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ICCT: gap between official and real-world fuel economy figures in Europe reaches ~38%; call to implement WLTP ASAP

Green Car Congress

The new report—“From Laboratory to Road: 2014 Update”—updates ICCT’s original 2013 report on the growing discrepancy. The data show that for private cars, the difference between on-road and official CO 2 values rose from around 8% in 2001 to 31% in 2013. For company cars, the gap is even greater: 45% in 2013.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. So you go back to 2013 or 2012 and the waves started and people said by 2020, how many electric cars we will have. We have 10 million electric cars at the end of 2013. Will we have a universal standard for charging? That is globally 0.7

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. So you go back to 2013 or 2012 and the waves started and people said by 2020, how many electric cars we will have. We have 10 million electric cars at the end of 2013. Will we have a universal standard for charging? That is globally 0.7

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. This company is not stupid." ( NY Times Magazine ) 2/16/07 In an interview with BusinessWeek on Feb. Comstocks Magazine, February, 2006 ) "Thank you for contacting Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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