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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The company is investing €400 million in a new vehicle assembly at the main plant in Munich. By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 15, 2024

The original Ford Taurus first appeared as a 1986 model , going through three generations and nearly 10 million sales (counting the Mercury Sable ) before getting the axe in October of 2006. The 206xxx sequence number in the VIN indicates very late production, though, meaning this car likely was built in October of 2006.

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MARCH 7, 2009

from 2006 and 22% above such emissions in 1990. That represents a slight (0.06%) increase from 2006 and is still down 0.17% from the peak in 2005 of 2,003.6 in 2007, down 0.74% from 2006. This increase is due largely to increased vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and the stagnation of fuel efficiency across the US vehicle fleet.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Sales of Ford Edge, which arrived on the market in late 2006, hit 400,000 this past weekend, the highest sales volume of any midsize crossover vehicle during the same period, according to Ford. In 2006 when Edge was introduced, the midsize crossover segment accounted for 4.3% of the retail industry.

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JUNE 29, 2011

(TMS) will conduct a voluntary safety recall involving approximately 45,500 Highlander Hybrid and 36,700 Lexus RX 400h vehicles sold in the US. No other Toyota or Lexus vehicles are involved. If the fuse blows, the hybrid system will stop and the vehicle will coast to a stop.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Continuing to advance smart energy, SolarEdge addresses a broad range of energy market segments through its PV, storage, EV charging, batteries, UPS, electric vehicle powertrains, and grid services solutions.

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South Korea Lithium Ion Energy Storage 2006 IT 465

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2014

GM is recalling 656 model year 2014 Cadillac ELR vehicles not equipped with adaptive cruise control and manufactured 26 September 2013 through 14 February 2014, and equipped without Adaptive Cruise Control. Of those, about 90,000 were used to repair older vehicles that were repaired before they were recalled in February.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

Under his leadership, the first Formula 1 engine with a speed range of up to 20,000 rpm was created in 2006. After three years at Apple in Silicon Valley, where he set up and managed product development for autonomous vehicles, Hitzinger returned to the Volkswagen Group in 2019 to develop autonomous driving and the ID.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

World marketed energy consumption is projected to grow by 44% between 2006 and 2030, driven by strong long-term economic growth in the developing nations of the world, according to the reference case projection from the International Energy Outlook 2009 ( IEO2009 ) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Volkswagen marked the production of the 10 millionth vehicle by Shanghai-Volkswagen, a joint venture of Volkswagen and SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. Volkswagen produced its first vehicle in Shanghai, a Volkswagen Santana, in April 1983. In 2006, the joint venture started to produce models of the ŠKODA brand. million vehicles.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

The LCFS is one of several programs developed under AB 32 (the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act) to cut California’s emissions of climate warming greenhouse gas. Source: CARB Carbon intensity for the LCFS program is measured through lifecycle analysis of a fuel which includes all steps from extraction, transport, and production.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

(GTMC), Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) vehicle-production and sales company established jointly with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., GAC), has produced more than 1 million vehicles since the start of production in 2006. GTMC was established in 2004 as a base for Toyota-brand vehicle production and sales in China.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2011

Environmental Protection Agency is to announce today that it will expand the approval to cars from the 2001 through 2006 model year as well. Following its October approval of E15 gasoline for 2007 or newer cars, the U.S. E15 contains 15 percent ethanol, half again as high as the legal maximum today of 10 percent in E10 gasoline.

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JUNE 1, 2023

Electrification and digitalization are leading to a steady increase in the need for critical metals in the EU’s vehicle fleet. Only a small proportion of the metals are currently recycled from end-of-life vehicles. The survey covers eleven different metals in new vehicles, vehicles in use and vehicles that are recycled.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2011

Toyota said today it will begin a voluntary safety recall that covers about 82,000 hybrid sport utility vehicles sold in the U.S. during 2006 and 2007. The affected models are the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and the Lexus RX 400h, which share an understructure and Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive system.

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JULY 24, 2012

Almost 77 years (76 years, 11 months) after the production of the first Model G1 truck in August 1935 at Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Toyota Motor Corporation’s worldwide cumulative vehicle production has surpassed 200 million units. million vehicles and overseas production totaled 55.12 million vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

Semcon and a global automotive partner have signed a new contract for autonomous vehicles. Semcon has been in Brazil since 2006 and now has 180 employees there. The assignment is mainly based in Brazil as part of Semcon’s global strategy to involve expertise in high-tech development projects from different countries.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Because of the pandemic, there was a substantial reduction in 2020 in vehicle miles traveled. Overall , vehicle miles traveled in 2020 were down 13% compared with 2019. Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

While Toyota clearly hopes the worst of its recall problems are behind it, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a new investigation into an older Toyota vehicle. On February 15, the NHTSA opened an investigation into 32 complaints of engine stalling in 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid sport-utility vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

ClipperCreek offers electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions for residential and commercial customers in the US, and has been a pioneer in the EV charging market since 2006. Accelerates the Enphase roadmap to enable bi-directional charging capability for vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid applications.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

By James Morton Turner.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Half (January-June) of 2021 , which shows the largest six-month increase recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history. billion miles, or about 13%.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

That analysis covered years 1994 through 2006. The calculations used the monthly road fatalities from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the monthly distances driven by all vehicles from the Federal Highway Administration. The present study examined whether this pattern still holds. fatalities per billion miles).

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JULY 29, 2015

The combined average age of all light vehicles on the road in the US has climbed slightly to 11.5 years, based on a snapshot of vehicles in operation (VIO) taken 1 January 2015, according to IHS Automotive. Scrappage is defined by a vehicle being taken out of the fleet and no longer in use. years in 2016 but not reach 11.7

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JULY 28, 2020

Octillion Power Systems, a provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility, announced it has reached two milestones: 100,000 electric vehicles worldwide powered by its batteries and 2 billion kilometers driven. Twenty percent of the electric vehicles in China today are using Octillion batteries, the company said.

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

Better and more performant batteries will make a key contribution to the electrification of road transport, which will significantly reduce its emissions, increase the uptake of electric vehicles and facilitate a higher share of renewable sources in the EU energy mix, the EC said. Background.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

UPS is deploying 40 new medium-duty series hydraulic hybrid vehicles (HHVs): 20 in Baltimore and 20 in Atlanta. The HHVs in Baltimore will be deployed immediately while the vehicles in Atlanta will be introduced before the end of 2012. and has been working closely with manufacturers to develop and test HHV technology since 2006.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Green mobility soars with more power with more support from governments The future of transportation lies in electric vehicles. And here is a new change in transportation in the form of eco-friendly electric vehicles. Includes a chronological list of EV trade shows, seminars, exhibitions, and upcoming electric vehicle events.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2013

Experian Automotive released findings from an analysis of the US hybrid vehicle segment showing that market share of hybrid vehicles has increased by 40.9% As part of the analysis, Experian Automotive also reviewed some of the financial attributes of hybrid vehicle loans. of all vehicles financed were hybrids, up from 2.3%

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Teslarati

JANUARY 16, 2022

The NHTSA also reported that vehicle fatalities increased in the first half of 2021. According to the agency’s report, an estimated 20,160 people died in US motor vehicle crashes from January to June 2021, up 18.4% The agency noted the 20k-estimate was the largest number of projected fatalities since 2006. .

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles.

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APRIL 30, 2017

billion over the next decade through an increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees—including on zero emission vehicles (ZEVs)—to fix roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California and put more dollars toward transit and safety. 200 million from an annual $100 Zero Emission Vehicle fee starting 1 July 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The first Urbino hybrid was displayed in 2006. It is the response to needs of operators and carriers offering services of public transport for innovative urban transport vehicles which minimize the impact of such transport on the environment, while at the same time allowing to generate considerable savings and to reduce fuel consumption.

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Geographical distributions of global BC emissions from motor vehicles in 1976 (A) and 2006 (B). Country-based mean values are shown for 1976 and 1° × 1° resolution was used for 2006. Researchers at Peking University have developed a new methodology to model black carbon (BC) emissions from diesel and gasoline motor vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Electric 2-wheelers have been part of the last-mile transportation in the Philippines since 2006 when the first electric bicycles and scooters came in from China. These vehicles were however, low mileage, and high maintenance using heavy lead acid batteries for power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Autonomous sensor systems for vehicle safety. The introduction of the advanced active safety and driver assistance system also marks a significant milestone toward the development of self-driving vehicles, according to GM. Source: GM. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Rear Automatic Braking. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Since breaking ground in 2003, Toyota Texas has assembled upwards of 3 million trucks and SUVs since production started in 2006. If you need a brief history lesson, the Tundra has been produced steadily at this facility since it opened in 2006, though the Sequoia only began life there in 2022.

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