Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Major automotive suppliers see national fuel economy standards as important for long-term planning and investment and don’t want to see them altered by US policymakers, according to a first-of-its-kind industry survey commissioned by CALSTART and conducted by Ricardo Energy & Environment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Light trucks (pickups, minivans/vans, and truck SUVs), accounted for 36% of all light-duty vehicle production in MY 2012, the second lowest level since 1993. Gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines have increased market share ten-fold from less than 3% in MY 2008 to more than 30% in MY 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

The Evoque, which is derived from the LRX concept car shown in 2008 ( earlier post ), will be sold in more than 160 countries. liter, turbodiesel hybrid that meets US emissions standards and is capable of running on biodiesel. Customers have a choice of both a 4WD and a 2WD version, with sub-130g/km CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

Shanghai GM has outlined the next phase of its “Drive to Green” product strategy—launched in 2008 ( earlier post )—for 2011-2015. Several targets announced in 2008 have already been achieved. By 2012, all models sold in China will have the capability of being upgraded to comply with the Euro V (China Phase 5) emission standard.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

By the end of the first nine months of 2008, the top-selling 50% of the new car market in Europe had CO 2 emissions averaging 130g/km, compared to 39% in 2007 and 24% back in 2003, according to a new report from JATO Consult , the new intelligence consultancy division of JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive data.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2012

The demonstration car is a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, equipped with a ProCharger supercharger, and a NuVinci DeltaSeries continuously. Using an SUV equipped with a 3.6L. The blue dashed curve represents torque from the standard 3.6L variable speed drive. With assistance in tuning by Lingenfelter Performance. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

million—a 38% drop compared to the January 2008 SAAR of 15.37 Actual sales in 2008 were 13.2 With average gasoline prices (all grades) remaining down from their highs in mid-2008, light trucks continued to outsell cars in January 2009. Percentage change in car and truck sales, Jan 2009 vs. Jan 2008. to 341,113 units.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The Universal Transmission will also offer the same or better torque and performance as standard transmissions. In addition, with its infinite gear ratios it solves the poor load management system of standard transmissions that lose momentum every time the engine disconnects or shifts gears. —Richard Wilson.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2011

Range_e is also engineered with the same full 4WD capability as the standard Range Rover Sport, with high and low range in the transmission, front and rear differentials and a mechanical locking centre differential. Overall CO 2 emissions are 89g/km. —John Edwards, Land Rover Global Brand Director.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 28, 2024

Its practical, reliable and purposeful nature were reason enough for Omni sales to be consistently strong, cumulating to 2 million units throughout its 35-year tenure (1984-2019), however, in the absence of any crash protection whatsoever, the Omni had to be taken off the roads when new safety standards came into force.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

We are breaking new ground with CMF-A to meet and exceed the high standards of consumers in the world''s fastest growing economies—particularly people buying a new car for the first time. The company will launch 10 new vehicles in India through 2016 including new premium SUV Terrano later this year and the first Datsun car.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

have entered a commercial agreement to produce electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), cars and other electric vehicles in China for domestic and global distribution. Under the exclusive agreement, ZAP and Jonway take the electric drive systems designed by ZAP and integrate them into the reengineered EV SUV that will be produced by Jonway.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

On the product side, the summary asserted that: GM earns a disproportionate share of its profits from high-margin trucks and SUVs and is thus vulnerable to energy cost-driven shifts in consumer demand. For example, of its top 20 profit contributors in 2008, nine were cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) found that Volvo XC60 midsize SUVs outfitted with a standard collision-avoidance feature called City Safety are far less likely to be involved in low-speed crashes than comparable vehicles without the system. Source: Weigle 2008. standards for Wi-Fi wireless networking.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2020

Although the electric drive train is similar to the New PEUGEOT e-208 and the New SUV PEUGEOT e-2008, a change has been made to the gearbox, which is shorter in order to meet the loading constraints inherent to commercial vehicles. kW single-phase charger as standard and an optional 11 kW three-phase charger.

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EV Central

APRIL 24, 2024

SsangYong Australia has announced it will launch its all-new Torres SUV in Australia this July, with the all-electric EVX model arriving a little later in the fourth quarter of 2024. As well as spacious, the new SsangYong SUV gets high-levels of standard equipment. 2024 SsangYong Torres EVX interior. 2024 SsangYong Torres EVX.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Australian Government has released a discussion paper outlining the issues involved in the setting of mandatory standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from passenger vehicles from 2015. The planned CO 2 standards will complement the Government’s carbon price scheme and help to reduce carbon emissions from light vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Nissan Leaf – the Standard Bearer. since the Tesla roadster was introduced in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The production version of Audi’s battery electric e-tron quattro SUV ( earlier post ), due out in 2018, is an important vehicle for the brand, and especially for Audi of America, which is driving many of the requirements for the C-segment electric SUV. plug-in hybrid or full electric—models by 2025. Earlier post. ).

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

by ’10 By BILL VLASIC Published: May 13, 2008 DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. And by the end of the decade two more hybrids will join the Escape SUV in Ford's gasoline-electric lineup.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

Fuel economy remained relatively stagnant from 2002 to 2008, with the first real increase coming following the passage of the Energy Security and Independence Act (EISA) in 2007 during the Bush administration. Another jump occurred in 2009 when the “Phase 1” standard for 2012-2016 was announced. mpg by 2016.).

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1. Expect pricing somewhere around $40K as well as a generous list of standard equipment, something on show in the BYD Atto 3 that is already on sale. For starters, it’s a mid-sized SUV with the Tesla Model Y in its crosshairs. seconds).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

will convert three of DTE Energy’s fleet Saturn VUE SUVs to battery electric powertrains. The conversion of the three DTE Energy SUVs is part of the $5-million grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) awarded to DTE Energy in 2008. AMP Holding Inc. Earlier post.) million Michigan homes and businesses.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

While not fast by EV standards, it will get the job done for entering freeways, which is what the e:FCEV will be doing a lot of as it will only be leased in California when it hits dealers in late 2024. Safety All CR-V models come standard with active and passive safety features such as front and side air bags.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the fourth quarter of 2018, light-duty pickup trucks, mini-vans, and SUVs made up 57.3% Between 2008 and 2017, total VMT increased 5% in California, but declined in Pennsylvania (-6%) and New York (-8%). of new vehicle registrations, up from 39.3% five years ago. percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

4, the Q4 e-Tron will be available in a regular SUV body style or a sleeker Sportback, each with a 77kWh battery. It’s the former that will show up first but the latter is more interesting because as a mid-sized SUV it would provide more firepower against the Tesla Model Y. Sharing its architecture with the Volkswagen ID.3

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

As the Trump administration weighs how to revise fuel economy standards, a new study by research fellows of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finds that attribute-based regulations—such as the footprint-based rules in the US—are less effective and more costly than a flat standard with credit trading.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

clip) Fisker also hopes to come out with SUVs and other types of cars. The car's lithium-ion batteries , which can be charged from a standard household outlet, will keep the Metroproject moving for about 60 miles. The new electric cars go only about 225 miles on a single charge at best. China will be first to receive the F6DM.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

Some 66 per cent support the 2006 California law requiring greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020 - but that’s down from 73 per cent in July 2008 and down from 78 per cent in 2007. The sharpest decline is among Republicans - 57 per cent in 2008 compared to 43 per cent today.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Opinion about tax cuts for energy companies is about where it was in 2008. But while support for each of these policies has been steady or down modestly in recent years, support for allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling in US waters has increased. Currently, 44% favor the increased use of nuclear power while 49% are opposed.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). The decline is sharpest among Republicans (57% 2008, 43% today). In July 2008, when the plan to implement AB 32 was being discussed, a majority (57%) said the government should adopt it right away rather than wait (36%).

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