Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Despite only being founded in 2003, the electric vehicle manufacturer has sparked a seismic shift in the automotive landscape, creating an electric model that has outperformed […] The post Tesla Model Y was world’s best-selling vehicle in 2023 appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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2003 Tesla Vehicles Electric Cars 104

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The California Air Resources Board has approved the 2014 Honda Plug-in Hybrid Accord as the first car for sale in California that meets ARB’s LEV3/SULEV20 standard—the most stringent smog-emission standard to date. The 2014 Honda Plug-In Hybrid Accord produces only 20 milligrams of NMOG+NO x emissions per mile. Earlier post.).

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Honda 2014 Plug-in California 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

A plug-in connection, through which the bus will connect to an external stationary charger will be used to top up the energy. Solaris vehicles have been present in France since 2003. The Solaris Urbino 8.9 LE electric will be equipped with a 160 kW central electric motor.

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Supplies France 2003 Electric 259

EV Central

APRIL 21, 2024

According to Italian law since 2003, all Italian-related names can only be used if they are produced in Italy. A public clash with the Italian government has forced Stellantis to rename the 2025 Alfa Romeo Milano the Alfa Romeo Junior. READ MORE: Alfa Bravo! Milano compact SUV is first electric car from Alfa Romeo.

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Electric Cars Italy Jeep SUV 81

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar was the first car-sharing company in the United States to introduce electric vehicles, starting in Boston in 2002, and the first to offer hybrid vehicles through a partnership with Honda in Seattle in 2003. Honda’s 2014 Fit EV, based on the popular five-passenger Fit, is rated at a combined fuel economy of 118 MPGe.

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Davis Honda Honda Insight Fleet 252

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Meanwhile, the W12 engine production facility will make way for an expanded line for the completion of other Bentley engines used for the plug-in hybrid models. liter, twin-turbocharged W12 in 2003, the engineering team in Crewe has continually improved the performance of the engine in terms of power, torque, emissions and refinement.

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Bentley Engine Power Powered 284

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 29, 2013

London is one such city, and residents have been paying to enter the center of the capital since 2003. Imagine if you were being charged tens of dollars to drive into the center of your home city each day. Around Europe, many drivers already face such a charge.

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London 2003 Plug-in Charging 105

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The battery factory will supply the nearby Dadong plant, which is operated by the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture and will produce the BMW 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid for the local market. The Dadong plant in the northeast of the city opened in 2003 and currently produces the BMW 5 Series Long-Wheelbase Version.

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BMW Batteries Battery Production 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

BMW unveiled the BMW i8 2+2 plug-in hybrid sports car ( earlier post ) today at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The i8—the first plug-in hybrid vehicle from the BMW Group—will have a manufacturer’s suggest retail price of $135,925 (including destination and handling) when it arrives in US showrooms in spring of 2014.

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BMW Plug-in 2014 MPG 306

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

Odyne designed and developed an innovative plug-in hybrid power system which interfaces with the Allison family of commercial vehicle transmissions. During that time, Allison developed hybrid propulsion systems for city buses which went into production in 2003. Allison Transmission Inc., Earlier post.).

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Commercial Hybrid Purchase 2003 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

As of this month, Toyota sells 27 different hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid model in more than 90 countries and regions. 4 Crown Royal production ceased in 2003, Crown Sedan production ceased in 2008. This latest million-unit milestone was achieved in the fastest time yet for Toyota, taking just nine months.

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Prius Toyota Hybrid Sale 246

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. Engines Hybrids Plug-ins' FCA electrification strategy. Click to enlarge.

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Chrysler PHEV 2016 Gasoline 294

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

The inline e-compressor will also appear on the Fusion and C-MAX Hybrids and Energi Plug-in Hybrids, going on sale in North America this year. DENSO introduced electric compressors for hybrid electric vehicles in 2003. This helps extend the lithium-ion battery range when the air-conditioning (A/C) is running.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles North America Plug-in 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

Based in London, Lord (Paul) Drayson, is an experienced technology entrepreneur who founded PowderJect Pharmaceuticals in 1993 and served as CEO, overseeing its growth into a profitable public company and the world’s sixth largest vaccine company before it was acquired for £540 million in 2003. Infrastructure Plug-ins Smart charging'

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London Commercial Power Powered 259

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Thanks to Plug In America 's predecessor DontCrush.com , about 1000 of those cars still drive today on the original batteries using existing electric infrastructure. That which they don't kill (EVs in 2003) they hope to delay (FCVs in 2008). However plug-in cars, both plug-in hybrids and electric cars are seeing a resurgence.

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Plug-in Plug Parts Cars 100

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Implementation of this new technology has been done in concert with partners from Linde North America and Plug Power. BMW’s Landfill Gas to Energy initiative, started in early 2003, approximately 50% of the plant’s total energy requirements using methane from a local landfill, a previously wasted resource.

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BMW Hydrogen Manufacturer Fuel 210

Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 1, 2022

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. I spread the word as far and wide as I could… until the lease was over in 2003 and GM said they were taking the car away.” People all over the world supported this movement… the core group became the founders of Plug In America.” “We Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades.

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EV1 Los Angeles Nickel Metal Hydride GM 77

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 8, 2011

Put in service during California's Zero Emission Mandate between 1997 and 2003 when about 6000 EVs roamed the streets, these charge stations have continued supplying power to the RAV4 EVs and other electric vehicles saved by Plug In America when it was known as DontCrush.com, a struggle chronicled in the film Who Killed the Electric Car.

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2003 California Store 2004 100

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Tesla has been a ZEV-only company since its inception in 2003; Audi , Fiat , Volvo , and Mercedes-Benz are targeting ZEV-only sales by 2030; and General Motors and Honda are targeting ZEV-only sales by 2035 and 2040, respectively.” It dispels the talking points predicting widespread grid failures as more EVs are plugged in to charge.

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Batteries Battery Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 139

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Clapper plugged into a normal, American-style two-prong wall socket and had two outlets, to plug in two different appliances—a lamp and a TV, say. In 2003 Joe Pedott donated his business records to the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History. Obviously, we needed an intervention.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. 2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2003 to more than 2 million bbl/d in 2013, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The national target for cumulative production and sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles is 500,000 units by 2015. Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9

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Alternative Fuels Oil China Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Itochu is EnerDel’s official sales and marketing partner in Japan, and has been a significant investor in Ener1 since 2003. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart Grid. —Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and CEO of EnerDel parent company Ener1, Inc. Earlier post.)

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Mazda Grid Japan Lithium Ion 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

To prepare the Transit Connect, introduced in Europe in 2003, for the needs of small businesses in the United States, Ford upgraded the powertrain to a Duratec 2.0-liter More than 600,000 Ford Transit Connects have been sold since 2003, to customers in 58 countries and on four continents. Plug-in hybrid versions in 2012.

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Transit Connect 2010 Connect Connected 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

He also served as project leader for the adoption of regulations pursuant to AB 1493, the California legislation that directed the Board to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, and led the staff teams that prepared the 2001 and 2003 amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle regulation. Background. Earlier post.).

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California Rhode Island Vermont Plug-in 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The 2011-2012 plan allocates $100 million to encourage this menu of transportation investments: $8 million to increase charging infrastructure and support for full electric and plug-in electric vehicles, which are expected to surpass 20,000 sales in California by 2012.

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California Transportation Energy Clean 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. South Korea has improved its fuel economy by one third since 2003. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5 million in China is a more realistic projection.

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Global Auto Production Hybrid 273

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

plug-in hybrid) derived from an external source of electricity and the gross laden weight of which is 3.5 The proportion of diesel vehicles in the New Zealand fleet has increased from 13% to 16% over the period from 2003 to 2009. The exemption applies to any motor vehicle the power of which is wholly (i.e., tonnes or less.

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New Zealand Light 2013 2020 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

In 2004, EPA had combined a full series hydraulic hybrid system with a diesel engine in a 2003 Ford Expedition SUV. Chrysler Group also will introduce 150 Ram 1500 trucks with a plug-in hybrid electric system in the coming months as part of a project with the US Department of Transportation. Earlier post.) —Sergio Marchionne.

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Chrysler EPA Light Hybrid 218

Plugs and Cars

MARCH 25, 2008

It can be seen here (comment #121) along with 187 other public comments (overwhelmingly asking for a stronger mandate for plug-in cars) on the CARB website. What is missing in this presentation is the ZEV Program requirements endorsed by CARB in 2003, the requirements as they stand now.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

To achieve this, the Volkswagen brand—the highest volume brand of the Group—is counting on electric mobility (zero-emission and plug-in hybrid models); on continually more fuel-efficient combustion engines and gearboxes; progressive lightweight design; aerodynamics; and efficiency “ in every conceivable area ”. 10-speed DSG.

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Emissions Fuel Range Fuel Economy 199

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Latest from CalCars-News: [ see all latest ] How CalCars Green-Tuned an 04 Prius into a PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid!

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Prius Plug-in Plug Hybrid 48

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

I have seen the future my friends and it looks exactly like a 76 degree January day filled with beautiful people driving gorgeous plug-in hybrid and plug-in electric cars. The Plug-Ins are coming and you should wait till they get here before buying your next new car. Few have done more for the Plug-In Car movement.

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Convert Plug-in i-MiEV Plug 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2011

That motor powered the Yokohama-sponsored EV that beat the previous EV record set by Jeri Unser in 2003 by 65 seconds.). The AC Propulsion Power Electronics Unit (PEU) in the vehicle contains everything except the motor—it provides power to and controls the motor and contains the integrated charging system.

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Power Powered Mini E Lithium Ion 287

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2013

A study of Tesla Roadster user data published by plug-in vehicle advocacy organization Plug In America (PIA) projects that the battery packs in the Roadsters will retain 80-85% of capacity after 100,000 miles (160,934 km) driven. —Plug In America’s Tesla Roadster Battery Study. Source: PIA. Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in America Miles Plug 374

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 41

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The state is aggressively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, decrease petroleum fuel use to 15% below 2003 levels by 2020, and increase alternative fuel use to 20% by 2020. Tags: Climate Change Hydrogen Plug-ins Policy. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution.

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California Transportation Energy Green 150