Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

General Motors is to team up with SAIC Motor Corporation to work on a number of core areas of its business including the development of new energy vehicles. Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors China GM new energy vehicles Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre SAIC SAIC Motor Corporation.

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APRIL 9, 2024

The Petroleum Equivalency Factor (PEF) is used by the EPA to assess automakers’ compliance with the DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Savvy consumers are familiar with MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent) figures, which are designed to inform car buyers about the relative efficiency of different EV models.

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JULY 20, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation delivered 15 Volvo C30 Electric cars ( earlier post ) to the Shanghai International Automotive City Group (SIAC) for its open road test-drive project EV100 Days. Separately, the C30 Electric was also awarded “Green Car of the Year” in China at the 4 th China New Energy Mobility Summit.

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MARCH 28, 2018

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the sample shipment of the industry’s first on-chip flash memory microcontroller (MCU) using a 28 nanometer (nm) process technology. Key features of the new RH850/E2x MCU Series include: High processing performance to enable complex automotive control for green cars.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Dubai is known as one of the most forward-thinking cities in the world, so it’s no surprise that it has been quick to embrace the green car movement. Now, the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation has taken the decision to introduce gas powered taxi and bus fleets.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

Efforts to turn motor racing green are continuing at a rapid pace through innovations in Formula 1, the Michelin Green X Challenge at the American Le Mans and now it is NASCAR’s turn to join the green car race. So why has it suddenly embraced hybrid cars?

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MARCH 24, 2011

The survey follows the UN’s Global Compact , which in turn is founded on ten principles that relate to corporate responsibility. Volvo Cars tackles its sustainability responsibilities on a broad front and the core of the company’s approach is its range of green cars.

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APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ In the USA rapidly rising Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards [ 28 ] for vehicle model years through 2025 may stimulate more production of PHEVLERs and BEVs. [ About the authors.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We finish off the week with a look at where Tesla Motors can legally sell cars directly to customers, examine how dropping gas prices could impact impending Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) rules, and the Lit Motors C-1 electric motorcycle goes for a test run in a new video. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Alternative fuel technologies have been embraced in Seattle, after the city was awarded a $1.4million grant from the US Department of Energy to enhance its fleet of green vehicles. Seattle also signed an agreement to be one of the first markets to introduce the Nissan LEAF back in April.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 16, 2010

Lear Corporation, an automotive supplier, is expecting rapid growth for hybrid and electric vehicles. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news automotive suppliers electric vehicle growth electric vehicle systems electric vehicles Global Centre for Excellence Lear Corporation Southfield. To match its [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Corporately-aligned carmakers Nissan and Renault together pass.' As we head into a holiday weekend here in the U.S.,

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2018

China aims to bring a new boutique electric car to the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Sergio Marchionne, who made his name as a plainspoken corporate turnaround artist, died following. We review fuel-economy numbers in the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 4, 2009

A fleet of eight diesel smart cars is destined to prove ‘the business’ for Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, which has just taken delivery of one of the UK’s first corporate orders for the new fortwo cdi model. As the world’s most efficient fossil-fuelled production car, the model returns a staggering 85.6

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2016

Today, we take a spin in the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage GT, explain Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, and look at future electric cars from Mercedes-Benz. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Today, Consumers Union busts myths about Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, an MIT study indicates electric-car range anxiety is overblown, and a BMW i3 REx owner assesses the pros and cons of the extended-range electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Check out.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The commitment to the creation of green cars isn’t limited to reducing exhaust emissions – it also applies to the materials used within our cars, as emphasised by the latest development from Mitsubishi.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 20, 2016

mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard for 2025 won't be met, and get a rundown of groups investigating Tesla Autopilot crashes. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy. Today, read why Volkswagen won't bring its TDI diesel models back to the U.S.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2009

Big guns in the US auto industry like General Motors and Chrysler may still be reeling from the credit crunch, but upstart electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors has achieved overall corporate profitability in July. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Tesla Motors Tesla Tesla Motors profitability.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2010

Shandong Electric Power corporation is building a 23-million yuan (US$3.37 million) charging station in Linyi City that is capable of charging 45 cars at a time. Shandong is one of China’s biggest auto producing provinces and has been developing electric cars since 2004. “How

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

We’ve already begun the repair process with customer cars, and it’s not a part-dependent process,” said Gerry Spahn, Rolls-Royce head of corporate communications for North America, to Green Car Reports. It estimates that 90% of the recalled models have the flaw.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2016

Today, Tesla launches longer-range 100D versions of the Model S and Model X, a vehicle that could be Faraday Future's first production electric car appears in Los Angeles, and automakers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scuffle over Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2016

Today, General Motors says it will ship the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car to dealers before the end of this year, a battle brews over Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, and Volkswagen diesel owners express dissatisfaction with the proposed settlement. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2016

Today, an auto-industry lobbying group takes aim at Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, a new study argues that more electric cars will be needed to meet stricter fuel-economy standards, and fracking advocates use social media to target Millennials. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Honda might have issue with the term “smog-spewing,” as it noted to Green Car Reports that when it began its sponsorship of Autopia in 2016 it replaced existing engines at the attraction with more efficient Honda iGX270 engines.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 24, 2010

Think green and the last vehicle you’re likely to picture is a refuse truck – not only do they tend to be big, ugly and smelly, but they are renowned gas guzzlers too. However, now the vehicles that take away our trash may be about to undergo a green makeover with diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Tags: Green cars Green credentials Latest news Bio Energy Research Centre coal to ethanol ethanol Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation LanzaTech.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Geely Holdings and Kandi Technology Corporation have created a framework of cooperation which will see the two companies work together in a new joint venture company involved in the research and development, production, investment, and marketing of electric vehicles. —Li Shufu, Geely chairman.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2015

mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) target for 2025, and why electric-car loving Washington state gets so few models. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Washington state loves electric cars, but it doesn't get as many models as California. Find out why.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2013

Not the first name you think of when it comes to environmental efforts, but German brand Audi has released its first Corporate Responsibility report to show its commitment to minimising its impact. Joining the huge array of carmakers who already flaunt their environmental credentials, Audi''s first[.]. Latest News'

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Nissan’s fully electric van – the e-NV200 – has completed a week long trial with the City of London Corporation. The zero emission LCV received glowing comments from drivers at City of London Corporation – the local authority services provider for the capital’s ‘Square Mile’ – which is looking to r[.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2011

Some of the biggest corporate names in the world have joined the National Clean Fleet Partnership that helps large companies reduce diesel and petrol use in their fleets by incorporating electric vehicles, alternative fuels and other fuel saving measures.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The UK’s first and only green car hire company has now opened a new office in the centre of Leicester. Green Motion has completely refurbished the former St Nicholas Circle petrol site which had laid in disrepair for eight years adjacent to the Holiday Inn Hotel. Tags: Green cars GreenMotion.co.uk Latest news.

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2013

Think electric cars and Japan and your thoughts might turn to the Nissan LEAF, the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid or maybe the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. However, there is a new addition to this impressive line-up of electric cars from the land of the rising sun. The SIM-Drive Corporation has revealed its lat[.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2010

Good news for plug-in hybrid vehicle fans – Suzuki Motor Corporation has received type approval for its newly developed Swift Plug-in Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 5, 2014

The French carmaker has teamed with Visteon Corporation with the latter due to present a connected cockpit electronics[.]. Latest News Green cars Renault'

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The X Prize winners are Edison2 of Lynchburg, Virginia; X-Tracer of Winterthur, Switzerland; and Li-ion Motors Corporation of Mooresville, North Carolina. Tags: Green cars Latest news E85 Edison2 Li-ion Motors Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Very Light Car X prize X-Tracer.

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