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COP21 Paris Climate Change Summit – final agreement
This is a historic agreement, as flawed as it is. After over 20 years of negotiations, the COP meetings have produced a full agreement on climate change mitigation/adaptation. Final document retrieved from: http://unfccc.int/documentation/documents/advanced_search/items/6911.php?priref=600008831
FORD INVESTING $4.5 BILLION IN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE SOLUTIONS, REIMAGINING HOW TO CREATE FUTURE VEHICLE USER EXPERIENCES
Ford is investing an additional $4.5 billion in electrified vehicle solutions by 2020, including the new Focus Electric with all-new DC fast-charge capability, which delivers 80 percent charge in an estimated 30 minutes and projected 100-mile range The company is adding 13 new electrified vehicles to its product portfolio by…
FORD ACCELERATES EXPANSION OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, BENEFITING CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE
Ford is expanding its global battery research and development footprint for electrified vehicles this year, adding research and engineering capabilities in Europe and Asia to take advantage of new market opportunities The company has invested in a world-class battery research and development facility at the University of Michigan to…
2014 BMW i3 Specifications
2013 BMW i3 Specifications & Media Kit
2016 A3 Sportback e-tron Specifications and Media Kit
NHTSA Final Reports on Chevy Volt fire in 2011
GM Unveils ‘Let’s Drive NYC’ Car-Sharing Program
Retrieved from: http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2015/oct/1001-nyc-car-sharing.html NEW YORK – Running an errand to a big box store or planning a weekend excursion are about to get easier for some Manhattan residents because of a car-sharing program revealed today by General Motors. It’s the company’s latest move to deliver urban mobility options to customers around…
GM Outlines Plans to Capitalize on Future of Personal Mobility
Retrieved from: http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2015/oct/1001-gbc.html MILFORD, Mich. – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team today outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. GM also said it…
SolarShip, the Solar-Powered, Helium-Filled Cargo Plane That Floats
The SolarShip is a helium-filled airplane that resembles a balloon, and is powered by electrically driven propellers whose power is collected from the Sun. This sort of aircraft doesn’t fit into any existing category, it is its own category. A picture may help: Essentially it’s a blimp/balloon, filled with helium,…
Google-connected company, Zee.Aero, designing electric flying cars
A patent for a Personal Aircraft was discovered, to have been applied for from Zee.Aero (website http://zee.aero/). (all patents from Zee.Aero) A safe, quiet, easy to control, efficient, and compact aircraft configuration is enabled through the combination of multiple vertical lift rotors, tandem wings, and forward thrust propellers. The vertical…
Vehicle Battery Pack Thermal Barrier – Tesla Motors patent 20130153317
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20130153317 Abstract: An integration assembly for a battery pack mounted between the passenger cabin floor panel of an electric vehicle and the driving surface is provided, the assembly utilizing a multi-layer thermal barrier interposed between the battery pack enclosure and the passenger cabin floor panel, where the multi-layer thermal barrier…
Tesla Motors Gesture-Based Automotive Controls – 20130261871
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=16&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%2820131003.PD.+AND+Google.AS.%29&OS=PD/20131003+AND+AN/Google&RS=%28PD/20131003+AND+AN/Google%29 Abstract Methods and apparatuses for gesture-based controls are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is disclosed that includes maintaining a correlation between a plurality of predetermined gestures, in combination with a plurality of predetermined regions of a vehicle, and a plurality of functions. The method further includes recording…
Vehicle Battery Pack Ballistic Shield – Tesla Motors patent 20120312615
http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120312615 Abstract: An improved protection system for a battery pack mounted between the passenger cabin floor panel of an electric vehicle and the driving surface is provided, the system utilizing a ballistic shield mounted under the electric vehicle and interposed between the battery pack enclosure and the driving surface, where…
