Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2010

Tuesday 22 June 2010. The Green Piece Column. Once the embodiment of a seemingly far-fetched future, electric cars are on the brink of becoming a mainstream reality. Arguably the main reason electric cars have gained momentum in recent years [.].

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Tuesday 24 August 2010: The Green Piece Column. China is not only the fastest developing nation in the world, but it is also the new hotbed for automakers having become the world’s largest car market. However, where China is still playing catch up is in boasting a world renowned car manufacturer of its own.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Tuesday 2 November 2010. The Green Piece Column. It may be a decade away, but 2020 has become the landmark figure for the progression of electric and hybrid cars with a host of varied reports being issued in recent weeks offering very different pictures of how the vehicles will progress.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 15, 2011

drivers who were picked to test the BMW Mini E between June 2009 and June 2010 are one happy bunch. They love their cars, they like electric driving in general, they're willing to overlook the car's faults, and they willingly talk not only to BMW but also amongst themselves about it all. The 450 lucky U.S.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 31, 2010

Tuesday 31 August 2010: The Green Piece Column. It’s one of the most common concerns about the electrification of the automobile – no, not how long the range of these vehicles will last or how regularly batteries will need to be replaced; but just how safe are electric cars?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2010

Tuesday 8 June 2010: The Green Piece Column It’s no secret that the value of new cars depreciates at a phenomenal rate – most vehicles are lucky to retain 50 per cent of their initial value after three years, which is one of the reasons car leasing is so attractive (as our friends at ContractHireAndLeasing.com will [.].

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JULY 6, 2010

Tuesday 6 July 2010. The Green Piece Column. It appears that the UK Government’s proposed £5,000 electric car incentive is under threat amid a series of cutbacks on national spending. Tags: Electric cars The Green Piece electric car grant government.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 1, 2010

The company has raised its sales targets for 2010 by 14 per cent thanks to the pending release of the all-electric e6 saloon car and the Chinese government’s green car friendly [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2010

Tuesday 17 August 2010. The Green Piece Column Sometimes it can be debated as to whether the glass is half full or half empty. However, only the eternal optimist could put a positive spin on Spain’s electric car sales results. Admittedly Spain has managed to sell 16 times as many electric cars as last year [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The Commonwealth Games may not have been a resounding success story, but it has at least marked another step forward for the acceptance of green cars. India’s car market leader Maruti Suzuki provided 10 SX4 Hybrid and four Eeco Charge electric vehicle concepts for the event in Delhi which draws to its conclusion tomorrow.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2010

Tuesday 29 June 2010. The Green Piece Column Think green cars, and much like The Vapors 30 years ago, you’re probably “turning Japanese”. Tags: Ford The Green Piece econetic electric car focus green piece.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

When it launched back in 2010, the Nissan Leaf electric hatchback was criticized for its high sticker price, due in part to its expensive battery pack.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2010

The announcement was made by Norbert Reithofer, the chairman of the board of management for BMW AG, ahead of the Auto China 2010 show in Beijing. The Megacity will be the first series production electric drive model on the market and is [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 1, 2010

Volkswagen has revealed an ambitious electric and hybrid drive vehicle strategy with the company targeting a test fleet of 500 electric Volkswagen Golf models by [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 29, 2010

There were celebrations all around Mississippi State University after its students scooped first place in the 2010 EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge finals in San Diego, California. The team built a biodiesel extended range electric vehicle with a 21.3kWh battery pack from A123Systems that provides an electric range of 60miles.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2010

February 23, 2010 Why making a noise for electric cars matters It may seem like we have gone back in time, but with the number of electric cars and hybrids on the increase, TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk Tags: Latest news. Sadly it would [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 15, 2010

The Geneva Motor Show may have closed its doors, but there was still time for another series of exciting range extended electric car concepts to be revealed.

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2010

Tuesday 13 July 2010. The Green Piece Column There have been plenty of green cars that have prompted debate, whetted the appetite and sparked eager anticipation – but few have captured the imagination quite like BMW’s latest electric car. Tags: BMW The Green Piece ActiveE Megacity.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2014

Sales of electric cars across Europe have doubled every year since 2010, according to a new report from environmental NGO, T&E. per cent of the total market for new cars sales. While electric vehicles sti[.]. Electric cars Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2010

China is once again to play host to the ‘green scene’ as the Green Vehicle Expo heads to Shanghai. The expo which will feature a host of green car technologies including electric, hybrid, fuel cell and solar vehicles opens at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, this Thursday (June 17, 2010) and runs until Saturday (June 19, [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 12, 2010

The company revealed its own Leaf concept car as part of the Shanghai Automotive Group General Motors Pavilion at Expo 2010. Unlike the LEAF from Nissan however, this is not a conventional electric car. Instead, it features photovoltaic conversion, [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Tuesday, September 7, 2010: The Green Piece. After what seems like decades of anticipation, electric cars will finally break off their shackles as niche vehicles and drive into the mainstream with the upcoming launch of the Nissan LEAF electric car and the extended range Chevrolet Volt (Vauxhall/Opel Ampera).

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2014

Search giant Google has announced it is to take a bold new step and start building its own electric self-driving cars. Google has been exploring autonomous driving since 2010, but has so far adapted Toyota Prius cars with its own sat-nav, radar, cameras and sensors to make them operate without the[.].

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 18, 2010

Nissan Leaf Electric Car to be Made in the UK. “Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced today that it would build its new energy efficient electric car, the Nissan Leaf, in the UK. Companies news posted by Carla Windsor. Tags: Production News Nissan Leaf.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2010

Just how popular can electric cars be? According to Nissan, 6,000 reservations have already been lodged in Japan for the LEAF electric vehicle – meaning [.]. Well if the initial success of the Nissan LEAF is anything to go by, it appears customers are chomping at the bit to get their hands on a zero emission vehicle.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 23, 2009

Nissan may have taken the lead on electric cars, but it seems its Japanese compatriots won’t be far behind. With Nissan planning to introduce electric cars in 2010, Toyota has already announced its intention to follow suit around 2012.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 1, 2010

Among the initial plans, Audi will debut a Q5 Hybrid in late 2010/early 2011 that will be the first production Audi hybrid. It will be followed with the debut of the A8 hybrid concept car, which is [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Peugeot’s new electric car, the iON, has won the prestigious 2010 Grünes Lenkrad (‘Green Steering Wheel’) award in Germany. Selected from among twenty other low emission vehicles, shortlisted for their low environmental impact, and makes it the third award the car has won in Germany this year.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 25, 2010

From the article: After being sucker-punched first by the recession and then by the closure earlier this year of the NUMMI plant with its nearly 5,000 auto-worker jobs, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city is suddenly coming to — buoyed by last week’s news that electric-car maker Tesla will jump-start NUMMI.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

Automotive News Europe. Think North America Vice Chairman Richard Canny is resigning his position with the electric car maker effective at the end of the month. “It’s but it’s time for me to move on to a new adventure and challenge,” Canny said in an e-mail exchange with Automotive News Europe.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. However, it’s not just the ‘big boys’ of motoring that are having an impact as we enter a new automotive era. Tesla Motors.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 29, 2009

All waste automotive batteries will have to be recycled in the future at the manufacturer’s expense, as new legislation comes into effect on 1 January 2010. Tags: Green credentials automotive battery electric car hybrid Ian Lucas law recycle.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 13, 2010

Tuesday 13 April 2010. The Green Piece Column One of the stumbling blocks to the mainstream adoption of electric cars is pricing. Tags: Electric cars Mitsubishi Nissan i miev leaf Mitsubishi iMiEV Nissan LEAF The Green Piece. How much does each vehicle cost? Nissan has confirmed a [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 6, 2010

Tuesday 6 April 2010. The Green Piece Column. Tags: Mercedes Nissan Renault The Green Piece Mercedes-Benz. The deal is expected to be [.]. The deal is expected to be [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan continues to make progress on its Nissan Green Program 2010 mid-term environmental plan and has now announced an update in its status - along with the announcement of a clean-diesel engine for the Japanese market.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2010

The Nissan Leaf has been named as the Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car Vision award winner at the Washington Auto Show this week. Nissan’s innovative electric hatchback offering is scheduled to go on sale in Europe by 2012.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 4, 2009

The green car race is not restricted to vehicle manufacturers desperate to steal a march on their rivals – it’s also apparent that some of the leading nations are battling to be the first to have infrastructure in place for the electrification of the automobile. So how will this be achieved?

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