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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. The electric F-150 weighs 700 kg more than its petrol-powered predecessor. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. A GMC Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds, up from about 6,000 pounds. Why does this matter?

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Honda to launch electric-two wheelers in India by 2024

Electric Vehicles India

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has announced its plans to launch electric two-wheelers in India next year. Next year, Honda will introduce two electric scooters in India, one of which will be an upgraded Activa. Honda aims to provide 10 electric scooters in its lineup over the next five years.

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2024 Hyundai Creta bookings surpass 75,000, two-thirds of sales now from SUVs

Baua Electric

litre petrol motor. Hyundai Creta is the power player in India’s mid-size SUV space and the latest facelift version, launched in January of this year, has managed to build on the numbers secured over the past eight years by the model. litre petrol motor, a 1.5-litre litre turbo-charged petrol engine and a 1.5-litre

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

And EV straggler Honda shed a bit more light on its upcoming EVs built on GM’s Ultium battery and powertrain platform. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura. Honda will offer more details later this year, he said.

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

Green Car Congress

Many people may assume that oil, greases and fuels are simply added at the end of a concept-car build project such as this, but the Shell car aims to show what can be achieved when its products are integrated into the design from the start. Why a petrol car? Together with the all-electric T.27

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Honda have produced the Honda FCX Clarity FCEV, a hydrogen powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV), which they are leasing in limited numbers to selected customers in specially selected locations only. There are several reasons for this approach and understanding a little more about fuel cell vehicles may explain why.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

Green Cars News

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. 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.