Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

It''s clear Toyota considers this a vehicle every bit as seminal as its very first Prius hybrid of 1997. The Prius comparisons came regularly during a day of presentations yesterday, and then again this morning during a one-hour test drive of the new.'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

By comparison, Fuel Economy is the top priority for Volt, LEAF and Prius Plug-In owners (97%, 94% and 98%, respectively). While the field of electric vehicles (EVs) has grown with the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf and the Toyota Prius Plug-In, Tesla buyers display unique differences.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

Hybrids represented 12% of new light-duty vehicle sales—excluding minicars—in Japan in May, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. With a total of 21,601 units sold, this was the first time that the monthly new vehicle share of hybrids topped 10%. By comparison, in the US hybrids represented 2.8%

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Teslarati

JULY 4, 2022

As recently corroborated by the veteran Japanese carmaker, it has already crossed the 200,000-unit cap for the United States’ $7,500 tax credit for hybrid and all-electric vehicles. The milestone was initially reported by Bloomberg , though the publication’s estimates were reportedly corroborated by Toyota later.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) power products, won a 2016 R&D 100 Award for its high-temperature, wide-bandgap (WBG) underhood inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles. The product operates by taking a two-level high and low input DC voltage (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Reported US sales of hybrids. Reported US sales of hybrids rose 21% year-on-year by volume in November 2009 to 20,003 units. Reported hybrid sales thus represented a 2.7% Reported hybrid sales thus represented a 2.7% For the first 11 months of 2009, hybrids have held a 2.8% Hybrid share of new vehicle sales.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

Hybrids and EVs can cost you less. They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. Average Monthly Costs of Hybrid, Electric, and Gas-Powered Cars. How Hybrid Vehicles Save You Money.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2011

By comparison, the Prius S model is rated at 35.5 is ¥1,400,000 (US$17,430); starting price for the Prius S is ¥2,200,000 (US$27,400). Mazda is hoping that the Demio’s lower price point will give it some traction in the market against hybrids. SKYACTIV-13 Prius S. km/L (84 mpg US, 2.8 72 mpg US, 3.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE. liter V6 with D-4S Fuel Injection, both of which are paired to a new eight-speed Direct-Shift automatic transmission (8AT); and a next-generation Toyota Hybrid System (THS II). inches, respectively, in comparison to the longer stroke of the Camry’s new 2.5-liter Toyota Hybrid System.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Reported hybrid sales by month. Reported sales of hybrids in September dropped 4.1% Reported sales do not include sales of the Mercedes S400 hybrid, which went onsale in the US late in August.) Compared to August results (38,701 units), however, hybrid sales dropped 48.4%. Hybrid new vehicle market share by month.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed an automated pulse-and-glide technique using a flywheel energy storage system for on-road vehicles; the technology, which NASA Glenn says can improve fuel economy over existing internal combustion or battery hybrid systems by 40-100%, is available for licensing. and Lohse-Busch, H.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Reported US sales of hybrids. Reported US sales of hybrids in October 2009 rose 11.4% All comparisons here are by total volume, not by daily selling rate. Reported hybrid sales include those from Toyota, Ford, Honda, GM and Nissan; Mercedes-Benz is not breaking out sales of its new S400 Hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Houston already has the third-largest municipal hybrid fleet in the country. Its efforts to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) into its fleet began in 2002 with an initial purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), mainly the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Toyota is best known for the Prius hybrid, after all. In comparison, VW sold over 394,000 EVs last year. Carlucci also hinted at an electric Yaris replacement in the future. Electrek’s Take It’s interesting to see Toyota backing away from smaller, low-cost EVs. But, these are not expected to launch until 2026, at the earliest.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Market share of reported hybrid sales in the US. Buoyed by the extension of the US Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program, as well as the availability of more hybrid models on the market, reported sales of hybrids in the US jumped 48.6% Reported hybrid sales represented 3.07% of new vehicle sales in August. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

A team at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) led by Dr. Jeremy Michalek has investigated the implications of regional and drive cycle variations on the degradation of a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) battery. a) Capacity Fade in Phoenix, comparison of air cooling vs no cooling for two drive cycles. (b) 2016.10.104.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

As one point of comparison, the permanent magnet motor in the 2011 Nissan LEAF was rated at 80 kW from a 58 kg motor, for a SP of 1.38 Currently, most of the major vehicle manufacturers are using permanent magnet motors in their hybrids and EVs (e.g., Source: BMW patent application Nº 2012/0267977. Click to enlarge. Background.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Top: Reported sales of US hybrids in 2009 resulted in a 2.8% Bottom left: relative new vehicle share of hybrid and non-hybrid vehicles. Bottom right: Unit sales of hybrid and non-hybrid vehicles. Monthly reported hybrid sales. Toyota reported December sales of sales of 17,964 hybrid vehicles, up 47.2%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. All comparisons are by volume. Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). Monthly sales of hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid. Toyota introduced the production Prius Plug-in Hybrid at the Green Drive Expo in Richmond, CA, as the newest member of the expanding Prius Family. With a starting base price of $32,000 (before rebates), the production Prius Plug-in features a 4.4 The hybrid system includes the 1.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

As a few points of comparison, the Bosch INVCON 2.3 inverter used in the Fiat 500e has a volume of about 5 liters, while the motor inverter used in the 2010 Prius drivetrain has a volume of about 5.4L (according to a DOE deconstruction.) The peak power density of the 2010 Prius motor inverter is 11.1 Power Electronics'

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MAY 4, 2016

Livery fleets have changed significantly in the past decade, with many city fleets now featuring large numbers of hybrid and alternatively fueled vehicles. The researchers used the West LA data as a baseline for comparison with the high-mileage fleet measurements. In their study, Bishop et al. Credit: ACS, Bishop et al.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

We took to the road to report on most of the new EVs hitting the market, as well as plug-in hybrids, fuel cell electric vehicles, hybrids and the best of the legacy internal combustion engine models. Contributor Keith Turner took his video camera along to do his own comparison of some of six of the hottest EVs on the market.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The Mirai uses the Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), which features both fuel cell technology and hybrid technology, and includes proprietary Toyota-developed components including the fuel cell (FC) Stack, FC boost converter, and high-pressure hydrogen tanks. Like the Prius, Toyota designed the Mirai to be immediately recognizable.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The new transaxle in the Prius c features a new cooling system; overall this new hybrid unit with its 2 motor system is now approaching the same weight as single motor competitive systems and is maintaining a competitive size profile, according to Toyota. The Prius Family will have a big hand in defining Toyota’s future.

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EV Adoption

JANUARY 22, 2022

Only available in the US beginning in March of 2021, the hot-selling Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was apparently the top-selling PHEV in the US last year. Rick Deneau, Stellantis. So, we do know the sales numbers for most of the top-selling EVs and a strong sense of the two top-selling Tesla models.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

Regionally specific lifecycle CO 2 emissions per mile traveled for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the US can vary widely based on grid emission factors (i.e., Under some conditions, the battery electric Nissan LEAF can produce higher emissions than a Toyota Prius hybrid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. 2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

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MARCH 4, 2010

As a comparison, the 2010 Prius delivers 51 mpg US (4.6 The TSCi system would add about $1,500 to the cost of the vehicle, Rocke said, compared to about a $4,000 delta for a current full hybrid solution. Transonic’s testing on a mid-size vehicle on a chassis dynamometer resulted in EPA highway fuel economy of 64 mpg (3.7

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EV Info

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Look at the year on year comparisons. It has long been a lover of Hybrids with the wildly successful Prius. More recently the company has pushed no plug in Hybrids or in Toyota speak “self charging” and Hydrogen. Of course some of these are against specific customer orders but many aren’t.

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MARCH 21, 2013

Drive5: this app makes feedback available to any driver, anywhere, and is based on 5 key metrics: real-time MPG, social energy feedback, route comparisons, journey average MPG and an overall performance score. 2012 Toyota Prius model) that can accurately predict fuel economy when fed a drive cycle.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

According to a new technology briefing paper on hybrid system technologies by John German at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the costs of full-function hybrid systems are likely to drop to half the cost of their 2010 counterparts before 2025. Historical and projected hybrid system direct manufacturing cost.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. CPI is initially focusing on battery systems for what Patil calls xEVs—the range of electrified vehicles from simple hybrids through full electric vehicles—“ so we don’t stretch ourselves too thin. ” Prabhakar Patil.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

Coalition Turns On to 'Plug-In Hybrids' Utilities, Localities, DaimlerChrysler Give Traction to Professor's Drive For High Mileage By JOHN J. He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. Hybrid automobiles work with two engines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

General Motors 2MT70 FWD two-mode hybrid transaxle, as seen from. GM Developing Additional Full Hybrid System for Smaller Vehicles. To address that, GM is developing a third full hybrid system targeted at those applications, said Larry Nitz, GM Executive Director of Hybrid Powertrains, during an interview at SAE 2009 World Congress.

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