Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Citroën is offering a new, more accessible plug-in hybrid with a new version on the C5 Aircross that combines the 150 hp (110 kW) PureTech gasoline engine with an 81 kW electric engine for a combined power of 180 hp. The C5 Aircross Plug-in Hybrid 180 e-EAT8 complements the 225 e-EAT8 Plug-in Hybrid version, which has been upgraded.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 20, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending. Which automaker announced plans to embrace the Tesla charge connector and reignite an offbeat kind of internal combustion engine, all in the same week?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2024

CATL might be making cells for the very affordable Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Nissan announces a three-row electric SUV due in 2028. Genesis rolls out a large electric SUV concept and a performance GV60. And why are we having our EVs charge at night if we work from home?

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In the same quarterly investor call where Ford emphasized a pivot toward more affordable EVs, Ford on Tuesday also suggested that hybrids will remain an important and growing part of its vehicle lineup for many years.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

market future around hybrid trucks, electric ones, or both? And we get drive time in the very affordable and quick Volvo EX30, just as Volvo plans out its future around bidirectional charging in some of its other models. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Is Nissan planning its U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

We will support that transition now by putting smart strategies in place with the CR-V hybrid, that will enable our customers to transition to an EV. Honda’s research shows that hybrid-electric customers are among the first to move into full-electric products.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

And that’s reflected in its plug-in hybrid model, the Crosstrek Hybrid, which returns for the 2022 model year with the same market proposition—and a modest $300 price increase. The 2022 Crosstrek Hybrid is.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Which company revealed several upcoming affordable EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 13, 2023. For EV shoppers, why is leasing a more popular vs. buying than it was last year?

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia, is using affordability to gain market share in the US. Hyundai, Kia top Ford, GM in EV sales with affordability After the IONIQ 5 was the sixth best-selling EV in the US last year with nearly 34,000 units sold, Hyundai (and Kia) are starting the year strong in the US. 361 $43,656 SEL RWD 77.4

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 30, 2023

Dealer markups on hybrid cars—plug-in or not—are getting steeper, which could cancel out the decrease in ownership costs afforded by their increased fuel efficiency.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. As Honda’s global CEO alluded this past week in a Q&A with Green Car Reports and various automotive and tech media at CES, it doesn’t see how the parallel pencils out quite yet. 2024 Honda Prologue Honda hasn’t had a U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

Researchers from Saudi Aramco and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), with a colleague from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, assessed the effects of adopting 4 hybrid architectures on the life-cycle GHG emissions of a novel high-reactivity fuel in an advanced compression-ignition engine (GCI). Abdul-Manan et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP). Opposed-Piston 2-Stroke Hybrid Commercial Vehicle System.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The $25,000 Tesla might remain mothballed, but the company sees the need for affordable models. And Jeep is adding to its lineup of plug-in hybrid Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe versions. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Jeep today announced an expansion of its 4xe plug-in hybrid family.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Renault will introduce a new, affordable urban electric vehicle in 2019, coming first to China, and new hybrid and plug-in hybrid options on three of its popular vehicles in 2020. Renault also plans to further electrify its range in its 2020 product refresh cycle, offering hybrid on Clio and plug-in hybrid on Megane and Captur.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 22, 2023

The 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T is a small, plug-in hybrid SUV with a mission that has little to do with running on grid electricity, lowering emissions, or saving fuel. Instead, this affordable model from Stellantis’ bad-boy brand also brewing up a noise-making electric muscle car has a clear priority: performance.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Audi will build an upscale car on VW's affordable electric-car platform. Ford is taking orders from police departments for its more efficient hybrid police cruisers. And how do our readers see the future of the Chevy Volt's plug-in hybrid tech?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Vitesco Technologies, the Powertrain business area of Continental, presented at the CTI Symposium in Berlin (9-12 December 2019) a cost-effective and compact dedicated hybrid transmission solution with integrated electric machines, designed for use in applications such as plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2022

Oshkosh Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, unveiled the first silent drive hybrid-electric Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the eJLTV. For many years, we’ve been developing, testing and evolving hybrid-electric variants of our heavy and medium-duty tactical wheeled vehicles. —John Bryant.

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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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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2021

A $10,000 grant from the Ipswich Electric Light Department and a $4,290 grant from the Green Community Porgram offset costs by nearly $15,000, bringing the cost down considerably at the point of purchase. The post Tesla Model Y joins a new Police Force, and incentives made it an affordable purchase appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Plug-in hybrid sales sputter in California. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid, and Ioniq Electric arrive to dealerships soon. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq lineup arrives, just ahead of an Ioniq 5 debut. They’ve.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

These kits will include OptiFuel’s zero emission CNG/RNG engines pods in a hybrid configuration (1500hp - 4500hp); locomotive control modules; and onboard CNG/RNG storage pods that can carry up to 2,000 diesel gallon equivalents (DGEs) of natural gas. This led us to OptiFuel’s modular, affordable designs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2016

Plug-in hybrids with eAWD are now one of the industry’s fastest growing market segments and we have seen a significant acceleration in production volumes at our global sites in the past two years in response. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This battery is the core element of 48-volt hybrid powertrain systems. With this technology, Bosch aims to gear up all classes of vehicles for future emissions requirements and offer affordable hybridization. If we want to improve efficiency, we can no longer afford to let brake energy dissipate unused.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Karma Automotive is planning its first all-electric production model, but it seems plug-in hybrids will remain a substantial part of the company's lineup. On Wednesday Karma announced a reshuffling of that lineup, including a new plug-in hybrid model called the GS-6, which will slot below a revamped version of the Revero GT.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2023

Alfa Romeo’s new plug-in hybrid points toward EVs but doesn’t wow on mpg. And Colorado ramps up its state EV credits and looks to affordability. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Why is the electric VW Bus taking so long to arrive in America? GM and Stellantis pay fuel economy fines.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Valeo has developed a hybrid system combining low-voltage (less than 60 V) electric motors with traditional combustion engines. Since the technology can be easily adapted to all engine types and manufactured in series to deliver economies of scale, it offers the advantage of affordability.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Which affordable electric vehicle earned top safety recognition? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 24, 2021. What issue is splitting automakers’ support of a proposed EV tax credit expansion?

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid beats the RAV4 Prime on affordability. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. BMW is sitting out the race for more mass-market EV range. And controversy swirls over a boost being given to unions as part of the EV tax credit. We help break down why.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) finds that the affordability of electric cars remains a strong deterrent for customers across the EU, along with lack of infrastructure and lack of investment in infrastructure. —Erik Jonnaert, ACEA Secretary General. of total EU car sales in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2016

At the Paris Motor Show, Valeo introduced another 48V hybrid system, the 48V e4Sport. From the top: Belt Starter Generator; Electric Supercharger; eRAD. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

In addition, the integration of hybrid and emissions control systems has the potential to deliver up to a 10-12% reduction in fuel consumption, equivalent to sub-80g/km of CO 2 emissions (NEDC). Ricardo believes the above package is very competitive with other fuel economy solutions such as full hybridization.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2019

Audi plans a more affordable, shorter-range E-tron in Europe. The Kia Optima Hybrid merges back in for 2020 with minor changes. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla is introducing a larger stationary battery pack for businesses. And a California startup company wants to turn CO2 into gasoline.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2020

Volkswagen has some electric urban hatchbacks in the works—based on its platform for affordable, mass-produced EVs. And we took Honda’s first hybrid crossover out for a drive. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Coal isn’t making much economic sense.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

To date, Beneficial State Foundation has already received more than 900 applications and awarded 24 grants for cars ranging from a 2018 Nissan Leaf to a 2014 Kia Optima Hybrid.

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