Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2021
The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that from approximately 2005 until at least late 2015, Toyota systematically violated Clean Air Act automobile defect reporting requirements designed to protect public health and the environment from harmful air pollutants. Toyota’s Conduct from Approximately 2005 to 2015.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 29, 2014
GM will notify owners, and dealers will recalibrate the Electronic Brake Control Module (EBCM), free of charge. About 95,000 faulty switches were sold to dealers and aftermarket wholesalers. As such, these vehicles fail to conform with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, “Electronic Stability Control Systems.”.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Additional Honda fuel-cell vehicle firsts include: The Honda FCX was the first fuel-cell vehicle to start and operate in sub-freezing temperatures (2003). The FCX was the first fuel-cell vehicle leased to an individual customer (July 2005). Honda was the first manufacturer to create a fuel-cell vehicle dealer network (2008).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Honda will further develop its dealer network as more hydrogen fueling stations become available. The first fuel cell vehicle to start and operate in sub-freezing temperatures (2003). The first fuel cell vehicle leased to an individual customer (July 2005).
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 12, 2024
The first Honda hydrogen vehicle–the FCX EV Plus 1997-99 Insight Hatchback Hybrid 1999-2006 Civic Hybrid 2003-* (offered intermittently in various generations of Civics starting with the 7 th generation in 2003; note: An all-new Civic Hybrid will be released in 2025.)
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Establishing dealer network. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Power and Associates 2004 report ].
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