EV Central

MARCH 20, 2024

The American Silverado EV has a start price of US$74,800 ($113,000), making it far pricier than a Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning. litre turbo-diesel V8, fuel economy in the teens per 100km and lots of CO2 emissions. Then there’s the cost of converting it to right-hand-drive for our market. Trucks included.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 23, 2011

We probably think that Santa has one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable methods of transport for Christmas, but not according to Ford.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2012

Ford is set to introduce no less than an impressive 15 new models with class-leading efficiency levels this year. Using its range of EcoBoost petrol engines, TDCi diesel engines and low CO2 ECOnetic Technologies, Ford is to lead an assault on excessive CO2 with its new range of Focus, C-Max, Grand C-Max, B-Max and Transit [.].

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Push EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. PHEV’s relatively low share was not due to their fall in volume, rather that the volume of BEVs and petrol vehicles were much higher than usual. Petrol vehicle volumes were 4x to 5x recent seasonal norms. The first is a weight tax of 12.5

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

In the Darwin to Adelaide run, the petrol driven Alto managed to complete the journey at an average consumption of 72mpg overall, an 18.5 Alto won the ‘Light’ and ‘Small’ car categories; ‘best urban cycle’ category and an overall CO2 emission of 89.9g/km, Tags: Suzuki Alto diesel fuel efficiency Green Car Challenge petrol.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

The Australian arm of Ford is set to make a significant investment into improving the fuel efficiency and environmental impact of its vehicles. four cylinder EcoBoost engine in a rear-wheel drive vehicle - the Ford Falcon, starting from 2011.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Question: Can you tell explain Ford’s strategy for introducing greener cars? Answer: Ford’s broad general direction is less and less CO2 emissions, with the ultimate goal of zero emission vehicles. However at Ford we see three clear stages to achieve this. The first stage is where we’re at right now.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. Rick Quinn, senior manager for advanced engineering. The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Fiat has the lowest average CO2 emissions figure on all cars sold in Europe the latest figures show. g/km), Ford (140.4 g/km in CO2 emissions, were sold in Europe, a figure more than 13 g/km less than the brand’s already recording-breaking average. Tags: Fiat CO2 emissions leader. g/km), Peugeot (134.5 g/km), Opel (149.5

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2010

While Toyota welcomes Vince Cable to mark the start of Auris hybrid production today, Ford welcomes a visit from the Prince of Wales to its Bridgend plant where it produces its low CO2 1.6 litre EcoBoost petrol engines. Tags: Ford 30th birthday Bridgend Charles ecoboost engines Prince of Wales.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Ford’s new low emission 1.0L EcoBoost engine is now available in the Focus. The guys behind the Blue Oval claim that the three-cylinder petrol engine – which will also appear in the B-MAX and C-MAX later in the year – will help slash the Focus’s CO2 emissions to 109g/km whilst still delivering performance and refinement [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The Sealion 6 is the first ICE -powered and CO2-emitting vehicle to be sold by the Chinese brand in Australia and is expected to be its top seller. China’s plug-in hybrid ute set to maul the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux – and it’s coming to Australia! litre four-cylinder petrol engine. litre four-cylinder petrol engine.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

With the revision of its Corsa range, the Vauxhall hopes the supermini will sell more sub-125g CO2 cars than any other model range in the UK. The British brand will have to take on the might of Ford and the best selling car of 2009 so far- the Fiesta to achieve its ambitious goal. The Corsa’s 85PS 1.2-litre

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2009

A new project has set the ambitious goal of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30-40 per cent. Known as the HyBoost project, this two-year research programme announced recently by the Technology Strategy Board, aims to demonstrate a cost-effective, ultra-efficient petrol engine in a C-segment passenger car.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Here we offer our pick of the top 10 green cars at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show: Ford Focus EcoNetic – With its start/stop engine technology, the Ford Focus EcoNetic promises to break the 100g/km carbon dioxide (CO2) threshold with emissions of just 99g/km. It is set to debut in 2013.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

According to Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute, both the unemployment rate and the cost of petrol influenced buyers’ decisions with regards to the fuel economy of their vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2009

It is certainly the smallest and arguably the most beautifully formed Audi ever, as the manufacturer attempts to introduce a car to rival the top-end versions of the Ford Ka and Fiat 500. This will leave carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions below 100g/km and the Audi won’t cost a penny under existing road tax rules.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

However, unlike most other manufacturers, Mercedes has decided to tweak its petrol-powered cars, rather than its diesels. This new BlueEfficiency model has been tweaked by Mercedes engineers to return better fuel economy and emit less carbon dioxide – but not by a huge amount.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Mainstream brands like Honda, GM, Volvo, VW Group, Ford (Europe) have committed to going all EV, and recently Toyota announced a strong move in this direction also. Further, in 2020, the Australian car industry signed up to a new voluntary agreement to reduce vehicle CO2 emissions between 2021 and 2030. Vans: 147 g CO2/km.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2009

The majority of the vehicles to take part are electric, with a small number being plug-in petrol/electric hybrids and hydrogen cars. All the cars taking part in the trial emit less than 50g CO2 per km. The trails will take place in London and four locations around the UK - Birmingham, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Oxford.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

As the brainchild of Hugo Spowers, a former motorsport engineer and racing driver, Riversimple was formed in 1999 after Spowers left the glittering world of racing when he become concerned for the environmental impact of his chosen industry. There are technical hurdles still to overcome if you want a Ferrari, but not for a Ford Focus.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The Climate Change Commission has recommended setting a time limit on light vehicles with internal combustion engines entering, being manufactured, or assembled in Aotearoa as early as 2030. We would recommend signalling a phase-out date for new petrol vehicles between 2030 and 2032, and confirming that in law in 2024/2025.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

“We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. But after interviewing Ford’s Nancy Gioia at the recent Detroit Auto show, I’m now unsure of both the timescales involved, or how much the power and auto companies are behind it as a fundamental concept. — AH2 14.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break.

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