Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The mix of available vehicles still favors more expensive models and higher trim levels. Honda and Kia showed the most price strength in the non-luxury market, transacting between 6% to 8% over sticker price in November. Meanwhile, vans, minivans and luxury full-size SUVs had the lowest incentives, all less than 1% of ATP.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Goodbye To the Minivan. Kia is out of the minivan business and is shaking up things with the all-new 2022 Carnival. The Korean car company will remind you it is not a minivan but an MPV or Multi-Purpose Vehicle. With those words it hopes to remove the stigma of people saying “I will never own a minivan.”. Drivetrain.

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EV Adoption

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Average US sales of the 32 EV models for which OEMs reported sales and that were available in the period July-September, were up an average 10.5%. The Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid (PHEV) had a sales decline of 49%, perhaps due to strong sales of the Toyota Sienna minivan, which is now available only as a regular hybrid.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 5, 2021

All-New, All-Hybrid Family-Friendly Minivan. To further its electrification commitment, Toyota has released two 2021 hybrid-only models–the Venza crossover and the Sienna minivan. Next up for 2021 is the all-new Sienna Hybrid minivan, which previously was powered only by a gasoline V6. Story and photos by John Faulkner.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

If you are one of those “I will never drive a minivan” type of persons, please keep reading. When Clean Fleet Report first reviewed the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid in 2017, it was the only electrified minivan on the market. But the landscape has changed since 2017 as the 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan is now a hybrid. Ready to ride.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2009

Nissan is likely to develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids, with an electric motor to provide additional power to a constantly working engine. Nissan’s Serena minivan is likely to be the first model to get the hybrid makeover. The motor will run on high-performance lithium ion batteries.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Honda is well underway in a $700 million effort to retool three of its plants and create a new $3.5 2024 Honda Prologue A strategic EV advantage with shifting demand? Honda underscored that the flexibility is in line with its original plan, and it intends to make EVs both at its Marysville and East Liberty plants.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

The Trends report has been published annually since 1975 and covers all passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and all but the largest pickup trucks and vans. EPA obtains the detailed data supporting the report directly from automobile manufacturers; the agency has been collecting and maintaining these data since 1975.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Light trucks (pickups, minivans/vans, and truck SUVs), accounted for 36% of all light-duty vehicle production in MY 2012, the second lowest level since 1993. There are 15 MY 2013 pickup and minivan/van models for which at least one variant of the model has a combined city/highway label fuel economy rating of 20 mpg (11.8 mpg, or 22%.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Mr. Ghosn said Nissan envisioned a broad range of electric vehicles , starting with small cars, and adding: “It’s not only about a small city car or a small minivan. Honda ( HMC ). While Honda aims to launch another hybrid compact by 2010, it also has plans for clean diesel engines in anything larger than a Civic.

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

The Nikkei reports that the company will develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids with an electric motor that provides additional power to the constantly working engine. The company has already outlined plans to introduce an electric car in Japan and the US by the end of 2010.

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Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. It’s longer than the one sold in Europe, has a genuine third row of seats, a larger battery and a more powerful motor, and available all-wheel drive. That put it squarely in competition with segment leaders Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V.

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Cars That Think

JULY 9, 2022

A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore. “Fuzzification is a kind of scientific permissiveness, it tends to result in socially appealing slogans unaccompanied by the discipline of hard scientific work.” This article was first published as “Lotfi A. It appeared in the June 1995 issue of IEEE Spectrum. Army Persian Gulf Command.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2023

US Junk Cars accepts all vehicles, including trucks, cars, sports utility vehicles, vans and minivans. Wherever you are in Maricopa County, Junk Car Medics is available to help you get the best offer for your totaled car. Let’s do the work so you can start cruising down I-17 without worrying whether your used car will make it.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

While the Model S is a sedan, it also exceeded the safety score of all SUVs and minivans, according to Tesla. To date, 132 MY 2013 models, including the Model S, have been tested, with the data available online. Based on the data, Tesla said, it achieved a combined record of “5.4 Source: Tesla Motors. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. The table and this introduction are also available in multiple foreign languages which occasionally have a translation "lag time" (follow links at bottom of home page).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. No coasting available. Keep reading about the EVs good and bad qualities after the jump.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Of course, everything has its drawbacks and one problem with charging at home is that it is not an option available for some city dwellers. Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. It does not reflect well upon you.

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