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China and India reveal green car focus

Green Cars News

However, electric vehicles have already started to penetrate the country with sales of electric motorcycles expected to hit 110,000 units in the year 2008-2009. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Tata China india Tata Nano.

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Motorcycles could face smog testing

Green Cars News

Motorcycles in California could soon be included under the state’s smog checking programme if a bill is passed. Currently there are around 575,000 motorcycles registered in California with the model year of 2000 or higher. There are fears however, that it might be affected by tampering.

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Groups join forces on fuel efficient engine

Green Cars News

In April 2008, Changan displayed a prototype engine developed with Orbital at the Beijing International Motor Show. Currently, FlexDI is only applied in non-automotive applications such as motorcycles, outboard engines and ATVs. It is hoped that with fuel economy improvements, the Euro IV emission levels will be achieved.

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Toyota and BMW results offer rays of hope

Green Cars News

Much of the success is attributed to the company’s domestic sales with Germany’s auto industry federation reporting that new car registrations in the country has jumped by 27 per cent this year compared to 2008, sparked largely by a government bonus scheme.

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Suzuki to showcase fuel cell and plug-in hybrid concepts

Green Cars News

Suzuki is set to exhibit two new exciting green car concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, a Swift with Plug-in Hybrid system and an SX4 Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV). Suzuki began joint trials of the MI0 with the Shizuoka prefecture government in November 2008 with a view to enhancing it ready for commercial sale.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

Green Car Congress

DOT’s vision for V2V is that eventually, each vehicle on the roadway (inclusive of automobiles, trucks, buses, motor coaches, and motorcycles) will be able to communicate with other vehicles and that this rich set of data and communications will support a new generation of active safety applications and safety systems.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Batteries not ready.

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