Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2014
A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2013
The site is on the campus of the University of California, Davis; the building process will be documented and shared through the Honda Smart Home US website. Separately, Ford Motor Company and KB Home announced that products from the Ford-led initiative MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) will be featured in the homebuilder’s ZeroHouse 2.0
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
continued] The post Plug-in Hybrids: Are They Really A Solution To Reducing Emissions? It’s immediately clear how fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help reduce emissions; eliminating gasoline and tailpipes in favor of increasingly. appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2014
The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Automakers and V2G. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 17, 2009
Using a micro-hybrid system featuring carbon/carbon ultracapacitor units as energy storage can result in significant increases in fuel economy over a baseline conventional vehicle, according to a study by Dr. Andrew Burke at UC Davis. All the simulations used powertrains in the same mid-sized vehicle.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2015
A team of engineers from GM Powertrain, Ford and FCA have published a detailed review of how to estimate the engine efficiency benefits of higher octane fuel—e.g., fuel with higher ethanol content—for part- and full-load operation for different engine types and fuel assumptions. Compression ratio is thus limited to avoid knock.
Plug In Partners
MAY 16, 2006
photo by George Lange L ast week, Bill Ford made an announcement at his Stockholder meeting. Pressed by activists to take steps to improve the efficiency of Ford's vehicle line-up, Bill Ford Jr, great-grandson of Henry Ford, said the carmaker was considering launching a plug-in hybrid , a potential industry first.
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