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Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2021
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published its provisional data about the CO 2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and vans in Europe in 2020. The share of electric vehicles in new registrations tripled from about 3.5% The share of electric vans increased from 1.4% grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
ton model of the final design of the autonomous and fully electric container vessel Yara Birkeland ( earlier post ) was revealed as testing commenced at SINTEF Ocean’s 80-meter test tank facility in Trondheim. Loading and unloading will be done automatically using electric cranes and equipment. A six-meter, 2.4-ton A 6-meter, 2.4-ton
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. Sister company Volvo Buses has sold more than 4,000 electrified buses since 2010.
Green Car Congress
JULY 15, 2022
The BMW M Hybrid V8 is powered by the P66/3 eight-cylinder turbo engine with supplementary electric drive. The combustion engine is based on the DTM unit used in the BMW M4 DTM in 2017 and 2018. The normally-aspirated P66/1 eight-cylinder engine used in the 2017 and 2018 seasons in the BMW M4 DTM was the one that got the nod.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Polestar, the electric performance car brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, unveiled the Polestar 2 electric fastback in an online reveal from Polestar’s headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Polestar 2 is the company’s first full electric, higher volume premium car.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2018
The Council agreed to adjust the Commission proposal on an incentive mechanism for zero- and low-emission vehicles such as fully electric cars or plug-in hybrid vehicles as regards passenger cars. The WLTP became mandatory for all new car models from September 2017 and for all new cars from September 2018.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2017
The Maxus EV80 van has become the first fully electric large panel van on European roads, ahead of the brand’s full launch in 2019. The two EV80 variants feature a competitive level of standard specification, including (depending on variant) rear parking sensors, air conditioning, and heated electrically adjustable side mirrors.
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