Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

Coulomb Technologies and Shocking Solutions, a provider of plug-in vehicle infrastructure solutions and consulting, announced that the first networked charging stations for electric vehicles in Michigan are now available. Michigan a Launch Market for the Volt.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is the latest Washington official to pay a visit to Detroit. Foxx toured facilities from all of the Big Three car makers last week and met with officials, the Detroit News reports.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Proterra announced that the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) and Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) have agreed to purchase electric buses and chargers from Proterra, becoming the 100 th customer for the company. DTE Energy will work with DDOT, SMART and Proterra on the charging infrastructure.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Detroit now has a quarter-mile length of roadway with the ability to charge properly equipped electric vehicles as they drive. While similar programs have been pioneered in Europe, Detroit is the first and only city to do so in the United States. Early plans called for installation on Michigan’s most scenic roadways.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The Grand Wagoneer Concept features a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain system, in line with the Jeep brand’s plans to offer electrification options on all models in the next few years. They will be reborn in Warren, Michigan, near downtown Detroit. —Christian Meunier, global president of the Jeep brand – FCA.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2015

Tesla Motors can't sell its electric cars in the home state of the Detroit Three automakers, but it's long wanted to change that. Last October, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill prohibiting carmakers from selling vehicles directly to customers in the state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

A newly released University of Michigan study found widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; however, the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. Source: Curtin et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. This brings GM’s combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities. engine-generator from Flint. engine-generator from Flint. “We

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

In preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, General Motors will invest $449 million to upgrade manufacturing processes at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly and Brownstown Battery Assembly plants. billion invested in Michigan-based facilities alone. This includes more than $2.8

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Testing of Stellantis vehicles and partner technologies will be conducted at the University of Michigan’s Mcity Test Facility with near-term plans to expand testing to the Detroit area with cooperation from the Michigan Department of Transportation. MEC platform technology is expected to launch nationwide within the next decade.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Rendering of the Gen 2 series plug-in hybrid powertrain under development. A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2014

Building electric cars and plug-in hybrids is great, but what if there''s no place to charge them? The carmaker announced it is teaming with Detroit utility DTE Energy to build a solar canopy over hundreds of parking.'

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Tesla Motors is not legally allowed to sell its electric cars directly to customers in Michigan, thanks to subtle changes made two years ago to the state's franchise laws. But Tesla now has one store in the home state of the Detroit Three automakers.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

car maker, but its home in California's Silicon Valley is far from the heartland Detroit base of GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler. In Michigan, Tesla is banned by law from selling cars directly to buyers, and from opening Tesla Store retail locations. Electric-car maker Tesla Motors is the fourth-largest U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid. On the heels officially introducing the Focus Electric last week ( earlier post ), Ford revealed two next-generation hybrids—including its first production plug-in hybrid (PHEV)—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

According to the Detroit Free Press, research by Edmunds shows. After years of slow sales around a decade ago, Toyota has now sold over 4 million hybrids. And Honda recently passed its first million. But in the home of the U.S. auto industry, buyers have been slower to catch on to the concept.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The agreement with FCA US marks the first time LG Chem will engineer and manufacture a complete battery pack in Michigan for a volume production North American PHEV. LG Chem will manufacture the cells and packs at the LG Chem Michigan (LGCMI) facility in Holland, Michigan. —LGCPI CEO Denise Gray.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 30, 2024

I watched helplessly as the Jeep and Ram brands received support while the Chrysler Museum was shut down and replaced with the Alfa Romeo engineering center in Michigan. Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares visited Detroit over his summer break to develop a strategy to improve its North American operations , especially in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. “I’m very encouraged that carmakers now see as allies the utilities, plug-in advocates, community and regional efforts like ProjectGetReady.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2014

Ford now offers three plug-in vehicles: the battery electric Focus Electric, and the C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi plug-in hybrids. Installation will begin at Ford’s southeast Michigan facilities and roll out across other facilities throughout 2014. In 2009, there were 3,000 known public charge stations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

billion in funding for Michigan firms, the majority of which—$12.4 million), including hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and hydraulic hybrids. The Defense Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2010, passed earlier this month by the US Senate Appropriations Committee and now under consideration by the full Senate, contains US$14.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2022, Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid EVs and Volkswagen ID.4 GM reportedly started production of the Bolt EV and EUV once again at its Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan earlier this week. .” Opened on April 1, the NHTSA lists a series of electric vehicles utilizing LGES cells that have been assigned to recalls.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Detroit-based NextEnergy is a non-profit energy-technology and business accelerator. The project is funded with $1 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and $400,000 from NextEnergy. Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart Grid V2X' Final results will be compiled later this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The purpose of the paper (which Richard Wallace, CAR’s Director Transportation Systems Analysis Group announced during a session exploring the same topic at the Business of Plugging In 2010 conference in Detroit) is threefold. Tags: Connected vehicles Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging Smart Grid.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Detroit’s Big 3 and Toyota all announced investments in battery plants these last few weeks. The cells produced at the plant will supply Stellantis assembly plants in the United States, Canada, and Mexico to produce electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Toyota’s US Battery Plant. On Monday, Toyota announced plans to invest $3.4

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

BMW has announced it is expanding its ChargeForward incentive program to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles living in the contiguous United States. & While the program was already available in select states, BMW is now offering enrollment in the lower 48 states on any plug-in model from the 2018 model year and onward.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Ford transformed its Michigan Assembly Plant (MAP) in Wayne, Mich., Ford transformed its Michigan Assembly Plant (MAP) in Wayne, Mich., MAP is now producing plug-in hybrids, hybrids, EcoBoost, and full battery electrics for the global marketplace—all from the same assembly line. Funded at $2.3 Lead organization. Description.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

These include the Cadillac CT6 Plug-In, the Buick Velite 5 extended-range electric vehicle and the Baojun E100 electric vehicle—all of which have been introduced in China within the past 12 months. By 2025, nearly all models from GM’s global brands in China—Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet—will offer electrification technology.

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Electric Auto Association

JULY 13, 2021

Since spreading across Ohio, Sway Mobility has now moved its Bolts into Michigan and will soon be expanding into Indiana. “In In Detroit, we’re working in the Corktown neighborhood, where Ford has been developing Michigan Central, a new mobility innovation district around the old train station,” Peters said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Automotive supplier Magna ECAR Systems is the first customer to purchase the DC Fast Charger for use at its Rochester Hills, Michigan technical center; the charger will be made available to Magna’s visitors. Networked DC Fast Charging Station. Click to enlarge. The CT3000 is now available to order through Aker Wade and Coulomb distribution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The award-winning engine family is currently built at three plants: Trenton (Michigan) Engine Complex, Mack Avenue (Detroit) Engine and Saltillo (Mexico) South Engine. Gladiator will offer two powertrains: a 3.6-liter liter EcoDiesel V-6 with ESS and an eight-speed automatic transmission available in 2020. The FCA US 3.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

The bottles—collected from five of its Michigan facilities—are also being turned into air filtration components and insulation in coats for the homeless community. The coat insulation is sent to Carhartt, a workwear company established in Detroit in 1889, who cuts it to size for The Empowerment Plan.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 12, 2010

As it bids to establish itself as the leading US manufacturer in the green car race, Ford has announced a huge $450million investment plan that it hopes will pave the way for the next generation of hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars. The announcement was made by Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford at the Detroit Auto Show [.].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

One will be located outside of Detroit, in Van Buren Township, Michigan, as part of GE’s Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fleets Plug-ins. Earlier post.). GE and its partners will use a mix of electric vehicle technologies to meet their respective needs.

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