Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The types of vehicles consumers select has by far the most dominant impact on on-road fuel economy—the best vehicle currently available for sale in the US is nine times more fuel efficient than the worst vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Toyota Motor North America, Mercedes-Benz USA, and other national laboratories such as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne and Sandia. At the same time, several major automakers have plans to unveil fuel-cell-powered vehicles for sale in the next few years.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. The C-MAX vehicles will be built on the company’s global C-segment platform and are two of five electrified vehicles Ford plans to launch in North America in 2012.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 12, 2009

Tom Hanks' letter to the editor of the New Yorker about his electric car, a Toyota RAV4 EV. Instead, I found what was purported to be the very last electric car available for sale in the state of California—a Toyota EV. Tags: toyota rav4 ev battery electric car tom hanks. Tom Hanks Los Angeles, Calif.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 12, 2009

,” which used a clip of a visit I made to the “Late Show with David Letterman,” during which I claimed to be saving America one electric car at a time. Instead, I found what was purported to be the very last electric car available for sale in the state of California—a Toyota EV. Tom Hanks Los Angeles, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2016

The NPRM also proposes an optional method of meeting electrical isolation requirements in certain conditions that would allow fuel cell vehicles to be offered for sale in the US. GTR Nº 13, “Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,” addresses hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology. NHTSA is now proposing to amend FMVSS No.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. In America Starting with the Big Guns. The Prius Prime becomes Toyota’s leader with a plug.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Previous Prius PHEV conversion kits—including PICC’s earlier generations ( earlier post )—have been limited by Toyota programming to a top speed of 34 mph in all-electric mode. A software upgrade, retailing for $2,000 to $2,500, will be made available for sale later this month to new and existing conversion kit customers.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 6, 2009

I arrived at the same time as Stefano Paris, Plug In America’s documentarian, and as we walked from the parking lot, we went past an SR71 Blackbird on display to get to the party. This is exactly what happened when we got our Toyota RAV EV six years ago. This sleek, titanium marvel can travel at mach 3.2, No charger, no car.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

See below: "EVJerry" Asher brought the "Spirit of DC" Plug-In Toyota Prius to visit the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association (LVEVA) on Monday, November 24th. It was transferred to the body of the Toyota Prius, next to the logos of some of the 38 other EAA chapter locations that Jerry had visited during his amazing journey.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013. Among the dignitaries who will be on hand today for Brights announcement are executives from Frito-Lay North America. • MORE: "How to Build a 100 Mile-Per-Gallon Car. Right Now can be seen here.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Fisker has also partnered with Electrify America to include a yet-to-be announced amount of complimentary charging. Expect in the next few years to see at least 50 new models being released for sale. News: 2023 Toyota BZ4X The post News: 2023 Fisker Ocean Introduced first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. News: 2023 Nissan Ariya.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

GM/SaturnEV-1 : Join Kris Trexler on his "ChargeAcross America" GM/SaturnEV-1 : Peter Ohlers new EV. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. ElectricVehicles of America, Inc. Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion. HondaAccord : Bob Taylors conversion. Honda Civic :Mike Chanceys conversion.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

It would then be offered for public use in 2012, said Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America Inc. Phil Bredesen and others took the technology for a test drive at the Nissan North America headquarters in Franklin last week. Source: Nissan North America Inc. 16,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2012

The US market will experience single digit growth, primarily due to the relatively strong year for sales in 2011, and the effects of the weak economy that will continue to impact new vehicle demand through most of 2012. Polk expects light-duty vehicle sales in the US to grow at a moderate pace, with a 7.3% Source: Polk.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Battery technology has been the domain of consumer electronics manufacturers, and that industry migrated out of America decades ago. 0:00 / 4:23 Big battery bet If we dont care about our automotive industry, we can let Toyota ( TM ) or Honda ( HMC ) build our electric cars, with LG or Panasonic ( PC ) making the batteries.

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Charged EVs

JULY 19, 2023

Quick, name all the battery-electric sedans for sale in the US—that aren’t Teslas. Now, there’s another: the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is on sale at your local Hyundai dealer, joining the Ioniq 5 crossover utility and the smaller Kona Electric hatchback. Hyundai’s well aware that SUVs now handily outsell sedans in North America.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US. Much of the decision-making occurring today is predicated on a multitude of assumptions about EV versus ICE vehicle sales, as well as which type of EV will sell the most, pure electrics and/or hybrid electrics.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Asia India China Europe Americas en Español em Português Login/Register to set your edition Set my edition Todays Paper Video Columns Blogs Graphics Journal Community Register for FREE Register for FREE Thank you for registering. Why wont Toyota do anoher station wagon? is teaming with Segway Inc., AWD would be nice.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

for the Analysis of Global Security Set America Free coalition " Oil and Security " (PDF), by George Shultz and R. Since then a number of companies have emerged to offer conversions for sale to consumers and fleet buyers, and CalCars has worked to support a growing open-source conversion movement.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Ignorance is no longer a valid excuse in post-Bush America. We have the evidence today that they engaged in the single most traitorous act ever perpetrated against the United States of America. So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In October a BYD sedan called the F3 became the bestselling sedan in China, topping well-known brands like the Volkswagen Jetta and Toyota ( TM ) Corolla. BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. On a trip to the U.S., 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. About Chrysler LLC Chrysler LLC, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., lots of stops and starts so plenty of options for regen braking too.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not.

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