Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2009
Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the second warmest on record for June 2009 and the January-June 2009 year-to-date tied with 2004 as the fifth warmest on record, according to the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), part of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2010
Its REVA electric vehicle was first commercially available in Bangalore in 2001 and in London in 2004, under the G-Wiz brand. REVA markets its vehicles in 24 countries across Europe, Asia and Central and South America and has more than 3,500 of its vehicles on the road with more than 100 million km of user experience.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
The developing and least-developed economies, 80% of the world’s population, accounted for 73% of the global growth of emissions in 2004. This is a 21st century application of a technology known as Terra Preta, or Black Earth, used by Amazon peoples before the arrival of Europeans in South America. per year from 2000-2007.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
US small car sales—combined B- and C-segments—grew from about 14% of the market in 2004 to more than 21% now. Production start for Europe and North America late in 2010 and market launch early in 2011. Asia, Africa and South America production will follow. Ford’s “Focus” on the C-Segment.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2015
The company delivered 891,900 (890,600; +0.2%) vehicles in the North America region from January to December, of which 599,700 (611,800; -2.0%) were handed over to customers in the United States. This means the brand has doubled deliveries since 2004, and topped the six-million mark for the first time.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2009
The initial results of the SOFeX experiment, published in Science in April, 2004, seemed to support the Iron Hypothesis in an unexpected way. The two North Patch floats operated for over 14 months, diving, recording, and surfacing to report data in the world’s stormiest waters, traveling almost to South America before falling silent.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market.
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