Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

During last month’s SAE 2009 World Congress, Ford presented a research paper into thermoelectric exhaust heat energy recovery. engine with an Atkinson-cycle engine - such as those used in Ford’s Escape Hybrid SUV. engine with an Atkinson-cycle engine - such as those used in Ford’s Escape Hybrid SUV.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

Unfortunate news for Ford-owned Volvo cars late last week as it was forced to recall around 8,500 green cars predominantly from Sweden. The problem came due to issues with the fuel pump of the Volvo V70 and Volvo S80 2008 and 2009 models.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Perhaps its indicative of the Toyota Prius’s standing in the green car world that it is seen as the standard bearer that most new vehicles aim to surpass. However, the Ford Fiesta is one vehicle that appears to have edged out its rival. By contrast, the Ford Fiesta Econetic diesel has an emissions rating of 98g/km.

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JULY 27, 2009

New blog post: Athens orders natural gas refuse trucks [link] #. New blog post: Oregon climate change laws signed [link] #. New blog post: Honda introduces flex fuel car in Brazil [link] #. New blog post: Ford Australia aims to boost efficiency [link] #.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

It seems no vehicle manufacturer wants to be left out of the Frankfurt frenzy and now Ford of Europe has released details of the all-new Ford C-MAX which will debut at the 2009 show. It is the third of the family to be announced by Ford, with the EcoBoost line also including a 3.5l

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

Unsurprisingly there is still frenzied interest in the announcement of a vehicle scrappage scheme by Alistair Darling as part of his 2009 Budget. However, an announcement by Ford meant to sweeten the deal to its customers may only raise further doubts about the scheme’s environmental credibility.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

Ford gave its opinions as part of the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach last week. At the moment Ford has four full hybrids on the market and will increase its use of hybrid technology going forward with plans to introduce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles during the mid-term 2011-2020 period.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. automotive market has not been easy for Tesla.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 7, 2010

There was more good news for manufacturers of hybrid vehicles as reported sales leapt by 42 per cent in December 2009 compared to the previous year. Sales reached 25,167 units during the month thanks in part to the fact that December 2009 had 28 selling days compared to 26 in the prior year. The figures do [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

It may only have been introduced this past week at the Frankfurt Motor Show, but we already have details of when Ford plans to launch its new seven-seat C-MAX. The C-MAX is seen as the first of a new generation of Ford global C-cars that are scheduled for introduction over the next few years including a new generation Ford Focus.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

On Monday morning (April 28 2009), the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid team hit the 1,000-mile mark on a single tank of gas, and is continuing its ultimate fuel-efficiency challenge with nearly one-third of a tank of fuel remaining. will keep you updated as the challenge continues… Tags: Ford Hybrid cars fusion hybrid.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Great news for hybrid cars, as reported US sales of the vehicles leapt by 21 per cent year on year in November 2009 to 20,003 units. Even though overall light duty vehicle sales were generally flat for the month, according to figures from Autodata, reported hybrid sales increased to now represent 2.7 per cent of the [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford’s advanced battery researchers are working with battery suppliers, utility companies and top-tier academic researchers to develop, test and validate high-powered battery systems that are durable enough to last the lifetime of a vehicle. Susan Cischke, Group Vice President, Ford Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Wolfgang Schneider at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009. Question: Can you tell explain Ford’s strategy for introducing greener cars? Answer: Ford’s broad general direction is less and less CO2 emissions, with the ultimate goal of zero emission vehicles. However at Ford we see three clear stages to achieve this.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 5, 2010

The New Year is finally here and it promises to be an exciting 12 months for fans of eco-friendly cars. Here we look at the top 10 green cars you can expect to hear a lot more about in the year ahead… TOP 10 GREEN CARS OF 2010 If 2009 was the year that green cars stopped [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

By 2013, 90 percent of Ford’s North American lineup will be available with EcoBoost engine technology, which is one of Ford’s key initiatives to deliver significant advancements in fuel economy without sacrificing the performance customers want. Jianwen Yi, Ford EcoBoost Technical Leader.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Peter Valdes-Dapena , CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: April 15, 2009: 2:59 PM ET The Dodge Circuit, slated to enter production late next year, is based on a vehicle platform engineered by Britains Lotus.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

Authorizes $30 million per year 2009-2018 Secondary Application and Disposal of Electric Drive Batteries Directs DOE to carry out research, development, and demonstration of secondary application of vehicle batteries, and Research, development and demonstration of recycling, and disposal of batteries. T here has been a lot of news too!

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APRIL 19, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. Disclaimer Copyright © 2009 BigCharts.com Inc. must create a strong electric car industry.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2009

The end of the slump in the automotive sector appears far from over as total sales of light duty vehicles in the USA during May 2009 were revealed to have decreased by 33.7 For one, the May 2009 results were the highest of the year so far. per cent share of new vehicle sales - the best monthly result so far this year.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

The annual report, entitled Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2009 , showed that for 2008, the last year for which the EPA has final data from car manufacturers, the average fuel economy value was 21.0mpg with a small improvement expected in 2009 to 21.1mpg.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Winners of our recent ‘Green Car of the Year’ 2009 award, Volvo has also been voted ‘Green Car Manufacturer of the Year’ too. Volvo took a staggering 74 per cent of the vote, beating rivals such as Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen to name a few. Tags: Volvo c30 green car vote.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. as stated.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Compared to July 2009 results, hybrid sales increased by 9.2 Both Ford and Nissan made significant gains in their share of reported hybrid sales with Nissan reporting the share of hybrid sales jumping from 1.7 Ford more than doubled its share from 5.1 Ford more than doubled its share from 5.1 per cent in August this year.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Ford is hosting the cinema events in celebration of the new 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid, the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in America and the official vehicle of the hit television show. Grand prize winners will be notified on May 17, 2009. May 7-9, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. May 14-16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 9, 2009

The top-selling model under the programme has been the Ford Escape according to an Edmunds.com analysis, although Government figures which tally individual model variants as separate vehicles conclude that the Ford Focus is the top seller.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2009

At the Plug-In Conference last week Mike Tinsey, the global manager of Ford’s sustainability activities, admitted that Build Your Dreams Auto (BYD Auto), the China based battery and car manufacturer, could be a “real threat&#. Now it’s easy to see why.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

That’s the verdict of Clean Green Cars , which launched an investigation that found that average new car CO2 fell by 5.5 per cent in the first nine months of 2009 from an average of 159.31g/km in September 2008 to 150.56g/km in September 2009. km and Audi, which has cut its emissions by 9.6 per cent to 158.2g/km.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

Source: Japanese Newspaper Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun ; document.write(str); } //]]> Posted in: News More from AllCarsElectric.com 04/23/2009 Honda Will Not Lower Price Of Insight: Ends Price War With Toyota For now, Honda has decided to end the price war between their Insight and Toyotas.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

per cent by volume in June 2009 compared to the same month in the previous year. This meant that a total of 26,205 hybrid units were sold - some three per cent of all new vehicles, the highest monthly new vehicle share since April 2008. Reported sales of hybrids in the US increased by 5.2 per cent in volume to 859,847 units.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The figures were boosted in part by the fact that October 2009 had 28 selling days compared to 27 in the previous year. Here is how each of the major manufacturers faired: Ford: The company sold a total of 2,282 hybrid units during the month – an increase of 14.3 The new HS Hybrid meanwhile posted 1,527 units.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. This news story has been successfully emailed to you friend(s). Its expected price tag is between 60,000 yuan and 70,000 yuan, or about $8,780 to $10,250. Gasgoo.com | ?? |

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The spectacular 15th century Guildhall, in the heart of the City of London, was the backdrop for the GreenFleet Awards 2009 on the evening of Thursday 1st October. More news on other worthy winners later today. Tags: BMW Elektromotive Latest news GreenFleet awards paul lucas. Editor Faye Sunderland.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The announcement came as Saft declared its third quarter 2009 financial results with an 11.9 Tags: Green cars Latest news Lithium-ion batteries Department of Energy DOE funding Holland Michigan Jacksonville Florida John Searle Johnson Controls Saft Saft. per cent reduction in sales year-on-year and a 13.2

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

September 2009 light duty vehicle sales dropped back to pre-incentive lows with 745,997 cars and light duty trucks sold during the month according to Autodata. Here is how each manufacturer faired: Ford: The company reported a six per cent drop in sales year-on-year. The new HS250h meanwhile, sold 1,242 units. per cent in July.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

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. Tags: BMW Cars Green cars Latest news Toyota BMW sales Toyota sales Yamaha sales.

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