CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

of Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, in October, up from 30.4% This in the context of overall auto market growth of 16.8% Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) gained 32.4% YoY, to 208,642 units. This, however, is still down by almost 25% from the pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

A sudden drop in miles traveled by car in the US triggered by wide-spread social isolation measures will have immediate ramifications for gasoline demand. during the global recession in 2008/2009. Europe autos demand for 2020 is set at 15.6 IHS Markit forecasts 2020 US auto sales to be 14.4 million units. year over year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 3, 2023

Overall auto volumes were 182,712 units, up some 24% year on year, though still well off the pre-2020 seasonal average (~230,000 units). France saw record high plugin electric vehicle share in March, at 25.4%, up from 21.4% year on year. BEVs alone took 16.8% share, a new record. The Tesla Model Y was the best […]

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

That’s about 1,221 cars per day, 51 cars per hour, or about.85 85 cars per minute. For comparison, Toyota’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky built 8,427 cars per week, BMW’s facility in South Carolina managed 8,343 units per week, and Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan hub managed just 5,564 vehicles weekly.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 25.5% Overall auto market volumes were down some 34% from seasonal norms, to 205,911 units, the worst July performance in many years. share in July. This up from 22.6% year on year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This new zero-emissions vehicle will contribute to Honda’s previously announced goal to make battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and FCEVs represent 100% of its global auto sales by 2040. —Gary Robinson, vice president of Auto Planning & Strategy for American Honda Motor Co. Underhood of all-new Honda FCEV coming in 2024.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2012

Next week's Detroit Auto Show promises to be the busiest and most influential in several years. With the auto industry continuing to recover slowly from its 2008 meltdown and Chinese sales rising, both U.S. and overseas automakers will launch new models and show off gleaming concept cars. The largest.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2019

From 2008-2013, however, the increase was 12.2%. This represents one of the highest annual increases the US auto industry has seen since IHS Markit began tracking VIO growth—second only to the 2.3% From 2018-2019, the average age of passenger cars increased 2.2% million (2.2%) since 2018. growth in 2016. —Mark Seng.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

Sunwoda’s major customers for its batteries include Geely Auto Group, Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Motor, Volvo Cars, and Volkswagen. Sunwoda, founded in 1997, began its EV battery business in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Production of light-duty passenger vehicles (cars and light trucks) rose from 74.4 The auto industry’s production capacities are far from fully used; PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) estimates current global vehicle assembly capacity at almost 95 million, the report notes. Still, US car travel is down slightly from its peak of 4.3

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

500,000th BYD Dolphin rolls off assembly line (Source: BYD) China’s behemoth BYD overtook Volkswagen as the best-selling car brand in China last year, the first time any carmaker outsold the German brand since at least 2008. million cars, Reuters reports. billion in the first half of last year, according to Car News China.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

Thee goal is to design a new level of active safety technology and share it broadly so that Toyota and other auto manufacturers can deploy it on the road. Every year, car crashes result in nearly 40,000 fatalities in the United States, and about 1.25 This is the essence of the Toyota Guardian approach. million fatalities worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

BYD Auto says it will place its F3DM dual-mode plug-in electric vehicle ( earlier post ) on sale to individual buyers on 29 March, with the first sales location to be Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. BYD has sold more than 100 units to governments, banks and other institutions since it entered the market at the end of 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2023

With more than 284 million vehicles in operation (VIO) on US roads, the average age of cars and light trucks in the US has risen again this year to a new record of 12.5 In addition, the continued rise of light trucks/utilities means the number of passenger cars on the road will fall beneath 100 million for the first time since 1978.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2009

The Detroit Free Press reports that Chrysler will display a battery-electric version of the Fiat 500 at the upcoming North American International Auto Show. No decision has been made whether the car will be offered for sale in the US, according to the report. The electric 500 from Alelion and Autoadapt. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 11, 2007

I've long heard rumors of Chinese auto makers developing an electric car. Unfortunately the article suggest the car will be solely for the domestic Chinese market. Seems to me the Chinese ought to capture the American market for electric cars before the majors get off the dime. Tags: electric car china.

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EV Central

JANUARY 22, 2024

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. billion ($A1.8b) to build the world’s largest sodium battery plant in Xuzhou in China.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Some auto companies have incorporated car sharing elements into their new business enterprises.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese EV makers are looking to export electric vehicles by the tens of thousands around the globe, but they need a lot more car-carrying vessels to make that happen. China now has the world’s eighth-largest shipping fleet with 33 car-carrying ships, according to data from shipping consultants Veson Nautical and reported by Reuters.

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Baua Electric

MAY 19, 2023

.” Rates of interest as of late are like the ones sooner than the 2008 monetary situation, he stated, some degree he additionally makes to shoppers. Bob Parry, finance director at Tyrell Auto Facilities in Cheyenne, Wyo., 25 % in Would possibly 2023. 25 % in Would possibly 2023. ” Parry stated.

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2023

All the way through the 2008 recession, dealerships renewed center of attention on consumers in a clear method. The post Visitor observation: Navigate 2023 with transparency, compliance appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. In 2008, motor vehicle taxes in the EU 15 added up to €378 billion (US$501 billion) or 4.1% The European car industry urges EU governments to show more resolve in harmonizing car taxation schemes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

features a ‘multi-load path’ structure controlling how energy is absorbed by the car in the event of a collision, minimizing intrusion into the passenger cabin. BYD is not just another car manufacturer. In 2008, BYD launched the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show. BYD e-Platform 3.0

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Registrations for light VIO, including cars and light trucks (SUVs/CUVs as well) in the US also reached a record level of more than 264 million—an increase of more than 6.2 This represents the highest annual increase the auto industry has seen in the US since it began tracking VIO growth, breaking the record of 2.1%

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2023

BERLIN — Chinese language funding in Europe is transferring from mergers and acquisitions to greenfield initiatives principally in battery manufacturing for electrical cars, consistent with 2022 information analyzed through free analysis suppliers MERICS and Rhodium Workforce. Greenfield funding made up 57 p.c

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2009

The small car segment has increased its share. While fleet renewal schemes (vehicle scrappage) have helped segments of the passenger car market in some countries, overall vehicle demand in Europe went further down as well. Van (-57%) and truck production (-56%) dropped even more than the manufacture of passenger cars (-31%).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, The team then compared resale values with the total cost of owning and operating diesel- and gasoline-fueled passenger cars and light-duty trucks. Elisabeth A.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 3, 2022

There is no sign of relief for the ongoing EV crisis in Europe’s fourth largest auto market. Originally published on opportunity:energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

The 2012 Fiat 500 made its US debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show this past week. The four-passenger A-segment car features a new fuel-efficient 1.4-liter SB LiMotive, the 50:50 joint venture of Samsung SDI and Bosch formed in 2008, is providing the battery pack. Introduction of the 2012 Fiat 500 at LA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 16, 2009

A little more than a year ago, the all-electric Mini E stole the limelight at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show. Now, BMW has released details of its next all-electric concept car, which will formally debut at next month's Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. Its battery-electric sibling, the BMW i3, took the same award in 2014. Combined cycle fuel consumption is.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

China is the world’s largest car and EV market, with sales of BEVs accounting for about 60% of the global total. Cars made through the partnership will carry the VW logo but use a platform developed by both companies that is based on Xpeng’s decade-old Edward technology, which is used on the brand’s G9 model. Get started here.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2009

Colorado start-up Lightning Hybrids will unveil the prototype of its hydraulic hybrid four-seat sports sedan at the Denver Auto Show 1-5 April. The car, the LH4, features a 240 hp (179 kW) drivetrain consisting of a 90 hp (67 kW) proprietary 2-stroke biodiesel and 150 hp (112 kW) hydraulic system. C d on the car is 0.20.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Passenger car sales dropped 10.6% GM total truck sales in July were down 18%, and car sales of 83,736 were off 21% compared with a year ago. TMS passenger car sales dropped 12.1%

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 5, 2022

Larger signs were printed, too, volunteers from a local car club posting them at street corners around Manteca. In addition to securing cars from private owners and the local Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla dealerships, a used EV dealer was also engaged. Everyone loved these cars,” Beas said. DEED ride-and-drive event.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 15, 2023

The Italian car market is enjoying a prolonged rebound since the lows of 2022. While most major auto markets in Europe show improving EV numbers, however, the race between internal combustion and electrified powertrains idles in the fourth largest market of the Old Continent. Originally published on opportunity:energy.

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