Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

The team of Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak also incudes information for current gasoline-powered internal combustion engines as a baseline comparison. For example, in the San Diego, California territory of SDG&E, optimal time of use residential EV charging rates range from $0.19/kWh residential, commercial, office).

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Natural Bridge to an EV Escaping the High Price of Fuel The natural bridge from a gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). A 37-mile range EV Electric and Gasoline Power The 2023 Ford Escape PHEV is powered by a 2.5-liter miles per gallon combined gasoline and electricity.

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Escape PHEV Ford Gasoline-Electric 82

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey areas. Both models provide maximum fuel efficiency by pairing the high-voltage lithium-ion battery and electric traction motor with a high-efficiency Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The transition from gasoline and foreign oil to alternative fuels, such as electricity, for transportation requires a huge first step—infrastructure. The technology provides a 30-minute recharge for all-electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV. —state Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond.

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Washington i-MiEV Oregon DC 247

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2012

The Fit EV battery can be recharged in less than 3 hours from a low charge indicator illumination point with its 6.6 The Fit EV is a part of Honda’s portfolio approach, which includes the development of battery-electric, hydrogen, natural gas, and gasoline-electric powered vehicles, to improve fuel-efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions.

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Fuel Economy EPA 2013 Honda 339

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

Metro will also initiate a new solicitation to convert six existing Metro gasoline electric hybrid buses to Super Low Emission Bus standards. A Lancaster, California plant, which opened in May, is the international firm’s first manufacturing facility in the United States.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate The First Volvo Compact SUV Coupe EV The 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge was the first electric-only and the smallest SUV from Volvo, falling in-line with the EX90 and XC40 Recharge. In the 310 total miles we drove through Southern California we averaged 30.6 kWh per 100 miles.

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Recharge Volvo SUV Google 79

Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

The most promising path to exploiting hydrogen is to store the gas in a tank, as you would gasoline, then feed it into a fuel cell where it combines with oxygen to create an electric current, with water as a byproduct. each showed off hydrogen-power solutions at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo in California last week.

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Future Auto South Korea Hydrogen 52

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. Many were covered in detail during a day of presentations and site visits for partners and media held this past August in Ontario, California.

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Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2023

The Southern California company is looking to speed things up again—this time with record-setting charging stops. That time isn’t much longer than a gasoline fill-up, especially for motorcyclists who don’t mind some stretching and recovery after hours in the saddle. “For

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Motorcycles Charging Juice Volt 82

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

Instead of flying from my home in Southern California, I asked if my wife and I could drive to the event. A comparable SUV, such as a 2023 Ford Explorer AWD with the turbocharged 4-cylinder engine and an EPA highway rating of 26 miles per gallon, would have used 69 gallons of gasoline. Here’s the day-by-day run down. George, Utah.

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Las Vegas Charging Utah Miles 84

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

In an event combining a first-customer ceremony and a media drive, Tustin (California) Hyundai’s Dealer Principal, John Patterson, handed over the keys to Hyundai’s first mass-produced Tucson Fuel Cell crossover ( earlier post ) to Timothy Bush, the first Hyundai Fuel Cell customer, with Hyundai executives in attendance. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Those truly in the know have real world knowledge of why a PHEV is the perfect bridge between a gasoline-powered car and one propelled by only electricity. Here is the truth: when owning a 2023 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE AWD PHEV, you will never buy gasoline for probably 90% of your regular driving. The overall average was 46.7

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PHEV Toyota Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 68

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

ZAP, over the last few years has been pursuing the EV fleet market in the US, and developed a custom designed power train for a US delivery fleet with the goal of becoming a supplier for the electric powertrain which will replace the gasoline ones currently being used.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2010

Fisker automobiles are range-extended electric vehicles, driven by electric motors that get their power from a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, or, when that is depleted, by a generator driven by an efficient gas-powered engine. The DOE had awarded a conditional $528.7-million million loan to Fisker in September 2009.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Or how about 32 miles on no gasoline at all as you chauffeur around the kids and do in-town errands? The 2022 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a gasoline-powered 3.6-liter The EPA rates fuel economy, when using the hybrid gasoline-only engine at 30 miles per gallon. How It Works. We would like to meet and talk with those people!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

The MY14 B-Class Electric Vehicle will be available beginning in mid-July to dealers in California; Connecticut; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; Oregon; Rhode Island; and Vermont. Maximum torque is 251 lb-ft (340 N·m)—approximately equivalent to the torque from a modern three-liter gasoline engine.

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Mercedes Miles Rhode Island Range 291

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 19, 2022

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. California is essentially the only place in the U.S. Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022.

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Hydrogen Vehicles Alternative Fuels Toyota 87

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Kona Electric models will be produced in Ulsan, Korea and will be available in the beginning of 2019, with initial availability in California and subsequently in the ZEV-focused states in the western and northeastern regions of the US market. NEXO will be available in California before the end of 2018. Kona Electric.

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Hyundai SUV Fuel Tucson 249

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 16, 2021

This means doing errands, taking the kids to sports or visiting friends, even most commutes, will be done without using any gasoline. The 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is available with either front-wheel drive or all-wheel drive, both utilize a gasoline-powered 3.6-liter How It Works. mpg based on the dashboard computer.

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Chrysler Plug-in Hybrid Plug 93

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2009

The US Postal Service (USPS) will conduct a one-for-one replacement of 6,500 vehicles with 1,000 E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles to its delivery fleet, part of a vehicle purchase by the US General Services Administration (GSA).

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Alternative Fuels Fleet Fuel Florida 150

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA , rates fuel economy at 40 highway when running in gasoline mode only. That number jumps to 105 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. No gasoline used. liter 4-cylinder while the non-hybrid models have either the gasoline 1.5-liter

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

liter turbocharged gasoline engine. The system, with a total of 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, is EPA city and highway combined rated at 23 mpg with the gasoline engine only. hours to fully recharge the battery. Over 259 miles driving Southern California freeways we averaged 25.6 But on a 38.7-mile

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Southern California Edison (SCE) released a white paper summarizing learnings from its Electric Vehicle (EV) readiness program. Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful, SCE suggested. Click to enlarge. kilowatts to 6.6

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 31, 2023

News: 2024 Mazda CX-90 An All-New Three-Row SUV Mazda brought the automotive media to Malibu, California, this week to reveal the all-new 2024 CX-90 three-row, eight-passenger SUV. This will be the most powerful mass production gasoline engine offered by Mazda, putting out 340 horsepower (hp) and 369 pound-feet (lb.-ft.)

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Mazda Plug-in Fuel Economy SUV 91

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

liter gasoline engine. Battery recharging can be accomplished in less than 12 hours when using a conventional 120-volt outlet, and less than six hours when using a 240-volt outlet. Fully recharging the battery will take 2 to 2.5 The plug-in hybrid system. Click to enlarge. hours using a 120-volt outlet and 1 to 1.5

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Los Angeles Honda Plug-in Plug 273

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 2, 2024

Mild hybrid engine technology uses an electric motor in conjunction with a gasoline engine, but unlike a traditional hybrid it cannot run solely on electricity. The mild hybrid electric motor boosts the gasoline engine when accelerating and modestly helps with fuel economy. There is no plug on the Range Rover to recharge the battery.

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Range Hybrid Land Rover Clean 82

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914. Eventually moving to Alameda, California, the manufacturer was later renamed REVO Powertrains. Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race. It was very technical but captivating.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The fleet of Passat HyMotion vehicles is currently being tested on the streets of California. Bottom: On recharge, energy will flow from the fuel cell through the tri-port converter to the battery. The battery is recharged either through regenerative events or via the hydrogen fuel cell.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

VinFast invited Canadian and American automotive journalists to California to drive the 2023 VF 8, an all-electric midsize two-row SUV. Currently only available in California, the VF 8 also will be introduced in British Columbia, Toronto and Montreal. If you live in California, find a local dealer here and check them out.

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San Diego Vietnam SUV North Carolina 96

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2023

Toyota invited the automotive media to Carlsbad, California, in late March for the first drives of what turns-out to be a significantly improved Prius Prime. liter gasoline engine, running on 87 octane, and two motor generators producing 120 kilowatts for a combined 220 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque.

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Prius PHEV Toyota Plug-in 88

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Poway, California-based Plug In Conversions Corp. The software upgrade also allows PICC-converted cars to operate in an enhanced hybrid mode at various speeds, with the vehicle heavily favoring the electric motor versus the gasoline engine in different modes, Ewert said. PICC) has completed a software upgrade to its 6.1

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

Plug-in vehicles would combine today’s new electric-flex fuel (gas and/or biofuels such as ethanol) hybrid technology with a larger battery that could be recharged by plugging it into a standard wall sockets. imports about 60 percent of its oil—most of which is used in the transportation sector.

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Los Angeles Raleigh Austin Plug-in 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Viewers of “ Who Killed The Electric Car? &# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. California offers a $5,000 rebate through the state Air Resources Board, which reduces the price to $20,280.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The Sonata Plug-in Hybrid will be distributed in California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, but customers in any of the other states can custom order the vehicle at their local Hyundai dealer. km), and it can recharge in less than three hours with a level-two charger.

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