Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Honda is to unveil an all-new electric vehicle concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show which opens its doors to the world’s media on Wednesday (November 17, 2010). Tags: Honda electric car FCX Clarity fuel cell Los Angeles Auto Show plug-in hybrid. Both vehicles, together [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 12, 2010

Honda has become a master of all trades in recent years, having enjoyed success with everything from motor cars to jets and even lawnmowers. Now however, it is expected to add another string to its bow in the form of an electric scooter.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 28, 2024

Also see: Maruti Gypsy Electric review: Future-proofing an icon Maruti Swift | 2005-present The hot-looking Swift was instrumental in changing the way buyers perceived Maruti Suzuki in India. Its quirky styling too didn’t help matters and, as a result, fortune didn’t shine on this little hatch at all.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. The motors that electric vehicles use have fewer moving parts than their gasoline-powered counterparts and don’t require oil changes.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2006

There's really only one way to read the Kyodo News (Japan) report that Honda President Takeo Fukui said in an interview that Honda thinks it will be able to mass produce fuel-cell vehicles for the general market by 2018. At the Santa Monica AltFuel Expo in early December, I asked Steven Ellis, Honda AFV Chief, about the FCX.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

It comes joined by the last day to save $699 on one of our favorite cargo e-bikes, as the Aventon Abound e-bike hits $1,500 , as well as all of today’s other best new Green Deals – including a batch of new e-bike and so much more. This is $699 off the usual $2,199 price tag. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

This year's election was particularly difficult due to the excellent level of all the candidates," stated Marta Garcia, executive president of WWCOTY. The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. Honda Civic). Each of the finalists had sufficient merit to win the trophy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

The US government’s General Services Administration (GSA) this summer took delivery of the first of more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles ordered earlier this year, and will make the vehicles—almost all of which are Ford Fusion hybrids—available to various federal agencies under GSA lease agreements as they are delivered.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2010

Sanyo Electric Co., Sanyo has already been supplying nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) to Ford, Honda and Volkswagen, and co-developing NiMH batteries with PSA Peugeot Citroën. Tags: Brief. Sanyo lithium-ion batteries for Plug-in HEVs (PHEVs) will also be applied in Suzuki vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

This year's election was particularly difficult due to the excellent level of all the candidates," stated Marta Garcia, executive president of WWCOTY. The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. Honda Civic). Each of the finalists had sufficient merit to win the trophy.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2024

Too tall, too expensive, too electric. Well, the 2024 Hyundai Elantra N satisfies all those requirements, and if you don’t want an automatic transmission, you don’t have to have one. Give me an old-school small sports sedan, you say. Oh, and maybe you’re one of those weirdoes who wants to shift their own gears, too, using three pedals.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

Honda’s Insight ( earlier post ) ranked as the best-selling car among all new vehicle registrations in Japan in April—excluding mini-vehicles with displacement of less than 660cc—with sales of 10,481 units, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. Tags: Hybrids Japan. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

LiveWire, the all-electric motorcycle brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, is shaping itself into a force to be reckoned with in the still-evolving electric motorcycle industry. And I got to experience all of it as the proud new owner of a shiny indigo LiveWire S2 Del Mar Launch Edition electric motorcycle.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2007

Joseph White, Wall St Journal Detroit bureau chief, is writing about electric cars again , this time about the majors. Hybrid or All-Electric? Car Makers Take Sides Nissan-Renault continue talking up small all-electric cars. He's in Tokyo reporting from the big Japanese Motor Show.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

At a time when global electric vehicle major Tesla is set to announce its big-bang entry into the Indian market this month, the world’s third largest passenger vehicle market is set to take a big leap into electric vehicle exports, with the Make in India tag well proven over the last couple of decades.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

of total vehicle sales by 2020, the more significant story is the rapid expansion of strong-hybrid vehicles led by Toyota, Ford, and Honda, followed by Hyundai, Nissan and others. The top four Japanese producers—Blue Energy Japan, PEVE, Sanyo, and Hitachi—are all expanding production and/or investing in new lines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

Despite the current enthusiasm for electric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will be an important component of the vehicle mix in 2050, according to panelists from Nissan, Toyota and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a conference session at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2009

Car-sharing operator Zipcar and the Westminster City Council in London have launched a new car sharing club fleet that will initially include 20 hybrid vehicles and will offer members access to the country’s first all-electric car club vehicle, a Citroen c1. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

Hybrids and EVs May Capture 10% Of Japan New Car Sales in Fiscal 2009 A tally by the Nikkei finds that sales of hybrids and electric vehicles in Japan may exceed 220,000 units and could account for more than 10% of domestic new-car sales in the current fiscal year (excluding mini-vehicles), up from 4.4% Tags: Brief. Earlier post.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 24, 2008

said today that it will show a small electric concept vehicle at the Detroit auto show next month.&# - Toyota Division Communications. Of course, it’s only a “concept&# car, and we know that means they could be a good two years from actually releasing something, but the fact that they’re showing it at all speaks volumes.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2010

He's a bit surprised, as are all of us, that Nissan has emerged as the first big automaker to manufacture a mass-produced electric car. But I do know, interestingly and perhaps relevantly, that the electric car that has probably driven more miles than any other model, the Toyota RAV4 EV, does not have batteries with an active system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Combined reported US hybrid sales (from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan) in April totalled 21,735 units, a 45.5% In April, combined sales of all four Ford hybrid models—including the new Fusion and Milan hybrids—totaled 2,299, up 21% versus Ford’s hybrid sales a year ago (Escape and Mariner). to 33,515 units.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

It gives us a chance to relate a brief experience with a gaggle of cars whose price tags totaled well beyond a million dollars. All are 2021 models, except where noted. of torque sent to all four wheels through a 10-speed automatic with paddle shifters. We found the TLX Type S to check all these boxes. Acura TLX Type S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

Hyundai’s 2018 Plug-in Hybrid Ioniq ( earlier post ) is heading to dealerships now—joining the Hybrid and Electric models—with an aggressive starting price of $24,950—$5,000 less than the full battery-electric version of the Ioniq but with more than five times the range. The Ioniq Electric: 180 g/mile.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Possible alternative powertrains/fuels include: CNG; CNG/diesel hybrid; Diesel/electric hybrid; Gasoline/electric hybrid;Gasoline/CNG hybrid; Gasoline/liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) hybrid; Pure electric; Ethanol (E85); Ethanol (E85)/electric hybrid; Hydrogen; and Fuel cell vehicles. evolutionary thinking.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

All comparisons are by volume. Some highlights: The all-new redesigned Prius mid-size gas-electric hybrid posted best-ever July sales of 19,173 units, up 29.7% American Honda Motor Co., Nevertheless, July was Honda’s highest volume month so far this year. The new Honda Insight hybrid posted 2,295 units.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

EnerDel has signed of a letter of intent (LOI) for a new joint venture with the electric vehicle division of Wanxiang, the largest Tier One auto parts producer in China. Wanxiang’s electric vehicle division has been supplying the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, and will also supply the Asia Games, to be held in Guangzhou in 2010.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S. The VW Group is all-in, so expect to see more news and road tests appearing soon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Daimler AG and leading energy companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Berlin, with the participation of the German Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, to evaluate and expand the setup of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany to support the series production of fuel cell electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

Having already surpassed the Toyota Prius during its first month of sales in the UK, Honda’s Insight is now ranked as the best selling car among all new vehicle registrations in Japan in April marking the first time a hybrid model has been the top seller during any monthly sales period.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Santa Monica AltFuel Expo was by all standard measure an overwhelming success. Under one roof, all the alt fuels were represented, from hydrogen to biofuels and electricity to (using less) gasoline. Not all speakers adhered to the organizers call not to bash the other alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2009

The control strategy used was to operate on the electric drive when possible and to recharge the ultracapacitors when the engine was operating.this resulted in a large improvement in average engine efficiency from 19% in the ICE vehicle to 30% in the micro-hybrid even though the electric motor had a peak power of only 6 kW.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

I have seen the future and it is a new car electric car from Nissan. Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. Plus it looks ten times cooler. Might as well just make the Pinto-hybrid.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world. The vehicles received rave reviews.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

The op-ed in today's LA Times (We Need Voltswagens in the print edition; Bring back the electric car online) deserves attention from the public and state policy makers. It's past time the public, environmental organizations and policy makers got hip to the automaker con game and all got on the same page advocating plug-in cars.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 11, 2007

My first electric car was a Think City, produced when the company was owned by Ford. By then, every other maker of a ZEV Mandated electric car had leased all their cars and were plotting their destruction rather than making any more to meet the demand. One such protest is documented in the film Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Some of the most advanced green cars and electric vehicles available will be at the Copenhagen Summit this week with Peugeot, Citroen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Think, Honda and Renault all displaying their vehicles and in many cases, lending their greenest models out during the international conference.

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