Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. Volkswagen study Golf Variant twïnDRIVE. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) These vehicles must be operated sustainably—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Here's the story from the LA Times: Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in U.S., Japan and Europe by 2010 By Yuri Kageyama, The Associated Press June 11, 2008 TOKYO -- Toyota is introducing a plug-in hybrid with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in the U.S., The list of attendees includes Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.);

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Fuel-saving gasoline-electric hybrid cars don't save as much fuel as thought, according to new government fuel-economy ratings available to the public for the first time. The new ratings go into effect beginning with 2008 models, a few of which will soon be on sale. Tags: mpg toyota prius plug-in hybrid.

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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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The focus of the meeting was on plug-in vehicle batteries (plug-in hybrids [PHEVs] and battery-electric vehicles [BEVs]) and batteries for large and small stationary energy storage applications. Gasoline prices would need to be about $6/gallon before EVs are cost competitive.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Right now, here in 2008 the cat is on the roof for global warming. There’s an old joke that most of us baby boomers first heard when we were kids. After the first week goes by the vacationing brother phones to check in. ” “What!? ” “What!? What do you mean my cat died?! I understand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

A newly released University of Michigan study found widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; however, the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. 14% said there was a chance of purchase at $10,000 more.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2007

As presently consitituted, the Senate bill drops the requirement of electricity generators to achieve 15% renewable sources, but includes higher CAFE standards and major provisions for plug-ins, including conversions. It also creates a 20 percent tax credit for consumers who convert their vehicle to a plug-in, or up to $2,500.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

As of this month, Toyota sells 27 different hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid model in more than 90 countries and regions. 2 Production ceased in 2008 and production of a new model started in 2011. *3 4 Crown Royal production ceased in 2003, Crown Sedan production ceased in 2008. . *2 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

Fuel-cycle SO 2 emissions of EVs compared to those of gasoline ICEVs and HEVs in China, current (left) and future (right). The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback ( earlier post ), powered by the next-generation SKYACTIV-X spark-controlled compression-ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine ( earlier post ), SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Grail Engine Technologies , the designer of a two-stroke engine using forced semi-homogeneous charged compression ignition (FS-HCCI) combustion, has adopted the Pulstar pulse plugs from Enerpulse ( earlier post ). HCCI is a combustion regime in which well-mixed fuel, exhaust gas and air are compressed to the point of auto-ignition.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. The majority of vehicles registered in 2018 were powered by gasoline engines, with the fuel type making up 57% of all registrations.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

For example, of its top 20 profit contributors in 2008, nine were cars. While the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline-fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. It also spreads doubt about the enviro bona fides of plug-ins. Cold starts mean more pollution. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to offer solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2011

A 2008 paper by a team at the University of Michigan. The effect on long-term savings for the LED system depended upon the type of vehicle in use (gasoline-powered vs. electric). While the long-term fuel cost savings (dollars) were higher for the gasoline-powered vehicle, long-term distance savings (range) favored the electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine.” This corresponds to a 23% reduction in fuel consumption and, therefore, CO 2 output.).

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Thanks to Plug In America 's predecessor DontCrush.com , about 1000 of those cars still drive today on the original batteries using existing electric infrastructure. That which they don't kill (EVs in 2003) they hope to delay (FCVs in 2008). However plug-in cars, both plug-in hybrids and electric cars are seeing a resurgence.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

When Google asked for submissions of a 90 second video on the benefits of plug in cars to show at a 2008 Washington DC Brookings-Google Electric Car conference, Alexandra Paul and Stefano Paris decided to rise to the challenge! Day 1 Plug-In Conference 1-2pm. Cast and Crew: Stefano, Alexandra, and Gary. The audience cheered.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The other two short-listed finalists in contention for the award were the Mercedes-Benz S 500 Plug-In Hybrid and the Volkswagen Golf GTE. The BMW i8 is the first plug-in hybrid vehicle manufactured by the BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

Key developments in the transportation sector that they note include: Positive for gasoline demand: Strong Chinese car growth in 2010, particularly in the first half of the year, with vehicle sales up 30% year-on-year (YoY) through the first eleven months of 2010. In the US hybrids fell from about 3% of total sales in 2008-09 to 2.2%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

From the perspective of mobility zones based on travel distance, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles can match the everyday usability of a current gasoline car, and become mainstream environmentally friendly vehicles. Toyota believes that environmentally friendly vehicles can only truly have a positive impact if they are widely used.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2010

Since becoming the fuel economy leader in the 2008 model year (average 30.9 Key enablers are improvements and innovation in powertrains including gasoline direct injection, turbocharging, electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, light-weight materials and design, and more. Earlier post.) This fall, Hyundai will launch the 2.0T

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

If these regional rollouts succeed, hydrogen FCVs might be just a few years behind plug-in vehicles in the commercialization process and might ultimately capture a larger share of the light-duty vehicle market. However, they note , “ the trends are encouraging and the hydrogen enterprise has never been more serious and focused.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In 2008, MINI was a trailblazer for electromobility in the BMW Group. With the MINI Countryman Plug-in Hybrid alone, (combined fuel consumption: 2.0 – 1.7 The classic Mini, introduced 61 years ago, was not only characterized by revolutionary space economy, but also by an economic drive with sporting potential.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2018

sales history of the Smart two-seat minicar started with a bang in 2008, when gasoline prices soared, and has waned since then. A complete redesign of the little ForTwo in the 2016 model year, with the Cabrio soft-top following for 2017, didn't do much for sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

The diesel crisis certainly affected the speed of growth in the market, but consumers are overcoming this by turning to more attractive gasoline and AFV solutions. Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) performed well, as electrics, hybrids and plug-ins posted an increase of 31% and recorded 450,200 registrations, making up 5.4%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

in 2008 to 53.7% Ford will bring the all-new Ford Transit commercial van to market with an option for an all-new diesel engine as well as the 3.5L EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.) Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

By the end of 2008, EnerFuel had successfully integrated a prototype high-temperature PEM fuel cell range extender into an EV, Betts said. Tags: Fuel Cells Plug-ins. The system incorporates a compact, lightweight, 3 kW fuel cell power system supporting the vehicle’s lithium-ion battery system. Charles Gassenheimer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. 24 million to help develop and produce biofuels such as gasoline and diesel substitutes and renewable natural gas. The second investment plan, for fiscal year 2010-2011, provided $83 million.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

By 2030, the study concludes, low-carbon fuels could replace more than a quarter of the gasoline and diesel used by vehicles in the Pacific Coast region by 2030, with a reduction in the overall carbon intensity of on-road transportation fuels of 14%–21%. First-generation biofuels (e.g., First-generation biofuels (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

General Motors has released a white paper that evaluates the CO 2 reduction potential of extended-range electric vehicles (E-REVs) as well as plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), in combination with multiple vehicle charging scenarios, as compared to conventional hybrids. FCEV” refers to all fuel cell vehicles, including E-REVs and fuel cell hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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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! Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. as stated.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

A nother major manufacturer is jumping on the plug in hybrid bandwagon. If all goes as planned, VW is hoping to introduce the technology on vehicles by 2010, that magical year when plug-in electric vehicles being promised by multiple automakers are supposed to hit the world's roads. But, there's also a 2.0-liter

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