Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The BMW Group already offers a range of models with electrified drive systems, including the battery-electric BMW i3 and the line-up of five plug-in hybrids models. Equally, though, conventional diesel and gasoline engines will play a major role for a long time to come, Fröhlich said.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

When fully converted, the electric buses on routes 507 and 521 will deliver a reduction of 408 tonnes of CO 2 and 10 tonnes of NO x per year, when compared to single-deck diesel buses. The number of hybrid buses will increase to over 1,700 by 2016—a figure that represents more than 20% of the fleet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

diesel) engine in the HWFET driving cycle. The REEV or PHEV also may present opportunities for more novel power sources such as turbines (Wrightspeed), fuel cell stacks (Nissan) or aluminum-air batteries (Phinergy and Arconic), speakers suggested. These improvements increase to 13.1% in the HWFET driving cycle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

There will be 800 New Routemasters on London’s streets by 2016 and they will reduce CO 2 emissions in the Capital by around 27,500 tonnes a year. This is part of the Mayor’s plan to halve NO x emissions from the bus fleet by the end of his term in office in 2016, compared to 2008. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s electrified vehicles today include the extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt, Spark EV and Buick LaCrosse, Regal, Chevrolet Malibu and Impala with eAssist. On the 40 mpg+ highway side, in addition to the Volt and Spark EV (with the Cadillac ELR coming), GM also currently has the Sonic and the Cruze Eco and Cruze Diesel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

miles per diesel gallon equivalent (DGE). The first two will be fast-charge buses, followed by 13 of the Catalyst XR extended range model BEBs. NREL plans to continue the in-service performance evaluation for another year and expects to publish a second report in late 2016. miles per DGE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

Techrules, a new China-based automotive R&D company, made its global debut at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show with the unveiling of a Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) series hybrid system applied in a 6-motor, all-wheel drive supercar concept. The battery powers the motors that drive the wheels. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In August 2016, DOE announced funding of up to $7 million further to support the initiative. These efforts basically take the high efficiency of the diesel engine and the low emission potential of the gasoline engine and try and find ways to capitalize on both efficiency and emissions potential. Fuel impacts on low speed pre-ignition.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies. No increase in the role of diesels. diesel engine for light trucks due to fuel prices and capital constraints ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The MEB will be the foundation for an entirely new generation of battery-electric vehicles designed not only to be electric and feature extended range, but to be connected, autonomous, open and priced for the volume market as required by Volkswagen’s positioning. The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars.

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