Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2016
A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 25, 2018
Not long ago, green car fans had only one choice: a hybrid vehicle like the Prius that gets all its energy from gasoline.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 4, 2012
The V2H system is to start testing, using Prius PHVs, at the end of 2012 in approximately ten households as part of the Toyota City Low-Carbon Verification Project (Toyota City Project) that began in April 2010. when running the engine in the Prius PHV as a generator. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2011
This is lower than any other car in production, including the Toyota Prius (89 gCO 2 /km) and the VW Golf Bluemotion (99 gCO 2 /km) – two of the previously best-performing low-emission vehicles. Electric car emissions by country charted against modern diesel and gasoline cars. Click to enlarge. Methodology.
Green Car Reports
JULY 12, 2012
If you have a car that both plugs in and runs on a conventional engine, what's the mix of miles done on grid power versus gasoline? In the case of the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid, with an electric range of 6 to 15 miles, that's probably about right--especially in the kind of low-speed, stop-and-go urban.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. UC stands for uncontrolled charging and CC stands for controlled charging.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2012
The study, sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales USA with the integral partnership of Xcel Energy, is one of the only of its kind, combining both household and vehicle data in a smart-grid context. l/100 km) on gasoline and were used for an average of 3.2 The PHEVs averaged 68 mpg (3.46 trips per day.
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