Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Alongside advances in gasoline and diesel vehicle technology, the industry is investing heavily in alternative technologies. For pure battery-powered vehicles, take-up is even lower (0.5%). More than a fifth of new car models now available are zero-emission capable, yet they make up just 5% of sales. in 2017 to 119,821 units.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2009
Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. VW, Daimler subsidiary Daug and Varta developed a NimH battery in the early 90s, and the VW group put the Audi duo hybrid on the road in 1997. We are witnessing an electro-hype.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., Making electric vehicles affordable will be critical for them to have an impact on the environment, as vehicle ownership continues to rise quickly. Gasgoo.com | ?? |
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we still need to achieve considerably better battery performance before plug-ins become a truly viable proposition. Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. that car was missing precisely what the Volt (and any other would-be electric car under consideration today) is missing -- an appropriate battery technology that provides decent power within a decent weight and space constraint at anything approaching a decent price.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 0002
auto industry" through "crippling" EV mandates and urged the UAW to endorse him. Conversely, Biden's campaign has accused Trump of being exceptionally anti-union and suggested that “more than 120,000 auto manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S.” with “new auto factories are [sic] popping up across the country.”
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