Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

2012 US sales of plug-in vehicles by major OEMs. GM was the US sales leader among the major OEMs for plug-in vehicles in December, and for 2012. While Toyota took second place for the year, with 12,750 units of the Prius PHV plug-in hybrid, it dropped to third place in December with 1,361 units of the PHV. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Though always overshadowed by the more distinctive Toyota Prius, the hybrid model of the Honda Civic compact sedan has been a longstanding competitor in the field of high-mileage hybrid cars. First launched as a 2003 model, the Honda Civic Hybrid has been entirely redesigned for the 2012 model year.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2013

The Toyota Prius has come a long way since hitting the market over a decade ago. Fast-track to 2012 and it was one of the world''s highest-selling cars, with 389,932 units hitting the streets globally.'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In September, GM’s plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt (2,851 units sold) and Toyota’s plug-in hybrid Prius PHV (1,652 units sold) continued to lead sales in the US of plug-in vehicles from major OEMs. The Volt extended range electric vehicle has sold 16,348 units Jan-Sep 2012, up 319.7% Prius PHV sales from Jan-Sep 2012 totaled 7,734 units.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

That''s because, in both 2012 and 2013, the Toyota Prius hybrid was the best-selling new car in the Golden State. The Toyota Prius Hybrid--Again (February 2014) Yet even Californians'' appetite for the Prius.' For the past couple of years, California has been like nowhere else when it comes to new car sales.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Last week, Honda released the specs and photos for its 2014 Accord Hybrid and Plug-In Hybrid. Like the Ford C-Max Hybrid, it offers new and strong competition for a model of the well-established Toyota Prius--in this case, the new-for-2012 Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid. Now, we can talk about what it's like on the road.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

Toyota came in second place for plug-in sales in July, with 688 Prius plug-ins sold (representing 4.1% of the 16,643 Prius family vehicles sold in the month. of the 143,297 Prius family vehicles sold so far this year). Nissan sold 395 units of the LEAF in July 2012, down 57.6% from July 2011’s 931 units.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

From January through October 2012, GM has delivered 19,309 Volts—an increase of 286% from the same period in 2011. Toyota maintained its second place position with 1,889 units sold of the Prius PHV in October. Year-to-date, Toyota has sold 9,623 units of the Prius plug-in hybrid. year-on-year. to 155,242 units.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Mitsubishi’s i-MIEV battery electric vehicle took the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 14 th annual environmental ranking. ACEEE 2012 “Greenest” Rankings. Honda Civic Natural Gas. Toyota Prius. Honda Insight. Honda Civic Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2013

in 2012, according to the California Auto Outlook for the second quarter of 2013. Honda came in a distant second, with 11.8% The top-selling model in the state for the first half of the year was was the Toyota Prius family (sedan, c, v and PHV), with 33,987 units, according to the report. Source: California Auto Outlook.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

The Nikkei reports that Honda will release the hybrid version of its Fit subcompact in Japan in fall 2010, about 18 months ahead of the earlier schedule. The company had initially planned to introduce the hybrid Fit in 2012, when the vehicle will be fully remodeled.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2010

Hybrid technology's responsible for those airy fuel economy numbers from the likes of the Honda Civic Hybrid and the Toyota Prius, but the 40-mpg barrier's about to be broken by a pair of compact cars--without any batteries or hybrid add-ons whatsoever.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the US in August reached 6,407 units—up 83% from the prior month and up 65% from results in August 2012. from its August 2012 results of 2,831 units. from the same period in 2012. from the same period in 2012. from the same period in 2012. August PHEV share.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 7, 2011

But in in the 2012 GT300 class, the traditional image of GT race cars could be challenged by not one, but two hybrid cars. Think of Japan’s Super GT Series, and you probably think of highly-tuned race car versions of rear-wheel drive production cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

March sales of the Volt in the US were weaker in March, with 1,478 units, compared to 2,289 units in March 2012, a decrease of 35.4%. increase from March 2012’s 579 units. Toyota followed with 2,353 units of the Prius PHV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle sold in Q1, up 158% year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. Based on discussions with industry experts and several automakers, the DB Auto team has lowered its advanced lithium ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. CAGR from 2012 through 2020 to about $250/kWh. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2009

Motorists will have the chance to drive a plug-in hybrid version of the Prius and a Honda Insight Hybrid as well as conventional gasoline cars including a BMW 318 and a Mini Cooper. The council and Zipcar are aiming to have 400 vehicles by 2012, approximately 30% of which will be hybrid vehicles.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Toyota has topped a US reliability survey, with its new Prius c hybrid model named the most reliable model. Japanese models dominated the new Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey, with Toyota followed by Mazda, Subaru, Honda and Acura, in that order.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

Drawing from a 2012 BMW patent application showing one embodiment of a proposed method to increase the efficiency of an electric motor. Source: BMW patent application Nº 2012/0267977. In a 2012 paper published in the Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology analyzing a hybrid motor structure, Beser et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 2, 2012

Where we stand: April, 2012 From the Toyota Prius to the Nissan LEAF; and from the Mitsubishi i-MiEV to the Honda CR-Z; it seems that Japanese cars have dominated the green car sector since it became cool to think of the environment while you drive. However, one name that hasn’t exactly burst into prominence during [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

Well known hybrid models, the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight achieved enviable EuroNCAP results today. The latest results for the Insight and the Prius 3 show that good fuel economy need not stand in the way of a high level of safety performance. Tags: Honda Hybrid cars Toyota EuroNCAP Insight prius safety.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Nissan also expects to sell a lineup of electric vehicles globally by 2012. clip The company plans to introduce 60 models worldwide by 2012. It already has the Prius and five other hybrids selling in the U.S. Honda ( HMC ). It can also be about a small commercial vehicle and a small crossover.” Toyota ( TM ).

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2009

Motorists will also be able to drive a plug-in version of the Toyota Prius, as well as the Honda Insight Hybrid. From there, the company aims to have 400 vehicles by 2012 - approximately 30 per cent of which will be hybrids.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 11, 2012

During May 2012, 19.7 Hybrid cars are enjoying a wealth of success worldwide – but it’s on their home turf where Japanese carmakers are really making in-roads with the technology. per cent of the new cars sold in Japan were hybrid cars – that represents an 11 percentage points leap compared to the previous year. [.].

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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. It accelerates from 0-60mph in a mere 3.9seconds, and, according to Tesla’s analysis, is ‘twice as efficient’ as the Toyota Prius.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Those who think they are the natural successor for full hybrids as we continue the movement towards lower emission driving will be thrilled with Volvo’s plans to unveil a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article ). Why is Toyota questioning plug-in technology? So let’s look at the points they highlight.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

These vehicles are typically pure battery electric vehicles, dedicated compressed natural gas or liquid petroleum gas vehicles, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, such as the Nissan Leaf, the Tesla Roadster, and the Honda Civic CNG. Under this program, DMV issued yellow stickers for the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro. 4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Some think Nissan is taking a gamble by rapidly moving into mass marketing of EVs, comparing the company’s approach to Toyota and Honda’s approach of “wait and see how the market materializes for EVs, then jump in.&# I think it’s Toyota and Honda that are doing the gambling. Production begins in late 2012.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Toyota: When the Toyota Prius originally went on sale in 1997, it was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, meaning the Japanese automaker effectively stole a march on its rivals. Toyota has now built a plug-in version of the Prius, which may again see the company beat its rivals to the punch on name value alone. Faye Sunderland.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. Follow us on Twitter! New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Both companies will offer a range of electricvehicles for public sale from 2012. E-Flex is technically a hybrid with two power units, but unlike the ToyotaPrius, Honda Insight and various Lexus models, the engine in the Volt doesnot drive the wheels, it simply acts as an emergency generator to rechargethe batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

and your Honda/Sony car will be perfectly happy with any Durcell/Energizer pack just like AA calls in your flashlight. for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? Takes the car companies out the battery business.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models. you see that?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2012

US consumer interest in PEVs, 2012. charging equipment (EVCE) has found a decline in the fundamental interest in PEVs among survey participants between 2011 and 2012. The web-based survey of 1,001 consumers in the United States was executed in the fall of 2012 using a nationally representative and demographically balanced sample.

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