Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Drivers opting for plug-in hybrid cars or ‘range-extended’ models are recharging their cars more frequently than drivers of fully electric cars as they try appear to be maximising their cheaper, electric range, new data suggests.

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Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV). Because EVs run on electricity, the vehicle emits no exhaust from a tailpipe and does not contain the typical liquid fuel components in ICEVs. Learn more about gas vs. electric car fires here. Here’s what we discovered. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Audi is systematically pursuing its electrification strategy and is now offering its large four-door A7 Sportback coupe as a powerful, efficient plug-in hybrid (PHEV). US mpg); combined electrical consumption of 18.1 – 17.5 lb-ft) of torque and an electric motor. Convenient recharging is also possible on the road.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Kia unveiled three major hybrid offerings at the Chicago Auto Show: the 2017 Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle; the new Optima Hybrid; and the new Optima Plug-in Hybrid. The platform underpinning the Niro was specifically engineered to accommodate the gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain. A compact and lightweight 1.56-kWh

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Are You Plugged In? Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses, that is). How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. Are you ready?

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Plug-in Plug Al Gore NMG 140

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

All three incorporate a fourth-generation, 100 kW LT PEM (Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell stack developed in-house by Volkswagen Group Research at the Volkswagen Technology Center for Electric Traction. Fuel cell technology is running in comepetition with long-range battery electric vehicles. Ulrich Hackenberg.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

announced details of the e-Golf, its first fully electric vehicle to go on sale in the US, prior to its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Golf A7 was developed from the outset to be a Battery Electric Vehicle. Collectively, the cells have a nominal rating of 323 volts, with an overall capacity of 24.2 Powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

UK-based Optare PLC, a manufacturer of single and double-deck buses and mini coaches, has selected Valence Technology to be the exclusive supplier of batteries for its newest zero-emissions fleet bus, the fully electric Optare Solo EV. Earlier post.). million in battery system sales for Valence.

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EV Central

MARCH 27, 2023

Options are very limited for super-breeders needing more than five seats – although the Kia EV9 due late in 2023 will provide a tantalising option – but a huge advantage of going EV (if built on an electric vehicle-only platform) is roomier and smarter interior packaging compared to petrol and diesel vehicles.

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