Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2015
The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. Its battery-electric sibling, the BMW i3, took the same award in 2014. Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW. Combined cycle fuel consumption is.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2011
Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;
The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The next-generation version of this car, the Geo Metro XFi , was the final new production car available in the United States with under 50 horses , using a fuel-injected version of the same Suzuki three-banger. It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2013
The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 US electric car sales in 2012 more than tripled to about 52,000 from 17,000 in 2011.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 23, 2023
With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.
Plug In Partners
AUGUST 4, 2006
New York to Convert 600 Hybrids to PHEVs New York Governor George E. This new vehicle testing laboratory and our investments in plug-in hybrids are critical to this effort, and will help spur the innovation necessary to transition away from a petroleum-based transportation sector."
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Europe has gasoline taxes over $4 per gallon and still finds the need to adopt aggressive performance standards for cars to reduce GHGs and oil use. The initial sales requirement was 2% of car sales in 1998 (representing about 20,000 vehicles at the time), increasing to 5% in 2001 and 10% in 2003. by about 1.9%.
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