Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

At the 2017 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), GMC introduced the 2018 Terrain compact SUV. turbo gasoline, and the 1.6L turbo gasoline, and the 1.6L Two new efficiency-enhancing nine-speed automatic transmissions are matched with the gasoline engines—the standard 1.5L

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Exceeding its initial program targets, the plug-in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid ( earlier post ) has earned an electric-mode fuel economy rating of 84 miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid also excelled on two other fronts. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

gasoline, and SKYACTIV-D 2.2 Mazda announced it will offer the SKYACTIV-D diesel in North America from the second half of 2017. This will be Mazda’s first diesel engine model in the North American market. The global powertrain lineup comprises the SKYACTIV-G 2.0 diesel engines. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

liter engines manufactured in Kentucky and transaxles made in West Virginia will be used in hybrid vehicles built in North America such as the Highlander Hybrid manufactured in Princeton, Indiana. Toyota remains the world leader in gasoline-electric hybrids, surpassing 3 million sales in the US and 10 million globally.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

It first offered EV charging in 2010 and started a serious push in 2017. BP sees EV charging as a business line bound for profitability, with one executive saying in 2022 that chargers were already almost as profitable as gasoline pumps. That will include large-scale sites with 12 or more chargers that BP calls Gigahubs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

To support the rollout, Ford will rapidly expand the availability of EcoBoost gasoline engine technology, low CO 2 ECOnetic Technologies, vehicle electrification and driver assistance features. liter EcoBoost gasoline engine, a combination that is expected to deliver best-in-class fuel economy. Fiesta will be available with the 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Only three North America-focused studies exist as of 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

This partnership marks the first peer-to-peer charging network to use blockchain technology in North America. However, P2P charging opens the opportunity to break free of infrastructure limitations and gasoline oligopolies to access electricity for their cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Ricardo’s gasoline engine roadmap focuses on CO 2 reduction through downsizing and the use of synergistic technologies. Engine downsizing is central to Ricardo’s gasoline engine roadmap for future CO 2 and fuel economy improvements. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. —Pike research director John Gartner.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The combined portfolio shared between Renault-Nissan and Daimler has since quadrupled to 12 projects in Europe, Asia and North America. Production will begin in 2017 with Infiniti models. The scope of the original collaboration in 2010 was limited to three projects primarily in Europe. In September, Renault began supplying 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2017

A new technology that is unique to Mazda in North America is cylinder deactivation in a four-cylinder engine. produces 310 lb-ft of torque from just 2,000 RPM and 250 hp on 93-octane fuel (227 hp with 87-octane gasoline). engine received a 2017 Wards 10 Best Engines award. Mazda6’s 2.5-liter, The SKYACTIV-G 2.5T

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

In addition to the ongoing strength in the European market and India (the second-largest diesel market after Europe, Bosch sees potential strength in North America and China. Bosch anticipates that the number of diesel models available in North America will reach 60 by 2017. Brazil: no diesel in passenger cars.

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Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. The concept for an all-EV reboot of the classic Type 2 Microbus appeared in 2016 and was confirmed for production in August 2017. built Atlas 3-row SUV, a vehicle large enough that North America will be its single largest market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

Among the awardees are Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America and GM, with separate projects on Li-sulfur batteries, as two of the fifteen Phase 1 “Battery Seedling” Projects. The award is from the FY 2017 Vehicle Technologies Program-Wide Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0001629) issued in December 2016. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2013

With the spread of turbocharged gasoline engines, he added, there is a double benefit: higher compression ratios and increased boost. Octane itself is a C 8 hydrocarbon with 18 structural isomers, and is a component of gasoline. Straight-run gasoline in the refinery (naphtha) has a poor octane rating on the order of 40-50 RON.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Chrysler plans to initiate fleet-wide integration of this fuel-saving start/stop technology on a global basis, including certain models in North America. Chrysler says it is also exploring the development of other hybrid technologies, such as hydraulic power coupled with a gasoline engine for light-duty applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

Completion of the new station is expected for summer 2017. less than gasoline or diesel, depending on local market conditions. In addition, nearly all natural gas consumed in North America is produced in North America. million GGEs of CNG annually for the NICE bus fleet. Schlosser Co.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. seconds: 0-60 mph 191 mile driving range. (

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

This annual sales estimate, combining both passenger and commercial vehicles, would add more than 232 million turbocharged vehicles globally between 2017 and 2021—an increase of 35% from today. Regional highlights include: In North America, more engine downsizing is expected. The current average engine size is a 3.0-liter

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Charged EVs

MAY 11, 2022

Lower-line Lightnings use the 12-inch horizontal display from high-end gasoline F-150s. Still, it’s a use for EVs that gasoline trucks can’t duplicate, one that justifiably seized public attention. EV-to-EV charging, while hardly fast, offers the roadside-rescue equivalent of that 5-gallon can of gasoline. Company core: trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

The five-seat concept is based on the completely redeveloped second-generation Tiguan—the first SUV to be based on the Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB)—which will arrive in the US market in 2017 with a longer wheelbase and available seven-seat functionality. Other plug-in hybrid components of the 4MOTION plug-in hybrid drive include: a 12.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

By 2050, all regions have reduced new vehicle fuel consumption by 83% relative to 2010 yielding average new vehicle TTW emission targets in 2050 ranging from 24 g CO 2 /km in Latin America to 32 g CO 2 /km in North America. Biofuel plays a large role in North America, enabling the relaxation of the near-term (2015?2025)

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

On January 28 GM announced that it plans (aspires) to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines. ” They have suggested, however, that around “two-thirds” of the the 30 vehicles would be available in the North America.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

EVgo’s US network of DC fast chargers provided 40 million miles of electric driving in 2017; in 2016, the figure was 22 million EV miles. The EVgo network saw strong expansion in 2017, increasing by 20%, and now has more than 1,000 DC fast chargers across 66 markets nationwide. Nissan North America, Kanematsu and EVgo.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Ford unveiled the full new 2014 Transit family of commercial vehicles for North America, comprising the full-size Transit, the Transit Connect Van, and the Transit Connect Wagon (shown earlier, earlier post ). million during the next several years to 21 million units annually by 2017. Highlights of the full-size Transit.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

2017 represents a turning point in the adoption of electric cars, with sales in key regions increasing significantly. As a result, China is now the biggest market in terms of volume, with 227,000 EVs sold January through September 2017. Key markets such as the UK, Germany and France all showed positive growth in the category.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Whereas future US gasoline demand is expected to be flat for the next 20 years, diesel fuel demand is expected to grow, necessitating changes in refinery operations. and Daimler Trucks North America, LLC.) and Daimler Trucks North America, LLC.) Recommendation 3-4. Finding 6-3. kW versus 3.0 Recommendation 6-4.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. These European designs are perfectly good EVs, although their limited battery range and high price compared to the gasoline versions are major drawbacks. It debuted in the U.S.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. The small number of operators who run mixed-fuel fleets (diesel and gasoline, or diesel and natural gas) will understand these tradeoffs better.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The joint venture, in which Continental holds 60% and CITC 40% of the shares, will operate globally and supply customers in Europe and North America, as well as China and other Asian markets. The Continental system first entered production in 2017 in models from Renault and Audi. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda has announced several initiatives under its new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. Source: Honda North America. Credit: Honda North America. Click to enlarge. We work every day on these issues. —Ryan Harty.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

2017) provide a PEV policy evaluation framework that suggests that a variety of combinations of stringent, long-duration policies can potentially lead to substantial long-term ZEV adoption. —Sykes and Axsen (2017). —Sykes and Axsen (2017). Melton et al. This is not conclusive, however. 2017.08.031.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The 2023 Electric Vehicle Association National Board candidates come from across North America. The EVA is North America’s leading volunteer organization that accelerates the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) by supporting our 100 chapters and members as they talk one-on-one about the benefits of driving electric.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Built in Chattanooga alongside the Passat, the seven-passenger Atlas offers a full slate of available driver assistance and technology features—including Volkswagen’s first Digital Cockpit in a vehicle for the US—a spacious interior and a choice of two gasoline powertrains.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They know it will take a little bit longer than a gasoline car because your gasoline stop. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. in a Tesla. What do we predict?

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They know it will take a little bit longer than a gasoline car because your gasoline stop. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. in a Tesla. What do we predict?

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Bozeman resident Nick Shrauger’s go-to car is his 2017 Chevrolet Bolt, one of only 1,650 electric vehicles in the state. But when he hits Montana’s wide roads, Schlauger opts for the gasoline-powered Toyota Highlander. ” North America lags much of the world in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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