Alternative Fuels Chinese Cost Of Fuel Economy 
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2009
Despite problems with its characteristics (toxicity; handling, storage and delivery requirements; and materials compatibility), methanol attracted a great deal of interest in the 1970s and later as an alternative fuel, partly because it can be produced from a number of raw and renewable resources. —Fan et al. —Fan et al.
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2012
Natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology is basically mature, the government said, and is headed toward initial industrialization. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. kW/kg, at a cost of 200 yuan/kW.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 1, 2021
If you track the history of Volvo, the Swedish (now Chinese-owned) company was famous for decades for its safe, solid, boxy sedans and wagons. Fuel economy for the Recharge is 55 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) when you use electricity and gasoline and drops to 27 mpg when you don’t charge up the battery.
Clean Fleet Report
MARCH 19, 2021
First introduced as a 2016 model, this Chinese-built compact crossover had a facelift in 2019 (when we last tested it ), and two short years later, is all-new for 2021. To aid in fuel economy the Envision has the automatic stop/start feature where the engine shuts off when coming to a stop. Looking like a Euro competitor.
Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. Before that, Polestar was founded in 1995 to performance-tune Volvos.
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 9, 2021
The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. That will tell you how much energy your vehicle needs to travel 100 miles, a more accurate measurement than our traditional fuel economy (mpg) numbers. Still a bit of a mystery. Competitors. This brings up a point.
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Coda Automotive , with its warmed-over Chinese sedan, has departed, but Fisker (now Karma) Automotive has revived its high-end plug-in hybrid under new Chinese ownership. The Swedes (with some Chinese help) are bringing more EVs. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class.
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