Remove Alternative Fuels Remove Battery Remove Light Remove United States
article thumbnail

DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

Green Car Congress

Levelized cost of driving (LCOD) across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY 2025. There has been a lot of past research on the cost of vehicles and the cost of fuel, but these other operating costs haven’t been studied in quite the same detail before. Battery electric vehicles, meanwhile, will reach cost parity as battery prices drop.

article thumbnail

DOE: Plug-in vehicles’ share of new LDV sales in Europe more than tripled in 2020 to hit 10.5%

Green Car Congress

Although overall light-duty vehicle sales were down in 2020 due to the pandemic, plug-in vehicle sales bucked that trend and saw growth in many markets. of all new light-duty vehicle sales, according to figures compiled by the US Department of Energy (DOE). of all light-duty vehicle sales, respectively.

Plug-in 243
article thumbnail

Market share of plug-in vehicles in China has more than quadrupled from 2015 to 2019

Green Car Congress

In the US, plug-in vehicle market share in the United States rose from 0.7% Market share of new plug-in light-duty vehicles by country/regions (China, Europe, and United States) from 2015 to 2019. Europe - European Alternative Fuels Observatory. in 2018, and then dropped to 1.9%

Plug-in 243
article thumbnail

Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

Green Car Congress

The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

article thumbnail

More than 1M plug-in vehicles sold in China in 2018; 8.1% of LDV market

Green Car Congress

The combined total of light-duty all-electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) sold in China in 2018 was more than 1 million, or 8.1% of the light-duty vehicle market there, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). Europe - European Alternative Fuels Observatory.

Plug-in 207
article thumbnail

President Obama issues Memorandum on Federal fleet performance to push for alternative fueled vehicles; GSA pilot project on EV purchases

Green Car Congress

In the Memorandum, the President specifically directs that by 31 December 2015, all new light-duty vehicles leased or purchased by agencies must be alternative fueled vehicles, such as hybrid or electric, compressed natural gas, or biofuel. Optimum fleet size.

article thumbnail

EC proposes 30% CO2 reduction from 2021 to 2030 for light-duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

The proposal also includes the already established EU fleet wide targets for 2020/2021 of 95 g CO 2 /km for passenger cars and 147 g CO 2 /km for light commercial vehicles, both of which are based on the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) test procedure.

Light 150