Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Toyota will contribute five of its zero-emissions FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell vehicles ( earlier post ) to the program in Germany by 2011. We firmly believe that fuel cell hybrid vehicles will play a major role in reducing emissions and achieving sustainable mobility, alongside petrol and plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2011

Kia Motors Corporation will officially unveil the next-generation Picanto city car at the Geneva International Motor Show in March 2011. In addition to petrol engines, LPG bi-fuel and flex fuel variations will be available depending on market. Next-generation Picanto. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Petrol taxes are effective and actually don’t affect poor people disproportionally. Powerful lobbyists have tried to undermine the whole idea of petrol taxes, claiming that the effects are too hard on the poor. Our results contradict this view, especially with respect to developing countries.

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Drive Electric analysis done in March showed the reduction in emissions of vehicles imported since the policy came into effect will save more than 2m tonnes of emissions over the lives of those vehicles, and $100m a year in petrol and diesel. There’s more to do. This discount won’t be needed forever – perhaps only another few years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2012

Building on 10 years of experience and accumulated knowhow, in addition to producing the full hybrid variant of the Toyota Yaris, the export of the conventional petrol Yaris to North America further endorses TMMF as a true global player within the Toyota organisation. —Toyota Motor Europe President and CEO Didier Leroy.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Though previously biofuels with only a five per cent ethanol content had been available in Germany, that will all change as of January 1, 2011. From the turn of the year, Super E10 will become available in 14,000 service stations across the country with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety [.].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2015

Data from our CarWings telematics system shows us that Nissan LEAF drivers drive 40% more kilometers than the European average for petrol or diesel cars, covering over 16,500 km [10,253 miles] per year. This data demonstrates that this car is the primary car for many households and that is changing the consumer perception of electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We have witnessed a sharp increase in demand for our turbos on both passenger and commercial vehicles in the US and China, and expect to grow in new sectors like small gas (petrol) engines in Europe, where turbo penetration is already very strong. —Alex Ismail, President and CEO of Honeywell Transportation System.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

litre V6 petrol FWD or 147kW/440Nm 2.2-litre HEV and PHEV options will join the petrol and diesel duo tested here later in the year. As well as freshened looks inside and out, the 2024 Kia Sorento brings new comfort and convenience features, updated technology, and revised safety equipment to the fore. litre I4 turbo-diesel AWD).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation have signed a collaborative agreement to begin delivering a pure battery electric version of the Ford Transit Connect van to customers in Europe beginning in late summer 2011. Two next-generation petrol hybrid-electric vehicles to be introduced in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

In 2011 fewer than 50,000 battery electric vehicles were sold in in the world, equivalent to a market share of about 0.1%. It is far too early to dismiss the conventional diesel and petrol power trains. It is far too early to dismiss the conventional diesel and petrol power trains. We continuously improve their efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. Ford in Europe recently announced a new version of the Focus 1.0-liter Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

In a 2011 study, a team from MAN Truck & Bus noted that: CO 2 can be recycled into methanol by reaction with electrolysis hydrogen. Methanol is a petrol and not suitable as a diesel fuel component, but can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether (DME) with a high cetane number. The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

Athanasios Mamakos, Christos Dardiotis, and Giorgio Martini (2012) “ Assessment of particle number limits for petrol vehicles ” (JRC report). Thomas Heiduk, Michael Kuhn, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Florian Unselt (2011) “The new 1.8L

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JANUARY 24, 2024

litre V6 petrol FWD or 147kW/440Nm 2.2-litre HEV and PHEV options will join the petrol and diesel duo tested here later in the year. As well as freshened looks inside and out, the 2024 Kia Sorento brings new comfort and convenience features, updated technology, and revised safety equipment to the fore. litre I4 turbo-diesel AWD).

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 2, 2012

According to figures from the state Board of Equalisation, petrol consumption decreased by two per cent in the third quarter of 2011 – while diesel fuel consumption increased by 6.6 As California leads the push towards green motoring, could it be turning its back on petroleum (gasoline) in favour of diesel power? The [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

With less than a week to go until it makes its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Jaguar has released more details about its C-X16 Concept. The two-seat hybrid car comes with a next-generation supercharged 3.0litre V6 petrol engine that can produce 380PS and 332lb-ft of torque with a Formula 1 styled hybrid boost [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 11, 2011

As it aims to make its vehicles even more fuel efficient, Toyota is exploring two concepts that will deliver petrol engines with more than 45 per cent thermal efficiency. According to Koichi Nakata of Toyota, speaking at the SAE 2011 High Efficiency IC Engines Symposium in Detroit, the engines would be applied to future hybrid [.].

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Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. We were established in 2011, and since then have become the leading voice on e-mobility uptake in New Zealand. This may happen faster than you might think.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 30, 2022

EVs can be fuelled for the equivalent of 30-40c per litre of petrol. We were established in 2011, and since then have become the leading voice on e-mobility uptake in New Zealand. “EV registrations are up 55 per cent over the last year. And every day more New Zealanders are considering the shift to EV. The shift makes sense.”.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 26, 2011

Tuesday 26 April 2011. They seem so appealing on paper – zero exhaust emissions, so much cheaper to run than petrol and diesel – so if they can truly conquer the issue of range and lengthy charge times then it’s [.]. The Green Piece Column. Many of us are intrigued by the idea of electric cars.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Fourth, like all fossil fuels hydrogen is highly volatile, far more so than petrol.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011. The “ Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 ” conference and exhibition will take place in Stuttgart, Germany 27–28 June. IDTechEx is producing an event looking at the whole range of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

New car registrations in the EU, 1990-2011. Ford Europe posted net revenue in 2011 of $34 billion, representing 26% of Ford Automotive revenue. Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge. Going forward, we will as always continue to review all areas of the business and take appropriate actions to strengthen our business.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 7, 2011

Fleets and van drivers have to this Friday (March 11, 2011) to order an Ashwoods LPG Transit after Ford announced it will cease production of the petrol Transit that Ashwoods uses as the base model for its LPG conversions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

Why a petrol car? 27 that followed in mid-2011 ( earlier post ), the T.25 There are some innovative developments being done by the car manufacturing industry on electric or hybrid vehicles, but we’re going to need a mixture of energy and vehicle technologies to help meet demand in the future. Together with the all-electric T.27

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

At its launch at the 2011 Canadian International Auto Show it was revealed that the 2012 Mazda3 will come with the option of Mazda’s new SKYACTIV-G petrol engine and SKYACTIV-Drive automatic transmission.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 4, 2012

It was the best-selling full-size saloon car in the USA during 2011 with sales in excess of 171,000 units: and now Chevrolet has revealed a brand new version of its Impala (pictured) model. The vehicle, which goes on sale in early 2013, is the model’s 10th generation and will come with three direct-injected petrol engines: [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Start-up business, Cella Energy has been crowned the Shell Springboard Award winners 2011 for its work developing a new method of storing hydrogen which could allow the fuel to replace petrol at a fraction of the cost of its fossil fuel counterpart.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2010

Where we stand: May 2010 Through its Alliance with Nissan, French automaker Renault has been one of the leaders in the production of zero emission electric vehicles and has plans to mass market a range of electric cars from 2011 onwards (see article). Tags: Renault column diesel Electric cars Green cars new petrol range spotlight.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 1, 2011

According to a research note on the 2011 outlook for the oil market, analysts at Deutsche Bank expect transportation electrification to be slow while petrol demand remains greater in the near term. Despite this air of caution, the note does suggest that there is increased confidence in both the pace and breadth of a shift [.].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2013

A Zero Emission on Demand option where the driver can switch between electric and petrol-powered drive is a future direction for road cars, so that will be tested in addition to pure electric power and other new technologies that we still have under development. There are multiple options we are investigating. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

MARCH 17, 2011

The Energy Saving Trust is offering free ‘Smarter Driving’ training for drivers purchasing electric vehicles before the end of May 2011.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The original B-MAX concept was unveiled at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show and one year on it is set to boast a 1.0litre Ford EcoBoost petrol engine as well as [.]. The 2012 Geneva Motor Show is taking shape rapidly – and now Ford has revealed plans to introduce an all-new Ford B-MAX at the event.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

The amended Eurovignette Directive (2011/76/EU) relating to the charging of HGVs for use of major European motorways prescribes that from 2013, Member States may include air pollution costs in any charging structure for roads under the Trans? Diesel, used by most HGVs, causes more air pollution per kilometer than other fuels such as petrol.

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APRIL 10, 2010

The brand new Lotus Elise has a unique claim to fame – for its performance level it has the lowest CO2 emissions of any petrol sports car in the world. That’s the statement after the new entry level 2011 Lotus Elise was certified with an emissions figure of 149g/km of CO2 – that’s a reduction of [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Since 2011, TØI and VTT have conducted emission measurements of 12 heavy vehicles with Euro VI engines, and seven Euro 6 diesel cars. The problem of harmful local emissions has more aspects than the discussion about fuel consumption, and petrol versus diesel.

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