Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

If you’re still not taking China’s push to become a major automotive power seriously, then this statistic is sure to give you food for thought: according to an official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country is on track to produce a record 12million vehicles this year.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2009

Big guns in the US auto industry like General Motors and Chrysler may still be reeling from the credit crunch, but upstart electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors has achieved overall corporate profitability in July. A record 109 vehicles were shipped in July with a significant surge in Roadster purchases.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 1, 2010

Journal article: China to Subsidize Electric Cars. BEIJING—China will subsidize buyers of battery-powered cars and plug-in hybrids under a pilot program aimed at keeping the country competitive in the global race to develop an electric-vehicle industry, but which also risks a public backlash. Read more in the Wall St.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

Unsurprisingly there is still frenzied interest in the announcement of a vehicle scrappage scheme by Alistair Darling as part of his 2009 Budget. This additional help is only available on Ford’s larger vehicles - not its most fuel efficient models. Or does the vehicle scrappage scheme hit the mark regardless? Sound good?

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2009

Initial capacity of the plant is predicted to be up to 300,000 cells per year, all being targeted for Mercedes vehicles. It is hoped that the lithium-ion battery systems will start to appear in Mercedes vehicles beginning in 2012. KG, will finally begin construction of its production facility in Kamenz, Germany, this autumn.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I Who will benefit?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

Ricardo, one of the leaders in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles, has welcomed President Obama’s announcement of $2.4billion in grants to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of the next generation of US batteries and electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

After months of doom and gloom for the auto industry in the USA, there is finally a ray of hope courtesy of hybrid cars. This meant that a total of 26,205 hybrid units were sold - some three per cent of all new vehicles, the highest monthly new vehicle share since April 2008. per cent in volume to 859,847 units.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

The taskforce stated that “while the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline fuelled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing costs in order to become commercially viable&#. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

car’s introduction. If electric cars can’t break out of niche status in. the world’s two largest passenger car markets, then a transition away from. gasoline-powered vehicles could be delayed. likely to be frustrated by the lack of available cars. Chinese green-car subsidies on hold.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 19, 2009

Here we attempt to separate the fact from the fiction: Fact - Hybrid battery packs will not need replacing during the vehicle’s lifetime. This is partly due to the process of regenerative braking, and most hybrid manufacturers offer battery warranties ranging from 80,000-100,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Conclusions. slow charge.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Riversimple shot to fame in June 2009 when they unveiled arguably the most exciting development for British green car technology yet; the two-seater Riversimple hydrogen prototype. Our vehicle architecture is not fuel cell-specific; it is based an electric platform anyway.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Mini will only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030, the people said. Automakers and Models. – March 10, via Forbes.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 31, 2021

The car’s charging system also has what Kia calls an Integrated Charging Control Unit (ICCU) that enables a “vehicle-to-load” (V2L) function, which is capable of discharging energy from the vehicle battery. – March 30, via Green Car Reports. Lexus LF-Z concept | Lexus. CAN AM Spyder F3-S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

billion in loans to auto manufacturers large and small—part of a much larger portfolio of clean energy loans and loan guarantees—Davidson added that not every investment and every company can succeed in such a competitive environment. Noting that DOE has issued $8.4 Earlier post.) John Thune, R-S.D., Last month, U.S.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 GM says it is already looking ahead to the next generation of Volt-based vehicles — it unveiled the Cadillac Converj concept in January — and says costs will come down as the technology spreads to more models. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. Thats short-sighted.

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