Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

Rendering of the battery-electric car ferry. Siemens, together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, has developed a battery-electric car ferry, the miljøferge (environmental ferry) ZeroCat. The 80-meter vessel can carry up to 120 cars and 360 passengers. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2017

Faraday Future unveiled its FF 91 electric car on the sidelines of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The battery-powered 1,050-horsepower vehicle is intended to rival (or perhaps best) anything Tesla Motors may have up its sleeve.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 11, 2017

Incentives for the purchase of a plug-in battery-powered vehicle continue to be a powerful motivation to get new buyers to consider electric cars. The federal income-tax credit of $2,500 to $7,500 has long been supplemented by various state programs, including a purchase rebate in the crucial California market.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As the automotive sector transitions into the renewable age, the battle between all-electric cars and hydrogen-powered vehicles almost seems over. analyst Ryu Yeon-wha, who works as a green energy mobility consultant, Hyundai has gone “too far and invested too much money on hydrogen cars to stop now.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

In a series of new reports, researchers at Argonne have tracked and analyzed new investments in electric vehicle production

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2014

The world now has something around half a million plug-in electric cars on the roads, and electric propulsion is slowly spreading into other types of transportation. One of them is electric boats, which have been around for more than a century but are now seeing renewed interest.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2018

As the auto industry plans more electric cars in higher volumes for the 2020s, one of the great debates is whether they will need to be designed from the ground up solely for battery power. Doing so allows designers to offer larger cabins due to the more compact drive motors and electronics.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2017

As the electric-vehicle market matures and more global automakers commit to building battery-powered cars, one driving force has emerged to lead the pack. With apologies to the title of a comedy from half a century ago. The Chinese Are Coming.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 23, 2017

The market for electric vehicles normally comes with a high price of entry, though Smart is proposing that its new two-seat battery-powered minicar is a value proposition. Prices for the 2017 Smart ForTwo electric coupe and cabriolet begin at $24,550 and $28,750 respectively.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Frost & Sullivan, a global consultancy and market analysis firm, believes that there will three phases for the development of green cars in China: LPG/CNG and hybrids in the short term; electric vehicles in the middle stage; and fuel cell vehicles in the long run. Electric Cars, the Next Movement.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

Over the last two decades, fully electric cars have had, let’s say, a slow start. And while hybrid technology has taken off, drivers have been hesitant to accept fully battery-powered tech for a variety of reasons, including a lack of charging stations. But things are looking up for electric. By Haden Kirkpatrick.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2018

Sales of plug-in electric vehicles in China were almost four times those in the U.S. The world's largest car market is engineering a massive shift over the next two decades away from cars with combustion engines toward battery-powered cars. last year, and the gap is expected to widen this year.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2015

Chevrolet went out on a limb back in 2010 when it introduced the 2011 Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle. Now it’s taking a much riskier step by showing off the upcoming battery-powered Bolt—a pure electric car with a promised 200-mile range.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2017

Recent patent filings suggest Mazda’s next Wankel engine will equip a battery-powered car, not a rear-wheel drive heir to emblematic sports coupes like its RX-7 and RX-8. Mazda has invested more time and money into the rotary engine than any other automaker, so executives are reluctant to let it fade away into history.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Drivers taking part in the UK’s Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle demonstration (ULCV) trial were won over by the electric vehicles they drove, with an overwhelming majority reporting that they impressed by the vehicle performance. Electric cars' What’s more, of the 349 participating drivers, 80 per cent said they coul[.].

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2017

German automakers are beginning to play catch-up with electric vehicles, as Tesla continues to corner the market. Audi has once again reconfirmed its plans to bring three battery-powered electric vehicles to production by the year 2020.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2016

Among the drawbacks of cars that run on battery power is the energy required to heat their cabins. As electric-car drivers in less temperate climes know, heating the cabin to room temperature has an enormous impact on battery range--conceivably as high as 40 percent.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 24, 2013

With hybrid supercars starting to appear at last--the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 among them--many electric-car fans wonder when we''ll see another battery-electric supercar to follow the Tesla Roadster. You can literally put a plug-in electric SRT Viper in your garage today if you.'

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Green Cars News

JUNE 11, 2013

The Green Piece Column. This year is set to be an exciting year for electric cars, with a whole host of carmakers launching battery-powered models. The Green Piece' Tuesday 11 June.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2013

As we inch ever closer to the launch of the BMW i3 electric car (pictured), the German carmaker has revealed more details about the vehicle. In addition to the vehicle''s LifeDrive structure, the lithium-ion battery, power electronics and electric motor have all been manufactured independently by BM[.].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2019

MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid. Audi models will be equipped with an electrified drive—equivalent to roughly one million electrified cars per year. The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2015

Many electric-car owners use solar panels to generate power that they can use in home charging stations. But what if they could actually put those panels directly on their electric cars instead?

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

“Range anxiety” for pure battery-powered electric car owners wears off quickly as a driver begins to understand the capabilities and charging patterns of their car, according to a new study by the Technology Strategy Board.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 12, 2014

Plans have been revealed for Hyundai to launch its first battery powered electric car in 2016. Often seen as the champion of fuel cell vehicles, Hyundai appears to be hedging its bets in the green car sector by splitting its focus. In the past it has leaned heavily towards hydrogen cars as it attem[.].

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Teslarati

JUNE 30, 2022

According to Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement today , the New York Power Authority will offer free electric car charging at EVolve NY Direct Current Fast Chargers throughout the state from July 1 to July 5. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2013

Revealing what it dubs an ‘anti-crisis’ car, Toyota’s new battery-powered concept is nothing if not visionary. electric car is designed to address the economic, human and environmental challenges transport currently faces. Toyota concept electric car'

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 3, 2014

The UK government could become the first in the world to see its Cabinet make a wholesale switch to electric cars, the Evening Standard reports. According to the London paper, ministers are keen to lead by example by in adopting battery-powered models in replacement of traditional limousines. [.]. Electric cars'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Consumer range anxiety about electric cars is a myth and motorists are largely positive about electric cars, new research suggests.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 30, 2015

The upcoming Tesla Model 3 may just be the most anticipated and significant electric car ever. Scheduled to hit the market in late 2017 with a price tag of $35,000 and a range of 200-plus miles, the Model 3 aims to be the first true mass-market electric car.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The Green Piece Column. Just how green are electric cars? It’s a debate that has raged since battery powered vehicles were looked at as a serious alternative to the internal combustion engine – and also a debate that seems to prompt some questionable statistics and ‘evidence’ from critics.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2018

Porsche builds its own super fast electric-car charging network. And students vote for and fund the first battery-powered all electric bus fleet at the University of California Irvine. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2013

BMW''s highly anticipated electric car will be just one of the highlights of the forthcoming free-to-attend London Motorexpo, which opens later this month. It will be the first time the BMW i3 has been seen at a UK motoring event and the battery-powered model will be joined by other debutees incl[.]. Green credentials'

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 14, 2023

Jaguar hopes more people will convert their classic cars into electric vehicles to keep them on the road. The battery-powered model reaches 62 mph in 5.5 Classic looks, current power 2. All-electric but all Land Rover Watch for Class Car Relaunches Several classic car relaunches are sweetening the EV landscape.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Today, we're at the Chicago auto show media day—meaning today—and we've got news about updated hybrid and plug-in hybrid Hyundai Sonatas, a new diesel Ford, some Lexus pricing, and a look ahead to an all-new electric car in Geneva next month. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 15, 2013

We’ve been discussing recently how old electric cars really are in our look at the history of the battery powered model (see story) and now we’ve the story of a rare, old electric car, dating from the 1940s Breguet electric car which was recently discovered, hidden in the garage of a chateau in France.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2017

The auto-maker remains on track to bolster its portfolio with 10 electric vehicles, but they’ll arrive three full years sooner than expected. The battery-powered cars are now scheduled to debut by 2022 instead of by 2025, company officials have confirmed.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 24, 2014

London has only achieved 3 per cent of its targeted uptake for electric cars, according to the BBC, despite the city mayor’s ambitious plans for battery powered models. The mayor, Boris Johnson wanted to see 100,000 electric vehicles on the capital’s roads by 2020. Electric cars'

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