Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Introduction of the 2012 Fiat 500 at LA. The 2012 Fiat 500 made its US debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show this past week. liter engine features four valves per cylinder and is the first mass-production engine for the North American market to incorporate Fiat’s Fully Variable Valve Actuation (FVVA) (MultiAir).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

a leading manufacturer of standby and portable power generation equipment and Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) have formed a strategic partnership. Beginning in 2010, FPT will supply Generac with a wide range of industrial diesel engines for use in gensets with outputs ranging from 60 to 350 kilowatts (kW). Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Once the tests have been completed the Electric Daily is expected to enter production with Iveco at the same site where the Fiat Palio Electric is already produced. This builds on the partnership initiated in 2006 between Fiat Automoveis and Itaipu Binacional for the production of the first pure electric traction automobile in Brazil.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Chrysler Group LLC will begin production in the fourth quarter of 2010 of Fiat’s 1.4-liter, The first application of the engine will be in the North American-built Fiat 500 that will go into production in 2011. Although mechanized assembly is commonplace today, the brand name FIRE has remained with Fiat’s powertrain line up.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

The joint venture will begin producing lithium-ion battery systems in 2010 for Wanxiang’s existing backlog of customers in China in the passenger and heavy-duty market segments, with the intention to expand to new customers and new geographies. Tags: Batteries China. gigawatt hours (GWh) of capacity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The company, in partnership with Centro Ricerche Fiat SCpA (Fiat Research Centre) also highlighted the Fiat Panda Hybrid Fuel Cell/Battery vehicle, equipped with a Quallion battery, at the show. The Panda Fuel Cell/Battery vehicle participated at the Challenge Bibendum 2010 in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Honeywell will boost the engines of several of the most fuel efficient vehicles in each region including the recently launched 2011 Chevy Cruze in the US, the 2010 Volkswagen Polo in Europe, the BMW X-6 ActiveHybrid, and two new gasoline engine developments in China for GAC-Fiat and JAC. Tags: Brief. liter Power Stroke engines.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

More details below: Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat. Department of Energy to develop a test fleet of 220 hybrid pickup trucks and minivans, vehicles now scrapped in the sweeping turnaround plan for Chrysler announced this week by Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne. Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

During the unveiling of the new five year (2010-2014) business plan last week, however, there was only one hybrid (the two-mode RAM) with plans for a PHEV demo fleet and a battery electric vehicle to follow sometime in mid plan.( Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Fiat has won the prestigious international Technobest prize for the second year running for its innovation TwinAir system after winning last year for its MultiAir technology. Tags: Fiat MultiAir powertrain prize technology.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2010

Fiat has added to its environmental accolades with a new award announced for its eco:Drive fuel-saving technology. The drive system – this time in eco:Drive Fleet form scooped the Green Development prize in the BusinessCar Techies 2010, announced yesterday by BusinessCar magazine.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 9, 2010

It is hoped that the improvements will equate to an overall fuel efficiency boost of 25 per cent during the 2010-2014 period with the company also revealing a progressive electrification strategy. Chrysler will rapidly apply several Fiat powertrain technologies [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2010

From May 3, 2010, models of the Karabag 500 E, based on the popular Fiat 500 and the Micro-Vett Fiorino E, based on the Fiorino small van will be available to hire [.]. Tags: Electric cars 500 e Essen Fiat Fiorino germany Karabag micro-vett RWE Sixt.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

With a heavy reliance on the rapid transfer of Fiat Group technology for Multiair, Paolo E Ferrero, the senior vice president of Chrysler Powertrain outlined the company’s new five-year business plan during a briefing at Chrysler headquarters. 4.0litres with the first application to be the Jeep Cherokee in mid 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Fiat Powertrain Technologies 1.4-liter Chrysler Group LLC provided some more detail on its revamped powertrain lineup—outlined in November 2009 ( earlier post )—that applies technology that will contribute to an overall fuel-efficiency improvement of more than 25% during the 2010-2014 period. liter FIRE with Multiair is the Fiat 500.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

The ENVI sector had plans to produce at least one of its prototypes with the Dodge Circuit EV listed as a 2010 product in the company’s viability plan. ENVI has been working on vehicles since 2005 and wants to have as many as 100,000 of them sold by 2010. Its battery mini van is already on the road, albeit in small numbers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2010

Calling Fiat’s MultiAir ( earlier post ) “ the single most innovative engine technology to appear in the past 12 months ”, the Awards judging panel for the International Engine of Year Awards has selected the 1.4L Multiair Turbo the Best New Engine of 2010. Tags: Engines. Atkinson-cycle unit in the new Prius and in the Auris.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Chrysler’s new powertrain strategy relies heavily on the rapid integration of Fiat technologies. In addition, Ferrero said, the Chrysler Group will be the global center of engineering competence for hybrids and electric vehicles for Fiat Group and Chrysler Group. Chrysler will adapt Fiat diesel engines to Chrysler applications.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

To survive, help is needed from Italys Fiat but, as negotiations with the Italian automaker bog down and the two week deadline to hammer out a partnership approaches, the companys future - as well as its aspirations for an electric hot rod - are increasingly in doubt. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Some of the new and updated models, such as a battery-powered version of Geelys Panda hatchback, may hit the market as early as October, and in some cases they might carry price tags low enough for farmers and other rural residents with limited financial means. in late 2010. Tags: evdriven. Great Wall Motor Co., Prius hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

Borealis also provides the material for the dashboard carrier in the Fiat 500. Borouge is currently tripling its polyolefins manufacturing capacity to 2 million tonnes per year (t/y) by mid-2010 and an additional 2.5 Tags: Fuel Efficiency Materials Plastics Vehicle Systems. Today Borealis and Borouge manufacture 4.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

GM’s plastic post-isolation for automotive HVAC blower motors, featured in the 2010 Camaro, uses an integrally molded plastic mount instead of multiple rubber isolators to soften and quiet HVAC fan-motor vibrations, resulting in significant reductions in cost and development time plus a quieter vehicle interior for consumers.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2010

“The single most innovative engine technology to appear in the last 12 months” – that was the rousing proclamation of the Fiat 1.4l Multiair Turbo, which has scooped the title of Best New Engine of 2010. Part of the International Engine of the Year Awards, the engine was selected thanks in part to its electrohydraulic system [.].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

Mode 3 uniform EU solution (Type plugs specifications to be finalized by the end of 2010 in conjunction with the CEN/CENELEC activities, having in mind global context). Mode 3 uniform EU solution (Type plugs specifications to be finalized by the end of 2010 in conjunction with the CEN/CENELEC activities, having in mind global context).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYDs plug-in, called the F3DM (for "dual mode"), goes farther on a single charge - 62 miles - than other electric vehicles and sells for about $22,000, less than the plug-in Prius and much-hyped Chevy Volt are expected to cost when they hit the market in late 2010. Tags: evdriven.

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