Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

'XXXXX Click to enlarge. 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. A fundamental problem appears to be divergent expectations regarding the level of support buyers receive from dealerships.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2014

'Toyota''s hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle doesn''t go on sale until late next year, but there''s at least one way to get a chance of getting one when it does. The carmaker will give away one of the hydrogen cars--for now known only as the "Fuel Cell Sedan"--to an individual customer. While charity car giveaways are by no means uncommon, this is the first.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

'In 2015, Berlin transport operator BVG (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe) will begin testing of a complete downtown line with Solaris electric buses equipped with on-board power supply equipment from Vossloh Kiepe and the PRIMOVE inductive charging system from Bombardier. A similar bus went into service in the city of Braunschweig in April of this year. ( Earlier post.).

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