Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

Diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one transportation fuel worldwide by 2020 and continue to increase its share through 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040. Diesel demand accounts for 70% of the growth in demand for all transportation fuels through the forecast period to 2040.

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Gasoline Transportation 2020 Diesel 383

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

The 2010 Ford Transit Connect. Ford is introducing the North American version of the 2010 Transit Connect light commercial vehicle at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show this week. Ford is collaborating with Smith Electric Vehicles to bring the electric Transit Connect to market in North America in 2010. Click to enlarge.

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Transit Connect 2010 Connect Connected 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2010

Ford is committed to six-speed transmissions, with availability across 85% of its nameplates for 2010. The PowerShift automatic is produced for Ford by GETRAG Americas, a joint venture between the GETRAG Group and GETRAG FORD Transmissions. Traditionally, manual transmissions have delivered higher fuel economy.

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2011 Ford Fuel Economy North America 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 mpg US, 2.86 15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Honda Hybrid Sale Acura 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. The OECD represents the developed economies. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco with eAssit ( earlier post ) will be the first model of the new 2013 Malibu lineup to reach dealer showrooms in North America, starting in the first quarter of 2012. Along with specific aerodynamic enhancements, it achieves 12% greater highway fuel economy than current models equipped with the 2.4L

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Chevrolet MPG 2012 Sale 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

has begun sales of the all-new CR-Z (“Compact Renaissance Zero”) hybrid ( earlier post ) in Japan on Friday, February 26, 2010. The CR-Z represents the sixth unique version of Honda’s original IMA technology since the launch of the 2000 Insight, the first hybrid vehicle available in North America in December 1999. km/L (59 mpg US, 4.0

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Honda Japan Hybrid Civic Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. billion, as the world’s population grows and more people in developing economies are able to afford cars. In 2010, about 75% of the world’s vehicles were in OECD countries. liters per 100 km) in 2010.

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Oil-Sands Energy Hybrid Sale 309

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

Monthly fuel economy of the retrofitted Honda Civic during the first 9 months of the fleet test. DOE researchers attributed the significant fuel economy reduction for May, June, and July as most likely being due to significant mountain driving and the likely use of the vehicle’s air conditioning. Source: DOE.

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Lead Acid Civic Hybrid Fleet Miles 223

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

The Ford team updated the SMP model with historical data for 2000, 2005, and 2010, and extended the model to calculate the total CO 2 emissions (tonnes) and the TTW (tank-to-wheel) emission rate (g CO 2 /km) for the new vehicle fleet. To achieve 450 ppm, WTW LDV CO 2 emissions decrease 25% from 2000 and 34% between 2010 and 2050.

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Hyundai Motor America President and CEO John Krafcik introduces the all-new 2011 Sonata along with Hyundai’s Fluidic Sculpture design language. liter four-cylinder engine with a Gasoline Direct-Injection (GDI) fuel delivery system. Details about these powertrains will be announced at the 2010 New York Auto Show.

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2011 Hyundai Engine Auto 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

liter Ford EcoBoost will be launched in the all-new C-MAX and Grand C-MAX models in late 2010, followed by the next-generation Focus in early 2011. liter engine with 203 PS (200 hp, 149 kW) is being launched in the latest 2010 S-MAX, Galaxy and Mondeo models, which are now in production at Ford’s Genk plant in Belgium. Earlier post.).

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Europe Ford Fuel Economy 2010 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2010

Unlike traditional [power-split] hybrids that trade off highway fuel economy for higher city ratings, the Sonata Hybrid delivers best-in-class highway fuel economy, while still delivering about a 40 percent improvement in city fuel economy compared to a Sonata equipped with the Theta II GDI engine.

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Nickel Metal Hydride New York Hyundai Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

First customer Tim Bush and family (center), with John Patterson (left) and Dave Zuchowski, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America (right). —Dave Zuchowski, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. Within the group, Kia, which is set up in North America as a competitor to Hyundai, is focusing on battery-electric vehicles.

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Tucson Hyundai Fuel Hydrogen 351

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

Those vehicles will be offered with a third-row seating option not available in North America; vehicles with that option will use a smaller, high-output lithium ion battery pack mounted underneath the center console, to make room for the additional seating. Bob Carter: Prius may eventually lead Toyota sales in US. Powertrain. L/100km / 5.88

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Prius Toyota North America MPG 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Close: Jun 2010. Standby: Dec 2010. Close: Jun 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Parma Components, Ohio Close: Dec 2010. Close: Dec 2010. Reduce GM’s total number of assembly, powertrain and stamping facilities in the US from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and 33 by 2012. Powertrain.

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GM Canada 2009 2010 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

For the first time, more than 50% of the current year’s light-duty (LD) vehicles in the US get more than 23 mpg (10.2 l/100 km), according to an analysis by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA). CFA selected 23 mpg as a benchmark for this analysis because it is the EPA fuel economy label equivalent to the 30.6

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MPG Fuel Economy 2014 Economy 220

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

DTNA’s SuperTruck was unveiled at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show. DTNA unveiled its SuperTruck at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in the Freightliner Trucks booth. mpg (19.26 —Derek Rotz, principal investigator for SuperTruck, Daimler Trucks North America. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Accordingly, Volkswagen of America (VoA) diesel sales to date in 2014 represent slightly north of 23% of all Volkswagen of America sales. diesel from GM’s European lineup (the engine is manufactured in Kaiserslautern, Germany) to challenge Jetta on the basis of highway fuel economy and power, as well as content.

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Diesel Fuel Economy MPG Economy 311

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Ford Motor Company’s US hybrid sales for the first nine months of 2009 are 73% higher than the same period in 2008, fueled by the introduction of hybrid versions of the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, which went on sale in March 2009. The front-wheel-drive Escape Hybrid delivers 34 mpg in city driving and 30 mpg on the highway.

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2009 Hybrid Sale Ford 246

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Ray Plug-in Hybrid concept compact sedan during a press conference at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. based Kia Design Center America (KDCA) to be revealed in the last year. The Kia Ray plug-in hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Chicago Kia Plug-in Concept 199

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Charging nightly and driving less than 29 miles will mean less need for hydrogen fuel, which is currently available at only about 50 stations in California. MPGe fuel economy is rated at 61 mpg city/52 highway/57 combined using the electric battery and compressed hydrogen fuel.

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Honda Hydrogen Plug-in Hybrid 70

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 16, 2023

Polestar and Volvo were acquired by Geeley, a Chinese automobile company, in 2010. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. The new kid on the block Who/What Is Polestar?

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Motor Motors Motoring Volvo 78

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

market share, the third-largest nameplate in Canada, unsurpassed 25 highway mile per gallon fuel economy and sales in more than 80 countries. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles.

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Minivan Chrysler Dodge Circuit 2009 46

Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

This weekend, the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is being put to the ultimate fuel-efficiency test. Already rated as the most fuel-efficient, mid-sized sedan in America, the Fusion Hybrid will need to average at least 57 mpg to achieve its goal. The 1,000-Mile Challenge starts at around 8:00 a.m.

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Fusion 2010 Ford Miles 39

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

Two separate reports highlight the ongoing improvement in vehicle technologies and the growing trend toward consumers purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles in the US and in Europe. In the US, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis—“ On the Road to 54.5 mpg over their previous series.

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Europe MPG Fuel Fuel Economy 281

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It says the Volt is too little, too lateand too expensive to save the beleaguered automaker, and it recently chastised GM for pumping so much money into the Volt instead of developing more fuel-efficient gasoline cars. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. It offers 18 models that deliver 30 mpg or more.

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