Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Toyota gave its Prius c—the smallest of the brand’s eight hybrid models—a major styling and interior upgrade for 2015; for 2016 the big enhancement is the available Toyota Safety Sense C (TSS-C), which equips the car with an array of driver-assist technologies: Pre-Collision System, Lane Departure Assist, and Automatic High Beams.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Cadillac will put the 2017 CT6 Plug-In Hybrid ( earlier post ) sedan on sale in the US in the spring of 2017, with a total driving range of more than 400 miles. All-electric range for the CT6 Plug-In Hybrid is an estimated 30 miles. Each electric motor produces 100 hp (74.5 —Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In a new study, IHS Markit forecasts that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) will by 2040 grow to an all-time high of around 11 billion miles per year (a 65% increase since 2017) in China, Europe, India and the United States—the key markets examined for the study—and will keep growing. IHS Markit, “Reinventing the Wheel.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda will introduce the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan by the end of 2016, beginning with retail leasing to customers through its expanded network of 12 approved fuel cell vehicle dealerships located in select California markets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

UPS has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned, and marked more than 10 years of learning from its “Rolling Laboratory” of now more than 7,200 alternative fuel vehicles. —David Abney, Chairman and CEO, UPS. Partner, promote and report progress.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

Chevrolet introduced the all-new 2016 Malibu—the ninth generation of the midsize sedan which made its debut in 1964. The 2016 Malibu is also longer and lighter, with more interior space and improved fuel efficiency. kWh lithium-ion battery pack provides electric power to the hybrid system. Earlier post.) Malibu Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

As part of its introduction of the lifecycle freshening for all 3 Series Sedans and Sports Wagons, BMW announced that it will launch the BMW 330e plug-in hybrid in 2016. The new BMW 330e is also capable of traveling up to 22 miles (35 km) in all-electric mode. The BMW 330e will accelerate from 0–60 mph in approximately 6.1

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

GKN Driveline launched its coaxial eAxle in its first application across Volvo’s range of T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrids, picking up an Automotive News PACE Innovation Award in 2016. Earlier post.). In the LEVC TX, GKN’s eAxle is always the primary drive unit, and so uses a more powerful 120 kW e-motor.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Toyota anticipates that the 2016 RAV4 Hybrid—unveiled earlier this year at the New York International Auto Show ( earlier post ) and the eighth hybrid in Toyota’s line-up—will receive EPA ratings of 34 mpg city / 31 mpg highway / 33 mpg combined (6.9, l/100 km, respectively) for both 2016 RAV4 Hybrid models.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

While new vehicle sales proved resilient, the most significant impacts to VIO from the pandemic were felt in the rate of vehicle scrappage and vehicle miles traveled. Vehicle Miles Traveled declined year over year by more than 13% in 2020 due to lockdowns and work from home policies. The average age of electric vehicles in the US is 3.9

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Honda also announced that the platform underpinning the Clarity Fuel Cell will also serve as the foundation for a next-generation Honda plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that will launch nationwide by 2018, with more than triple the 13-mile all-electric range of the Accord Plug-In Hybrid Sedan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. Within the $10.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

The Pacifica Hybrid will deliver an estimated all-electric range of 30 miles from a 16-kWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. A core element of the technology behind the all-new Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is its innovative electrically variable transmission (EVT).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. FirstElement Fuel’s retail hydrogen network is the largest in the world today.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 26, 2022

Museum Exhibit Review: 107 Years of Electric Cars. With the recent technological advancements and increased adoption of electric cars, SUVs and trucks, it is lost on most people that electricity was an early popular propulsion system for cars. The next two decades were the heyday of electrically powered cars, vans and trucks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

XL Hybrids has received a California Air Resources Board Executive Order (CARB EO) allowing aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered Ford Transit cargo vans and passenger wagons to be upgraded with the XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System. The XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System increases miles driven per gallon by approximately 25%.

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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 NEXO Blue model has an estimated driving range of 380 miles, 115 more than its predecessor. The 2019 Kona Electric offers 258 miles of range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2015

The Jaguar US lineup will expand in 2016 with the addition of the all new, aluminum-intensive Jaguar XE compact sports sedan in 20d (diesel) and 35t models each in Premium, Prestige and R-Sport trim levels and available in RWD or AWD. Aluminum has been used extensively in the suspension, minimizing weight.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. kWh (EPA is now using $0.13 mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2015

The 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) will arrive in US showrooms in the fall of 2015. kWh Li-ion battery pack, the newest BMW SAV can travel approximately 13 miles on all-electric power. seconds.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. Hybrid, in which an optimal combination of the engine and electric machine propels the cars in a balanced and sustainable way. The system adds an electric compressor and pressurized 2L air tank to the powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

This decrease was largely driven by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors including a continued shift from coal to natural gas and increased use of renewables in the electric power sector, and milder weather that contributed to less overall electricity use.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The engines are upgrades to a recent bus procurement as the “near zero” engines were not available when the purchase was authorized in 2016. LBT has a history of using innovative technologies to promote clean air in its service area that includes 13 cities and 100 square miles. Earlier post.) In 2012, LBT purchased its first CNG buses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. We don’t need new fuels, we need improved gasoline with high RON, high sensitivity and low variability. Plug-in vehicle GHG CI vary based on the carbon intensity of the electricity produced in a given region.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Toyota unveiled the new Prius Prime plug-in hybrid (PHEV) at the 2016 New York International Auto Show. Toyota expects the Prius Prime’s manufacturer-estimated 120 or above MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) to be the highest MPGe rating of any current plug-in hybrid. kWh battery pack, to offer an estimated 22 miles (35.4

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

The news was reported in many outlets suggesting that Disney is going all-electric with Autopia, but unfortunately, Disney’s statement is a little noncommittal and open on that front. Until 2016, Autopia vehicles were noisy, polluting two-stroke engines. 2016 was also notably after EVs had proven themselves in the automotive realm.

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Teslarati

JUNE 28, 2022

Uber SVP of Mobility and Business Operations Andrew Macdonald noted that drivers who participated in the program have completed over 5 million fully-electric trips and driven over 40 million electric miles. A number of Uber drivers have shared their experiences with Tesla’s electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

Overall industry compliance in model year 2013 was 12 grams/mile— or 1.4 miles per gallon—better than required by the 2013 standard. Industry compliance in 2012 was 11 grams/mile better than required.) only emissions are “counted” from the gasoline engine operation).

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 18, 2013

Range-extended electric cars are a great idea, mixing clean electric running for the majority of drivers' commutes, with an extra few hundred miles of gasoline running for those longer trips.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The plant will have a capacity of nearly 30 tons of hydrogen per day—an amount that can fuel 35,000 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs). FirstElement Fuel Inc is a California-based company established in 2013 with the sole purpose of providing safe, reliable, retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

The diesel share of new US vehicle sales in 2018 exceeded that of hybrid vehicles, which came in at almost 2% of total sales, as well as the sales of plug-in electric vehicles (plug-in hybrids and full-battery-electric vehicles combined), which also came in at around 2% of total sales. Source: Diesel Technology Forum.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2016

UPS will add 200 new series hybrid electric delivery trucks to the company’s growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Equipped with lithium ion batteries and a range-extender engine, these trucks will deliver significant fuel economy equivalency gains, approximately four times the fuel economy of a gasoline powered vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Cadillac has greatly enhanced the performance of its ELR extended range electric vehicle (plug-in hybrid) ( earlier post ) for the 2016 model year, and is also cutting the MSRP by $9,005, bringing the starting price down to $58,495 net after the $7,500 US federal tax credit (MSRP = $65,995). 2016 Cadillac ELR. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

The standards are projected to result in average fleet-wide consumer fuel economy sticker values of 36 miles per gallon (mpg) by model year 2025, 10 mpg higher than the current fleet average. Top: Footprint-based CO 2 (g/mile) light truck standards curves. Bottom: Footprint-based CO 2 (g/mile) passenger car standards curves.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Honda announced a competitive introductory lease price of $369 a month for 36 months (plus tax) for the Clarity Fuel Cell sedan, which is coming to dealerships in California by the end of 2016. The lease requires $2,499 plus first month’s payment at lease signing (not including tax, registration or official fees). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

tonnes more CO 2 than an equivalent gasoline car over its lifetime due to a more energy-intensive refining of the diesel fuel; more materials required in the production of heavier and more complex engines; higher emissions from biodiesel blended in the diesel fuel; and longer mileage because fuel is cheaper. l/100 km (37.3 mpg US) and 7.1

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