Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2009

Describing himself as anti-tax but pro-carbon tax, Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk risked the backlash of US motorists by declaring that petrol should probably cost $10 a gallon. With the US auto industry in disarray, Tesla’s focus on premium green cars has emerged as a bright spark.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 14, 2007

To this end, Toshiba is working on a high-performance version of the SCiB targeted at the automotive industry. Here is part of the story from Geek.com , Li-Tech claims to have created a new lithium-ion battery, called Separion , that out-does the current offerings from the likes of Toyota and some French car makers.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 9, 2023

This comes against a background of overall auto sales down by 2.0% For petrol-only vehicles, 2022 saw 42.3% Expect petrol’s rate of decline to accelerate in the coming years, once diesel sales have effectively ended. in 2022 compared to 2021. Full year 2022 diesel-only vehicles’ share amounted to 5.1%, down from 8.2%

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Video: Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Electric Car FUD The first thing I want to talk about is the constant FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt -- regarding electric vehicles propagated by ICE car CEOs, the media, ICE-car-centric magazines and websites, and petrol heads. Imagine you have a petrol car.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean that the success of the scheme should be ignored in that it has offered an incentive to buyers at a time when rocketing petrol prices are still very much on their mind.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Greenpeace , agrees, and argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids must end by 2030. However, automakers like Stellantis and Toyota are not enthralled with current EV mandates or the proposed outright bans of ICE vehicle sales.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." People wont buy a full car.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Toyota Teases New X Prologue BEV – The world’s biggest automaker has teased its first ever global electric vehicle (EV) with a sneak picture ahead of the March 17 launch. The X Prologue will be the first Toyota EV concept released outside China. Image Source: Forbes/Toyota. – March 12, via Automotive News Europe.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. Range risk concerns obviously are tightly coupled to EV charging availability. Its e-Mustang has been subject to several recalls over the past year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do In the meantime, Toyota and Honda will eat their lunch while GM pushes both E85 and pure electric. you see that?

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