCS Golden, CO Terry_Penney@.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2006

13, 2006 Andrew Frank, University of California at Davis Mechanical engineering professor and researcher Andrew Frank has spent much of the last 30 years studying electric motors and batteries to make vehicles more fuel-efficient. photo EV World H ere is a new interview with Andy Frank from Washington Technology.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.) Hybrids-Plus www.hybrids-plus.com Boulder, CO offers lithium-ion conversions of the Toyota Prius and soon on the Escape, for private individuals or for organizations; current pricing starts at $24,000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." Never discount Toyota.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

An Argonne researcher reached consensus with researchers from other national labs, universities, the Air Resources Board, automakers, utilities and AD Little to estimate in July 2002 that PHEVs using nighttime power reduce greenhouse gases by 46 to 61 percent. The GREET 1.6 See CalCars-News Archive for updates.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Toyota still has not made any money on the Prius. I see the technical complexity of hybrids is finally coming home to roost at Toyota, which has superb engineering. Uncharacteristically, Toyota is blaming this on the floormats!! As far as electric vehicles, many writers here have stated some of the issues. Does that bother you?

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