Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Jeremy Michalek and colleagues found that while a fleet with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with universal high electric range (i.e., 87 miles all electric) minimizes petroleum consumption, minimum lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are achieved with a mix of low-range (~25 miles) and mid-range (40-50 miles) PHEVs.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2011
Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. He also believes that sub-1.6L
Plug In Partners
FEBRUARY 6, 2006
They are similar to hybrids like the Toyota Prius, but they have bigger batteries and at night would be plugged into a standard 120-volt outlet to charge the batteries. They can be built to have a 30- to 50-mile range before the gasoline engine needs to be used at all. that converted a regular Prius to a plug-in hybrid.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 4, 2009
It has established itself as a firm leader in the green car race thanks to the success of the Toyota Prius and Japanese government ecological perks including tax breaks have helped ease the drop in sales with the Prius topping the sales charts in its home country for two successive months. Why the race is on.
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 4, 2009
Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. In addition to the California funds there is federal stimulus money, $41 million by mid-April, being doled out to their projects, many of zero environmental benefit. Here's my June column. Plug-in cars are inevitable. Such as the $1.1
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December, when Nissan introduces the Leaf, a five-passenger electric car that will have a range of 100 miles on a fully charged battery and be priced for middle-class families. In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore.,
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. Postal Service for mail delivery.
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