Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2009

Bright Automotive will unveil its IDEA plug-in hybrid concept on Tuesday in Washington, DC. Bright Automotive launched in January 2008 from Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) with the goal of building on the work of a consortium of organizations, including Alcoa, Google.org, Johnson Controls and the Turner Foundation.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

NDEW is a nationwide celebration that is meant to raise awareness of the benefits of driving electric vehicles and their plug-in hybrid cousins. Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011. of total U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The two IEC International EV Standards reflect a global consensus on the plugs and sockets that are needed to charge EVs. The newly published International EV charging Standards IEC 62196-1 and IEC 62196-2 standardize the plugs and sockets which can be used in different electricity infrastructures.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2024

According to Katherine DeEmidio Ledesma , head of public policy and government affairs at Washington, D.C.-based based cybersecurity firm Dragos , both attacks bored into holes that should have been plugged in the first place. “I In neither case did the attacks cause any substantial damage to the systems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The new ZEV standards are designed to commercialize battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell technologies, reaching about 15% of new vehicle sales in California in the 2025 time frame. A hearing took place on 19 September 2012 in Washington DC and the comment period closed on 19 October 2012.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 13, 2006

T he Plug In Video produced for the Plug In Partners campaign is now online here. This is an excellent piece that explains the potential and promise of plug ins in language that is easy to understand. Plug to follow. " It is a very useful tool for educating and motivating. The momentum continues.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2013

Since the launch of H 2 USA in May, 11 additional organizations in addition to Air Liquide have signed up: American Honda Motor Company; ARC: Hydrogen; Argonne National Laboratory; Chrysler Group LLC; General Motors Holding; Hydrogenics; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Nuvera Fuel Cells; Plug Power; SCRA; and Sandia National Laboratories.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2017

He has extensive background in electrification, having led the team to deliver a battery electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles. On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced the immediate replacement of Mark Fields as CEO by Jim Hackett, who had led Ford Smart Mobility LLC since March 2016. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Hertz is the first car-rental company to deploy EVs and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) on three continents—in the U.S. available to the public in New York, Washington, D.C. GE), municipalities, non-governmental organizations, corporations and other stakeholders to make EVs easily accessible to consumers. miles) away.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

By Bob Erdman and Scott Wilson: Members, Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington DC. We at the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington DC (EVADC) have been successful at advocating for progressive electric vehicle (EV) measures at the Maryland and Virginia statehouses. A recording is now viewable.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2024

Bob Taylor, then at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) , got interested in connecting computers, in part to save the organization money by getting the expensive computers it funded at universities and research organizations to share their resources over a packet-switched network. 1962 and Ph.D. 1962 and Ph.D.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 21, 2017

Wrote eight screenplays no one wanted to turn into movies, but kept studying and developing my talents as a writer and kept plugging away. But it seemed pretty impossible once I became The Godfather of Community Choice Power in Los Angeles County – The Big Green Mafia Don as the wing nut fossil fuel lovers dubbed me.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Simply plugging in one million electric cars (unmanaged or ad hoc charging) could add $750 million in annual wholesale energy costs unless smart charging is adopted, according to a joint study conducted by PJM Interconnection and Better Place, released by Better Place. EV distribution and penetration in the study.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Pedott test-marketed the Great American Turn-On at People’s Drug in Washington, D.C. The Clapper plugged into a normal, American-style two-prong wall socket and had two outlets, to plug in two different appliances—a lamp and a TV, say. In 1985, he was hired to sell the Great American Turn-On, the Clapper’s original name.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 3, 2023

Carbon nanotubes for touch-free presence sensing Somalytics claims its paper-based, carbon-nanotube sensors, developed by University of Washington researchers in collaboration with CoMotion , can detect the presence of human tissue up to 20 centimeters away. I’m traveling today to Las Vegas for the in-person CES 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

46 organizations have signed on to the principles so far. Promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to charging infrastructure and supporting the development of plug-in electric vehicles that are as accessible, available, and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

T his week's meeting of the Electric Drive Transportation Association in Washington was accompanied by some significant announcements. Plug-in vehicles would combine today’s new electric-flex fuel (gas and/or biofuels such as ethanol) hybrid technology with a larger battery that could be recharged by plugging it into a standard wall sockets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Lead organization. military at forward operating bases in remote areas —Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. Description. These compact.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2010

Additional workshops are planned for cities including Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., Additional workshops are planned for cities including Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., A Chicago Fire Department firefighter using a hydraulic. International in Chicago. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2009

Proterra’s 35-foot, composite-body, plug-in, battery-electric bus with hydrogen fuel cell range extension will be used to transport staff around Ft. Lewis and McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, Washington (about 8 miles (13 km) away). Plug Power Inc. Lewis and between Ft.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Electric coolers can plug into your vehicle’s 12-volt outlet, but pay attention to the type of cooling mechanism — the less expensive versions are usually thermoelectric and will cool only to about 30 degrees below ambient temperature (if it is 70 degrees in the car, it will cool to 40 degrees). Many hotels provide mini-refrigerators.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

The first nine communities to participate are: Sacramento, Los Angeles the San Francisco Bay-San Jose area, New York City, Orlando, Austin, Detroit, Washington and Redmond, Wash. Read more in the article: Get in Line for 4,600 Free Electric Car Battery Chargers. By Jim Motavalli for the New York Times. A $2,000 value!). June 3, 2010, 7:30 am.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 11, 2023

California leads the way for state-specific alternative fuel laws and incentives with 183 at the time of this writing (149 when filtered specifically for EVs and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Utah-based businesses and non-profit organizations are eligible for a maximum rebate of $75,000 each.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

T he City of Philadelphia, where Independence was declared, has once again made it's voice clear by joining a growing list of cities, counties, environmental organizations, security organizations, electric utilities, and others who see that the flexible fuel plug-in is a here and now component of any future energy policy.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 23, 2007

DOE to Provide up to $14 Million to Develop Advanced Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. By improving batteries for plug-in hybrids, we can help achieve the President’s goal of reducing gasoline usage by 20 percent within the decade. Join Plug In Partners today. Bodman said. “

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Army in Washington, D.C., Army in Washington, D.C.,

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Plug In America and other Electric Auto Association chapters have been actively promoting the film with a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness. EAA chapters are organizing to ensure large audiences for the movie. We work closely with Calcars, the non-profit organization responsible for the first Plug-in Prius.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want their drivers getting out of the vehicles to plug and unplug charging cables. We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. The battery management system remains in control of our pad.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

ABR, noted Peter Faguy, the DOE manager of the applied battery research program, during his presentation at the Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC, is the difficult regime between the discovery of materials and their application in batteries that can be commercialized. TIAX is the sole organization in a $2.2-million

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Blink Charging

AUGUST 22, 2023

National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program Each of the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico was allocated funds to distribute to eligible businesses. Eligible applicants : State governments, Tribal governments, localities, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and US Territories. times more than in 2018.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 22, 2006

D ear Partners: As you probably read in the press, GM announced in late November that they will manufacture a plug-in hybrid vehicle. A day earlier, Toyota North America president Jim Press said that “ The next frontier will be the plug-in hybrid.” where plug-in hybrids were a prime topic of conversation.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As the Creative Greenius and organizer of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group that’s just unacceptable to me. Many in Congress have acted unethically and immorally with the responsibility they have been trusted with. I don’t live in Hermosa Beach, but two of my best friends do.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Lead organization. The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Prior to today, ARPA-E has awarded $365.7 million in funds to approximately 120 energy projects within seven program areas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

The new program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000991 ) ( earlier post ), was announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the Washington Auto Show. Area Of Interest (AOI) 1: Development of Low-Cost, High-Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet. Approximate federal total for all awards: $2.5M. Carbon Fiber Composite Targets. Vehicle system.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to 35 miles or more.

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