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Georgetown Ky Toyota Plant
Source: Toyota Tells Camry Plant Employees to Cut Costs — Now | TheDetroitBureau.com
Employees at Toyota’s largest plant in North America were just delivered a message from Japan: cut costs or lose jobs.I've taken two tours of this plant and it is 'Disneyland for Engineers.' I hope they get the problem(s) resolved.
The company’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, produces the Camry, which is the best-selling sedan in the U.S., was told in a video from the company’s plant manager that currently it is cheaper for Toyota to build the Camry in Japan and ship it to Kentucky than it is to simply build it in Kentucky.
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Punch Powertrain is acquiring power electronics expert Apojee
news | Punchpowertrain
Punch Powertrain acquires French Apojee
On January 22th, an agreement was reached regarding the strategic acquisition of the French company Apojee by Punch Powertrain. Apojee is an industry expert in the field of Power Electronics with customers in the German and French Automotive industry (both OEMs and Tier 1s), as well as in motorsports (inverters for Formula E and for Formula One). The company is located in Clermont-Ferrand (FR), with additional offices in Nice (FR) and Munich (DE), counting 50 employees in total.
Expanding R&D capacity and capability
With this acquisition Punch Powertrain is rapidly increasing its R&D capacity in the field of Power Electronics with expertise covering the entire chain from product conception to production support. This contributes to achieving the strategic objectives of Punch... -
Tideland Prius Aug 11, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 633 Likes: 0 Replies: 0
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Ford to Provide Access to Supercharger Network; Will Add NACS Port to Future EVs
- Starting early next year, Ford EV customers will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, in addition to the over 10,000 DC fast-chargers that are already part of the BlueOval Charge Network. This will give Ford EV customers unprecedented access to fast-charging
- Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning and E-Transit customers will be able to access the Superchargers via an adapter and software integration along with activation and payment via FordPass or Ford Pro Intelligence
- In 2025, Ford will offer next-generation electric vehicles with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector built-in, eliminating the need for an adapter to access Tesla Superchargers
Tideland Prius May 25, 2023 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 631 Likes: 0 Replies: 1 -
Comparing CO{2} Impacts of Plug-in Hybrids and EVs
This is an open paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-16684-9
The actual contribution of plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles (PHEV and BEV) to greenhouse gas mitigation depends on their real-world usage. Often BEV are seen as superior as they drive only electrically and do not have any direct emissions during driving. However, empirical evidence on which vehicle electrifies more mileage with a given battery capacity is lacking. Here, we present the first systematic overview of empirical findings on actual PHEV and BEV usage for the US and Germany. Contrary to common belief, PHEV with about 60 km of real-world range currently electrify as many annual vehicles kilometres as BEV with a much smaller battery. Accordingly, PHEV recharged from renewable electricity can highly contribute to green house gas mitigation in car transport. Including the higher CO2eq emissions during the production...bwilson4web Dec 1, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 630 Likes: 0 Replies: 3 -
What Drives Us Podcast - #351 Tesla FIGHT!
It all started so calmly. Russell just finished filming his review of the Lexus ES300h and promised to have that posted within a week or so. That transitioned to his and Tony’s very different opinions of the Lexus UX250h (spoiler, Tony’s right). From there, it went South: Mark mentioned the Tesla Earning Call. Paul questioned […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #395 Robots Displace Humans
5:15 Toyota Mirai 10:30 Rivian Amazon van undercover 18:05 Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics 24:20 Tesla News – Giga Berlin – China superchargers – Tesla Parade 30:20 Bollinger strangely still rendering 33:33 EV West crate motor 37:00 Zoox autonomous shuttle vehicles 44:30 Personal deliveries are an environmental nightmare and so is packaging / recycling 58:40 Kandi […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #145 Golfing in Dubai - What Drives Us
This week, Russell Tony and Paul take on… Consumer Reports looks at CarPlay and AndroidAuto… http://www.carscoops.com/2015/06/consumer-reports-reviews-android-auto.html Kind of like “unlimited data” cell phones, unlimited charging may, in fact, be limited… http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098831_teslas-contradictory-messages-is-supercharging-unlimited-or-not Toyota says they’re going to make more fuel cell membranes… http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098818_toyota-fuel-cell-megafactory-matches-tesla-gigafactory-in-impact On one hand, fixing things is good, on the other, the need to […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #185 Twilight of the Unicorn Car - What Drives Us
Why Tesla scares German car makers so much This week's Faraday Future joke, and we make fun of The Verge as well Uber versus Apple is the coming battle Bad internet memes that need to go away Feds change rules making streets better - Second part Fuel Cell makers suddenly see wisdom in plug-ins
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What Drives Us Podcast - #376 Highly Automated Tunnel of Love
00:00 Start the Show! 06:15 Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Mass Transit 13:05 15 States Join California to Electrify Heavy Vehicles 18:30 Boring Company Las Vegas Terminal Renderings 36:10 German High Court Disallows Tesla’s Use of Term “AutoPilot” 45:20 Ford Creates 1,400hp Mach-e Monster 54:10 EV-related Stocks are Hot Right Now 1:01:05 Shout-outs and Go […]
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VIA Motors partnership
Source: Via Motors, Geely to co-develop medium-duty extended-range electric truck for China and Americas - Green Car Congress
VIA Motors International is partnering with China-based Zhejiang Geely New Energy Vehicle Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Commercial Vehicle Group, to co-develop a medium-duty extended range electric truck. The truck will incorporate VIA’s proprietary vehicle software and systems control technology, for launch in China and the Americas in 2019.
VIA Motors develops and markets extended-range electric (eREV) and all-electric (EV) powertrain systems for most vehicle classes from light-duty through Class 8. VIA’s vehicle integration capability, at both production facilities in Utah and Mexico, provides a range of commercial vehicles to meet zero emissions requirements. VIA vehicles are marketed under the VTRUX...bwilson4web Jan 24, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 626 Likes: 1 Replies: 0 -
Tideland Prius Apr 14, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 626 Likes: 1 Replies: 2
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Argonne Impacts of Electrification
This report could just as easily go to Environmental as it crosses a lot of borders:
Source: http://www.ipd.anl.gov/anlpubs/2018/01/141595.pdf
Figures:
1. 1 Annual sales of PEVs in the United States by year
2. 2 Electric vehicle miles traveled by LDVs by year
3. 3 Electricity consumption by PEVs by year
4. 4 Gasoline displacement from ICE vehicles by LDV PEVs by year
5. 5 Fraction of key national metrics which are due to PEVs in the United States by year
6. 6 All-electric range for PEVs
7. 7 Electric efficiency for PEVs
8. 8 Battery capacity added each year for LDV PEVs in the United States
9. 9 Cumulative sales of PEVs by EPA size class
10. 10 Assembly location for PEVs sold in the United States through 2017
11. 11 Cumulative PEV battery capacity remaining on road and scrapped by month
12. 12 Comparison of PHEV utility factor from SAE and WLTP
13. 13 Comparison of effective...bwilson4web Jun 10, 2018 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 625 Likes: 1 Replies: 1 -
Trim levels-Available 2013 ?
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What Drives Us Podcast - #149 Observing Korea - What Drives Us
This week Evan, Tony, Patrick and Russell discuss… Next gen PiP to have 30-35 miles of EV range, according to an anonymous source http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099222_next-toyota-prius-plug-in-hybrid-to-have-30-to-35-miles-of-range-source Toyota starts taking Mirai orders, unicorns everywhere cower in fear http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mirai-hydrogen-car-arrive-october-809923 Craig Scott, national alternative fuel vehicle manager at Toyota, “With batteries there is a fundamental science problem that we don’t […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #358 Self Quarantine
1) EV sales reach 8% market share in Switzerland 2) A look back at the Tesla Power Pack system in South Australia 3) A new electric motorcycle in the UK 4) The affects throughout the EV world from the coronavirus
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Tideland Prius Feb 13, 2024 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 624 Likes: 1 Replies: 12
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