Sentences with phrase «vehicle infrastructure»

It's also why we have to move forward with a comprehensive strategy: electric vehicle infrastructure, transit, clean energy standards, energy - efficient building codes, and more.

One goal likely to accelerate uptake lies in markedly lowering the price of the required vehicle infrastructure.

Some glitches still to fix There are some technological bugs that still need to be worked out in order for utilities and consumers to seriously consider V2G as an option, said Alexander Keros, manager for advanced vehicle infrastructure policy at General Motors.

Associate director of global electric vehicle infrastructure at Ford, Mike Tinskey says car manufacturers have agreed on a standard plug for all electric vehicles — we're hoping that means the 2012 Ford Focus Electric will come with that plug.

Recently, the Department of Energy launched the $ 1 million H2 Refuel H - Prize competition to challenge engineers and entrepreneurs to develop affordable systems for small - scale hydrogen fueling to help bring hydrogen vehicle infrastructure into the mainstream.

Zetsche also told the newspaper that it is «in talks» with electric vehicle infrastructure startup Project Better Place.

Various other measures to encourage electric vehicles are by supporting advanced technology vehicle manufacturing and adoption in the U.S. through new consumer rebates, investments in R&D, and competitive programs to encourage communities that invest in advanced technology vehicle infrastructure, Obama said in his second union address.

Shai Agassi's electric vehicle infrastructure venture Project Better Place announced on Monday that it will build its first pilot electric battery rechargeable grid system in Israel, and has partnered with the Renault - Nissan Alliance on the project's electric vehicles.

More on San Francisco Portland Wants to Lap San Francisco in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Race San Francisco Mayor Bans the Bottle

Plug - In Prius Hybrids in the UK According to Toyota (pdf), «The UK partnership is designed to evaluate vehicle performance within an urban environment, vehicle infrastructure requirements, and driver behaviours and expectations.»

I Wonder What Santa Drives... Coulomb Technologies, the electric vehicle infrastructure company, has announced that it will install 150 «ChargePoint» EV charging stations around the Boston metropolitan area.

In 2009, the Department of Energy launched the EV Project, a program designed to expand and promote electric vehicle infrastructure nationwide.

For example, infrastructure being developed for alternative fuels such as natural gas, as well as fuel cell applications including combined heat and power, backup power and fuel cell forklifts, can help pave the way for mainstream hydrogen vehicle infrastructure.

Shai Agassi's electric vehicle infrastructure startup, Project Better Place, may be aiming to work with San Francisco.

So as we ponder how we are going to deal with energy prices, climate change, dependence on foreign oil and unlivable cities, let's make sure we incentivize the low hanging fruits of efficiency and cycling in order to offset the higher costs of renewable energy, mass transit, and advanced vehicle infrastructure.

mandate provision of electric vehicle infrastructure at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers

He does not mind the headache of finding charging stations, a problem he expects will disappear as China expands its electric vehicle infrastructure.

«The budget also sets aside infrastructure dollars for clean energy, smart grids, energy storage and electric vehicle infrastructure — making sure those essential clean energy investments don't get lost among other priorities.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pictured here at the University at Albany on Thursday, Jan. 12, rolled out a series of ambitious environmental proposals last week, including $ 2 billion in clean water infrastructure, investments in electric vehicle infrastructure and an aggressive plan to reduce carbon emissions.

Bullock said divestiture is «only one of the tools» that the state can use to combat the worst effects of climate change, and called Monday for more investment in solar energy and electric vehicle infrastructure in Albany County.

During his 2013 State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his ChargeNY plan to invest $ 50 million over five years in electric vehicle infrastructure to reduce air pollution, lower the cost of government and reduce dependence on imported oil.

The projects that would help the region reach 80 percent cuts are ambitious: an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the eight participating counties, more energy efficient power generation through wind farms and solar power, the expansion of inter-city mass transit and a region - wide electric vehicle infrastructure, among many others.

At Tesla, Cal Lankton, its director of global electric vehicle infrastructure, said they have also seen evidence that these «time of use» rates can be an effective way to influence car owner behavior to benefit the grid.

It can be charged on the road, at any of Tesla's growing network of Supercharger electric vehicle charging stations, as well as any other public electric vehicle infrastructure.

On February 2nd, Mark Tinskey, associate director for Ford's Global Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, said the Ford Focus Electric will start becoming available in the 19 launch markets around September, which we all know is substantially later than the Spring 2012, which was bumped from late 2011, which was bumped from August 2011...

Mitsubishi Motors has presented 8 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV plug - in hybrid SUVs, 2 i - MiEV BEVs, and 4 chargers to the Indonesian Government as part of a joint study with the Ministry of Industry (MOI) into the development of Indonesia's growing electric vehicle infrastructure.

Rob Healey is available to discuss BMW Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and strategy in the U.S. market.

Investments in electric vehicle infrastructure and additional energy efficiency deserve both structured programs and long - term commitments.

What we know from other jurisdictions is that putting a price on pollution spurs innovation, creates certainty and can provide billions of dollars for the development of needed alternatives — renewable energy, efficiency programs, electric - vehicle infrastructure and public transit.

DOE would establish pilot projects to determine regions in the U.S. most ready to deploy electric vehicle infrastructure.

He is also a driving force in the state of Washington to convince politicians to bring electric vehicle infrastructure to rural areas of the state.

San Francisco and Portland, Oregon are trying to one - up each other in the race to develop the first citywide, full - scale electric vehicle infrastructure.

TreeHugger fav Shai Agassi announced his Project Better Place has teamed with car - maker Renault and Denmark's unfortunately named DONG utility to build an electric vehicle infrastructure, first in Copenhagen and then the rest of the country, modeled loosely on the EV plans now underway in Israel, by 2011.