2012 Toyota Prius Vs. 2012 Chevrolet Volt: Which Is Right For You?
Green Car Reports
APRIL 11, 2012
With gasoline prices on the increase, many consumers are looking to buy a hybrid or plug-in hybrid as their next car in order to save gas and money.
Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Portland, Ore.;
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2012 Chevrolet Volt Saves Supertanker Worth Of Gas Since Launch
Green Car Reports
MAY 18, 2012
We all know electric and plug-in hybrid cars can help cut down consumption of gasoline, but just how do you measure how much gasoline savings can be made? Using data.
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IIHS small overlap front crash testing finds mixed small car results; Volt wins 2014 Top Safety Pick+ award
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2014
Two battery- electric models and a hybrid also are in the mix, with varied results. The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and the Ford C-MAX Hybrid earned an acceptable rating in this test, while the battery-electric Nissan LEAF earned a poor rating. Volt and LEAF. Chevy Volt. —Joe Nolan.
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How Far CAN The 2012 Chevrolet Volt Travel On Electricity Alone?
Green Car Reports
JULY 30, 2012
When General Motors began producing the Chevrolet Volt in 2010, many staunch electric car fans dismissed it, saying its on-board gasoline engine meant it was only a hybrid, not a true electric car.
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98 Jay Leno Drives 2012 Tesla Model S Electric Car (Video)
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 30, 2012
Larger-than-life TV presenter Jay Leno is known for his love and obsession of cars--and not just those fueled by gasoline. To prove it, he tests one of the hottest electric cars around in his latest video--the 2012 Tesla Model S.
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If 63% Of Volt Miles Are Electric, Isn't It An Electric Car?
Green Car Reports
JULY 18, 2012
One of the most common complaints we get at GreenCarReports is that we refer to the 2012 Chevrolet Volt as an electric car. Because it has a range-extending gasoline engine, some say, it is only a plug-in hybrid and therefore not worthy to be classed as an electric car.
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Chevy Volt Vs Mitsubishi i-MiEV: This Volt Uses Less Gas Than Electric Car, Data Shows
Green Car Reports
APRIL 23, 2015
When I traded in my 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car for a 2014 Chevrolet Volt, I wrote an article with the bold prediction that I would now use less gasoline even though my new car has a gasoline engine. Fuel Economy Range-Extended Electric Vehicle'
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Toyota Prius Plug-In Vs Chevy Volt: Which Is Cheaper Per Mile?
Green Car Reports
APRIL 18, 2012
Bridging the gap between battery electric vehicles and gasoline-electric hybrids we find cars like the 2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In and the 2012 Chevrolet Volt. Both are essentially hybrid vehicles, but use the technology in different ways to achieve different aims. Ray Iannuzzelli at GM-Volt.com.
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Ford to apply start-stop technology to non-hybrid vehicles in North America in 2012
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Ford will begin applying start-stop technology—currently used in Ford hybrids and some Ford cars in Europe—in conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America in 2012. Ford’s patented new Auto Start-Stop system for gasoline engines will improve fuel economy for most drivers by at least 4%.
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Electric-Car Withdrawal: Gasoline Cars Now Feel Loud, Crude
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 15, 2011
After more than 11,000 miles driving solely on electric power in our 2011 Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, we now find our Volt in the body shop. So for longer trips, our "extended-range vehicle" is a rented 2012 Ford Focus SEL model.
EIA AEO2012 projects potential impacts of significant breakthroughs in battery technology
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2012
The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2012) includes a High Technology Battery case that examines the potential impacts of significant breakthroughs in battery electric vehicle technology on the cost and price of all types of battery powered electric vehicles. Source: EIA.
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240 Ricardo HyBoost “Intelligent Electrification” project awarded automotive environmental prize by Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2013
The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded its Prize for the Environment to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Controlled Power Technologies and Valeo engineers for their paper HyBoost—An Intelligently Electrified Optimized Downsized Gasoline Engine Concept. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)
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2020 Ford Escape to offer hybrid and PHEV variants
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2019
Escape, which debuted the world’s first hybrid SUV in 2005, brings back two hybrid choices for 2020—a standard hybrid and a plug-in variant—and introduces technologies ranging from drive modes and driver-assist features to electric vehicle ingenuity and on-board connectivity.
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CMU study concludes alt fuel vehicle incentives for OEMs result in increased fleet gasoline consumption and emissions
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. —Jenn et al. Credit: ACS, Jenn et al. Click to enlarge.
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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2011
DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. The DB team attributed the reduction to less concern about gasoline prices, and therefore fuel efficiency, as well as fewer government subsidies for hybrids. CAGR from 2012 through 2020 to about $250/kWh. gallon gasoline.
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250 Hyundai NEXO FCEV and Kona electric CUV win spots in 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engines
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Hyundai has taken two out of the ten spots in the 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engine competition with the all-new 2019 NEXO FCEV fuel cell vehicle and 2019 Kona Electric CUV. Kona Electric. The 2019 Kona Electric offers 258 miles of range. The battery system is liquid cooled and operates at 356 volts. Earlier post.)
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CMU study finds small battery PHEVs and gasoline hybrids the least-cost policy solution to reducing gasoline consumption
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2012
The federal subsidy significantly favors larger battery packs to a stronger degree than their potential for additional gasoline savings. Peterson and Michalek 2012. Non-domestic charging infrastructure is generally not necessary for operation of PHEVs, and substantial gasoline displacement can be achieved solely with home charging.
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308 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas: Video Of Alternative-Fuel Car
Green Car Reports
MAY 16, 2011
OK, so gas prices are hovering around $4 a gallon, and dispensing with gasoline altogether is getting more and more attractive. Maybe it's the limited range of battery electric vehicles, maybe it's the $41,000 cost before incentives of the 2011 Chevy Volt. But for whatever reasons, plug-in cars aren't for you.
GM makes eAssist standard on the 2013 Buick Regal; new SAE paper coming at World Congress
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
For the 2012 model year, eAssist became standard for the larger Buick LaCrosse luxury sedan. An electric motor-generator that provides 15 kW of maximum generating power @ 1570-3180 rpm; 110 lb-ft (150 N·m) maximum electric motor torque (cranking); 79 lb-ft (107 N·m) maximum electric motor torque @ 1,000 rpm (electric assist); and 15 hp (11.2
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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes
Cars That Think
MARCH 30, 2023
In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a landspeed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 That time isn’t much longer than a gasoline fill-up, especially for motorcyclists who don’t mind some stretching and recovery after hours in the saddle. kilometer-per-hour (215.91
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GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2013
Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. —2012 Sustainability Report. Earlier post.).
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2013 Honda Fit EV receives EPA fuel economy rating of 118 MPGe; highest yet
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2012
Ford Focus Electric. kW, 32A on-board charger and a 240-volt circuit. The 92 kW (123 hp) coaxial electric motor generates 189 ft-lb of torque, and is teamed to a chassis with a fully-independent suspension and a driver-selectable 3-mode electric drive system adapted from the CR-Z Sport Hybrid. EPA Combined MPGe.
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339 ALABC and CPT to introduce 48V LC Super Hybrid demonstrator at Vienna Motor Symposium
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2013
The Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) and Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will introduce a low-carbon 48 volt LC Super Hybrid technology demonstrator at the International Vienna Motor Symposium this week. LC Super Hybrid features an electric supercharger developed by CPT. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)
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Researchers suggest subsidies and policies targeting plug-ins with small battery packs would produce more benefits at lower cost
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2012
Their paper, to be published in the summer issue of the journal Issues in Science and Technology , is based on their earlier study that found that strategies to promote adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., Earlier post.).
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2012 Mazda3 Skyactiv: 40 MPG Highway, No Electric Motor Needed
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
Some are going down the hybrid route, using electric motors to assist and occasionally take over from gasoline engines. GM is taking a two-pronged approach, with the range-extended Volt and a future Cruze diesel. Car companies are taking several different directions towards making their cars of the future more efficient.
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89 Honda unveils Fit EV concept and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle platform at Los Angeles Auto Show
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The all-new plug-in hybrid platform showcases Honda’s next-generation, two-motor hybrid technology set to debut in 2012. liter gasoline engine.
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273 Bosch sees future requiring multiple powertrain technologies; the larger the vehicle, the more the electrification
Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2013
At the company’s 61 st Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg, Germany, Bosch senior executives outlined the company’s view on the general future of automotive technology—“ efficient and increasingly electrical ”, and provided a thumbnail of the way they see—and thus are developing products for—sector-specific technology trends.
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291 Volkswagen launching E-Golf BEV test fleet in the US; partnering with Solazyme and Amyris on renewable diesel fuels
Green Car Congress
MARCH 21, 2012
Volkswagen of America will begin a pilot scheme to test 20 prototype E-Golf Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) over a nine-month period in select locations in the US. For example, 220-volt charging stations will be installed at the employees’ homes to charge the vehicles. Solazyme and Amyris.
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Ford Selects Compact Power to Supply Li-ion Battery Pack for Ford Focus Electric On Sale in US in 2011
Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2010
(CPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Chem, as the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the 2011 Ford Focus Electric for the US market. CPI/LG Chem are also supplying the battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt. Focus Electric will have a targeted range of up to 100 miles per full charge with zero tailpipe emissions.
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VW stages world premiere of Cross Coupé AWD plug-in hybrid compact SUV at Tokyo show
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
(In 2010, Volkswagen said that the MQB would be available in 2012, the technical foundation for more than 30 models in the group A0, A and B segments.) The four-seat SUV is powered by two electric motors, one front and one rear, and a direct injection turbo gasoline engine (TSI); the all-electric range is up to 45 kilometers (28 miles).
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210 California’s newly ZEV rule introduces the BEVx; ARB staff expects these vehicles to play a longer-term role than plug-in hybrids
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 29, 2012
The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation—one of the three main regulatory packages that constitute ACC—introduces a new regulatory vehicle category: the BEVx, or a battery-electric vehicle with a small “limp-home” range extending engine or APU (auxiliary power unit)—i.e., while using the range extender to find a.
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Mercedes-Benz introducing diesel E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID with fuel economy of 56 mpg US; gasoline-engined E 400 HYBRID model to follow
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2012
This diesel hybrid will be available in the European market as a Saloon and Estate from the third quarter 2012. Daimler will introduce the Mercedes-Benz E 400 HYBRID—equipped with a V6 gasoline engine—into in the US market, and later in other countries such as Japan and China. Electric range. Earlier post.).
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321 What's it gonna take?
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 3, 2012
The Volt has had to contend with the overblown battery fire incident and the production hiatus. Politicians hoping to exploit the moment spread the notion that American gasoline could flow bountifully, cheaply and forever were the boot heel of big government taken off the neck of poor oil companies. It just might be up to us.
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100 PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2016
The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.
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150 Chevrolet introduces 2013 Malibu ECO with eAssist
Green Car Congress
APRIL 20, 2011
and six-speed transmission, the eAssist system uses power stored in the air-cooled, lithium-ion battery to provide needed electrical boost in various driving scenarios, optimizing engine and transmission operation. Providing up to 15 hp (11 kW) of electric power assistance during heavier acceleration. Along with the Ecotec 2.4L
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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More
Cars That Think
AUGUST 22, 2023
Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. Transitioning to hybrid and all-electric machinery Earlier in his career, Singh helped Deere begin the transition away from diesel engines.
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Cadillac introduces the 2014 ELR extended range electric vehicle
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 15, 2013
Cadillac unveiled the anticipated 2014 ELR extended range electric (EREV) vehicle (based on the Converj concept, earlier post ) at the North American International Auto Show. The 2012 Chevrolet Volt produces 273 lb-ft/370 N·m.). gasoline-powered range-extender generator. 2014 Cadillac ELR Click to enlarge.
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244 VW Showcases Golf Blue-e-motion at Berlin E-Mobility Event
Green Car Congress
MAY 3, 2010
At the ceremonial launching of Germany’s “National Electric Mobility Platform” (NEMP) in Berlin, Volkswagen presented the Golf blue-e-motion electric vehicle concept to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. The electricity for driving the electric motor is stored in a 26.5 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.
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256 NYC Goes EV
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? The number of electric cars bought, according to the study, “may be significantly less if these assumptions do not materialize.&# ‘ Here is the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].
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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips
Clean Fleet Report
MARCH 11, 2023
I learnt that as long as you’re not in a rush to cover more than 300 miles, driving an EV can prove to can be a productive and relaxing way to travel, especially if you have an electric car that can be charged at over 200 kWh along with a range of around 300 miles on a full charge. Even at that young age, John was impressed.
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77 US National Research Council Report Finds Plug-in Hybrid Costs Likely to Remain High; Fleet Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emissions Benefits Will Be Modest for Decades
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). The other vehicle, the PHEV-40, is similar to the Chevrolet Volt ( earlier post ).
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186 Ford introduces new Fusion midsize sedan with new hybrid and Energi plug-in hybrid versions
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2012
Ford unveiled the new 2013 Ford Fusion midsize sedan, with conventional gasoline engine; hybrid featuring a next-generation of Ford’s hybrid system; and plug-in hybrid versions at the Detroit Auto Show—the first production sedan to offer that trio of options. 2013 Ford Fusion. Click to enlarge.
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236 Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2010
The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts.
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