Electric Cars Will Soon Outnumber Gasoline Cars In Norway
InsideEVs
APRIL 22, 2024
All-electric cars already represent roughly 90% of total new passenger car sales in the country.
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Electric Cars — It’s All About Efficiency
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Electric cars are up to 75 percent more efficient that conventional cars, which waste 80% of the energy in their gas tanks. The post Electric Cars — It’s All About Efficiency appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, hybrid electric vehicles made up 18.4% of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2% of the car market.
Report: Aston Martin Actually Won’t Be Going All Electric
The Truth About Cars
APRIL 12, 2024
Despite previously having vowed to offer an entirely electric lineup by 2030, Aston Martin has decided to continue selling internal-combustion vehicles beyond the next decade. Apparently, customers had conveyed to Aston dealers that they still prefer traditional powertrains and want the sensations associated with gasoline-powered automobiles.
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Audi maps out shift to electric: Only EVs launched from 2026, no gasoline models by 2033
Green Car Reports
JUNE 23, 2021
Audi on Tuesday mapped out plans to go all-electric in just over a decade, including launching only electric cars starting in 2026, and ending production of gasoline engines by 2033.
Vinfast announces all-electric strategy and full electric vehicle lineup; halting ICE production by end of year
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2022
At CES 2022, Vietnam-based VinFast announced its new development strategy and revealed its complete electric vehicle lineup covering five segments. The company will instead focus research and development efforts on all-electric powertrains for their vehicles.
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Electric Vehicles Have the Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles
Electric Cars Report
AUGUST 16, 2022
Estimates of annual fuel costs for model year 2022 light-duty vehicles show that electric vehicles can save consumers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles. According to the data released by the Department of Energy (DOE), All EV models had annual fuel costs less than $1,000.
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CMU/Yale study suggests BEVS could be majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030 given technology trends
Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2023
A suggestive market-wide simulation extrapolation indicates that if every gasoline vehicle had a BEV option in 2030, the majority of new car and near-majority of new sport-utility vehicle choice shares could be electric in that year due to projected technology improvements alone. —Forsythe et al. Forsythe et al.
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Former Smart plant was headed all-electric, now might make diesel SUVs
Green Car Reports
JULY 8, 2020
The former Smart factory in Hambach, France, became all-electric when the brand dropped its gasoline models, and was initially planned to continue making electric cars for fellow Daimler division Mercedes-Benz. Instead, the factory may build gasoline and diesel SUVs.
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Electric Vehicles Have Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 16, 2022
Estimates of annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2022 light-duty vehicles show that electric vehicles (EVs) can save consumers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles. All EV models had annual fuel costs less than $1,000.
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Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. When charging with electricity generated through fossil fuels, that difference becomes much smaller.
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KBA: Alternative drives accounted for around 25% of new vehicle sales in Germany in 2020; 13.5% with electric drive
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2021
Alternative drives (battery-electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas, and hydrogen) took up around a quarter of all new light-duty vehicle registrations in Germany in 2020, according to figures from the KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority). —Richard Damm, KBA President. VW held a 17.4%
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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2023
The results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demand of the cars tested by Green NCAP in 2022 show that the current and continuous trend towards larger and heavier cars, significantly increases the negative impact on climate and energy demand.
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Why My 2014 Chevy Volt Uses Less Gas Than My All-Electric Car Did
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 7, 2014
I recently leased a 2014 Chevy Volt to replace my Mitsubishi i-MiEV, and I expect that it will free me even more from using gasoline than the i-MiEV--which was a battery electric car that used no gas at all. The Volt has a range-extending gasoline engine to charge the battery after the first 40.'
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DS brand accelerating development of electric cars
Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2017
Peugeot’s premium brand DS is accelerating the development of electrified cars. Starting with DS 7 CROSSBACK, it will be releasing a new model every year, all with an electrified version (hybrid or all-electric). By 2025, more than a third of DS vehicles sold will be hybrid or all-electric.
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Electric Bicycles Can Bridge Gap in Access to Transportation
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 5, 2023
While gasoline-powered bicycles are no longer mainstream, today, battery-powered electric bicycles (e-bikes) are more popular than ever. Sales figures for e-bikes are significantly outpacing all other electric vehicles. Power-assisted bicycles have existed for more than a century.
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Electric Cars: Similar To Gasoline Cars. Just Electric
Green Car Reports
APRIL 10, 2012
We're sure some electric car advocates wouldn't take kindly to the assertion that their pride and joy was "just like a gasoline car". After all, your average electric car is quieter, smoother, doesn't use fossil fuels, is full every time you come to it in the morning, and doesn't drip oil all over your driveway.
All The Electric-Car Charging Connectors In One Great Big Poster
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 29, 2014
Charging an electric car is virtually always greener than pumping gasoline, but it can also be more complicated. Among standardized AC charging (in North America), multiple standards for DC fast charging, and the various electrical connectors used in different countries, there''s a lot of charging hardware out there.
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Chat GPT’s take on electric cars
Spark Powered
DECEMBER 27, 2022
I recently asked ChatGPT what the benefits to electric cars were and this is how it responded: There are several benefits to using electric vehicles (EVs), including: Environmental benefits: EVs emit significantly less greenhouse gases and other air pollutants compared to conventional gasoline-powered vehicles.
How Electric Vehicles Work
Electric Driver
MAY 11, 2023
Unlike internal combustion vehicles that use gasoline or diesel engines, electric cars, and trucks rely on electric motors powered by batteries or fuel cells.
Stylish Citroën ë-C4 electric car detailed, positioned for Europe
Green Car Reports
JULY 6, 2020
Citroën is launching an all-electric version of its C4 compact hatchback as part of a redesign of the model. Aimed at the European market, the C4 will continue to offer gasoline and diesel powertrain options as well.
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Thriev adding 20 BYD e6 electric cars to London fleet
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2014
Thriev , a company offering zero-emission, chauffeured cars to corporate and private users in London, is adding 20. BYD e6 electric cars to the fleet. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from 1 January 2018, all new taxis would have to be zero-emission capable in order to gain an operating licence.
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Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one
Baua Electric
JANUARY 1, 2024
Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. These rates on public charging are notably higher than the roughly 11% tax that Kentucky collects on gasoline (28.7
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Sales of chargeable vehicles more than triple in EU in Q3 to take 9.9% new market share
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% The support measures introduced by various countries to stimulate car demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic disadvantaged conventionally-powered vehicles. Diesel cars accounted for 27.8% of the EU car market. to 766,146 units.
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The All-New BMW iX2 Sports Activity Vehicle Unveiled
Electric Cars Report
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The all-new BMW iX2 has been unveiled by the German premium automaker, in addition to the existing gasoline and diesel options under the X2 nameplate. The worldwide market launch will get underway in March 2024 with the all-electric BMW iX2 xDrive30.
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Setting The Record Straight On Electric Car Fires
CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 30, 2021
General Motors has all but ceased production of its Chevy Bolt electric car after 16 of them were destroyed by battery fires. Right now, production is not scheduled to resume until the end of February — at the earliest — and some people wonder whether GM will quietly step away from the Bolt until such […].
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Report: California will need massive grid upgrades for 2035 electric-car push
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
California will ban the sale of new gasoline vehicles by 2035. Powering all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California with electricity could raise demand by 25%, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing the opinions of energy-industry executives and analysts. California's.
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Mazda all but confirms rotary range extender engine for electric car
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 20, 2017
How Mazda plans to integrate plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles into its range of increasingly efficient gasoline and diesel models is a topic that interests parts of the global auto industry.
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Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold
Baua Electric
JANUARY 17, 2024
Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas-powered cars in the extreme cold, according to a road assistance service in Norway. Electric vehicles often get bad press about their performance in the cold. Now, we get actual data comparing failure rates of EVs versus ICE cars thanks to our friends in Norway.
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Volvo to unveil XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept at Detroit show; system targeted for US and China markets
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2012
At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. In February 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show, Volvo introduced the diesel-electric V60 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) to go on sale in Europe later this year. Click to enlarge.
Renault Study Shows Electric Cars Far Greener Than Gasoline--In France
Green Car Reports
JULY 15, 2013
With relatively few electric vehicles on the market, drawing direct comparisons with regular gasoline and diesel vehicles is surprisingly difficult--not many vehicles are sold with all three drivetrains. The Ford Focus is one, and Renault''s Fluence sedan is another.
Tesla and local EV makers are leaving veteran auto in China’s electric car segment
Teslarati
AUGUST 31, 2022
For some legacy automakers, China’s electric car segment is becoming a white whale of sorts amid rising competition from younger, faster, and more aggressive rivals. They are heavily relying on the path of gasoline cars. But a new toy like electric cars does not necessarily need a storied history,” Zhang said.
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Electric Car Charging: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Ditching Gasoline Forever
EV Life
JANUARY 1, 2020
Electric Car Charging. One of the biggest shifts from driving a gas car to an electric car is how the vehicle is refueled through electric car charging. Think about charging an electric car as similar to charging your smartphone, which like an electric car, is powered by lithium ion batteries.
Actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks: 1966-2019
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2021
However, the starting year of this analysis is 1966 because (1) for 1923 through 1935, fuel-economy information is available only for the entire fleet of all vehicles, and (2) from 1936 through 1965, light trucks were included with other trucks in the relevant statistics.?. Concerning the latter: Even if all a{1.4
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Is it the Right Time to Buy an Electric Car?
Get Electric Vehicle
MARCH 15, 2021
We have been telling you the benefits and advantages of electric vehicles and the positive impact they are going to make on our economy and environment. Facts such as The Tesla stock being the ‘HOT’ one in the market right now, Elon Musk rises to the richest person in the world, Governments providing incentives for electric vehicles , etc.
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Green Car Reports
JULY 9, 2018
British Transport Minister Chris Grayling on Monday introduced a comprehensive package of laws aimed at speeding the adoption of electric cars in the country.
ABB and Eviny install first Terra 360 360kW fast chargers in Norway
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2022
With a maximum output of 360 kW, the Terra 360 is capable of fully charging an electric car in 15 minutes or less. Norway is seeking to become the first nation to end the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2025. of all new cars sold in 2021, almost two out of every three cars.
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bp and Pure Planet launch new digital carbon-information services for householders and motorists
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2021
In the UK, 100% renewable energy supplier Pure Planet and bp launched a new digital service that allows households and drivers of gasoline, diesel and electric cars to see accurately the financial cost and the emissions of their personal energy use. The new service is free to all Pure Planet Members on their app and gives users.
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BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline
Green Car Congress
JUNE 10, 2020
BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. The effective upgrading of alcohols to gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels.
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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Cars catch fire. Electric vehicles are no exception. according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. In the U.S.,
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136 Many Car Dealers Don't Want To Sell Electric Cars: Here's Why
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
The stories abound: A car buyer walks into a dealership, educated about the electric car she wants to buy.and the salesperson tries to convince her she doesn''t want that car after all. She really wants a gasoline car, he argues.
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How We Became An All-Plug-In Electric Car Household
Green Car Reports
JULY 30, 2013
Since November 2006, our family has always owned at least one plug-in car and one powered by gasoline. For almost two years, our fleet has been a Nissan Leaf electric hatchback, and a used 2008 Toyota Prius.
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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars
EV Connect
APRIL 17, 2023
is on the fast track toward electric vehicle (EV) adoption. In light of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act and the NEVI program, new data from BloomberNEF predicts that EV sales will make up more than 50% of car purchases by 2030. Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? In simplest terms, yes, it can.
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California targets 35% EVs by model year 2026
Green Car Reports
APRIL 15, 2022
California aims to increase zero-emission vehicle sales to 35% of all new car purchases by the 2026 model year, on the way to ending sales of new gasoline-only cars by the middle of the next decade.
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