Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2015

At separate press conferences Wednesday and Thursday at the New York Auto Show, Toyota will reveal the RAV4 Hybrid SUV, while Lexus unveils its all-new fourth-generation RX luxury crossover SUV. —Jim Lentz, President and CEO Toyota Motor North America. Toyota Safety Sense.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

But that proposal was watered down by automaker lobbying (which we’ve seen a lot of recently ), primarily through exceptions added for huge SUVs. And giant SUVs have, in turn, eliminated the auto emissions gains we could have had if cars had remained normal sized. If that sounds familiar, it’s because it is.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 9, 2023

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on March 9 the top selling models and car companies in China in February, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry. 8 Toyota Camry 14,401 14,228 1.2% 10 Toyota Levin 13,200 9,142 44.4% 11 Toyota Corolla 12,899 15,595 -17.3%

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

According to a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory , there was a shift away from smaller, more fuel-efficient cars toward larger SUVs and trucks. As consumer demand has shifted, companies like Toyota have added more fuel efficient models. SUV and Truck Sales Decreased as Gas Prices Increased.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

A new RWD Model Y , starting at $43,990, brought the average down even further as Tesla’s cheapest electric SUV in the US. With an average transaction price of $50,051, Tesla is slightly below the industry average and within $1,300 of the average gas-powered vehicle. Tesla led the way after slashing prices all year. It could be close.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 12, 2023

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on April 11 the top selling models and car companies in China in March, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry. 8 FAW Toyota 62,347 58,239 7.1% 9 GAC Toyota 60,626 88,048 -31.1% 6 GAC Toyota 188,768 228,779 -17.5% 7 Li Auto 20,823 11,034 88.7%

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 22, 2022

I say apparently as a PR person with Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, stated the following to me in a January 18 email: I can tell you that it is true, we were the best selling plug-in hybrid SUV last year in the US. Auto Industry Analyst. Rick Deneau, Stellantis. Flip a coin.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. GM edged out fellow brontosaurus Toyota to take the #1 spot in US sales, and also scored #1 in sales of SUVs and trucks.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Previewed in an Impact Analysis published on Sunday (February 4), the newly renamed National Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), will impose tough CO2 emissions limit on passenger vehicles, SUVs, utes and vans that ramp up around 12 per cent per year from 2025 to 2029 under the government’s preferred model.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. Dimensionally, the R1T sits squarely among the stalwarts in the mid-size truck category: Chevy Colorado, Ford Ranger, Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2011

The vehicle categories seeing the most significant response increases in the 2011 survey compared with 2010 were SUVs, luxury vehicles, large pick-up trucks, and cross-overs. The 2011 KPMG survey also finds the auto industry heavily investing in future technology, new products and safety improvements. Investments.

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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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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

The auto industry has disappointed before when it comes to green technology. Arguably, the Prius hybrid halo has enabled Toyota's more recent play for the American's profitable big SUV and truck market. The recent "presser" to explain how all things Volt are coming along was very well-attended.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Whatever the name, the verdict is this was the best motor show of the post-pandemic era as the Japanese auto giants delivered a series of stunning electric concepts. The message from Toyota, Nissan, Honda and others was clear; we’ve taken a while to get our heads around this EV thing, but we’re coming now. Toyota EPU Toyota EPU.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Retreating behind tariff walls or outright bans will further isolate America’s auto industry into a Galapagos market of ridiculous trucks sold at nosebleed prices.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. But I’m also curious to see how Toyota fights back in the EV space. The proof is already on Australian roads in the form of the BYD Atto 3 compact SUV. I’ll chuck the Toyota bZ4X onto the wish list as well.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. Henrik Fisker revealed his plans to shake-up the electric SUV category with the all-new, all-electric Ocean. It’s going to make this an exciting time for consumers wanting to go electric.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

According to statistics from the Department of Transport, US motorists are fleeing their beloved SUVs and pick-up trucks as they make up 83 per cent of the top trade-ins. Indeed six of the top 10 trade-ins are SUVs with two mini-vans and two pick-up trucks rounding out the list.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 28, 2022

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. The Lyriq crossover SUV will be the company’s initial product next year.

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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. John Waters, the CEO of Bright Automotive, is a veteran of Detroits auto industry, just like most of the Bright team. • MORE: "How to Build a 100 Mile-Per-Gallon Car. Yep, a truck.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The auto industry has known for a long time that business-as-usual was literally unsustainable. Globally, the automotive industry is being driven to provide more fuel efficient, less polluting and more electrified vehicles primarily by regulatory pressures, although consumer demand is playing its part as well. Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

Upcoming entries include the Audi Q4 e-tron, Kia EV6, Nissan Ariya, Subaru Solterra, Toyota bZ4X, and a Chevrolet crossover to be launched in 2023. Within the auto industry, it’s said that Toyota is not afraid of competition from most other makers. 4 are already on sale. A carmaker to watch.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s Among the most notable: a gas-electric hybrid Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Gasgoo.com | ?? | GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011. Prius hybrid.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There is also a push to make those who own SUVs pay a steep annual registration fee to discourage their ownership, as is happening in Washington, D.C. However, automakers like Stellantis and Toyota are not enthralled with current EV mandates or the proposed outright bans of ICE vehicle sales.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Mercedes-Benz kicks off EQS SUV production in Alabama (Source: Mercedes-Benz) Hot on the heels of a historic victory where VW workers in Tennessee voted to join the United Auto Workers union , Mercedes workers in Vance, Alabama have narrowly voted against joining UAW themselves. However, not all is bad for UAW in Alabama.

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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.) Furia explained, "The SUVs that we just completed that were outfitted with the XHT drive train could have been any SUV made by anyone.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Honda of America plans to sell 2 fully electric SUVs in 2024, Based on GM’s Ultium Platform – Honda confirmed plans to sell two all-electric SUVs in the US for the 2024 model year, and it soon will offer hybrid gas-electric versions of its top-selling models. Image Source: Forbes/Toyota. – March 10, via Forbes.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ]. Toyota has had a battery recycling program since 1998 and even offers dealers a $200 bounty to ensure batteries arent just thrown away (described at end of linked document). Are the batteries recyclable?

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. That makes the Model Y cost-competitive with Hyundai’s $45,500 IONIQ 5 e-SUV with 304 miles of range. on March 10, 2021.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 31, 2021

According to the Asian auto industry gurus at ZoZo Go , it’s the strongest product debut in the history of four-wheeled vehicles. That will include a mix of sedans and SUVs, as well as possible “sports models,” and what Lexus called “a car that redefines the concept of having a chauffeur.”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Toyota still has not made any money on the Prius. I see the technical complexity of hybrids is finally coming home to roost at Toyota, which has superb engineering. Uncharacteristically, Toyota is blaming this on the floormats!! As far as electric vehicles, many writers here have stated some of the issues. Does that bother you?

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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

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. SZ (1) 6753.T

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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. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do In the meantime, Toyota and Honda will eat their lunch while GM pushes both E85 and pure electric. you see that?

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