The Truth About Cars
MARCH 18, 2024
Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2012
This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 mpg US, 2.86 First generation Insight. Second generation Insight. Honda Motor Co., L/100k m) on the 10?15 Model introduced to the market.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2009
The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). Click to enlarge.
Green Cars News
JUNE 29, 2009
The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2009
Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Here are some examples of actions that would be required to achieve the target of at least 35 mpg specified by EISA 2007: [Note: NHTSA has released CAFE standards for MY 2011, but is engaging in further consideration and analysis prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
US mpg) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), corresponding to 46 grams CO 2 per km (74.0 The first technology demonstrator was the compact A2H2 in 2004, which was already equipped with a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEM). lb-ft) of system torque. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 litre V6 TDI engine.
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