Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2009

billion) to European-based car makers to help design and build cleaner cars with lower CO 2 emissions. In May 2008, Jaguar Land Rover received funding from the UK government in support of the development of a number of clean vehicle projects through partnerships with suppliers, government agencies, and universities. ( Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

For the second year in a row, BMW has cut its average CO2 emissions per car by more than any other automotive manufacturer. per cent, while BMW Group achieved 10.2 The result is the reduction of BMW Group’s average vehicle emissions in 2008 to 154g/km, down 10.2 per cent from 172g/km in 2007.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Comparative tests with procedures that calculate traffic density on the basis of stationary toll tag readers, such as those used for congestion charges, have shown that the Siemens system provides reliable data even if only a few drivers have their cell phones switched on. In an emergency, the system can centrally control all traffic lights.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

Where does the future lie for BMW? The German manufacturer claims it has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet carbon dioxide emissions over the last several years and according to its statistics, the average fuel consumption of all BMW and MINI vehicles registered in Germany in 2008 is 5.9l/km

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

Motor racing fans won’t have missed the news yesterday that BMW is realigning all of its motor sport activities and is ending its participation in Formula 1 at the end of the 2009 season. BMW’s decision marks the second household name to pull out of F1 in relatively quick succession, following Honda’s withdrawal in 2008.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 9, 2010

Smart will be launching a test fleet of 250 electric cars in selected areas, including: Portland, San Jose, Indianapolis, Orlando, and the Washington, D.C. Read more in the article: Smart to Launch Test Fleet of Electric Cars. is the most ambitious, with plans to sell as many as 150,000 electric cars in the U.S. Ford Motor Co.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

Results from two of the world’s leading car manufacturers suggest there is at least a ray of hope. After US giant Ford recorded its first increase in sales for almost two years, BMW announced it had made a net profit of 121million euros in the first three months from April to June - well above industry forecasts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

Bosch anticipates that electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles will take almost a 3% share of the global new car market in 2020. BMW is the first customer of the joint venture, which was set up in 2008. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Motors Power Electronics Vehicle Manufacturers Vehicle Systems. Source: Bosch.

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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. Tags: Europe Fuel Cells Hydrogen Infrastructure.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! More on Electric Cars: It’s On! Like this post?

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Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

H ere's the Mazda story thanks to Autocar: Mazda plans Volt rival Autocar August 28, 2008 Autocar has learned that Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt – a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery pack which powers the wheels via an electric motor.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 12, 2009

Stefano Paris at the November 19th, 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling of the MINI E. If you’ve been following the BMW MINI E program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINI E driver is a multistep one.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. READ MORE: Every new electric car coming to Australia in 2022. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Think iX3, but smaller.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

New figures published by European NGO, Transport & Environment (T&E) show BMW and Mazda led the field with 10 per cent and 8.2 per cent reductions to the average CO2 emissions for cars sold in Europe in 2008. Tags: BMW Cars Ford Green credentials mazda emissions eu T&E.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them.

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EV Central

MAY 8, 2024

That good EV news came after electric car sales declined in April for the first time since November 2020 and as Tesla continued price-cutting and Peugeot piled in with a massive $25,000 discount on its run-out e-2008 electric SUV. READ MORE: EC40, EX40, XC40… Has Volvo just reduced or increased its electric car naming confusion?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. Click here to see more photos of the BMW MINI E. ].

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. car’s introduction.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

04/23/2009 Foxs Bill OReilly Challenged to Live Up To His Words and Buy An Electric Car Fox News commentator, show host, and radio talk show host Bill OReilly has been. Tags: evdriven. 04/22/2009 Review: 2010 Toyota Prius Ride & Drive There, tucked in a corner of the basement at Cobo Arena in Detroit, sat the. All Rights Reserved.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The project, which will put 340 vehicles on the road in trials within the next six to eighteen months, will be the biggest of its kind and is intended to accelerate the availability of low carbon cars to consumers. Modern electric cars offer power and bucket loads of torque. Low Carbon doesn’t mean low performance.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

A stop-start system made by Bosch, has reached a landmark one million fitted to new cars. Cars made by BMW and Mini, Fiat, Kia, and Volkswagen, among others use the Bosch system to boost the fuel efficiency of their cars. Tags: Green credentials Bosch economy fuel stop-start technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

2,500 on a car with a base of $25,000) for a vehicle with green technology—all other things being equal. The role of emotion in buying cars. ” He’s also found that consumers believe hybrids don’t have as much power as traditional cars. You can move from a BMW 3 series into a Prius and be proud.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: Every electric ute and pick-up coming soon! The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1. Badged the BMW i7 , the lengthy four-door promises up to 625km of WLTP range and 400kW/745Nm from its dual electric motors. BYD Dolphin.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

BMW is looking into ways to maximise waste heat recovery in vehicles with two pathways being explored - thermoelectric and thermodynamic. It presented test results in 2008 that showed that at 62mph consistent driving speed, the use of the Rankine cycle improved thermal efficiency by 3.8 per cent. . per cent and 31.7

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Sales of electric cars almost tripled in 2023 and Aussies had more models than ever to choose from. As well as new models from heavy EV hitters such as Tesla, BYD, Polestar and Volvo, there will be a raft of traditional brands jumping on board the electric car race. Toyota, Volkswagen and Subaru are chief among them.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. They even had a real plug connected to their toy car on the exhibit hall. Luckily no one was really at Plug-In 2009 to hear the Three Car Stooges at this point, they don’t have any pleasant surprises in store for us.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3 Combined cars and light trucks. Passenger cars. Average Fuel Economy Standards Passenger Cars and Light Trucks Model Year 2011. million metric tons during that period. Earlier post.). gCO 2 /mile.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

BMW’s door panel in the 2008 7 Series was compression molded from a new, high-performance, lightweight, cost-effective, and green composite. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Materials Plastics.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

Ian Robertson, Sales and Marketing Director of BMW Group AG, today joined Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon in Scotland as they launched the Government’s vision for ultra-low carbon transport in the UK. BMW has already established a number of key proposed partners for the UK trial.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

More details — and a nice namecheck for ‘Revenge’ – after the jump: Harris: Coulomb Technologies gets funding for electric car charging stations. “The director of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?&# is now filming the sequel, “Revenge of the Electric Car.&# Green Energy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service by Sam Abuelsamid on Apr 22nd 2009 at 10:05AM Chrysler U.S. Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan?

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 13, 2008

Electric cars are in the news almost daily. The NY Times headlined "As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars." In perhaps the biggest news, on May 13 amidst a generally downbeat report, Nissan announced a serious, forward-looking effort to make electric cars an important part of their automotive portfolio. GM lost $3.25

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