Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The C175-16 engine is available with two horsepower options and can be configured for US EPA Tier 4 Final / EU Stage V regulations. of the Escondida mine, a joint venture with Rio Tinto (30%) and Japan-based JECO Corp (12.5%). BHP operates and owns 57.5%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. Japan (Furakawa) and East Penn Manufacturing Co.,

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2015

While it has unveiled the all-new 2016 Prius hybrid twice--once at a glitzy event in Las Vegas, once at the Frankfurt Motor Show--Toyota has been very stingy with technical information about the powertrain that will let the car earn promised EPA combined ratings of 55 mpg or better.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: The Toyota Prius C hybrid could get a convertible model in Japan, the Ford Edge could get a hybrid model with its next redesign, and we preview the green cars of the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. An EPA proposal would.' All this and more on Green Car Reports. now produces more oil than it imports.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The all-new plug-in hybrid platform showcases Honda’s next-generation, two-motor hybrid technology set to debut in 2012. The plug-in hybrid system.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Launched in Japan in 1995, the CR-V became one of the pioneer models of what has become the highly popular Compact SUV segment. The 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid crossover retains the same basic design and features as its 2020 predecessor. The 2021 hybrid uses a 2.0L The hybrid’s total range is 440 miles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: The Toyota Prius C hybrid could get a convertible model in Japan, the Ford Edge could get a hybrid model with its next redesign, and we preview the green cars of the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. We learned that the 2015 Honda Fit will have an EPA combined gas-mileage rating of 36 mpg.'

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The Honda 2010 Insight hybrid, which made its sales debut in the US in limited quantities on 24 March, posted sales of 569 units through the end of the month. Sales of the Insight in Japan, which began in February, have been brisk, and have helped the automaker weather the slump there.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The Gen III Prius offers an EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy of 50 mpg (now revealed to comprise 50 mpg city and 49 mpg highway). This is about a 10% improvement in EPA-rated combined cycle fuel economy over the older generation. Hybrid Synergy Drive. Click to enlarge. The pack is warranted for 10 years/150,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

Seeking to build upon the “mystique and persona”, in its words, of the current Prius, Toyota introduced the Prius v , its new hybrid wagon/crossover and the second vehicle in a planned family of at least four carrying the Prius nameplate, to journalists last week, ahead of the vehicle’s expected North American debut this fall.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

The Celaya plant, designed exclusively for the production of subcompact vehicles, features a number of Honda’s most advanced manufacturing technologies—including several that were first introduced last year at Honda’s new Yorii Plant in Japan—to increase quality and efficiency and reduce the plant’s environmental footprint.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The vehicle features smaller, lighter hybrid system components; higher energy density in the batteries; and an internal combustion engine with a thermal efficiency of more than 40%. The Prius went on sale in 1997 as the first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle. The new Prius is lower, longer, and wider. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced a proposed rulemaking for the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses. requirements for certification of heavy-duty hybrid vehicles.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Industry experts predict that Korea, Japan, and the EU will challenge this component of the IRA in court for violation of World Trade Organization rules. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund : Administered by the EPA, this funding supports all projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. programs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Final EPA figures pending.) As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter As in the third-generation Prius, the Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive combines the output of a 1.8-liter 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring. 2016 Toyota Prius Four Touring. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) will be the first model to feature SKYACTIV technology and will go on sale in Japan in the first half of 2011. Earlier post.) All the technologies that are developed based on the Building Block Strategy will fall under the SKYACTIV umbrella. Mazda outlined six SKYACTIV technologies: SKYACTIV-G.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

The integration of DSRC communications (specified by SAE Hybrid/DSCR committees) allows WPT increased interconnect ability over present conductive communications with V2Infrastructure assisting in location of available chargers, an automated secure charging and billing and options such as connectivity with smart grid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

2014 Accord plug-in hybrid. Set to go on sale in early 2013, Honda’s 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) Sedan ( earlier post ) will offer the ability to run in an all-electric mode for 10 to 15 miles and a calculated total driving range of more than 500 miles. EPA fuel economy ratings and gas-electric range rating determined by Honda.).

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

Having already surpassed the Toyota Prius during its first month of sales in the UK, Honda’s Insight is now ranked as the best selling car among all new vehicle registrations in Japan in April marking the first time a hybrid model has been the top seller during any monthly sales period.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

will begin sales of the all-new Legend flagship sedan (its cousin is already on sale in the US as the Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD) at dealerships across Japan on 22 January 2015. In Hybrid Drive, the gasoline engine powers the front wheels while the two rear motors power the rear wheels. Honda Motor Co., Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The new transaxle in the Prius c features a new cooling system; overall this new hybrid unit with its 2 motor system is now approaching the same weight as single motor competitive systems and is maintaining a competitive size profile, according to Toyota. The hybrid system in the Prius c comprises a SULEV (Tier 2 Bin 3)-rated 1.5-liter

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Why might the top-selling EV in Japan make a lot of sense in U.S. A recent drive of the Nissan Sakura , the bestselling EV in Japan, had us seeing how smaller EVs might help us work with the infrastructure we have rather than hung up on the issues of charging super-size heavyweight EVs. big cities too?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2012

The Fit EV received the highest fuel-efficiency rating given yet by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with an adjusted combined mile-per-gallon-equivalency rating of 118 MPGe, with a fuel consumption rating of 29 kWh per 100 miles. EPA combined city/highway estimated driving range rating is 82 miles. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Toyota’s lineup of vehicles has also been quite stagnant in their EPA figures, resulting in some of the company’s offerings being in the bottom tier of the country’s economy ratings. . Earlier this year, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda claimed that Japan would run out of power in the summer if all cars were electric.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

Following on the November 2012 introduction of the updated LEAF in Japan ( earlier post ), Nissan has introduced the updated 2013 LEAF to the US, as well as begun its assembly in the US at the Smyrna, Tenn. 2013 Nissan LEAF. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). —Nissan Division Vice President and General Manager Al Castignetti.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. 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?", No announced plans.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? Newsletter Vol. 3 CARB Date with Destiny Move CARB Forward Plug In America Podcasts! 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? htm Advocates of the Th!

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

With Honda down to a single hybrid vehicle for the 2016 model year--the aging and low-volume CR-Z two-seater--it turns out one reader is looking covetously at the subcompact Honda Fit Hybrid sold in Japan. The 2016 Honda.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Toyota made significant improvements in its new generation full hybrid powertrain applied in the fourth generation Prius ( earlier post ), reducing losses, redesigning and relocating key components and reducing weight. New Lithium-Ion or Nickel-Metal Hydride Hybrid Batteries. 2016 Toyota Prius PCU. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

kWh) Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid (8.8 The Ford Mustang Mach-E, for example, is classified by the EPA as a station wagon – so it falls under “Other” and the $55,000 cap — but the Mach-E is not affected due to its base MSRP of $42,895. kWh) Hyundai IONIQ PHEV (8.9 kWh) Kia Niro PHEV (8.9 kWh) Ferrari SF90 Stradale (8.8

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The EPA vehicle classifications are not entirely clear, however, on whether crossovers — the hottest vehicle category — would be categorized as “Other” or “SUVs” The Ford Mustang Mach-E, for example, is classified by the EPA as a station wagon, whereas similar crossovers such as the Volkswagen ID.4 kWh battery.

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