Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2010

The Toyota Prius has reached 200,000 units in sales in Europe after 10 years on the market there. The UK has remained one of the leading European markets for Prius, accounting for more than one in five Prius sold in Europe. Tags: Brief. Toyota expects global sales of the Prius to exceed two million by the autumn of 2010.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The European Nikola Tre FCEV in beta version offers a glimpse of the soon-to-come electric propulsion semi-truck for long hauling, and is expected to launch in the second half of 2023 in North America and first half of 2024 in Europe. Nikola Tre FCEV beta.

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North America Energy Storage Europe Hydrogen 195

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

On a weekend conference call, newly appointed GM Europe CEO Nick Reilly said that developing a mini offering for Opel “ will be our top priority.” Ampera will be manufactured in Europe. Under the new structure, GM will have two organizations in Europe: Opel/Vauxhall and Chevrolet Europe. Tags: Brief. Nick Reilly.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2010

Maxwell Technologies and Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH, a leading European distributor of active, passive and electromechanical components, recently entered an agreement through which Rutronik will distribute Maxwell’s BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products throughout Europe. Tags: Brief.

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Europe Energy Storage Renewable Range 186

Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2024

market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. auto market anytime soon , some U.S.

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Auto Industry BYD Auto Industrial 133

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Avis Europe has partnered with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to offer electric cars to its customers from 2011. —Pascal Bazin, Chief Executive for Avis Europe. Each car in the Avis Europe fleet is typically only six months old, to ensure maximum fuel efficiency, and the average CO 2 emissions for cars purchased in 2009 was 144.6

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2011 Europe Electric Cars Climate Change 218

Electrek

AUGUST 21, 2023

Sure, there are high-quality e-bikes built in Europe and even a few in the US. But not the ones with the price tags that make you go, “Honey, how can we afford not to?!” It’s no secret that most electric bikes come from China. And that’s exactly the story of my latest weird little e-bike purchase.

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Cheap IDEA China Low Cost 98

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

Bio Base Europe, a joint initiative of Biopark Terneuzen (The Netherlands) and Ghent Bio-Energy Valley (Flanders) reports that its first crop of genetically modified poplars of the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) has been harvested and will be modified into bioethanol in a Flemish-Dutch pilot installation. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

Developed by Ford engineers based in Europe, the 4-cylinder EcoBoost engines combine high-pressure direct injection, advanced turbocharging and twin variable valve timing to maximize combustion efficiency. For 2010, Ford is launching an updated Focus ECOnetic, which can be specified with Ford’s first Auto-Start-Stop System in Europe.

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Europe Ford Fuel Economy 2010 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2010

The company has begun shipping its TS-70 product to Europe with Tesla for use with the Tesla Roadster and plans to introduce its CS model for public infrastructure in the coming months. Tags: Brief. The CS Line is for the home, office, fleet or public infrastructure. The CS line is also UL-listed to charge from 30 Amps to 100 Amps.

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Europe Mini E Plug-in Charging 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

New passenger car registrations in Europe fell by 7.4% Tags: Brief. in April compared to the same month last year, according to figures from the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.Over the first four months of 2010 the market expanded by 4.8% compared to the same period a year ago, while shrinking by 11.6%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Group, the UK-based automotive importer and distributor for Subaru, Isuzu and Daihatsu, has signed an agreement that will see it import vehicles from Chinese auto maker, Great Wall Motor Company Limited, into Europe starting next year. Tags: Brief. Initially, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will be targeted.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

The study—“Next-generation ethanol and biochemicals: what’s in it for Europe”—explores the potential results of the development of a next-generation ethanol and biochemicals industry in the European Union in the next decade, and also the barriers to that development.

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Gasoline Europe 2020 2015 253

InsideEVs

MAY 10, 2021

Automotive News points to the battery pack price as a reason, but it is actually the price tag.

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Europe Price Batteries Battery 97

Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 24, 2010

Leaving the producers and editors to fend for themselves for a few days during post-production, Chris Paine is headed to Europe for some important events in the EV sphere. Tags: Film News Production News. He’ll be participating in another electric car rally, then filming the grand opening of the new Danish Tesla dealership.

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Europe Climate Change United States 2010 140

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

By 2050 Europe could get up to 50% of its electricity needs from renewable marine sources according to a report presented by the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation at the EurOCEAN 2010 conference. Marine Renewable Energy – Research Challenges and Opportunities for a new Energy Era in Europe. Tags: Brief.

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Mariner Renewable Europe Norway 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Beginning in 2010, no less than 1,000 vehicles from various European vehicle brands equipped with various intelligent in-vehicle systems will drive around Europe for approximately one year. Tags: Brief. The results of the field test will also contribute to better and informed decision making.

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Europe Vehicles Congress Dealers 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2009

The organization NGVA Europe estimates that natural gas vehicles in Europe annually consume about 4.7 of total natural gas sales within Europe in 2008 (517 billion Nm 3 , according to figures provided by Eurogas). Tags: Brief. billion Nm 3 of gas—about 0.9% A hat-tip to John!).

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Armenia Gas Europe Ukraine 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Mol Transport Solutions, a leading manufacturer of port and material handling equipment in Europe. Tags: Brief.

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Costa Rica Golf Cart Transportation Europe 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Ford Motor Company is extending its global electric vehicles plan to Europe with five full electric or hybrid vehicles across its C, CD and light commercial vehicle ranges to be introduced in that market by 2013. Focus Electric will be introduced in the US and Canada in 2011, followed by Europe in 2012. Prototype Trials in Europe.

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2013 Europe Ford Electric Vehicles 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will lease more than 150 units of its experimental Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as a next step towards commercialization. Toyota says it will deploy more than 500 new PHVs in global trials—including in Europe, Japan and the US—by 2010. Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Nickel Metal Hydride Europe Toyota 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Smith Electric Vehicles is providing 10 Edison electric vans to Ford of Europe, which is a partner in the colognE-mobil project in Cologne ( earlier post ), which launched today. Ford of Europe will deliver the final vehicles to all these clients and is responsible for their technical maintenance and service during the project.

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Ford Europe Electric Vehicles Lithium Ion 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Ford of Europe has put two giant wind turbines, each with a height of 150 meters, into service at the Ford Genk plant in Belgium. Genk is not the only Ford of Europe plant to use electricity generated by wind turbines. Tags: Brief. Installed by local energy company, Electrabel, each unit has an output of 2MW of power.

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Wind Europe Ford Belgium 186

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Vauxhall chairman Duncan Aldred said: "So far the market for EVs across Europe is onl[.]. Vauxhall is to cut £3,500 off the price of its Ampera petrol/electric plug-in model in a bid to drive more sales with a similar price cut expected to be made on the near-identical Chevrolet Volt model too. Vauxhall'

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Price Petrol Volt Chevrolet 48

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Costing 40 billion yen [US$466 million] or so, their factory will likely be one of the largest electric-vehicle lithium ion battery plants in Europe and is to be built in Spain or Austria. Tags: Brief. GS Yuasa reportedly will have a majority stake, Magna 20-40% and Mitsubishi the remainder.

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Li-ion Mitsubishi i-MiEV Europe 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Europe must dramatically cut its water consumption and use water more efficiently if it is to avoid the worst impacts of water shortage, the European Environment Agency ( EEA ) warns in a new report, “Water resources across Europe—confronting water scarcity and drought”. “ We are living beyond our means when it comes to water.

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Water Europe Parts Turkey 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The average CO 2 emissions figure on new Fiat cars sold in Europe during the first half of 2009 dropped 5.2 g/km reduction in the CO 2 output of new cars sold by the top 25 brands in Europe in 1H 2009, with a similar reduction measured in JATO’s 21 monitored EU markets. Average CO 2 emissions from the top 25 volume brands in Europe.

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2009 Europe Climate Change Alternative Fuels 218

Teslarati

JULY 4, 2023

Tesla Giga Berlin’s Quicksilver paint option is also available for the Model Y RWD in Europe for €3,000 ($3,272). Before this, Tesla Model Y RWD units in Europe were made in China at Giga Shanghai. Before this, Tesla Model Y RWD units in Europe were made in China at Giga Shanghai. The Pearl white Multi-Coat now costs $1,000.

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Available Tesla North America Germany 87

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. Tags: Diesel Europe Hybrids Plug-ins. For longer distances, the diesel automatically takes over.

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Plug-in Volvo Corporation 2012 240

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

Volkswagen’s LPG Golf Plus BiFuel ( earlier post ) is now available for order in Europe. Tags: Brief. factory-built for LPG use, the Golf BiFuel can deliver a reduction of more than 10% in CO 2 emissions. In LPG mode, the 1.6-liter liter 72 kW / 97 hp four-cylinder engine in the Golf BiFuel consumes 9.2

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Available Europe Installation Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Separately, Fiat said on Sunday that it was exploring the possibility of merging its auto business and interest in Chrysler with GM Europe to create a large automotive group with more than $100 billion. GM declined to comment on the prospects for a Fiat-GM Europe tie up. Tags: Brief.

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Saturn Chrysler GM Europe 150

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2010

A new initiative to launch a Europe-wide plan for an electric car will be launched as part of the Spanish presidency of the EU next month. Mr Zapatero said he had met some of Europe’s biggest car manufacturers in recent days who impressed upon him that the EU should take a lead in developing electric vehicles.

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Europe Electric Electrical Japan 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The vehicle is to be sold in Europe, with both Peugeot and Citroën versions. Tags: Brief. The main points of this cooperative agreement are: The development of an EV for the European market based on MMC’s Japanese i-MiEV model.

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i-MiEV Mitsubishi Corporation Europe 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Founded in 2002, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is an international cooperation that includes BMW Group; Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG; Daimler; Ford; GM/Opel; Hamburger Hochbahn; Linde; Shell; StatoilHydro; TOTAL; Vattenfall Europe; and Volkswagen. Tadashi Arashima, President and CEO Toyota Motor Europe.

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Hydrogen Toyota Germany Europe 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2009

The 2L/100km Fisker Karma sedan will start at €78,780 (US$106,900), excluding VAT, and be available through a network of 40 retailers across Europe beginning early 2010. Nellemann is one of Europe’s oldest auto distributors, with ties going back to Nash and Morris, and at present time Kia, Jaguar and Aston Martin.

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Fisker Europe Karma Aston Martin 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

The Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan; Electricity Supply Board (ESB); and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; MC Automobile (Europe), N.V.; Tags: Brief. and MMC Commercials Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties to promote the electric vehicle (EV) industry in Ireland.

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Ireland Mitsubishi i-MiEV Automobile 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid is the first series-production hybrid truck to be sold in Europe. Tags: Brief. MFTBC is planning to expand its hybrid trucks business into targeted export markets starting in 2010. ESB plans to use the vehicles for customer service and for infrastructure maintenance in Ireland.

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