Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'Cadillac has greatly enhanced the performance of its ELR extended range electric vehicle (plug-in hybrid) ( earlier post ) for the 2016 model year, and is also cutting the MSRP by $9,005, bringing the starting price down to $58,495 net after the $7,500 US federal tax credit (MSRP = $65,995). MSRP for MY2014 was $75,000, with a net price of $67,500 after the Federal credit.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'Last week, the new base version of the Tesla Model S, known as the 70D, hit the electric-car world like a thunderclap. No early-warning publicity, no teasing tweet from Elon. Just the sudden appearance on the Tesla website configurator of the new model--with dual motors, all-wheel drive, a 70-kWh battery that gives it an EPA range of 240 miles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'Volvo Cars will introduce the production version of the S60L T6 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid sedan at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show; the plug-in sedan first made its appearance as a concept car at the Beijing auto show in 2014. ( Earlier post.) Sales of the S60L T6 Twin Engine begin next week in China. The new S60L Twin Engine is manufactured in Volvo Cars’ Chengdu Plant.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'The specifications of the updated 2016 Cadillac ELR range-extended electric car were released this morning, and one big question has been answered. The luxury coupe will not use the revised Voltec powertrain that propels the new second-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt on sale later this year. But it boasts better performance, slightly higher.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'As part of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) collaborative project Visio.M ( earlier post , earlier post ), scientists of the TU München have developed an energy efficient solution for passenger climate control in EVs. The researchers are presenting the results of their work, as implemented in the Visio.M prototype vehicle, in the German government stand at the Hannover Messe.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'Hybrid models are a very significant part of the lineup for both the luxury brand Lexus and its mainstream counterpart (and parent company) Toyota. Hybrids accounted for about 16 percent of the brands’ U.S. sales, while they encompass nearly 70 percent of the U.S. hybrid market and about 85 percent of the luxury hybrid market. While Lexus.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'Automakers and their dealers know that when a vehicle is updated, redesigned, or discontinued, the last lagging examples of the old model may sit on lots for months, perhaps even years. So it appears to be with the Honda Insight, the subcompact mild hybrid hatchback that the company discontinued after the 2014 model year. DON''T MISS: Honda Ends 3.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'Pearson Fuels of San Diego, CA and G&M Oil Company of Huntington Beach, CA will open 13 E85 fueling sites in Southern California in San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties. There are approximately 1 million vehicles on the road in California that are capable of using blends of ethanol as high as 85%, the partners said. We are very proud to make this announcement.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'If you follow our coverage on fuel efficiency, you know that real-world mileage numbers don''t always measure up to the official EPA ratings. But if you think failing to meet those EPA numbers by five or ten percent is already a letdown, be very careful about your cargo-carrying expectations in your next sedan, hatchback, or crossover. Adding any.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'Toyota is embarking on a multi-year plan to realign its manufacturing operations in North America in support of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) ( earlier post ), a comprehensive approach to achieving sustainable growth by making ever-better vehicles more efficiently. Toyota also announced an expansion of its joint venture plant, Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'Ten years ago, startup lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems was the darling of business media, poised to enter the big leagues of electric cars after successfully selling its cells to power-tool makers. Then came the Fisker Karma, U.S. government grants, a factory in Michigan, the economic meltdown, quality-control problems, and ultimately.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'XL Hybrids, Inc. announced another win for its retrofitted vehicle electrification system, with the successful installation of the XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System in the fleet of Watkins Heating & Cooling, a family-owned and operated HVAC service company headquartered in Springboro, Ohio. Watkins will convert four more General Motors vans this year using XL Hybrids’ technology and plans to replace its entire 15-vehicle fleet with hybrids in the coming years.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2015

'We''ve now driven the newest Tesla, and reported on a pair of price cuts on plug-in cars from General Motors. And then we tell you about the least popular car on sale in the U.S. All this and more today on Green Car Reports. Our biggest story is a drive report by our Tesla-owning reporter David Noland on the 2015 Tesla Model S 70D, the new base.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'Researchers at The University of Manchester, Imperial College London and University of Turku have made an advance toward the renewable biosynthesis of propane with the creation of a new synthetic pathway in E. coli , based on a fermentative butanol pathway. An open access paper on the work is published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels. In 2014, members of the team from Imperial College and the University of Turku had devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

'by James Stafford for Oilprice.com. Globally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. For the North American shale boom, the lack of water is suffocating. Amid this doom and gloom, a water revolution is emerging, led by energy industry figures who realized the endless potential of tapping into new water sources and processing them with advanced desali

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