Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2011
’s decision to cut stop producing the Colt subcompact there highlight the a downsizing trend in Europe for Japanese carmakers as the new-vehicle market there shrinks. shut one of two production lines at a UK factory last August, shifting its focus to emerging markets. The Nikkei writes that Daihatsu Motor Co.’s
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2012
Volvo Car Corporation will rely on a powertrain strategy based on its new downsized 4-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture) engine platform ( earlier post ) and hybrids for the US market, said John Maloney, recently appointed President of Volvo Cars, US, in an interview at the Detroit Auto Show. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2013
From 2013-2015, Ford of Europe will increase total EcoBoost gasoline engine production by 35%. EcoBoost technology combines direct fuel injection, turbocharging and variable valve timing to enable a downsized engine to reduce consumption by up to 20% over larger engines. liter three-cylinder and the 1.6- liter four-cylinder variants.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 4, 2011
The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact just going into production this month is the smallest car sold by Chevrolet in the U.S., but the bowtie brand isn't finished downsizing yet. GM's executive director of North American product communications, Jason Laird.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2010
To achieve its goals, Peugeot is relying on a new products strategy that includes electric propulsion (the i0n i-MiEV-derived electric car) and E-Vivacity scooter from 2010; diesel hybrid in the 3008 from 2011 ( earlier post) ; e-HDi (microhybrid) from 2011 on the entire diesel range; and a plug-in diesel hybrid in 2012.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2010
Hyundai Motor Company has completed development of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle—the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)—and will begin testing next year with an eye toward 2015 mass production. Hyundai plans to make a limited supply of the Tucson ix FCEV in 2012 and begin mass production in 2015.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2013
to hold warming to 2 °C as outlined in the IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (ETP) 2 °C Scenario (2DS). In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. HEV sales broke the one million mark in 2012, and reached 1.2 EV sales more than doubled in 2012, passing 100,000. billion to US$4.2
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