Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2016

Sure, I could have done the sensible thing and taken my trusty 2006 Toyota Prius, but where would be the adventure in that? When my son scored a coveted civil engineering summer internship in Silver Spring, Maryland, the chance for an electric-car road trip from our Boston-area home presented itself.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2009

Lithium-ion automotive battery producer EnerDel and Nissan Motor Co. EnerDel, Nissan and ANL are not disclosing a great deal of information about the R&D project at this point. Rossi, Robert West (2006) Novel silane compounds as electrolyte solvents for Li-ion batteries. Khalil Amine, Qingzheng Wang, Donald R. 2005.12.017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2011

The Energy dCi 130 engine was developed by the Renault-Nissan Alliance, like the existing 2.0 The R9M project started in 2006. The engine will be fitted on Renault and Nissan brands European mid-range vehicles (C segment). dCi and V6 dCi units, and the future TCe 90 and TCe 115. L/100km (52.3 mpg US) or 117 gCO 2 /km.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Based on detailed model-level data for US light-duty vehicles from 1980 to 2006, a recent analysis by a UC Davis researcher found that if weight, horsepower and torque had been held at their 1980 levels, fuel economy for both passenger cars and light trucks could have increased by nearly 50% from 1980 to 2006.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2011

EVO Electric was spun off from Imperial College London in 2006 with financial backing from investors including Imperial Innovations.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 7, 2023

Not quite as good a tortured Japanese-English acronym as Nissan's PLASMA ( P owerful and Economic L ight A ccurate S ilent M ighty A dvanced) or Sun Creative System's WOOZ ( W ild and O riginal O bject with Z oom), but respectable. By the way, BRAT stands for B i-Drive R ecreational A ll-Terrain T ransporter.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2010

The chargers will incorporate TEPCO’s patented technology and be capable of charging vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Plug-In Stella by Subaru within less than half an hour. Since 2006 it has tested more than 300 battery powered cars in the greater Tokyo area.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2013

With the exception of a few months at the start of 2011 between the sale of my old EV and the arrival of my then new Nissan LEAF, I’ve continuously owned and driven a plug-in vehicle since 2006. Concurrently, there’s always been a petrol car on my driveway too, for those just in case moments. Weekly Column'

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

The public/private foundation was founded in 2006. AIC is an international benchmark center located in Bilbao, Spain, integrating knowledge, training, technology and industrial development in order to improve the competitiveness of the automotive sector.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Elektromotive installed its first unit in Westminster in 2006. Elektromotive recently joined forces with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to accelerate the global installation of charging networks in cities, and has been in partnership with EDF Energy since 2007. Earlier post.).

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Elektrobay London Installation Charging 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has deployed 40 Nissan Altima Hybrids as the first alternative fuel vehicles to be used as marked and unmarked patrol cars in the Police Department’s fleet. The Nissan Altima Hybrids account for 40 of more than 100 total hybrid vehicles the Department is expected to deploy this year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

While awareness is high and knowledge has increased since a Maritz Research 2006 poll, few consumers today purport to be very familiar with either electric-only, flex fuel or gasoline-hybrid vehicles. 50% of respondents knew that the “Nissan Leaf can run for up to 100 miles before it needs to be plugged in to recharge it.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

While premium brands historically perform significantly higher than non-premium brands in the APEAL Index, study findings show that the gap between the two in 2015 is the smallest it’s been in the past 10 years, narrowing by 16% since 2006. Mazda (two): CX-5 and MAZDA6. MINI (two): Cooper and Countryman.

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All Cars Electric

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

When Mitsubishi was the first major manufacturer to announce an all-electric version of it’s sub-compact i City Car back in 2006 the company had a major head-start on the competition. But with the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Coda Sedan snapping at the heels of the bubble-shaped.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. TheDrivingMan entered the race in a 2017 Nissan LEAF with a solar panel on the roof and plastic tires in the rear to enable drifting. “The kart demonstrates what is inside an EV since you can see all of the components.”.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2009

The MD engine project is a result of the Nissan Diesel acquisition ( earlier post ). The market for heavy-duty trucks in Europe and North America has plunged about 60% from its peak in 2006. The company is already planning to apply the Volvo Group heavy-duty (HD) engine platform in all HD trucks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Daimler, Ford, and Nissan joined forces to develop a common fuel cell system and launch commercial FCEVs as early as 2017. From 2000 – 2006, one to three commercial technologies entered the market per year. PNNL also identified 41 commercial technologies that have entered the market, of which 39 are still commercially available.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. TheDrivingMan entered the race in a 2017 Nissan LEAF with a solar panel on the roof and plastic tires in the rear to enable drifting. “The kart demonstrates what is inside an EV since you can see all of the components.”.

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St. Louis Conversion Miles 2007 52

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Nissan’s Leaf stood alone as an EV. Good examples of all-new electric cars are the Nissan Leaf battery-electric and the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid , which both debuted in 2010 as 2011 models. With no history to hold them back, they began developing battery-powered two-wheelers in 2006 and have never looked back.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

When this publication began in 2006 commercially available electric vehicles were a novelty; the idea of a mainstream EV was part of a vision of a sustainable transportation system of the future. In a few short years the launch of the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt moved us closer to that vision becoming reality.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 9, 2012

As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Here's the press release: PLUG-IN PARTNERS DECLARES VICTORY In January 2006, Austin Energy launched the national Plug-In Partners campaign, a grassroots effort to demonstrate to automakers that there is sufficient demand to support the mass production of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

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Nickel Cadmium Austin Plug-in PHEV 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2009

Nissan is developing an inductive charging system capable of transmitting power wirelessly over longer distances, and is exploring scaling it up for use with its electric car. Inductive charging with a paddle-type connector was used in a number of earlier EVs, notably GM’s EV1, the Nissan Hypermini EV, and the Toyota RAV4.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Volkswagen Routan , Saab 9-7X , Mitsubishi Precis , Acura SLX , Isuzu I-Series , 2006-2009 Mitsubishi Raider and 1988-1993 Pontiac LeMans come to mind here. The Equator was a Smyrna-built Nissan Frontier with a slightly different grille and Suzuki badges, period.

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Suzuki 2009 Colorado Isuzu 105

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2013

The finding, released at the Teslive Tesla users conference (a partnership between Tesla Motors Club (TMC) and Tesla Motors), bests initial projections set by Tesla Motors in 2006 which suggested a 70% capacity retention after five years and 50,000 miles driven, said Tom Saxton, Plug In America’s chief science officer, who wrote the study.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Nissan Motor Co., provided an update on its progress under the Nissan Green Program 2010 (NGP 2010) mid-term environmental plan. Nissan also announced the introduction of an automatic transmission (AT) model with a clean-diesel engine in the Japanese market, planned for spring 2010. Mid-term results for minimizing CO 2.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

2006), and you’ll learn that those once-dead electric vehicles (EVs) are now exacting a shocking revenge. 2006), and you’ll learn that those once-dead electric vehicles (EVs) are now exacting a shocking revenge. A: I know that Mitsubishi, Nissan and a lot of smaller companies all will have cars available to buy in 2009.

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EV1 Los Angeles Hydrogen GM 100

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and UK company Elektromotive, a provider of electric vehicle recharging stations, are collaborating in the Partnership for Zero-Emission-Mobility, with the aim of accelerating the installation of charging networks for plug-in vehicles in cities. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

We’ll finally get to see the new Nissan August 2nd. I’m kind of excited to see this car, having tested the drivetrain in the Nissan Cube. The best thing about the Nissan is the expected price range of $25K- $34K. The gamble is that Nissan could grab the EV market and dominate it until BYD (China) enters the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

The previous record was set in April 2006, with 3,420 hybrids. Nissan North America, Inc. of Nissan sales. Combined sales for the Fusion and Milan hybrids and the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids totaled 3,906—a new company record for hybrid sales in a single month. Hybrids represented 2.5% of sales in the month.

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Sale Hybrid Civic Hybrid Altima Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

These vehicles are typically pure battery electric vehicles, dedicated compressed natural gas or liquid petroleum gas vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, such as the Nissan Leaf, the Tesla Roadster, and the Honda Civic CNG. To address this, AB 2628 conditioned its implementation on the state receiving a federal waiver.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Nissan Includes PHEVs in its long-term development program. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs. Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

liter EcoBoost I-4, fuel economy on the new Edge will be 30% better than it was at launch in 2006. liter V-6 with Ti-VCT technology delivers highway fuel economy that is 15% better than the Nissan Murano but produces 20 hp more. Ti-VCT is similar to the one added to the 2011 Ford Mustang. Earlier post.). With the introduction of the 2.0-liter

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

I launched Emporia in the spring of 2018 with co-founders Ted Graham and Franz Ketwig—we have worked together since 2006 in the commodities trading space, and they now share the Chief Technical Officer role at Emporia. Shawn: The Nissan LEAF and the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Then I founded and sold a couple of different companies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Nissan, through its joint venture with NEC, has created a battery pack that meets the requirements of the electric vehicle and will produce it in mass volume. Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Nissan is working on an electric car that it says is on track to have a 100-mile range and 26-minute charge time. The Renault-Nissan Alliance launched a pilot project in Arizona earlier this month to test out a charging network ahead of the planned 2010 launch of its electric vehicle.

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