Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The expiration of a Japanese government subsidy program on 7 September for green vehicles slowed domestic sales in September. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) reported a 4.1% drop in new car sales, the first decrease in 14 months. Sales of subcompacts fell 12.2% to 137,728 units. 1 and Sept.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Research from Japan suggests that the use of diamond quantum sensors could. A range-boosting camping trailer advances toward production, loaded with batteries. And could better sensors help get more range out of EV batteries?

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 3, 2022

Toyota gets in the home energy storage business—albeit only in Japan, for now. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Mercedes puts a price on its EQB electric SUV. And Ford’s CEO sees EVs as the spark for a big industry consolidation. Is the auto industry headed for a big shakeout, and a price war over EVs?

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Designers consider whether less "EVness" will make the 2017 Nissan Leaf more appealing, Tesla Motors sets up shop in Japan, and Chinese-Swedish carmaker Volvo unveils a prototype engine that makes 450 horsepower from just 2.0 All this and more on Green Car Reports. A new aftermarket body kit.'

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Japan has extended its tax breaks for ‘green cars’ until 2015, in a effort to support its struggling domestic car industry.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Kei-jidosha, or 'Kei cars' are one of our favorite "forbidden fruits" here at Green Car Reports. Strict tax, insurance and parking regulations in Japan result in vehicles designed to set dimensions and engine sizes. So specific are they to Japanese roads and market conditions, they're rarely sold outside of Asia.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Auto-show season continues with the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, which featured a number of notable green-car debuts. Tokyo usually boasts a few significant world launches from the local carmakers, mixed with more esoteric models designed primarily with Japan in mind.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2015

The topic of the press release issued late last Wednesday was not the sort of thing to set green-car fans'' hearts racing: "Statement.Re: North American Production Portfolio". Japan Ohio hybrid sales assembly plants'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2015

All this and more on Green Car Reports. At an event in Japan early this morning, we got a few more details on the 2016 Toyota Prius. We got some more details--well, a few, anyway--on the new Toyota Prius, and Volkswagen announced a possibly seismic shift in its future technology direction. Plus, we've got deals! If you live.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2019

Toyota tests a solar-powered Prius in Japan. And General Motors cleans up not just its cars, but its factories and tires. Hybrids aren't just for cars and trains anymore. All this and more on Green Car Reports. In Japan, Toyota. The Connecticut Supreme Court will decide the future of Tesla stores.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Today, Volkswagen software is deemed an illegal "defeat device" by German regulators, analysts speculate on the technologies that could replace lithium-ion batteries in electric cars, and Japan's hydrogen plans stumble over bureaucratic issues. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 10, 2015

Today, we have Tesla love from Russia, pricing information for the 2016 Land Rover diesel models, and a report that China is building electric cars and plug-in hybrids at rates exceeding those of the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Weird and wonderful some may seem but many feature the kind of technology we''ll soon be seeing in our road cars. And of course, Japan is virtually the home of the.' And while the Los Angeles Auto Show might hold more relevance for the U.S. market, Tokyo''s offerings can never be discounted entirely.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Today we cover Tesla''s plan to sell batteries for home energy storage, the Mitsubishi Concept GC-PHEV plug-in hybrid''s appearance at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and an effort by Honda, Nissan, and Toyota to support hydrogen fueling sites in Japan. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2012

Japanese drivers are using less and less petroleum… thanks to the popularity of green cars: and that’s driving fuel prices down. According to reports in business daily The Nikkei, the average price for regular petrol in Japan is now Y139.8 per litre: that’s a drop for the thirteenth straight week and a 16month low for [.].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Frost & Sullivan, a global consultancy and market analysis firm, believes that there will three phases for the development of green cars in China: LPG/CNG and hybrids in the short term; electric vehicles in the middle stage; and fuel cell vehicles in the long run. Hybrids Prevail in the Short Term. The key Question: When?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The Japanese government’s subsidy programme for green vehicles came to its conclusion on September 07 – and immediately prompted a slowdown in domestic sales. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association reported a 4.1 per cent drop in new car sales – that’s the first decrease in 14 months.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 1, 2012

Sales of cars made an impressive jump upwards in Japan last month and the credit for the increase is largely given to the introduction of new government subsidies for green cars worth just 100,000 yen to buyers (around £773!). According to the BBC, passenger car sales increase 33 per cent from a year ago, with [.].

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Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2024

The North American hydrogen center follows a greater reorganization of the parent company’s hydrogen business in Japan, which pivoted to focus around what’s called a Hydrogen Factory, with an equivalent operation in Europe. Toyota says that the Hydrogen HQ will serve as an education center as well, with future tours.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2010

Government support and incentives will be needed if Japan is to meet its targets in boosting the sales of hybrid and other low carbon vehicles. That’s the verdict of Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association chairman Satoshi Aoki on the goal of increasing sales to 20-50 per cent of the overall domestic total by 2020.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2007

Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has issued a press release, according to Green Car Congress , announcing that 2009 rather than 2010 will see the sales of the first 100 electric Subarus in Japan.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2010

That’s what the Japan Post Service Company will provide after purchasing around 1,000 electric vehicles for its mail collection and delivery service. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Fuji Heavy Industries Japan Post Japan Postal Service Zerosports Company.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2010

With incentives for green cars expected to run out at the end of next month, Toyota is already preparing for a fall in sales by slashing its workforce in Japan. Tags: Green cars Latest news Toyota Toyota cuts workers Toyota hybrid cars Toyota Japan Toyota Prius.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Tags: Green cars Honda Latest news Mitsubishi Toyota mazda green car subsidies japan Japanese car sales.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2016

Since launching in Japan in 1997, the Toyota Prius hybrid has imbued its maker with a strong green image. The Prius has become Toyota's signature model, and helped the company become by far the world's largest seller of green cars. DON'T MISS.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

The automotive industry may be in crisis but that hasn’t stopped green car orders rising steeply compared to the previous year for Nissan. The company has reported that orders for its eco-friendly cars have increased by 30 per cent compared to May in the previous year, thanks in part to the government’s new tax incentives.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Worldwide Prius sales have been buoyed since 2009 by the introduction in Japan of a government subsidy for green cars that propelled Prius to be the top-selling car in Japan for 17 months in a row. In 2007, sales in Japan represented 21% of all Prius sales worldwide and in 2008, 26%. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2014

We start today with an unusual proposition: newly redesigned battery packs for used Tesla Roadster electric cars. We''ve also got stories on Mazda''s upcoming (Japan-only) diesel hybrid, and why Chevrolet Volts aren''t very efficient in fleet use. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Japan is poised to offer technical assistance to Bolivia as it bids to develop its lithium resources and ensure a stable supply of the metal. According to reports in the Nikkei, supplies of lithium are expected to become increasingly scarce in Japan from around 2015 as more people start to drive electric cars powered by [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

Green car incentives are in place in Korea - but do they go far enough? If a person buys a hybrid car in Korea starting next month, the buyer will benefit from up to 3.1million won ($2,472) in acquisition and registration tax breaks as the government bids to make Korea a leading green country.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 5, 2010

The race is on to get ahead in the green car era – and now Japan, already the frontrunner, is planning to offer economic aid to countries that produce rare earth metals or lithium in exchange for supplies of their resources. That’s the report from Japanese business daily The Nikkei, which suggests the materials would be [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

Demand is so high for green cars after government incentives were introduced in Japan, that the Honda Motor Company, the country’s number two car manufacturer, has said it will start partial weekend shifts at two factories in a bid to push low emission vehicles off the production line.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

To the surprise of… well, nobody really… the Toyota Prius was once again the top-selling car in Japan in June marking the second month in a row the vehicle has topped the sales charts in its native country. It wasn’t the only green car to enjoy success in Japan, however.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 14, 2011

Buying small appears to be the way to go in Japan– with the proportion of households in the country owning mini cars now rising to more than 50 per cent. According to statistics from the Japan Mini Vehicles Association, the figure of 50.6 per cent was the highest since the survey began in 1986.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Which two prototype cars did we drive in Japan and report on this week? How many hundreds of thousands of miles have several electric cars now covered? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, September 8, 2017.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2018

Nissan debuts the Leaf Nismo for Japan. EVgo begins using used BMW i3 batteries for its electric-car charging stations. And some German Tesla Model S owners have been ordered to return an electric-car subsidy. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. A new cost breakdown shows Tesla Model 3 profits.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 6, 2010

As Japan aims to take its plug-in vehicle sales to 600,000 a year by 2020, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) has outlined the steps that will need to be taken to reach this goal. As of 2008, Japan had around 600,000 “next generation” vehicles on its roads – including hybrids and electric vehicles, making up [.].

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