Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2019

According to Veloz’s monthly “ Sales Dashboard ” tracking news summary: Comparing start and end of year electric car sales for 2018, January sales were 5,991 and December sales were 24,686: a 312% increase. 2018 saw year-over-year increases in sales for all twelve months in 2018 compared to 2017.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

If any electric car aside from the Tesla Model 3 can be called "long-awaited," it would be the redesigned 2018 Nissan Leaf. In the event, the second-generation Leaf has arrived as a 2018 model.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, a plug-in version of the much-lauded new minivan, won our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018 award because it brings a partially zero-emission vehicle into an entirely new market segment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company. Hydropower station dam in Chengdu.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Premier of Québec François Legault, and the Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Laval region, Benoit Charette, unveiled the 2030 Green Economy Plan (PEV 2030) and its first 2021-2026 implementation plan, with an envelope of $6.7 billion over five years. A target of 1.5

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2011, Green Car Reports launched an award for the new car, or family of cars, that represented the best green vehicle introduced for the model year. The Nissan Leaf won that year because it was the sole affordable battery-electric vehicle on the market.

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Green Cars Plug-in Minivan Green 123

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

For the second year running, Los Angeles is inviting innovative and environmentally-friendly entrepreneurs from around the world to push the envelope on urban mobility solutions from ride-sharing and zero-emission electric bikes and scooters to self-driving vehicles and flying cars. The deadline to submit applications is 17 September 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2019

In 2018, 27% of new light-duty vehicles sold in the US had fuel economies of more than 30 miles per gallon (783 l/100 km), according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). had fuel economy over 30 mpg; by 2018, that share had grown to 27%. In 2018, 2.4% In 1995, 4.4% Source: U.S. Source: U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

While the use of shared e-scooters generates few direct environmental impacts, their green credentials can be questioned by the substantial negative impacts associated to their materials, their manufacturing and their frequent collection for recharging purposes. Transport emissions were 29% above 1990 levels in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The projects—which include two new car sharing services, new ZEV bus and shuttle routes and electric vehicle charging systems throughout the region—are part of Electrify America’s Green City Initiative, which was announced by the company and city officials in 2017. Projects include: CAR SHARING. mile “Home Zone.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

The used vehicle Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 2018 was 4.4 Used-vehicle prices were more volatile than new-vehicle prices over the period from 1970 to 2018 and used-vehicle sales are more variable as well. times higher than in 1970, while the new vehicle CPI was 2.8 times higher—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

Sales of diesel light-duty vehicles (Class 1-3) in the US in 2018 reached their highest annual level, coming in at more than 500,000 units—just over 3% of total vehicle sales—according to figures by Baum & Associates provided by the Diesel Technology Forum. Sales from these vehicles in 2018 increased by 9% as compared to 2017.

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2018 Light Diesel Sale 268

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2017

After the usual intense discussions and debates, we announced our three finalists for the Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018 award earlier this week. The Tesla Model 3 was not among them, because we have to drive a car in order to evaluate it as a finalist—and Tesla declined to provide us with a car to test.

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Green Cars 2018 Buy Green 70

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2020

and Iwatani Corporation announced that Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), which had been under construction in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture since 2018, has been constructed with a solar-energy-powered 10MW-class hydrogen production unit, the largest in the world, at the end of February.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2018

One of the best ways to get people to buy green cars is the same way automakers get consumers to buy any car—by making deals. Looking at October sales, among plug in cars other than Teslas, the bestsellers were those that offer the best deals from month to month. The list is compiled.

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Green Cars Green 2018 Cars 77

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Today, after lots of anticipation, we revealed our Best Car To Buy 2018. We've also got possibly good news on the electric-car tax credit, clearly bad news on EPA plans to kill the Clean Power Plan, and best green-car deals for November. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tax Credit Green Cars 2018 Tax 69

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

million tonnes, about 1% more than in the previous year (2018: 17.8 million tonnes, the sales volume was more than 6% higher than in the previous year (2018): 2.31 In 2018 this percentage was still 6.3%. There are currently around 47 million cars registered in Germany. million tonnes. million tonnes). More than 31.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the 2018 Base-year Emissions Inventory Report , as required by Senate Bill 1014 (SB 1014, California Clean Miles Standard). TNC vehicles operate approximately 61% of its vehicle miles traveled with a passenger in the car; the remaining VMT are deadhead miles. Earlier post.)

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Fleet 2018 Vehicles CO2 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

From rebates for electric and plug-in vehicles to energy efficiency and solar installations that are reducing home energy costs, more than 125,000 individual projects were completed in 2018. million metric tons, roughly equivalent to taking eight million cars off the road for a year. Planting more than 3.6

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If ever a green family vehicle had a rocky launch, it would be the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. Only two months after deliveries of the eagerly awaited plug-in hybrid seven-seat minivan began in April, sales were halted for several when a potentially faulty diode was identified. In June, 1,368 Pacifica Hybrid minivans in the U.S.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

For several months now, 20 teams of Australian high-school students have been designing fuel-cell cars to compete in the country’s inaugural Hydrogen Grand Prix. Welcome to Australia, where a green-hydrogen boom is in full swing. And green hydrogen is the centerpiece of its clean-economy growth plan. Why a hydrogen truck?

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Australia Hydrogen Green Renewable 145

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2017

The Government of Canada is moving forward with provincial and territorial partners, industry and stakeholders, to develop a national strategy to increase the number of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVS)—battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles—on Canadian roads by 2018.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

GAC R&D Center) introduced three co-developed electric concept cars at Auto Guangzhou 2018, featuring futuristic designs that address the diverse needs of China’s drivers. They also address the trend towards car sharing—one of the fastest growing urban mobility concepts worldwide.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2019

The International Energy Agency reported on Tuesday that global warming emissions reached a record level in 2018, despite efforts in the U.S., Europe, and China to reduce emissions with more sales of electric cars and cleaner power. Greenhouse gas emissions increased faster in 2018 than during any of the past six years.

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2018 Global Emissions Cleaner 167

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 30, 2015

government will extend and expand an incentive program for green cars that had been set to end in the coming year. The plug-in car grant was introduced in 2011, and was originally scheduled to expire in early 2016. But the program will now run until March 2018, with some modifications, according to The Guardian.

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Green Cars Grant 2018 Green 60

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

Nissan unveiled the Nissan Sylphy Zero Emission, Nissan’s first electric car made in China for Chinese consumers, at Auto China 2018 in Beijing. The car also includes Nissan Intelligent Mobility technologies such as Lane Departure Warning, Intelligent Emergency Braking, Rear Cross Traffic Alert and Blind Spot Warning.

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2018 Nissan China Auto 186

Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2017

Sometime within the next few months, the 2018 Nissan Leaf electric car will be unveiled to the world's media. The second generation of a pioneering plug-in vehicle that launched affordable all-electric cars on the global market. DON'T MISS: 2018 Nissan Leaf: more spy shots of electric car's second generation The.

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2018 Nissan Electric Cars Cars 126

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

As we do every year at this time, our editors have gotten together, analyzed and discussed and argued, and come up with what we think is the Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018. To be eligible, a car must be fully or substantially new for.

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2018 Buy Cars Green Cars 89

Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2018

We found some great deals on green cars and hybrids this month as automakers look toward changing over their stock to sell new models. Several new electric models, including the 2017 and 2018 Nissan Leaf, 2018 Chevy Bolt EV, and other upcoming models have more range than older models.

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2018 Hybrid Cars Green Cars 78

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

Customers of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Germany are once again placing more orders for diesel vehicles. In 2018, the share of incoming orders for vehicles equipped with the latest diesel technology as a proportion of the overall vehicle portfolio was 43% compared to 39% in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Average emissions from new passenger cars in Europe increased for the third consecutive year in 2019, reaching 122.3?grams million new cars were registered in 2019 in the EU, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom, and about 38% of these were SUVs. In 2019, average CO 2 emissions from all new cars reached 122.3 g CO 2 /km.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Porsche on Thursday revealed a handful of previously-secret concept cars, including a fresh-looking electric van. Set to be featured alongside other concepts in the upcoming book "Porsche Unseen," the Porsche Vision Renndienst concept was completed in 2018, but never shown to the public.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Today, we have spy shots of the 2018 BMW i3 electric car, estimations of which automakers will lose their electric-car tax credits first, and an argument for liquid hydrogen as a replacement for jet fuel in airplanes. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tax Credit Tax 2018 BMW 90

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Fans of green cars have spent much of the past year eagerly waiting for a pair of electric cars to be revealed to the public and then to go on sale.

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Green Cars Green Buy 2018 84

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Ghent is one of two car manufacturing plants operated by Volvo Cars in Europe and has produced Volvos since 1965.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Just like Green Car Reports, our sister site The Car Connection names its Best Car To Buy award winner every year. But The Car Connection's editorial team is not the only one to get a say in this. It's the 2018 Driver's Choice Award, and there are six categories: best performance car, best green.

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2018 Connect Connected Cars 72

Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2018

Here at Green Car Reports, we have driven the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid a couple of times. With new stewardship comes new perspective—sometimes on old things. New reviewers sometimes bring new context and background to subjects we've covered before.

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