Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2009
The Volvo Group is developing its own medium-duty (MD) engine for trucks and buses. The first of these new medium-duty engines will be launched in 2010, according to Volvo CEO Leif Johansson in his presentation at Volvo’s Capital Market Day in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Tags: Engines Heavy-duty Vehicle Manufacturers. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Noting the importance of a hydrogen infrastructure with sufficient density, the automakers—Daimler, Ford, GM/Opel, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault Nissan Alliance, and Toyota—in that LoU strongly supported building up a hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, with Germany as regional starting point, among other global starting points. Earlier post.).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 30, 2009
and Nissan MotorCo., Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. Honda, the world’s largest engine maker, set a goal ofleading the industry in hydrogen fuel cell autos. Naturally, we’regoing to have to accommodate that too.”
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December, when Nissan introduces the Leaf, a five-passenger electric car that will have a range of 100 miles on a fully charged battery and be priced for middle-class families. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.). They cost drivers on average only 2.5
EV Sales
MARCH 22, 2021
Most of this was driven by Europe, where strict cash penalties levied directly on automakers, for each ICE (internal-combustion engine) sold, came into effect January 2020 — and simply worked! Time will tell how Brexit will affect things like the availability of England-assembled Nissan Leafs on the Continent, and vice versa.
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