Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

Following the short address on Monday during which President Barack Obama outlined the next steps for GM and Chrysler ( earlier post ), the White House posted summaries of the Presidential Auto Task Force’s assessment of the business plans provided by the two struggling automakers, which led to the terms that are currently unfolding.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

There's really only one way to read the Kyodo News (Japan) report that Honda President Takeo Fukui said in an interview that Honda thinks it will be able to mass produce fuel-cell vehicles for the general market by 2018. At the Santa Monica AltFuel Expo in early December, I asked Steven Ellis, Honda AFV Chief, about the FCX.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Reported hybrid sales include those from Toyota, Ford, Honda, GM and Nissan; Mercedes-Benz is not breaking out sales of its new S400 Hybrid. Honda reported sales of 1,978 hybrids in October, up 21.9% The new Honda Insight hybrid sold 1,739 units. Total GM light-duty vehicles sales rose 4.7% year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Changes in the attributes (clockwise from upper left, weight, power, fuel economy and torque) of the Honda Accord over time as an example of fleet trends in the US. Volvo is the most efficient manufacturer of light duty trucks, followed by Subaru, GM and Honda. Tags: Fuel Efficiency. Knittel, 2009. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Reported sales of hybrids in the US reported by Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan dropped 45.5% year-on-year in April to 21,735, despite full month sales for the new Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan hybrids. The Insight sold 2,096 units in April, and pushed combined Honda hybrid sales up 25% year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Honda picked up less than a percentage point (12.8% in August 2008, while GM saw its share drop from 6.3% Honda posted a total of 4,943 hybrids in August, the bulk of them—4,226 units, or 85.5%—the Overall, Honda sales were up 10% by volume in August 2009 to 161,439 units. Tags: Hybrids Sales. in August 2009.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Toyota and GM are continuing down their differing hybrid paths. Honda, the quintessential internal combustion company, is lobbing criticism at hybrids, a market Toyota exploited better than Honda. White suggests Honda is lining up with Nissan, seeing a future not in hybrids but rather electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

American Honda posted total hybrid sales of 3,662 units in June, up 34.5% The improvement was driven by sales of the new Insight, Honda’s hybrid leader in the month, with 2,079 units sold. Overall, Honda posted a 30% drop in light-duty vehicle sales in June. Overall, GM light-duty vehicle sales in June were down 33.4%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

Honda reported December hybrid sales of 2,110 units, a 103.5% Total Honda sales for December increased 24.5% GM reported total hybrid sales in December of 1,408 units, a decrease of 45.9%. For the year, GM hybrid sales increased 30% from the year before to 16,142 units. Tags: Hybrids Sales. increase year-on-year.

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JUNE 7, 2010

The station also will be able to fuel hydrogen fuel cell cars made by major auto manufacturers, including Hyundai, Daimler, Toyota, GM, and Honda. Tags: Brief. The electrolyzer is made by Proton Energy Systems. Jaimie Levin, director of Alternative Fuels Policy at AC Transit.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Honda posted a total of 1,646 hybrids in November, up 57.8%. GM reported a total of 1,020 hybrid sales, down 25.5% Tags: Hybrids Sales. The new Fusion/Milan hybrid sedans sold 1,401 units, representing 8.7% of all Fusion/Milan sales. Total sales were down 3% to 74,003 units. of all Civic sales. from November 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Combined reported US hybrid sales (from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan) in April totalled 21,735 units, a 45.5% GM total truck sales (including crossovers) of 102,032 were down 28% and car sales of 71,775 were off 41% year-on-year. GM delivered a total of 1,534 hybrid vehicles in the month. American Honda Motor Co.,

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2010

The Honda EV+ used the same Panasonic EV-95 NiMH battery modules with an active system, and those packs didn't last as long. Siry notes the different approach being taken by GM for the Volt. I'm giving Tesla and CODA and GM the benefit of the doubt, too. A fan circulates air. How did that work out?)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

The month also saw the debut of three new hybrids—the Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan—all of which only came on sale toward the end of the month. In its partial month debut, the new Honda Insight sold 569 units. Tags: Hybrids Sales. Those results represented a 2.5% Click to enlarge. of all LS models sold.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Cruze Eco’s highway fuel economy beats non-hybrid segment competitors—including 23% greater highway fuel economy than the Honda Civic—as well as the Ford Fiesta subcompact and hybrid models, including the Ford Fusion Hybrid, Nissan Altima Hybrid and Toyota Camry Hybrid. Honda Civic. Tags: Fuel Efficiency. Ford Focus.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% Large pickup retail sales began to recover in July with a 16% increase compared with June, driving total GM truck retail sales improvements of 12% when compared with the prior month. GM delivered a total of 1,487 hybrid vehicles were delivered in the month, up 36.3%

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 7, 2007

Amidst the well-deserved hoopla about GM's plug-in serial hybrid Chevy Volt , Ford is touting its own equally ugly plug-in hybrid concept car. GM's vehicle is eminently buildable today, as it relies on two energy sources that are available: grid electricity and gasoline. Honda may yet stick a plug on its FCX.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Hyundai, Honda and—to a certain extent—Nissan and Suzuki, generally create positive Sustainable Value as well. GM has consistently produced only a negative Sustainable Value, and reveals a downside trend over the entire review period. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87 Tags: Sustainability Vehicle Manufacturers.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. I have seen the future and it is a new car electric car from Nissan. Plus it looks ten times cooler.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

GM dealers in the United States delivered 155,334 light-duty vehicles in March, down 44.7% GM’s top-selling car was the Malibu, sales of which were down only 2.1% GM delivered a total of 1,612 hybrid vehicles in the month; for the first quarter, GM has delivered 3,622 hybrid vehicles. American Honda Motor Co.,

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 5, 2008

The Wall Street Journal reports GM, Toyota Doubtful on Fuel Cells' Mass Use. Pretty soon it might be down to BMW and Honda advertising the dream, with the California Air Resources Board acting as enabler. Honda, the supposed H2 true believer, is actually given an incentive to produce fewer of its much touted Clarity FCV.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

To compete with established models such as the Ford Focus, Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, a vehicle better have a lot to offer – and that’s a billing that General Motors is hoping the Chevrolet Cruze can live up to. Both engines are part of GM’s family of global small displacement engines that have been designed with fuel efficiency in mind.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We Tokyo-based Honda plansstarting producing the vehicles in late 2010. “We General Motors Corp.,

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Here is what GM and its main rivals have in the pipeline. The Chevrolet Volt is the sexiest green car in GM's arsenal. Honda ( HMC ). While Honda aims to launch another hybrid compact by 2010, it also has plans for clean diesel engines in anything larger than a Civic. They will use technology similar to GM's.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Order a reprint of this article now APRIL 7, 2009 GM, Segway to Make Vehicle Article Video Comments more in Auto Industry News » Email Printer Friendly Share: Yahoo Buzz facebook MySpace LinkedIn Digg del.icio.us GM has slashed product-development programs, advertising and spending on auto-show events. GM ) 1.86 -0.08

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

Honda Civic). But GM would attempt something similar every so often. If they’re not positive they’ll need the extra space, they’ll typically opt for something smaller with a lower price tag and are largely disinterested in juicy specifications so long as the test drive feels right. It was an abject failure for the company.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Honda Civic). But GM would attempt something similar every so often. If they’re not positive they’ll need the extra space, they’ll typically opt for something smaller with a lower price tag and are largely disinterested in juicy specifications so long as the test drive feels right. It was an abject failure for the company.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Chevrolet Bolt/Bolt EUV – Waiting for more GM EVs. Beating Tesla to the market with the Bolt was quite a coup, particularly with a car as well-executed as this EV is, but GM has been slow with its follow up. Now on the market is the second generation Mirai , a fuel-cell sedan with a 350-mile range and a $57,000 price tag.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

Combined reported US hybrid sales from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota fell by 45.5 General Motors - GM dealers in the US delivered 173,007 vehicles, down 34 per cent compared to the prior year. GM delivered a total of 1,534 hybrid vehicles in the month. per cent, representing just a 2.7 per cent year on year.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 11, 2007

Toyota, Honda and GM were dismantling their electric efforts, but Ford seemed to be making a last stab at a viable electric program called Think Mobility. Tags: Ford jan olaf willums electric car think global think city. The little car demonstrated to me that electric vehicles were ready for prime time.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Noting the importance of a hydrogen infrastructure with sufficient density, the automakers—Daimler, Ford, GM/Opel, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault Nissan Alliance, and Toyota—in that LoU strongly supported building up a hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, with Germany as regional starting point, among other global starting points.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

GM may be in bankruptcy but remains unwavering in its commitment to have the Volt in some showrooms by November 2010. GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. Tags: biofuels nissan GM zev mandate cafe standards barack obama battery electric car. The open question is what forces will drive the process and therefore at what pace.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

As we all know, the 2000s didn't work out so well for Saturn , with the aging S Series replaced by the Opel Vectra -derived L Series and then by a bunch of machinery few were able to distinguish from other GM products. And, hey, Opel and Vauxhall remained in the GM Empire until fairly recently. But we're not here to mourn Saturn.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

The general principle of RFID positioning is to use signal strength by multiple RFID readers and tags to triangulate vehicle position. Auto OEMs participating include Audi; BMW; Chrysler; Coda; Daimler; Fisker; Ford; GM; Honda; Mitsubishi; Nissan; Phoenix; and Toyota. Bus manufacturers Volvo and Proterra are also participating.

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JUNE 7, 2009

General Motors: Despite concerns about its future, GM performed relatively well with 190,881 light duty vehicle sales - a decrease of 29 per cent. A total of 1,739 GM hybrid vehicles were delivered - that’s a 39 per cent increase compared to the previous year. It actually gained share for the second consecutive month.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

General Motors: During October, GM reported a total of 1,159 hybrids sold – that’s a 22.5 Honda: Thanks to the introduction of the new Honda Insight Hybrid, which sold 1,739 units during the month, Honda reported a 21.9 Sales of the Escape and Mariner crossover hybrids fell 52.5 per cent to 949 units.

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