Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2010

liter V8 (which made its debut in 2005) naturally aspirated engine has a displacement of 6,208 cc, compared to the 5,461 cc of the new V8. The high-performance sedan accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 4.5 Tags: Engines. ” —Friedrich Eichler, Head of Engine and Powertrain Development at Mercedes-AMG The older AMG 6.3

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

A joint venture between Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies, Fisker Automotive was founded in 2005 with headquarters in Irvine, California, and has made the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports car its centrepiece. Fisker Automotive. The company hopes to begin selling the Fisker Karma in mid 2010 in Europe. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

In general, the study uses a 2005 EPA estimate of California average electric generation emissions (0.32 Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins. Charge-sustaining fuel economy for all vehicles is assumed to be 36 miles per US gallon. kg of CO 2 per kWh. (SAE SAE 2009-01-1311 ). Tate et al. SAE 2008-01-0458 ).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

liter engine Atenza models, available in both the Sedan and Sport Wagon body types, have been updated with Mazda’s direct injection MZR 2.0L Tags: Brief. Mazda Motor Corporation has begun sales of the facelifted Mazda Atenza (known overseas as the Mazda6) for the Japanese market. DISI gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Combined sales of these mid-size hybrid sedans for through September were 12,602 units, according to Ford—48.4% In 2005, San Francisco became one of the first cities to adopt hybrids into taxi service, with hybrids accounting for 14% of its current fleet. Tags: Hybrids Sales. —David Finnegan, Ford hybrid marketing manager.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

But down the road, the idea of the Tesla is to use this car to kick the company off, and then to get a sedan under $50,000 that’ll appeal to a lot more people. A: I’m much more hopeful today than I was in 2005, simply because the car companies have painted themselves into a corner. Tags: interviews chris paine In the Media.

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EV1 Los Angeles Hydrogen GM 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California on the Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. Tags: Brief. The US Department of Energy has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors, Inc. Earlier post.). The Department of Energy was appropriated $7.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. BYD said the F6DM (dual mode) sedan will go on sale in China in the fourth quarter for $20,000 to $30,000.The See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The engine, the first in the brand’s 20-year history, will initially be available in both the EX and FX crossovers and later in the Infiniti M luxury performance sedan. Work on the direct injection 2993cc V6 began in 2005. Tags: Diesel Engines Europe. Infiniti will introduce a newly-developed 3.0-liter

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. For $50k you can get a Tesla sedan which will get hundreds of miles strictly on electric. April 17, 2009 12:22 pm Link I don’t see how the Telsa Sedan would be an advantage. Tags: evdriven. — Goodbye 2. — Dan 3.

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