Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that global sales of electric drive and electric-assisted medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles (MHDV, Classes 3 to 8) will grow from less than 16,000 in 2014 to nearly 160,000 in 2023, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.3%. Powertrain type included in the report are hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and battery electric.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Toyota''s public attack on electric cars shows no signs of letting up. Its first sallies were two ads from its Lexus luxury brand slamming electric cars for range anxiety. Now, a Toyota executive has all but sneered at Tesla Motors for putting "all its eggs in one basket" by making only battery-electric cars. DON''T MISS: Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Ad.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Ryder System’s fleet of natural gas vehicles has surpassed 30 million miles. The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving customers in California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana, as well as in Canada. Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel fuel with lower emission domestically produced natural gas.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Kansas City, Missouri, will become the latest municipality to gain an electric-car charging infrastructure this year. A local utility company is leading the effort to build a comprehensive network of charging sites for drivers of plug-in vehicles. DON''T MISS: BMW, VW, And ChargePoint To Build 100 CCS Fast-Charging Sites For Electric Cars Over the.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'1.3 CDTI four-cylinder only uses 3.1 l/100 km. Click to enlarge. Opel’s new Corsa three-door equipped with 70 kW/95 hp 1.3 CDTI ecoFlex diesel with Start/Stop technology fitted as standard, braking energy recuperation and low-rolling-resistance tires combined with the new Easytronic 3.0 transmission can reduce CO 2 emissions to 82 grams per kilometer.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'One of the biggest concerns among electric-car advocates is GM''s ability to create and sustain a smart, coherent, clever, and explanatory marketing campaign for its new 2016 Chevrolet Volt. The plug-in hybrid with a 50-mile range will arrive on the market in the second half of this year, but Chevy just released its first commercial for the car on.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'One of the notable features of last year''s electric-car sales was the strong, and so far sustained, sales of the radical new BMW i3 electric car. The little plastic-bodied battery-electric vehicle from Munich, with its odd coach doors and its rear electric motor, sold more than 1,000 cars a month in four of the eight months last year it was on.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Mercedes-Benz is reorganizing its SUV production and will expand production capacities in the USA. The US contract manufacturer AM General will join the production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars, producing the R-Class in South Bend, Indiana, in the future. Production capacities at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant (Mercedes-Benz US International – MBUSI), which will be gradually be released in this process, will then be used for the M-Class, the GL-Class and the new GLE Coupé due in summer.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'General Motors is recalling certain 2011 through 2014 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric cars, but only as a matter of "customer satisfaction." In the affected cars, the struts that hold the rear hatch open can weaken and detach, causing the hatch to close by itself unexpectedly. DON''T MISS: 2016 Chevrolet Volt: 50-Mile Range, 41 MPG, Five.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'A new study by Energy Environmental Economics (E3) consulting suggests that low-carbon gas fuels are a viable option for meeting California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals and can simultaneously help achieve pollution emission reduction targets. Low-carbon gas fuels or “decarbonized gas” refers to gaseous fuels with a net-zero, or very low, greenhouse gas impact on the climate.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Stricter fuel-economy standards will gradually reduce the environmental impact of cars, but what if people just stopped buying them? New-car sales haven''t yet recovered to their pre-recession levels, and at least one analyst believes that at best, they''ll only equal those heights this year. RELATED: Growth In Mass-Transit Usage Outpaces Increase.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Renault Energy F1-2015 Power Unit. Click to enlarge. Renault Sport F1 has unveiled its 2015 power unit for Formula 1 racing, which incorporates a number of changes compared to its 2014 predecessor ( earlier post ). 2015 is the second year of competitive use for the power units that feature a V6 turbocharged internal combustion engine coupled to energy recovery systems.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

'Today we witness the latest Toyota attack on electric cars, the first television ad for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, and a new project in Kansas City encompassing 1,000 electric-car charging sites. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Kansas City Power & Light will build 1,000 electric-car charging sites in collaboration with ChargePoint and.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

'The C9. Click to enlarge. BYD Motors Inc. unveiled the first long range, 100% battery-electric over-the-road coach bus (as opposed to a city transit bus) at the United Motorcoach Association Expo in New Orleans. This first electric coach—the BYD C9—is a two-axle, 40'' coach with the seating capacity to carry 47 people at highway speed for more than 190 miles.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

'Many Tesla fans and electric-car drivers now know about the Model SP85D, Tesla''s all-wheel-drive electric car that''s arguably the fastest four-door sedan on the market. What most of them likely don''t know is just what the car''s ultimate performance mode, called "Insane," actually feels like. DON''T MISS: Tesla P85D Destroys Dodge Challenger Hellcat.

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