Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.) The 2.866 million square-foot plant was built in 1957.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2009

The study finds that the rebates had a large and positive effect on the market share of hybrid vehicles, largely at the expense of intermediate cars, intermediate SUVs and some high performance compact cars. of Food and Resource Economics; and Milind Kandlikar of UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues and Institute of Asian Research.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Nissan X-TRAIL FCV is based on the X-TRAIL SUV, which is available in Mexico, Japan and Europe. The new lab will support other global Nissan research centers and will work with suppliers and universities on various related fuel cell projects. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

However, as green cars become more mainstream could it mark the end for exclusive green car brands? It appears that it is no longer viable for companies to designate one of their brands as green because advanced fuel efficient technology is expected across their range. However, this plan has now seemingly fallen by the wayside.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2010

Chery is continuing to leverage global resources and is making great strides in building core technological competitiveness, as well as actively following government policies to reduce greenhouse gases and emissions. Tags: Brief. Fuel savings and emission reduction are the new themes for China’s auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Mitsubishi currently supplies electric cars based on the i-MiEV as well as SUVs to Peugeot. liter cars the Japanese company is developing as global strategic models. Tags: Brief. The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. liter displacement—that it will manufacture in emerging countries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

NorthStar Battery Company is a global manufacturer of high-quality, absorbed glass mat (AGM) lead-acid engine start batteries for automobile, marine, and heavy-duty transportation applications as well as related standby power systems for industrial applications in the telecom, commercial, and other specialty end markets. Supported by a $34.3-million

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

million EcoBoost engines globally, about 200,000 more than originally expected. Plans call for an EcoBoost engine to be available in 80% of the company’s global nameplates and 90% of North American nameplates. liter four-cylinder for the next-generation Ford Explorer SUV and Edge CUV. Tags: Engines. About half of the 1.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Total global electrified vehicle sales. Electric vehicles will follow the lead of hybrids and will be launched in the small car segment for consumer markets initially, with the small SUV segment close behind. Pike expects that the 107% CAGR for the PHEV market will result in global sales of 472,612 units in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

In combination with other Land Rover technologies, this powertrain could reduce fuel consumption by as much as 30% compared with other SUVs of comparable size, and reduce emissions to approximately 120 g/km. Tags: Diesel Hybrids. The LRX was conceived as a highly fuel-efficient, 2.0-liter, Gerry McGovern, Land Rover design director.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2010

These cars are higher than other compact car models to make the best use of interior space; the seat H point is at the same height as the passengers’ hips: driver and passengers do not get down into the car as in a coupé, nor do they climb up as in an SUV. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

It emits 44% less global warming pollution than its closest conventional counterpart, the Toyota Matrix, and its hybrid drivetrain costs a little more than $3,000. The Honda Insight, conversely, has no forced features, delivers more than 40 miles per gallon, and emits relatively little global warming pollution. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles rely on proven innovative technology which has been successfully demonstrated in package delivery vehicles, shuttle buses, refuse trucks, light duty work trucks, and SUVs. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

from a large SUV factory to build the all-new Focus starting in 2010 and Focus Electric pure battery electric vehicle in 2011. Our industry is at the intersection of three critical global issues—the economy, energy and the environment. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins Vehicle Manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Fuel consumption and emissions from the ML 450 HYBRID are up to 60% less than a conventional eight-cylinder SUV with permanent all-wheel drive. Tags: Hybrids. This operating mode provides the handling of a conventional automatic transmission with eight fixed ratios and very short shift times.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

Ford previously announced plans to invest $550 million to transform Michigan Assembly Plant from a large SUV factory to a modern car plant to build the new Focus and Focus Electric. All of the vehicles will be built off the company’s new global C-car platform. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

It offers exceptional fuel economy, better features and a better price tag than a Prius plug-in hybrid, which we think will help make C-MAX Energi one of our most attractive vehicles for import customers. —Michael O’Brien, Ford electrified vehicle marketing manager.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2010

The Ford Start Concept is a bespoke concept car from Ford Motor Company making its global debut in China. When it goes into production in China in 2012, Ford expects global volumes of its new C-car family to reach 2 million units annually. liter Ford Ecoboost I4 is the first engine in the EcoBoost line-up to go truly global.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

Global braking and chassis systems specialist BWI Group has developed a new ultra-compact version of its Active Stabilizer Bar System (ASBS) that improves handling and comfort while also reducing system weight by around 30%. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Ford is introducing the new Edge SUV to China in mid-December. The all new Ford Ranger made its global debut last month at the Australian International Motor Show. Tags: Brief. Ford and its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automotive Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

have entered a commercial agreement to produce electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), cars and other electric vehicles in China for domestic and global distribution. Tags: China Electric (Battery). The conventional A380 is powered by a 1.6- liter Mitsubishi engine.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

Kilometers per crop hectare for switchgrass feedstock with a small SUV. This is largely due to fact that the small SUV BEV has an electric motor that is 3.1 times as efficient as the internal combustion engine of the small SUV ICV for highway driving. Campbell et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Campbell et al. Resources. Lobell, C.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

At the AABC 2008 conference, Robert King from GE Global Research outlined requirements and challenges for hybrid locomotive batteries, including: 1,300 kW continuous chare/discharge power. Tags: Batteries Heavy-duty Hybrids Rail. The first application will be GE’s hybrid locomotive, which will be commercialized in 2010. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Nissan has introduced its seventh-generation Patrol—its global flagship large SUV model—incorporating a new platform, a new high-end V8 engine, a 7-speed automatic transmission and a new 4WD system. Tags: Brief. The newly developed VK56VD 5.6-liter I don’t think you need to be a huge visionary.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

On the product side, the summary asserted that: GM earns a disproportionate share of its profits from high-margin trucks and SUVs and is thus vulnerable to energy cost-driven shifts in consumer demand. GM is at least one generation behind Toyota on advanced, “green” powertrain development.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

In 2019, the RAV4 wasn’t just the world’s best-selling SUV; it was also the 4th best-selling passenger car overall, selling 535,000 units in North America alone. Toyota’s ground-breaking SUV reached a 10M global sales landmark in February of 2020. For an SUV, that’s amazing. Demand is intense.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

Ford Australia will invest A$230million into a number of environmentally focused projects including the first global rear-wheel drive application of the company’s turbocharged, petrol direct-injection 2.0l Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news Ford Australia Ford Falcon Ford Territory.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Could it be that plug-in hybrid tech works better in a $1 million supercar than any SUV, sedan or wagon costing one-tenth as much? First deliveries of the new Lamborghini in Australia are scheduled for the first quarter of 2024, says Federico Foschini, the company’s global sales and marketing chief.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Motors Vehicle Manufacturers. GM will invest some $246 million in the next-generation hybrid system and a manufacturing site for the motors, and will announce the new site and specifics later this week. Just as automakers now have a set of core engines, they will likely have a set of core powertrain motors.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With its iconic high performance cars, Jaguar Land Rover hardly personifies the green image – but that is something the company is determined to change. Yesterday it announced a new business plan aimed at increasing its global competitiveness, drive growth, sustain profitability and respond to the challenges of climate change.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company today announced that it is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a green manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

The report also found that light trucks, which include SUVs, vans and pick-up trucks, have accounted for 50 per cent of the US light duty vehicle market since MY2002. Tags: Global warming Green cars Latest news carbon dioxide emissions EPA fuel economy US Environmental Protection Agency vehicle fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

This is a common-sense and cost-effective measure that will help cool the cars we drive and fight global warming. This will cool the vehicle’s interior by approximately 14 °F for a car and 12 °F for a pickup or SUV. Tags: Climate Change Fuel Efficiency. ARB Chairman Mary Nichols. ARB Staff Presentation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

The focal point of Ford’s latest investment in Brazil is the development of a new global vehicle. Entirely developed in the Engineering Center of Camaçari, in the northeast of the country, the new Ford EcoSport small SUV will be produced locally for both Brazilian and export markets. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Our engineering team is employing all the knowledge we have demonstrated as a global leader in developing electronic and mechanical locking and limited slip differentials for larger rear and four-wheel-drive systems that require added performance and utility, and applying it to the unique requirements of more compact, front-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Nissan also expects to sell a lineup of electric vehicles globally by 2012. The Chevrolet Volt is the sexiest green car in GM's arsenal. And by the end of the decade two more hybrids will join the Escape SUV in Ford's gasoline-electric lineup. Tags: manufacturers. Here is what GM and its main rivals have in the pipeline.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

Hyundai staged the global debut of its i-flow diesel hybrid concept car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The ix35 blue, which goes into production at the end of 2010 offers CO 2 emissions figure of just 135 g/km, positioning it not only as a rival to leading C-segment SUV models but also to C-segment hatchbacks. The i-flow concept.

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