Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. GM, said Akerson, is doing a much better job optimizing mass efficiency. Clean diesel. Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy Economy GM Gasoline 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. The company rebranded as Share Now in fall 2019 as BMW’s Reach Now was shut down and folded in with Car2go.

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Teslarati

JUNE 15, 2022

Ford reported five accidents, Toyota reported four, and BMW reported three. GM, for example, allows its Super Cruise system to be used only on pre-mapped US highways, but Tesla allows its Autopilot system to be used on more roads. In comparison, GM has reportedly sold just about 34,000 vehicles with Super Cruise since 2017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Sales of electric vehicles in the US increased by more than 80% in 2018 and two manufacturers have already hit the lifetime cap of 200,000 units (GM and Tesla). The Driving America Forward Act raises the cap and allows purchasers of an additional 400,000 vehicles per manufacturer to be eligible for the tax credit. ITC Holdings Corp.,

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2022

From BMW to Ford, to GM and Stellantis, every major automotive company suffered substantial losses in deliveries year-over-year. Other considerable losses came from Nissan (-41.3%), Honda, (-30.6%), Subaru and Ford (-27.6%), and BMW (-23.9%). The electric automaker saw a 93.2 Credit: TrueCar.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. GM, shifting focus to pure EVs, built the last Volt on February 19, 2019. GM’s signature EV now is the Chevrolet Bolt EV , another new name, which arrived as a 2017 model and promptly won Motor Trend ’s Car of the Year award. I’m hoping for the latter.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

Including net upstream CO 2 emissions for vehicles operating on electricity would reduce the positive impact of alternative fuel vehicles on fleet-wide CO 2 emissions, the agency noted. In this tally, the BMW i3 counts as an EV in its battery-only configuration and as a PHEV when equipped with a range extender.) Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy EPA PHEV Economy 312

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Based on emission levels recorded in vehicle tests, car registration data analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the report “CO 2 emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2012” shows that in 2012 all major car manufacturers met their targets for their fleet. of the total fleet, and emitted 130.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2013

According to the report, the Model S was the third top-selling brand in the luxury and sports segment in the first half of the year—behind only the Mercedes E-Class and the BMW 5-Series—with a 12% share of that segment. during the first half year-on-year—a larger increase than the 7.7% Electric (Battery) Hybrids Sales'

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2016

Electric-car advocates are often passionate, with memories long enough to remember GM's 2004 destruction of its pioneering fleet of EV1 electric cars.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The 1966 GM Electrovan didn’t leave much room for passengers or cargo (image from autonews.com). Research on hydrogen vehicles dipped until the 1990s when European countries announced plans for more hydrogen-centered car power, such as the 2005-07 bi-fuel BMW 7-Series with a V12 engine that ran on either compressed hydrogen or gasoline.

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Hydrogen Vehicles Alternative Fuels Toyota 86

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

The report found that fuel economy for the US fleet continues to improve. Turbochargers, which are often used in conjunction with GDI, have also increased market share to 25% in MY 2017, led by BMW, Mercedes, VW, and Ford. Model year (MY) 2016 vehicle fuel economy was 24.7

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Fuel Economy Economy EPA Fuel 261

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

Most large manufacturers achieved fleet GHG compliance values lower than required by their unique 2013 standard and thus generated credits in the 2013 model year. Nine of the 13 manufacturers with sales greater than 100,000 vehicles beat their standard, with margins of compliance ranging from 27 grams/mile (Hyundai) to 4 grams/mile (GM).

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Standards Emissions EPA 2013 150

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. Keep in mind that BMW has no plans to actually make this car, they’re just testing it in Southern California to “gather data.&#.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs. Beating Tesla to the market with the Bolt was quite a coup, particularly with a car as well-executed as this EV is, but GM has been slow with its follow up. BMW – the Ultimate Electric Driving Machine? BMW starts adding plugs throughout its lineup. Fleet To Electric?

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. GM CEO Mary Barra announced that in 2017 it will offer its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance technology on the Cadillac CTS and possibly other models.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Clean Fleet Report tested a XT5 Premium Luxury with the 3.6L liter V6 engine.

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Cadillac Land Rover MPG Fuel Economy 75

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Three European brands, Audi, BMW, and Mini, round out the top 10. Audi and BMW both declined from last year. Other GM brands saw their place in the rankings fall from last year. Cadillac is again the worst-performing of the GM brands, dropping one spot to 28. BMW fell three spots to eight, followed by Mini at number nine.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

In addition, we find that total emissions accounting for country-specific fleet mixes and driving behaviors vary between manufacturers by a factor of 10 and mortality impacts per kilometer driven by a factor of 8. For example, 61% of the impacts in Germany of total excess NO x emissions are caused by emissions released in other countries.

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MIT Diesel Europe Emissions 273

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2024

GM underneath, but Acura throughout The ZDX comes in a base A-Spec and a performance model called Type S. In Acura-speak, Type S is the performance division (like BMW has M, Hyundai has N, Mercedes-Benz has AMG and so on). The post Flash Drive: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Acura All-Electric SUV Miles 84

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

The PFL 799 technical executive expert panel at this year’s world Congress, chaired by Jesse Schneider (from BMW), invited those automakers as well as infrastructure leaders to discuss their progress in fuel cell technology and hydrogen infrastructure and challenges remaining. This is planned to increase in the future. Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in a front-wheel drive XT4 Premium Luxury. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. Zero-to-60 times of right around 7.3 Your numbers may differ.

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Cadillac Escalade SUV MPG 54

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Under ZEV accounting, credits earned are multiplied by the g/mile NMOG fleet average requirement for the appropriate model year. Large volume manufacturers for the 2013 model year included the big six: Chrysler, Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota. The intent of this multiplier was to reward early production of vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The introduction of driverless cars will result in fundamental changes to the automotive world and society in general; and it is clear that the boundaries between private vehicle ownership, car sharing and rental fleets will increasingly become blurred. —research author Gareth Owen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

These figures do not include sales of the new Mercedes S400 hybrid (Mercedes-Benz does not break out its sales by powertrain type) or the new BMW ActiveHybrid X6, which began reaching BMW Centers in December. . GM reported total hybrid sales in December of 1,408 units, a decrease of 45.9%. Monthly reported hybrid sales.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The light truck share of the light-duty vehicle market affects many important fleet-wide metrics since light trucks on average have higher CO 2 emissions, worse fuel economy, and higher weight, horsepower, and footprint than cars. Chrysler-Fiat had the highest CO2 emissions and lowest fuel economy, followed by GM.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Clean Fleet Report’s Stingray came with the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic, which is the only transmission offered. In 387 miles driving through Southern California, Clean Fleet Report averaged 20.6 Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2011

The aim is to increase fuel economy to a fleet-wide average 54.5mpg or 163g/mile of CO2 for cars and light duty trucks by model year 2025. Ford, GM, Chrysler, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar/Land [.].

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

Tools for Fleets and Commercial/Industrial Buildings – vertical-specific tools to manage and optimize EV charging for fleets and in commercial/industrial buildings. In a commercial setting (as a Fleet operator, developer of an MDU, parking structure owner, etc.),

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The #2 US automaker has made a few plug-in hybrid Escape Hybrids that have been in a test fleet at Southern California Edison for about 18 months. Electrification, a buzz-word at rival GM, didn't appear to be gaining much headway in Dearborn. Plans for a 2012 general release of the PHEV Escape did not wow anyone.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Buick Envision Avenir FWD. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience using the dash gauge computer. This is one area where GM is the industry leader, and after the initial service plan expires, it is well worth renewing.

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Buick MPG Fuel Economy Clean 52

Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

A number of startups showed off their porposals to retrofit the existing fleets of petroleum-fueled vehicles, giving some hope to Andy Grove’s ambitoious desire to create millions of plug-in conversions before the automakers deliver. Representatives of GM stoked the clamor for the Volt, and a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid sat on the show floor.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. These should diminish as more and more of the grid uses power from renewable sources, such as solar and wind, and as the manufacturers themselves use green energy—some, including GM, already do.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

GM this week announced that it is ready to bring some plug-in hybrid models back to the North American market. 2024 BMW i5 BMW added two more 5-Series plug-in variants for the 2025 model year. 2024 BMW i5 BMW added two more 5-Series plug-in variants for the 2025 model year.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

However, while issues such as fleet consumption and CO2 emissions have been firmly put on the public agenda, the equally considerable environmental impact of the production phase of car manufacturing has as yet been largely ignored. GM achieved a sustainable value of minus €9.87 There is a mixed picture among European manufacturers.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. If my speculation holds true congratulations are due both to BMW and AC Propulsion.

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