Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Fusion also is available in gasoline-fueled versions with a choice between a pair of fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines and a normally aspirated four-cylinder engine. The pace beat Toyota Camry Hybrid’s 7,300 sales in its first two full months of availability in May and June 2006. Earlier post.)

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2006

The MIT Technology Review reports plug-in hybrids a big 2006 energy story: "The plug-in hybrid-vehicle era begins. For years, hobbyists and a few companies have been adding bigger battery packs to hybrid vehicles, which have both battery power and an internal combustion engine, and plugging them into electrical outlets.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. as a 1999 model.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Motor gasoline consumption will be less than previously estimated. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Hybrids running on both electricity and gasoline, on the other hand, appear to be gaining momentum. This is because the consumers are not fully aware of the advantages of battery electric vehicles and will slowly accept the technology. The first hybrid in China, the Toyota Prius, was introduced in 2006.

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Electric Auto Association

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Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We The car was powered by thousands of small lithium batteries,” Pohorsky explained. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor. “And that entrepreneurship persists here in the valley. It’s very cool."

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

GM likely to launch new plug-in hybrid Reuters Nov 10, 2006 DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low, the Detroit News said, citing unnamed GM officials.

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