Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

The extended range electric vehicle drive system by Raser Technologies and its development partner FEV is targeted at providing up to 40 miles all-electric range for SUVs and light trucks. SIDI turbocharged engine provides electrical power. Click to enlarge. Raser Technologies, Inc. Raser Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

But no focus on “conventional” hybrids.). Fletcher is responsible for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle propulsion system in the Chevrolet Volt as well as the propulsion systems in GM’s upcoming line-up of Plug-In Hybrid Elecrtic Vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 8, 2023

How Do Trailers Affect EV Range? Electric Pickups Can Haul Easily, But at a Cost. As electric pickup trucks become more popular, it’s natural to wonder how adding a trailer will its range. It’s not a question of whether you can tow, but what the range impact will be. How Trailers Affect Range.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Ram Trucks is preparing the all-electric Ram 1500 REV pickup for deliveries. According to CEO Christine Feuell, Ram’s first electric pickup is expected to arrive at US dealerships early next year. Feuell (via Automotive News ) said that Ram’s first electric pickup will begin arriving at US dealerships in early 2025.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2017

Efficient Drivetrains has delivered the first of six plug-in-hybrid electric armored vehicles to Sectran Security. The industry-first Class-6 International brand armored truck was the first delivery from the company’s newly expanded Dixon, California hybrid and electric vehicle center of excellence.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Mercedes-Benz is presenting its first electric vehicle with Range Extender at the 2011 Frankfurt International Motor Show: the Concept B-Class E-CELL PLUS. Equipped with a Li-ion battery pack from Deutsche Accumotive (a joint venture of Daimler and Evonik), the E-CELL PLUS has a battery-only range of up to 100 km (62 miles).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BAE Systems have delivered the first 39 Enviro400H double-deck buses with Series-E hybrid technology to launch customer Go-Ahead London. Series-E maintains the series hybrid system architecture—proven in more than 1,300 existing Enviro400H hybrid buses—in which the diesel engine (4.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart have developed a demonstrator multi-fuel free-piston linear generator (FPLG, or Freikolbenlineargenerator, FKLG in German) as a range extender for electric vehicles. 1; for natural gas, 13.5:1;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The Chevrolet Volt’s all-new second-generation Voltec extended-range electric propulsion system ( earlier post ) delivers 53 miles (85 km) of all-electric range, based on EPA testing. range-extender, designed to use regular unleaded fuel, offers a combined EPA-estimated fuel efficiency of 42 mpg (5.6

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The brand new concepts are coming thick and fast and now it is Jaguar’s turn to unveil an extended range electric vehicle. The Jaguar C-X75 concept uses twin gas micro-turbines from Bladon Jets to power two switched reluctance generators from SR drives. Traction comes from four 145kW, 400Nm traction motors at each wheel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

million (C$15-million) Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC) project, which involves the design and manufacture of heavy-duty, extended-range, hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid trucks. The trucks are part of a three-year, $11.2-million Earlier post.). million to the AZETEC project.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid ( earlier post ) is EPA-rated at 46 mpg (5.11 At the 2016 SAE World Congress, GM engineers presented a paper describing the development of the new hybrid powertrain for the popular mid-size sedan. Ability to support a range of engine displacements depending on vehicle requirements.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2015

Cadillac will add a Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV) propulsion system to its upcoming range-topping CT6 sedan, to be manufactured at the new Shanghai GM Cadillac plant, Pudong Jinqiao, China. miles) of all-electric range, and pairs with Cadillac’s 2.0-liter per 100 km (141 mpg US) based on China testing standards.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

The 3-year project also will investigate the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and airborne pollutants in Alberta’s freight transportation sector. The tractor-trailer trucks being used in the AZETEC project are the first Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles of this size and capacity to be built and tested anywhere globally.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2018

GM's discontinuation of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid—sorry, extended-range electric vehicle—technology last month came as a blow to many plug-in car fans. For all intents.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Symbio ALP-5 range extender. The Franche-Comté region and La Poste (the French postal service) are testing hydrogen fuel cell range extender kits from Symbio FCell in three Renault Kangoo Z.E. electric mail delivery vehicles under real working conditions. Electric (Battery) Fleets Fuel Cells'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs)—including battery-electric (BEVs), plug-in hybrid (PHEVs), propane autogas (PAGVs) and natural gas vehicles (NGVs)—will grow from 5.0% Vehicles running primarily on hydrogen and electricity will make up less than 1% of all MHDVs in 2035, according to Navigant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

The FEV LiiON Drive with Wankel Range Extender concept. FEV Motorentechnik GmbH (FEV) featured its LiiOn Drive with Wankel Range Extender Vehicle at this year’s Vienna Motor Symposium, 29-30 April, where it was one of the most popular Ride & Drive vehicles. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

AT&T recently deployed its 8,000 th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle, achieving a major milestone in the company’s overall 10-year, $565-million commitment to add approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to its fleet by end of year 2018. Louis metropolitan area.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The EVer (Electric Vehicle extended range) powertrain of the Fisker Karma. The company, which began deliveries of the Fisker Karma luxury four-door extended range electric sedan in December 2011, also said that it has delivered 1,000 vehicles to customers in the US and Europe. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 4, 2024

Despite a recent pullback on its electric vehicle strategy amid “slower-than-expected” demand, Ford’s EV sales continued surging in May. All Ford electric models, including the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, saw double-digit sales growth last month. However, electric vehicle sales continue to soar.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

When Ford decided to enter the truck EV market, it made perfect sense to extend the success of its Swiss army knife of pickups with an electric version. Horsepower is 452 for the standard range version and 580 for the extended range truck, and the torque for both versions is 775 pound-feet. extended range).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

the developer of the high-performance electric X1, has secured $5 million in a Series A financing from a private investor. The funding will be used to support the development of Wrightspeed’s Digital DriveSystem—an extended-range hybrid electric drive system targeted at high fuel consumption (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

kW charging system on the 2019 Chevrolet Volt cuts recharging times nearly in half by adding about twice the all-electric driving range per hour of charge. With about twice the range added during 240V Level 2 charging sessions, the 2019 Volt’s 7.2 —Jesse Ortega, chief engineer, Chevrolet Electric Vehicles.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford electric Explorer SUV (Source: Ford) After EV sales picked up in the first quarter, Ford is scaling back as it delays plans to launch its new three-row electric SUV. Ford is pushing back EV production at its Oakville, Ontario, plant as it shifts to expand its hybrid lineup.

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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 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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EV Life

AUGUST 10, 2023

The debut in 2021 of the all-electric version of America’s most popular pickup truck, the Ford F-150 Lightning , marked a major shift in the truck landscape. Since then, Ford has continued to introduce improvements to its popular all-electric truck, even winning MotorTrend’s Truck of the Year in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

In the near-term (2011), lithium-ion batteries could grow to represent about 21% of the hybrid and EV advanced battery market, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman, President of Advanced Automotive Batteries and the organizer of last week’s Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009. By 2015, he suggests, full hybrids (e.g.,

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EV Life

JUNE 8, 2023

The electric vehicle market has expanded rapidly in the last few years as automakers have introduced a variety of EV models to keep up with demand. These days, all-electric options are available in every type of vehicle, from high-horsepower electric sports cars to stylish electric luxury sedans to torque-heavy electric trucks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Therefore, recovering a significant portion of the exhaust gas energy and convert it into mechanical power could be a highly effective solution to improve engine efficiency and to reduce CO 2 emissions, without applying dramatic modifications to the existing engine hardware. Exhaust gas exergy map of EcoCAR engine. Skarke et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2011

General Motors is preparing to launch two more extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), CEO Dan Akerson told reporters on the sidelines of the 2011 Automotive News World Congress. Detroit Free Press.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Enevate Corporation, developer of a silicon-dominant composite anode material and high energy density batteries ( earlier post ), has introduced HD-Energy Technology for Electric Vehicles (EVs); the high energy-density cells support extreme fast-charging. Earlier post.) Source: Enevate. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

The California Energy Commissions has selected 9 projects to receive a combined $24,873,512 in proposed funding for cost share in the field demonstration of advanced medium- and heavy-duty on-road vehicle technologies—primarily battery electric and fuel cell technology—that may become commercially available in California.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

s prototype plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 Tyrano truck completed the second stage of its performance testing at the Los Angeles Freightliner facilities in Whittier, CA. We are very excited about the results to date, and our performance testing will now continue with range and fuel efficiency evaluations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Extended range electric vehicle powertrain company ALTe ( earlier post ) is tracking to produce a limited number of production-caliber vehicle powertrains by December, and plans to ramp up production in the first quarter of 2013, said CEO John Thomas in a recent interview with Green Car Congress. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors approved a contract with BYD Motors for the manufacture and delivery of up to 25 new all-electric buses as part of a $30-million clean air bus technology pilot project. Electric (Battery) Heavy-duty' —Michael D.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

after designing and building an biodiesel extended-range electric vehicle (EREV). The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team chose to design an EREV hybrid with a 21.3 kWh A123 Systems battery pack which provides an electric range of 60 miles. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins.

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