Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

The BMW Group announced that the new battery-electric MINI will be a variant of the brand’s core 3-door model. This fully electric car will go into production in 2019, increasing the choice of MINI powertrains to include gasoline and diesel internal combustion engines, a plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) and a battery electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

BEV (battery electric vehicles) registrations saw a slight increase from the 3 rd quarter of 2019 (from 26,210 to 27,565 units), reaching a 6.7% YTD 2020 new vehicle marketshare for full electrics is 6.1%, up from 5.1% The report is based on sales data from the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). Source: CNCDA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The new production facility is planned to start operations in the middle of 2018. By 2025, our passenger car product portfolio will contain more than ten fully electric vehicles. At the same time, we are continuously pushing our plug-in-hybrid offensive and the introduction of 48-volt-systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Ford reaffirmed its 2017 full-year financial guidance and said its 2018 outlook will be provided in January. Allocating capital where Ford can win the future. Hackett said Ford will improve its operational fitness, refocus capital allocation and accelerate the introduction of smart vehicles and services.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In Shanghai, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Hackett outlined the next phase of the company’s China expansion strategy, focused on SUVs, electric and connected vehicles, a streamlined business structure and closer connections to Chinese customers. The progress we have achieved in China is just the start. —Bill Ford.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Power is provided by a liquid-cooled 95 kWh Li-ion pack. —Siegfried Pint.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

ABB is supplying fast chargers for depot and opportunity charging of electric buses to MAN Truck & Bus, a member of the Volkswagen Group, for its new e-bus R&D facilities in Munich, Germany. In July, MAN Truck & Bus announced serial production of fully electric buses by 2019. MAN electrification.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The Opel/Vauxhall management team set to work on a plan for the future, now announced as its PACE! all of the company’s European passenger carlines will be electrified—offering a pure battery electric propulsion or plug-in hybrid version alongside efficient internal combustion engines—by 2024. strategic plan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Depending on the general development of the racing series, a works involvement is envisaged as of the series’ season 5, 2018/2019, provided the conditions and circumstances are right. It will remain a cornerstone within the BMW Group in the future. Electric mobility will continue to grow in importance.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Earlier this month, BMW reported that electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles now account for 5.5% By 2025, BMW plans to offer25 models with an electrified drive system—of which 12 will be pure-electric. The BMW i Vision Dynamics is an all-electric, emission-free four-door Gran Coupe that accelerates from 0-60 mph in 4.0

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

This edition of Volvo Reports investigates the state of electric vehicles in America and the public’s changing perspective on them. This edition of Volvo Reports investigates the state of electric vehicles in America and the public’s changing perspective on them. Three in four drivers even say that “EVs are the future of driving (74%).”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

That money will go toward: Next-Gen Hybrid Electrics: Part of Ford’s new strategy includes going all-in on hybrids to bring more capability to customers of our most popular and high-volume vehicles like F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco. Ford’s new performance battery electric utility arrives in 2020.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 21, 2023

Realistically, the CX-50 will be used by families for all the regular tasks of commuting, errands, school chauffeuring and vacations, as are all others in the very competitive small/compact SUV category. A step up from the CX-5 in size Getting There Clean Fleet Report reviewed the CX-50 with the optional Skyactiv-G 2.5-liter

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The vast majority of the funded projects are for battery-electric buses and infrastructure; two projects are receiving a total of $3.2 Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In 2018, the share of electrified models more than doubled year-on-year, to around 9% of the total production output. Almost 30,000 plug-in hybrids of the BMW 5 Series and 7 Series rolled off the assembly lines at the Dingolfing plant. It is the technology flagship for the future of the entire BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

At the “High-Voltage Battery Centre Phase II”, BBA will produce the new, more powerful batteries of the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology for the fully-electric BMW iX3. Today, we break ground for the next stage of our electric model offensive. Production of fully-electric cars to be integrated into existing structures.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The extended contract is valid for 22 years (from 2018 to 2040). Production capacity there will remain the same, but the structure of the plant will gradually be expanded for future BMW model variants and the expected market growth. We are consistently following our growth strategy for China.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2018

Kia Motors presented its new “Boundless for All” future mobility vision at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. By 2025, we will offer a total of 16 advanced powertrain vehicles, with five new hybrids and plug-in hybrids, five new battery EVs, and an all-new mass market FCEV. Niro EV Concept.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2018

BMW said that the major scale of investment reflects the BMW Group’s determination to play a leading role in transforming the mobility sector with its future-oriented ACES program: Automated, Connected, Electrified and Services. In 2019, Plant Oxford will join this list with the start of production of the fully-electric MINI.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In doing this, it is preparing for the manufacture of pure battery-electric and highly automated BMW cars at its largest European production location. Plug-in hybrids already make up nearly 10% of Dingolfing production. The BMW iNEXT will become the plant’s first pure battery-electric vehicle from 2021. —Milan Nedeljkovic.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In Neuberg, Germany, Audi presented the Group’s first all-electric race car: the Audi e-tron FE04 for the Formula E series. To transmit the power to the wheels, Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler will be using a high-efficiency transmission with only one gear in the 2017/2018 season. —Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

While the program supported three electrification technologies, including hybrid-electric (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and fully electric (EV), and over nine vehicle classifications, the popular Class 2B HEVs (e.g. Today, there are three new program developments that set the program up for success in 2018 and beyond.

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