The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

How Reliability is Scored The methodology behind these scores involves comprehensive surveys of Consumer Reports members, covering over 330,000 vehicles from the years 2000 to 2023, including some early 2024 models. These criteria assess electric motors, hybrid batteries, and charging systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Tritium , an Australia-based designer and manufacturer of power electronic systems for electric vehicles, has introduced the Veefil fast charger for plug-in vehicles. The Veefil is the first release in Tritium’s new line of electric vehicle charging solutions and was fully developed in Australia as part of a $2.3-million

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Demand peaking is due to the impact of rising vehicle fuel economy and emission standards, and as time goes by, from more sales of electric vehicles. It demonstrates growing acceptance of tighter vehicle emission standards and of the energy transition beginning to move at a faster pace. million barrels per day (MMb/d).

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MAY 16, 2019

Honda is conducting research with Ohio-based electric utility American Electric Power to develop a network of used electric vehicle (EV) batteries that could be integrated into AEP’s electricity system. Storing additional power in used EV batteries can help utilities meet demand by using renewable energy resources.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

a provider of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells, modules and systems ( earlier post ), has entered a multi-year agreement to provide lithium-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company (BJEV), the electric vehicle delivery arm of Beijing Automotive Industry Company (BAIC). Boston-Power, Inc.,

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AUGUST 27, 2010

Using a pre-production example of the Chevrolet Volt as a teaching tool, General Motors launched a nationwide electric vehicle training tour and outreach project for emergency personnel this week at the 2010 Fire-Rescue International Conference in Chicago. Tags: Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Safety. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2016

new-vehicle market set a new record last year, with deliveries of new passenger cars and light trucks totaling 17.39 million was set in 2000. But battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles saw their totals fall slightly, from about 120,000 in 2014 to roughly 115,000 last year. DON'T MISS: Plug-In.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

By 2022 we will be investing more than six billion euros in electric mobility, and by 2025 50% of all new Porsche vehicles could have an electric drive system. Making this investment in electromobility at the Leipzig site creates the opportunity to produce fully electric vehicles on the existing production line in future.

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JULY 23, 2015

They counted more than 500 electric passenger vehicles of all those types worldwide in the period from 2000 to 2013. Number of series-production electric vehicles by OEM, 2000-2013. The focus was in particular on electrical machinery, power electronics and various technologies for traction batteries.

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APRIL 13, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has completed its three-year plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration project jointly carried out with Électricité de France (EDF) and the City and the Urban Community of Strasbourg in France. The vehicles travelled more than a total of 4 million kilometers (2.485 million miles) during the project.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In an effort to increase the use of alternative fuel vehicles by its associates for daily commuting, and to prepare for a new generation of plug-in vehicles set to arrive by 2018, Honda is adding 120 new electric vehicle (EV) chargers on the Torrance, CA headquarter campus of American Honda Motor Co.,

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MARCH 23, 2012

(stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. Alternatively fueled vehicles (AFV) registrations rose by 34.8%

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MAY 1, 2014

AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. grams; and for alternative fuel vehicles (electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles), 104.14 million vehicles were registered. Source: EEA.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

The second generation of MINI, introduced in 2000, optimized the relationship between fun driving and fuel consumption, including the introduction of diesel engines. The MINI E was produced in a small series and used in a field trial to gather important insights into the use of an all-electric car in everyday traffic.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Consumer Reports has concluded its annual car reliability survey and the resulting data for 2023 has not been kind to all-electric vehicles. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues. The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The new Mazda CX-60 plug-in hybrid EV will sell from $72,300 before on-road costs when it arrives in Australian dealerships from June 2023 – and it has its eyes on the world’s biggest luxury brands. Charging from a home powerpoint to the Type 2 plug should take about eight hours or as little as 2.5 hours using a wallbox.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2012

DENSO’s new inline electric compressor will make its global debut on Ford Motor Company’s Focus Electric, which began production this past December, with retail production ramping up the first half of the year. DENSO introduced electric compressors for hybrid electric vehicles in 2003.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

The groups drawing attention to the disparities in recent weeks and encouraging the shift to electric are planning a Sunday morning (10 a.m.) Opened in 1955, Autopia was originally sponsored by Richfield Oil (which later merged into ARCO), and then by Chevron from 2000 to 2012. Since 2016, the attraction has been sponsored by Honda.

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MAY 15, 2014

The SMP model calculates 2000?2050 2050 well-to-wheels (WTW) transportation sector CO 2 emissions in 11 world regions for a number of vehicle types. They converted from an absolute amount to scale relative to 2000. To achieve 450 ppm, WTW LDV CO 2 emissions decrease 25% from 2000 and 34% between 2010 and 2050.

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JULY 2, 2015

Daimler is running 6 different electrified models (7 vehicles in total) in this year’s Silvretta E-Car Rally (2 to 5 July); for the first time in this competition, the current Mercedes-Benz plug-in triad will compete against each other. All three plug-in hybrid versions are in the Silvretta. Earlier post.) in the same measure.

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APRIL 9, 2019

The proportion of electric vehicles (plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars) increased from 1.0% BMW AG, Renault, Daimler AG, Volkswagen together sell more than 50% of the new electric vehicles in the market. in 2016 to 1.5% g CO 2 /km, which is 3.7 g CO 2 /km less than the average gasoline car.

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MAY 3, 2011

Markey (D-MA-7), Jerry McNerney (D-CA-11), and Anna Eshoo (D-CA-14) introduced legislation designed to fast track the deployment of electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

By the end of 2012, the global fleet could top 1 billion vehicles—one for every seven people on the planet. Electric vehicle (EV) production remains at barely perceptible levels, according to the report. million light vehicles in 2011, with 2012 output projected to reach 18.4

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AUGUST 4, 2015

NMC cathode materials can be tailored through changes in composition and morphology to meet a wide range of customer requirements from high-energy handheld consumer electronics to high-power electric vehicles. LG Chem supplies its NMC-based Li-ion cells to a growing number of plug-in vehicles, among them the Chevy Volt.

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OCTOBER 9, 2022

You plug the charger into your garage outlet, and it probably won’t cost you anything to install. So the total cost will be around $1000 to $2000. Having an electric car charger installed doesn’t usually require changes in the electricity system of a building. Level 2 chargers are a little more expensive.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 1, 2018

The idea of adding noise-makers to vehicles that are "too quiet" didn't exist until the first hybrid-electric cars hit the market in 2000.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 1, 2021

Amy Sinclair is the only woman presently serving on the board of the Golden Gate Electric Vehicle Association (GGEVA) , and for many years she has been one of the few female members of this Electric Auto Association (EAA) Bay Area chapter. If it’s too big a leap to go all-electric, then try on a plug-in hybrid.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 21, 2022

He says the solar system providing power when the sun is out reduced that bill by about $4000 and the Leaf with V2G functioning is taking care of the final $2000 annual electricity bill. Nissan Leaf being used for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging. Another technology that is more common in EVs currently is vehicle-to-load, or V2L.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It has its own charging station to design its own plug design. You have the Tesla Superchargers standard and plug, which is one thing, but there are two others in the fast-charging world. Nissan Leafs, which were the first battery-electric vehicle to hit the U.S. park the car, plug it in, and leave at 6:00 a.m.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It has its own charging station to design its own plug design. You have the Tesla Superchargers standard and plug, which is one thing, but there are two others in the fast-charging world. Nissan Leafs, which were the first battery-electric vehicle to hit the U.S. park the car, plug it in, and leave at 6:00 a.m.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Total transportation fuel use in California broken down by subsector and fuel type for each scenario: business-as-usual (BAU); plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs); and combined PEVs and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). Source: Yang et al. Click to enlarge. —Yang et al.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Honda will conduct demonstration testing of the HSHS that is linked with electromotive mobility products such as electric vehicles and the Internavi system. Through this demonstration testing, Honda will aim to reduce CO 2 by 50% (in comparison to year 2000).

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EV Connect

JULY 8, 2021

As electric vehicle adoption soars and students across the country return to in-person learning, Union College, seeks to have their nine new (mid-2019) dual port EV charging stations around campus continue to be utilized by faculty, staff and student EV drivers. I think we’re a kind of forward-thinking institution.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

The E-KIZUNA Project, managed by the city in collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders, aims to help fight global warming and realize a sustainable, low-carbon society through the popularization of electric vehicles. (In In Japanese, kizuna means the ties that connect people to each other.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Simply plugging in one million electric cars (unmanaged or ad hoc charging) could add $750 million in annual wholesale energy costs unless smart charging is adopted, according to a joint study conducted by PJM Interconnection and Better Place, released by Better Place. They assumed EV penetration to be constant in regions with MHIs.

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

The company provides powertrain electronics for several hybrid electric vehicle manufacturers. Since 2000, Delphi has been issued more than 100 patents in power electronics and advanced energy systems. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Power Electronics.

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