Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Increasing the population and employment density in metropolitan areas could reduce vehicle travel, energy use, and CO 2 emissions anywhere from less than 1% up to 11% by 2050 compared to a base case for household vehicle usage, according to a new report from the National Research Council.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Their company, Farmers’ Ethanol , plans to combine energy and food production within the same facility and by doing so create a business that can survive the wild fluctuations in commodity prices that plague today’s corn ethanol business. The Farmers’ team is confident they can maintain a high EBITDA even with high commodity prices.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Are EVs as affordable as gasoline cars? Some consumers have shied away from electric and hybrid models under the assumption that EV ownership comes with a hefty price tag. However, EVs are now much cheaper to buy and usually more affordable in the long-run. Are EVs really cleaner & greener choices?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

In response to the Presidential Auto Task Force Report that concluded that the plug-in Chevrolet Volt was unlikely to be commercially successful in the short-term due to its cost ( earlier post ), Plug In America is proposing a plan to make GM’s Chevy Volt and other plug-in cars more affordable. Chelsea Sexton.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

The result is a quiet, controlled environment free of intrusive noises. The introduction of affordable noise management systems offers multiple benefits to manufacturers and consumers alike, achieving eco-friendly optimization of vehicle weight reductions and improved CO2 emissions. I have stated the same before.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. As you can see in the collection of media reports that follow, comments on PHEVs have often been contradictory. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By No announced plans.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

It also said it had suspended merger talks with Chrysler to focus on its own increasingly urgent problems, brought on by higher gas prices, a weakening economy and tight credit — a combination afflicting the entire auto industry, but hurting G.M. But the release of worse-than-expected earnings reports by G.M. If it provides G.M.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

There was no reporter in the room last month, and there’s been no media coverage of this meeting. Maybe if we’re lucky, NPR and PBS will pick up on this story after they read this blog piece (how nice for them that someone has done the reporting legwork for free).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 10, 2009

And I think he likes his tag as the green-minded Governor. And the sponsors we’re working with, like Environment California, have done a lot of studies about that. I think the PUCs only valid argument is one over what price the utilities should have to pay solar owners for the excess energy they produce. That’s okay.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While reporting on the proposed legislation, Reuters noted that a bipartisan group of lawmakers practically begged U.S. auto sector," the Alliance for American Manufacturing said in a report. With Chinese exports already under a 27.5 percent tariff, the changes would effectively make those products prohibitively expensive.

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