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Apr 22, 2013
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Green Car Congress: Toyota wraps up 3-year Strasbourg Prius PHV demo project; average 46% reduction in fuel consumption compared to gasoline ICE vehicles

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has completed its three-year plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration project jointly carried out with Électricité de France (EDF) and the City and the Urban Community of Strasbourg in France. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Dec 9, 2012
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Green Car Congress: Mitsubishi Motors teams with USC on Smart Grid Living Laboratory Project; 12 i-MiEVs

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and the Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a special campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” project including the use of Mitsubishi i-MiEV 100% electric vehicles. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Nov 29, 2012
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Green Car Congress: 90 kW solar-to-EV project in San Diego Zoo completed

Smart City San Diego and City of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City San Diego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the San Diego Zoo parking lot. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Sep 12, 2012
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Green Car Congress: Germany launches 3-year, €36M research project into technology for safer Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is contributing about €19 million (US$ 24 million) to a new €36-million ($ US46 million), 3-year, public-private research project to improve further the safety of lithium-ion batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. Private sector partners are putting in around €17 million (US$ 22 million). The research …
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Sep 4, 2012
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Green Car Congress: Better Place consortium launches electric taxi project with battery switch station at Schiphol airport

A Better Place-led project consortium has launched an electric taxi project—including a battery-switch station—at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The company also announced the appointment of Paul Harms as CEO of Better Place Netherlands. Harms previously served as CEO of Athlon Netherlands and as an Executive Vice President of Athlon Car Leasing International. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Aug 7, 2012
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Green Car Congress: GE, Ford, University of Michigan in ARPA-E project to develop a smart, miniaturized sensing system for EV batteries; smarter BMS for longer life

GE researchers, in partnership with Ford Motor Company and the University of Michigan, are developing a smart, miniaturized sensing system that has the potential to significantly extend the life of automotive traction batteries over the conventional battery systems used in electric vehicles today. The $ 3.1-million project is funded by the US Department of Energy’s …
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