Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. Some previous Prius plug-in conversion kits allowed motorists to go as fast as 52 miles per hour using a “forced stealth” mode.

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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. of new vehicle sales for the month, with 25,693 units reported sold. Toyota’s Prius topped the May sales rankings with 10,915 units. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Whoever thought the only certainties in life were death and taxes clearly hasn’t paid attention to the sales charts in Japan lately. Once again, the Toyota Prius has found itself at the top of the charts – in September it posted 31,758 units, representing an increase of 341 per cent compared to the same month in the previous year.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Success doesn’t come much more resounding than this – one out of every 10 new cars sold in Japan during November was a Toyota Prius. The vehicle maintained its top spot in Japan new passenger car sales for the seventh month in a row, posting 26,815 units according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

Key developments in the transportation sector that they note include: Positive for gasoline demand: Strong Chinese car growth in 2010, particularly in the first half of the year, with vehicle sales up 30% year-on-year (YoY) through the first eleven months of 2010. In the US hybrids fell from about 3% of total sales in 2008-09 to 2.2%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2011

Mazda began taking pre-orders for the facelifted Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) at all Mazda, Mazda Anfini and Mazda Autozam dealers throughout Japan; the sales launch is scheduled for 30 June. By comparison, the Prius S model is rated at 35.5 Starting price (including taxes) for the SKYACTIV-G 1.3

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

January 1, 2023, kicked off a fresh start of new tax credits for vehicles, both new and used. Since then, much of the dust has settled on the Capitol as it continues to implement qualifying terms for tax credits , continuously shifting what used EVs do and do not qualify. Here’s the latest list. Here’s how it works.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Toyota’s ground-breaking SUV reached a 10M global sales landmark in February of 2020. Motortrend.com reviewer Kelly Lin: “Toyota’s biggest strength is its hybrid technology, and in our SUV-obsessed market, the RAV4 Hybrid has overtaken the Prius as the best-selling hybrid in the brand’s lineup.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

2024 Nissan Sakura EV – Tokyo In scaling up EV sales, is smaller still better? The Biden administration has set a high bar for the generous tax credits created by the Inflation Recovery Act (IRA) to help spur large-scale production of hydrogen, starting with regional hydrogen hubs. As we lead up to a winner on Jan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

2014 Toyota Plug-in Prius (6-11 mi/11-20 km); total range = 540 mi/1001 km). Consumers have traditionally relied on dealers to provide vehicle information; however, in spite of education efforts by some manufacturers, dealer knowledge of PEVs has been uneven and often insufficient to address consumer questions and concerns.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

This is before the $7,500 federal tax credit. will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. Dealers excited. The first Japan-built car goes on sale in the United States and Japan next year to fleet customers such as corporations and local governments.

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EV Adoption

AUGUST 4, 2022

Additionally, the IRA could actually receive enough votes to pass, but not without potentially several significant changes — including to some of the EV tax credit requirements. That is a very good thing, but tying this requirement to a consumer-facing tax credit that results in few or zero EVs qualifying, is probably not the best approach.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

These are all dates that various automakers, electric vehicle organizations, and states have declared when they want to ban the sale of or end their production of vehicles powered by an internal combustion engine. Five Core Challenges Holding EV Sales Back in the US. Chart: EVAdoption / Loren McDonald. It’s the batteries stupid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Establishing dealer network. Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Perhaps the mostly likely is the requirement for EVs to be assembled in the US in a union factory to qualify for an additional $4,500 tax credit. Tax Credit Becomes Refundable. More on this below.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# The high cost of manufacturing the Volt is exactly why the tax credits of $2500 for a vehicle with 4 kWh of battery capacity and $417 for every kWh over 4 (so that there is a $7500 credit for the Volt) were legislated. and Chrysler.

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