Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Clean-diesel vehicles, a slowly growing segment of the market, unquestionably return higher fuel economy figures than their gasoline-engined counterparts. The NHTSA has issued a recall notice for the 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d sport-utility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

While alternative powertrains still represent a small percentage of market share compared to gasoline engines, the report noted, clean diesels saw a 10% increase in 2014 sales over 2013 sales, while hybrids saw a 10% decrease, pure electrics saw a 20% increase and compressed natural gas saw a 33% decrease. Belzowski 2015. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

Finding ways of recovering this lost heat energy has been one of the major goals being pursued by engineers working on BMW EfficientDynamics for the future. The BMW turbosteamer is based on this two-stage stationary power generation method, but reduced in scale and design to form a component that can be used in modern automobile engines.

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Waste BMW Exhaust Gas-Electric 376

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Between now and 2013, PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to invest €175 million (US$238 million) at its La Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France, to prepare for the production of a new 3-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine. Output in 2009 totalled 1.3

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Gasoline Engine France 2013 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

Other key findings of the report: For the first year since 2009, gasoline cars constituted the majority of new registrations in 2017 (almost 53%). New diesel cars, which were on average around 300 kilograms (kg) heavier than new gasoline cars, emitted on average 117.9 g CO 2 /km less than the average gasoline car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. The final MY 2013 adjusted, real world CO 2 emissions rate for all light-duty gasoline and diesel-fueled vehicles is 369 g/m—a 7 g/mi decrease relative to MY 2012. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2009

The MY2010 BMW 1 Series Coupé will offer two additional engine variants, one in the BMW 120i Coupé, the other in the BMW 118d Coupé. The new models will go on sale in September 2009. The new BMW 120i Coupé is powered by a 2.0-liter The new BMW 120i Coupé is powered by a 2.0-liter L/100 kilometers (35.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

The BMW ActiveHybrid 7. BMW announced the production versions of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 and the BMW ActiveHybrid 7. The ActiveHybrid X6 will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009, and the ActiveHybrid 7 will arrive in the US in Spring 2010. Components of the BMW ActiveHybrid 7. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. BMW engineers are working on largely avoiding cold start conditions through intelligent heat management and significantly shortening the warm-up period.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 29, 2009

BMW's legendary M series performance cars use big, brawny, turbocharged gasoline engines. The 2009 BMW M5 , for example, has a 500-horsepower, 5.0-liter But the concept car BMW will unveil in two weeks at the Frankfurt Motor Show promises "the performance of an M vehicle" from a very. liter V-10.

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BMW Concept 2009 Gasoline 61

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

The BMW ActiveHybrid X6. BMW announced the production versions of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 and the BMW ActiveHybrid 7. The ActiveHybrid X6 will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009, and the ActiveHybrid 7 will arrive in the US in Spring 2010. BMW’s two-mode transmission. BMW two-mode.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Six German automotive companies—passenger car manufacturers Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, and the supplier Bosch— launched their first joint campaign for diesels in the US. In the first nine months of the current year, around 69,600 diesel cars were sold in the USA, compared to 30,600 for the same period in 2009.

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Diesel Clean Cleaning Market 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The California ZEV Regulation requires large volume and intermediate volume vehicle manufacturers to bring to and to operate in California a certain percent of ZEVs (such as battery electric and fuel cell vehicles); plug-in hybrids; hybrids; and gasoline vehicles with near-zero tail pipe emissions. Honda was third.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2009

Citroën will unveil the DS3 supermini—the first model from the new DS line—at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009 next month. The DS3 will be available with a choice of Euro V power plants consisting of two HDi diesel units and three BMW co-developed gasoline engines.

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Diesel Gasoline Fuel Economy 2009 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Honeywell expects the global turbo segment to double in the next five years, from 17 million new turbo vehicles in 2009 to 35 million in 2015. million engines in 2009 to six million engines in 2015. The growth in all regions is primarily driven by increased adoption of smaller, turbocharged gasoline engines.

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2015 Engine Fuel Economy Gasoline-Electric 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

The credit balances shown below include “early credits” from model year 2009 that may not be sold and may not be used after the 2014 model year. only emissions are “counted” from the gasoline engine operation). Thus, the electric vehicle would have a net upstream emissions value of about 120 grams/mile.

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Standards Emissions EPA 2013 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2009

The number puts the carmaker close to its goal of having 40 locations across the country by the end of June 2009. Doolan led BMW NA and Volvo Cars NA to record sales in the 1990s and 2000s. turbocharged Direct Injection gasoline engine sourced from GM ( earlier post ) provides the motors with electricity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

GDCI engine was significantly better than advanced production spark injection gasoline engines, and comparable to very efficient hybrid vehicle engines at their best efficiency conditions (214 g/kWh). This early work established that gasoline-like fuels with high resistance to autoignition are preferred for PPCI. Combustion stability.

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Wisconsin 304

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. Level 4 Prototype Cars on California Roads Since 2009. Most of these advanced vehicles will be electric or plug-in hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

gasoline-powered vehicles could be delayed. If electric cars can’t break out of niche status in the world’s two largest passenger car markets, then a transition away from gasoline-powered vehicles could be delayed. BMW’s Mini is rolling out its electric car in three phases. car’s introduction.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2009

In this study, BMW focused on Rankine A (exhaust gas only) and Rankine B (exhaust gas and coolant). 2009) Click to enlarge. BMW is exploring two pathways for waste heat recovery in vehicles: one thermoelectric, the other thermodynamic. Energy utilization vs. complexity of different heat recovery systems. Earlier post.).

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Waste BMW Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Mercedes-Benz staged the world premiere of the ML 450 HYBRID at the 2009 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) ( earlier post ). As a point of comparison, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade 2WD two-mode hybrid carries an EPA rating of 20 mpg city, 21 mpg highway (11.8 The two-mode ML 450 HYBRID. Click to enlarge. L/100km city, 11.2

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New York Hybrid Mercedes SUV 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids. In addition to BMW Group, the consortium includes Scottish and Southern Energy, responsible for providing the infrastructure in and around Oxford and the South-East of England by installing the private and public charging points.

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Carbon Electric Vehicles Vehicles London 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

Gasoline may cost between $3-$5 while you own this vehicle. You can move from a BMW 3 series into a Prius and be proud. by Bill Cooke. In a panel session entitled “Does Green Matter in a Try-to-Survive Market?” It is not quite as reliable, its not as powerful and it is not as fun to drive. Would you buy this vehicle?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

As the second half of the twelve-month MINI E field trial begins in the UK this week, BMW has released an overview of the outcome of interviews and objective data collected from the first three months of the December to June 2010 phase of the trial. Earlier post.). The MINI E is a two-seat development of the MINI Hatch. miles (11.8

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Marc Gunther Last Updated: April 13, 2009: 9:29 AM ET Warren Buffett with BYDs E6. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Reply ↓ ↑ report 2 Snoopy 3:47PM (4/17/2009) Its funny, because I was thinking about this over the past couple of days, while walking the streets of my relatively quiet neighbourhood. Reply ↓ ↑ report 3 Snowdog 6:22PM (4/17/2009) Totally agree. ↓ ↑ report 5 Snoopy 12:21PM (4/19/2009) Haha!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s

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China Electric Vehicles Chery Vehicles 28

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

Since NHTSA selects vehicles for testing on the criteria noted above, there are, however, some competitive gaps in the data: no testing for Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8 or BMW 7-Series, for example. The MY 2013 vehicle with the next-lowest VSS is the Buick Verano (FWD) with 0.50, and also with a 5-star overall rating.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Hans Greimel Automotive News July 6, 2009 - 12:01 am ET. – BMW AG’s Mini brand is testing a plug-in model in the United States. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. Nissan’s big bet: Mass market for EVs. YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. US gal) of gasoline. The Audi Q5 HFC (Hybrid Fuel Cell) followed in 2009. lb)—analogous to a residual pressure of 10 bar—the control unit switches to gasoline operation.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 13, 2008

The first prototype debuted in Tel Aviv in May, and it was announced that hundreds of cars would appear in a pilot program in 2009, with a rollout of thousands in 2010. nk has opened an office in California, and announced its intention to begin sales in 2009. Smaller automakers continue to make the news.

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Electric Cars Cars Nissan Electric 100

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

In early 2009 BMW will put 500 electric Minis (using an AC Propulsion drive system) on the road in LA and NY for a one-year lease-only trial reminiscent of the ZEV mandate era cars in California that were ultimately crushed. The recent halving of gasoline prices poses a challenge.

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San Francisco Plug-in Plug Alternative Fuels 100

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

So that was the basis for the EPA, under President Obama in 2009, setting the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. Given the fact that the cost of an electric vehicle and the similar model of a gasoline or diesel will be the same even earlier than 2024, I think we’re going to see the Biden administration be ambitious.

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