Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Ltd unveiled three hybrid motorcycles at the Dealer Expo 2009, 13-16 February, in Indianapolis, IN. The computerized control puts the motorcycle on pure-electric drive at low speed, and switches to the gasoline engine at high speed while recharging the batteries. The models will be sold under the co-brand of Angell and ABAT USA.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Not all were, of course, as there is still plenty of interest around gasoline-propelled cars, SUVs and trucks. Back and better in the USA. A big difference in the last generation 500e and the new model is the 2024 is built on a dedicated EV platform, not merely a battery and motor dropped into the gasoline version.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

As COVID-19 didn’t spread to the USA as early as these markets, quarantine only came into force in specific parts of the country during March. However, unlike China, the recovery for Europe is likely to be U-shaped rather than V-shaped.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Audi A3 Sportback g‑tron with 81 kW (110 hp) of power is currently available from dealers. Audi is also conducting joint research on the synthetic manufacture of Audi e‑gasoline with the French company Global Bioenergies S.A. In another project, Audi is working together with the USA-based company Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc.,

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

In addition to its three four-cylinder gasoline engines (2.0-liter liter 150-horsepower (112 kW) EA288 TDI Clean Diesel engine offered in the 2015 Jetta already conforms to the upcoming LEV3/Tier 3 emissions standard ( earlier post ) in the USA. Click to enlarge. liter naturally aspirated and 1.8T liter diesel ( earlier post ).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 31, 2024

Just your daily driver with no tailpipe The bottom line: If you are shopping to replace your current gasoline-powered SUV there is no reason for not visiting your Chevrolet dealer to seriously consider the Equinox EV. The Equinox EV does everything a gasoline-powered car can do, but smoother, quieter and more economically.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Average monthly price of gasoline (all grades) is in green. During December 2008, which marked the nadir of the current price swing in gasoline with an average $1.687 per gallon (all grades), the new vehicle passenger car share had dropped to 47.3%. Monthly new vehicle share for cars and trucks. Click to enlarge. to 52,205 units.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

With average gasoline prices (all grades) remaining down from their highs in mid-2008, light trucks continued to outsell cars in January 2009. Driven by an 80% reduction in fleet sales, GM dealers in the United States delivered 128,198 light-duty vehicles in January, down 48.9% Year-on-year sales of passenger cars dropped 36.3%

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For years, the RAV4 2-row crossover has been a top-selling model each month in the USA. Due to “unforeseen battery supply constraints,” fewer than expected RAV4 Primes have gotten to the USA. Your annual Prime fuel cost for electricity and gasoline will be approximately $750. • Low maintenance costs.

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Miles PHEV Toyota Range 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Availability begins in Spring 2014 at several Southern California Hyundai dealers. As Equus owners have enjoyed since its introduction in 2010, should a Tucson Fuel Cell require any service, a Hyundai dealer will pick up the vehicle and provide a loaner, then return their car after service to their home or business, at no charge.

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Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

There's even some speculation at least one of them could be stamped " Made in the USA." Japan's third-largest automaker is considering the move as consumers are increasingly switching to fuel-efficient cars due to high gasoline prices, spokesman Mitsuru Yonekawa said, declining to give further details.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

The Hythane OptiBlend components will remain Hythane-branded, and certain Cummins distributors will become certified Hythane service and warranty dealers, allowing Cummins to be the single point of contact for the rig owner. When required, the system allows the engine to run on 100% diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

And the first plug-in cars mass-produced in the USA in a century will go on sale this fall. Pioneering companies now have designs to turn gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles into all-electrics or plug-in hybrids, depending on how they’re built and the range their drivers need. Meanwhile, we all still need to drive all the time.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

seconds – just as quickly as a gasoline model which it initially leaves behind it. This is less than the price of two liters of gasoline. Some of the models will also go to cities in the USA. A 30 kW electric motor is fitted at the rear and offers 120 N·m of torque.

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Production Gasoline-Electric Electric Electrical 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The early interest in the Prius v has drawn strong traffic to dealers, with some of those new Prius buyers liking the v but actually deciding that the Liftback fit their needs best. This shortens the time until the gasoline engine can stop and also improves heater performance, reducing time to warm air by 1 minute. Click to enlarge.

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EV Adoption

JUNE 12, 2022

At the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) conference in March, I spoke with a Nissan dealer from Fairbanks, Alaska who mentioned that many residents there do not have garages and that EVs and even regular hybrids were a huge challenge due to the extreme cold winters. Image Source: Volvo USA.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

During the past couple of years the American driving public has witnessed how dependent they are of gasoline, and vulnerable to rapidly increasing energy prices. In the USA, users can recharge a battery that has been completely drained within a very short period of time using a wallbox that will ship with every MINI E. MINI in the US.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Establishing dealer network. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. No announced plans. Detroit News ).

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EV Adoption

MARCH 31, 2021

Volkswagen USA name change to Voltswagen is an April Fools’ joke afterall – At first I and most folks on social media thought the news that Volkswagen USA would change its name to Voltswagen was a brilliant April Fools joke. 4 that will be arriving at dealers soon. – March 30, via CleanTechnica.

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