Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

The European Parliament’s Committees on industry (ITRE) and transport (TRAN) will vote on the European Commission’s proposal for future car and van CO 2 targets on 10 July. ACEA cautions that the targets must be realistic, taking into account what people can actually afford to buy. There is no doubt that this is the future.

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Push EVs

JULY 12, 2023

Just below the middle of the table, the relative newcomers, the MG4, the Toyota BZ4X, and the BYD Atto 3 have all now established themselves — and their brands’ BEV-credentials — in the Swedish market. They can build on this foundation with more BEV models in the future.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Known as ‘Option B’, it is significantly tougher than the auto industry itself proposed via its representative body, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), has higher fines for breaching emissions limits and rejects aids known as ‘Super Credits’. Toyota LandCruiser 300-Series: in the passenger vehicle segment.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

The new car-buying normal? The impact on the auto industry, particularly the still growing electric sector, could be profound. A shift to online car buying is already underway. I propose there are two EV scenarios for this year, although of course a variety of alternatives could end up intruded. Scenario No.

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EV Adoption

DECEMBER 5, 2021

We recognize that this scoreboard has limited value today due to the small number and randomness of the these 9 EVs currently included, but part of our goal is to shine a light on the general lack of transparency in the auto industry when it comes to US EV sales data. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

The role of emotion in buying cars. Would you buy this vehicle? Miller adds “ In the US we’ve had customers talk about the Prius ‘badge of honor’, in Europe the strongest reason for buying a Prius was to make a statement about ‘the effort to do something else. Not exactly a value proposition.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2011

Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP. Investments.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Opportunities for the UK to take a leading role in low carbon technologies will be looked at as part of our auto industrial strategy, published later this year. This model indicates that, once refueling options are available, the initial uptake will be limited by the cost of buying the vehicles. The key findings are: Consumer.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In this week’s episode we will talk about about Toyota - the behemoth in the car world and their poor plans for EV's which will result in them loosing significant market share by 2030. Video: Toyota: Dead by 2030 Toyota's Hybrids and Hydrogen car distraction tactics Toyota, as you know, is the world's largest car manufacturer.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Former EV1 driver Doug Korthof's 2002 Toyota RAV4-EV. Activists kept a 24/7 watch over the vehicles and offered to buy the EV1s from GM for their residual value. “ documented the EV1 Vigil (Click here to watch segment 4 and segment 9 ). Loyal GM EV1 customers tried valiantly to save 78 remaining EV1s from being crushed.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

This failure, it believes, has prompted US car manufacturers to lose market share to foreign rivals and particularly those from Japan such as Toyota and Honda. Or should Americans be allowed to buy the vehicles they want irrespective of environmental damage or a lack of resources? Leave a comment with your thoughts.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

Editorial Trying to Find the Road Ahead Published: January 24, 2006 W ith its bonds downgraded to junk and its market share on the ropes, Detroit's auto industry almost looks to be in a free fall. At Detroit's auto show, it unveiled a Chinese car that Geely plans to upgrade and sell in the United States in 2008.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 19, 2009

Many people have concerns about buying a hybrid car - and they don’t just relate to the price tag. According to figures from Honda, the battery failure rate is 0.002 and with Toyota it is 0.003 - very low for auto industry standards. In fact, if a hybrid car’s wiring is breached it will short out. .

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EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But I’m also curious to see how Toyota fights back in the EV space. On paper it’s nothing special, but given the might of the company and the desire for Toyota to protect its top-selling sales patch, the arrival of Toyota’s first EV will be a big moment. I’ll chuck the Toyota bZ4X onto the wish list as well.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

This is encouraging them to make greener choices and general purchasing patterns are starting to change with all but two of the cars on the top 10 purchase list now saloon (sedan) vehicles and the fourth most popular being the ‘ultimate green car’ the Toyota Prius.

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

If you buy an EV that lasts a million km, this EV will last 3 times longer than an ICE car. By 2030, most people will choose to buy EV's as it won’t make financial sense to buy a pollution car. Chinese auto will play a significant role in the auto industry in the future. Think about that.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

However, automakers like Stellantis and Toyota are not enthralled with current EV mandates or the proposed outright bans of ICE vehicle sales. Even if a US taxpayer buys an EV that meets the credit, but their tax liability is not at least $7,500 in the year they purchase the vehicle, they do not reap the full benefit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." People wont buy a full car.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Equally, the state has long had a subsidy plan to help low-income residents buy EVs. Mike Love of Toyota is at the podium at a meeting of the California Air Resources Board, with chair Mary D. These are complex, intertwined and global issues well beyond the control of either CARB or the auto industry.”

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. Paul Guzyk and Daniel Sherwood of 3Prong Power. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. I would buy a Volt for $40K.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Power and Associates 2004 report ].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric Cars and The Volt Can Transform America and the Auto Industry TODAY!!! While a series hybrid is good, the Toyota Prius gets 100 miles per gallon because after the 20 miles of pure EV mode, it kicks into a hybrid-electric car. Toyota is basically 100 miles per gallon. a day to charge up! So, what is there to do?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please? Best take on all this has been that SouthPark episode with "It" You want something efficient that uses little resources and doesnt impact traffic and parking, then buy a motorcycle. Toyota still has not made any money on the Prius. I wont be buying an electric car of any kind.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. And yes, buy cheap (night) sell high (day) and sell local (remember there are HUGE line losses in the common interstate grids- more so in daytime high power draw hours. Agassi’s Davos Insights Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker. BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt.

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2022

The CEOs of Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, and Toyota all urged Congress to eliminate the cap on the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit as zero-emissions vehicles cost more to manufacture. However, Ford sold 160,000 EVs last year alone, and Toyota said in Apri l it expects to lose its access to the $7,500 credit later this year.

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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. Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: J-Bob | Apr 13, 2009 4:48:10 PM "Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996.

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