Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2014
Mercedes-Benz has equipped the S500 with a gasoline particulate filter (GPF), representing the first series production application of the GPF technology. The installation was confirmed in the Auto-Umweltliste 2014/2015 report published by the Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD, German Traffic Club). DieselNet reports that.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2015
The German automobile club Kraftfahrer Schutz e.V. (KS) KS) awarded the 2015 Energy and Environment Prize to the Volkswagen Group for the plug-in hybrids Golf GTE ( earlier post ) and Audi A3 e-tron ( earlier post). which was founded in 1935, is one of the larger German automobile clubs with around 520,000 members.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2019
In France, which liberalized the taxi market in 2015, the number of reported PHV drivers doubled in three years (from more than 15,000 in 2016 to 30,000 in 2019). These kilometers have predominantly been driven by gasoline and diesel cars, exacerbating the air pollution crisis in European cities.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2009
In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Toyoda positioned EVs for short-distance travel and fuel cell cars for longer ranges.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
California Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg proposed a carbon tax on fossil transportation fuels to replace the coming cap and trade mandate on that sector in 2015. In 2029, the carbon tax on gasoline would pass the upward price risk of cap and trade, Steinberg said. A carbon tax is stable.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2014
Available in Ford Fiesta and the upcoming 2015 Focus, the 1.0L liter EcoBoost also was awarded the International Paul Pietsch Award 2013 for technological innovation in Germany; the Dewar Trophy from Royal Automobile Club in Great Britain; and the Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics in the United States. Other category awards.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2012
and more than 1,200 vehicle models tested by Europe’s largest automobile club ADAC. In early 2009 the first mandatory CO 2 performance standards for passenger cars in the EU were adopted, setting a target of 130 g/km for 2015 and 95 g/km for 2020. kilogram (kg) CO 2 per liter of gasoline and 2.65 in 2007 to 5.1%
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