Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2013
MY 2012 adjusted fuel economy is 23.6 mpg fuel economy improvement from MY 2011 to MY 2012 is the second largest annual improvement in the last 30 years. l/100 km) fuel economy, which, if achieved, will again represent all-time records. Click to enlarge. l/100 km), which is 1.2 mpg, or 22%. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2009
Mazda Motor Corporation has launched the fully updated the Mazda Carol micro-mini for the Japanese market, its first full remodeling since September 2004. The CVT and five-speed manual transmission grades exceed Japan’s “2010 fuel economy standard plus 25%.” Mazda Carol XS (FWD model with CVT). km/L (58 mpg US, 4.0
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2012
This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Scuderi Group, the developer of a split-cycle and engine and air-hybrid variant, has opened a Japan office and hired a Director of Asian Operations, Deryk Langlais. These fuel economy regulations challenge Japanese automakers to achieve a gain of roughly 10% by 2015. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2009
According to the study, higher fuel economy standards would benefit the Detroit 3 automakers the most. Further, the report finds that the existing culture within the domestic auto companies systematically underestimates the value of fuel economy, which has crippled profitability. Fuel Economy.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2015
The racer will be designed to demonstrate that with far less horsepower than many of today’s best sports cars, a two-seat performance car based on the DeltaWing architecture would deliver the same performance, yet with previously unattained fuel economy and efficiency.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2009
Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000. The second-generation Prius launched in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model year. The first-generation US Prius was a low-volume vehicle (12,000 produced annually). By 2005 Toyota was producing more than 100,000 vehicles annually for the US market.
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