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EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

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The agency’s reasoning was that since alternative fuel vehicle production has generally been less than 0.1% of total vehicle production until very recently, the impact of excluding alternative fuel vehicles was negligible. Fuel economy average for the US fleet, per the Trends report, is 24.1 Click to enlarge.

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Fiat, MINI and smart Beat 130 gCO2/km New Car Average in Europe for First Half of 2009

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The figures underline how incremental improvements to high-volume vehicles can have an impact that far exceeds that of low-volume hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles, JATO noted. Of the top 10 brands, Fiat is ahead of Toyota (132.9 g/km), Audi (162.6 Of the top 10 brands, Fiat is ahead of Toyota (132.9

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Audi E-tron 5,612. Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Tesla Model 3 80,681. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938.

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Fiat becomes lowest average CO2 carmaker

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Of the top 10 brands, Fiat is ahead of Toyota (132.9 g/km), Audi (162.6 One important contribution to this result is the enormous growth of environment-friendly natural gas as an alternative fuel for passenger cars. g/km), in front of Toyota, PSA, Renault and Hyundai. g/km), Peugeot (134.5 g/km), Citroën (138.1

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

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As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., and Chery Automobile Co.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Others like Audi , Daimler and VW have stated they are now stopping the development of new internal combustion engines altogether. These numbers above exclude all the existing hybrid electric and other alternative fuel models available or in the works, which number at least another 265 models. Modify ICE or Go EV?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. I got beaten down a number of times."

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