Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2018

Honda announced that it began building its third-generation Insight hybrid at its factory in Indiana this week. The company first introduced a concept version of the car at the Detroit auto show in January, and showed the production version in New York in March.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 31, 2024

Consumer Reports' 2023 Annual Auto Reliability Survey reveals that, on average, new EVs present 79 percent more problems than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Comparative Performance: Hybrids, PHEVs, and ICE Vehicles Hybrids emerge as more reliable options, experiencing 26 percent fewer problems than ICE vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor plans to introduce its e-power hybrid technology car in Tunisia, its Africa head said on Tuesday, as part of plans to test demand in the African market for electric vehicles. Africa is the world’s last remaining automotive frontier due to the low level of vehicle ownership.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2018

The 2019 Honda Insight is a compact premium sedan projected to get an EPA combined rating of 50 mpg or better. The new Insight is Honda's third try at a dedicated hybrid, each of. Pickup trucks took the limelight this year, but a significant green car made a quiet debut.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA ) on Monday launched a preliminary probe into about 250,712 Honda Insight and Honda Passport vehicles over inadvertent activation of automatic emergency braking. The emergency brake issue affects the 2019-2022 models of the Honda Insight, a hybrid electric car, and the Honda Passport SUV.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Honda will leverage EV hardware in a new all-wheel drive system for future hybrids, while also targeting two million annual EV sales by the end of the decade, according to a Thursday business update from the automaker. Under this strategy, for example, the Honda Insight will be replaced by a Civic Hybrid.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

By integrating anode materials typically used in batteries with cathodes suitable for supercapacitors, the researchers have created a hybrid system that boasts both high energy density and rapid charge-discharge rates. The result is a high-energy, high-power hybrid sodium-ion battery capable of charging in just a few seconds.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Car parts makers face slowing auto production, leaving suppliers with excess capacity, and are striving to reduce costs, including laying off workers, as Chinese EV makers expand in Europe. As a result, EV high-voltage activity almost halved in the quarter, the CEO said.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Toyota Motor has recalled more than 135,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan and suspended taking new orders for the model due to a problem with rear door handles. Toyota supplier Tokai Rika Co said its door switches for Prius cars had issues and the company expected to incur 11 billion yen (USD 71 million) in costs due to the product recall.

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Baua Electric

MAY 4, 2024

Canada’s Magna International missed first-quarter profit estimates and cut its full-year overall sales forecast on Friday, as auto parts suppliers navigate ongoing supply constraints and bumpy demand for electric vehicles. The company’s shares were down about 4% in early trade.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2018

On Thursday, a concept version of what will be the 2019 Honda Insight hybrid sedan was unveiled before its public debut at next week's Detroit auto show. Any new hybrid car from one of the pioneers of hybrid-electric vehicles is notable, and that's what Honda has delivered.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

BYD sold 98% of its hybrid cars at home last year, and eight of the 10 top-selling plug-in hybrid cars in China, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. BYD, which is backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, did not respond to requests for comment.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

ownership: Toyota 51%, Panasonic HD 49%) mass produce batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), with the latter also making batteries for battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Toyota will continue collaborating with these companies in battery mass production and development.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

will begin selling the all-new Insight hybrid ( earlier post ) in Japan on Friday, 6 February, starting at ¥1,890,000 (~US$21,100). The Insight features a newly developed hybrid system including a 1.3-liter In Japan, the Insight hybrid is rated as delivering 26 km/L (61 mpg US, 3.8 Honda Motor Co.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I am flirting with a cliché here, I know, but the weather seemed to be a metaphor for how the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show media day drove perception of the automotive industry's health. As I said, the amount of activity at any one given auto-show media day might not provide great insight to the bigger picture.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

The MoU enhances Sterling’s capability to provide solutions for EV and hybrid space, as well as other automotive applications, incorporating the latest technology from Yongin. This association strengthens Sterling’s EV component portfolio by increasing local value addition and backward integration into passive components.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Renault plans to start producing a hybrid version of the Dacia Jogger seven-seater in the Tangier factory in the second half this year at a capacity of 120,000 cars annually. By 2030, electric vehicles made in Morocco are planned to represent up to 60% of its exported cars, ahead of the EU’s 2035 fossil-fuel car ban, he said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Honda will invest $700 million to re-tool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants in Ohio for production of electric vehicles. Honda produced and sold a record of more than 100,000 electrified vehicles in the US last year, including the Accord Hybrid, CR-V Hybrid and Insight hybrid sedan.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Several advanced features like Adaptive Audio and personalised experience based on vehicle speed and surroundings, Active noise cancellation, immersive audio experience along with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay integration will define the new Automotive Audio experience. billion in 2023 to USD 2.6 billion by 2030.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Tata, Mahindra & Mahindra and South Korea’s Hyundai Motor have asked New Delhi to maintain the current policy, discouraging any reduction in taxes on hybrids, sources told Reuters earlier this month.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

In September, Serentica received INR 2,600 crore from PFC for its hybrid renewable energy projects in Karnataka that is being built to meet captive energy needs of Vedanta group companies. Sterlite will first commission 600 MW of renewable energy projects and add 500 MW of capacity in each subsequent quarter.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Today, a surprise advance look at an important new hybrid model, bad news for global oil and gas, an old Saab as a new electric car, and Tesla gets more Semi orders. The end-of-year holiday season is just starting, but the 2019 Honda Insight hybrid that will debut at the Detroit auto show next month has been.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

But other Chinese automakers, including state-run companies that were later entrants to the EV race, have closed the gap on sub-USD 10,000 EVs at the Beijing auto show that began Thursday. Last year, BYD shocked the automotive industry with the release of its Seagull EV, now priced under USD 10,000, at the Shanghai auto show.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2018

Territory customers can choose between a fuel-efficient gasoline engine option; 48V mild hybrid with Miller-Cycle technology; and a plug-in hybrid powertrain when it goes on sale in early 2019. Ford developed the Territory together with its joint venture partner, Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC). million in 2019, from a peak of 2.2

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Analysts are hopeful that SK On’s battery shipment would increase later this year, but note persistent near-term uncertainty over EV demand due to car buyers’ preference for gas-electric hybrid vehicles.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

This initiative is not just about improving technical capabilities; it’s a commitment to staying ahead in the game, embracing upcoming technologies like Hybrid and EVs, and ultimately enhancing consumer and employee satisfaction.” “We’re

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Guruprasad Mudlapur, President- India, Bosch Group, and Managing Director, Bosch Limited Edited excerpts: Q: After two consecutive years of swift growth in the auto component industry’s performance, what is your outlook for 2024? Hybrids, EVs and Hydrogen vehicles will be the technologies for the future.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

China is the biggest processor and consumer of lithium, needed for electric and hybrid vehicles. China is the biggest processor and consumer of lithium, needed for electric and hybrid vehicles. Concentration and price collapse For now, global economic weakness has depressed buying of new vehicles and led lithium prices to dive.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The 2017 Kia Niro "hybrid utility vehicle" revealed this morning at the Chicago Auto Show marks the South Korean brand's ambitious entry into dedicated hybrids.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Government initiatives, such as the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles ( FAME ) scheme, underscore the importance of comprehensive coverage. Exploring comprehensive EV insurance options, backed by thorough research and insights from fellow EV owners, becomes a vital aspect of responsible and secure EV ownership.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

Europe’s auto suppliers including Valeo , Forvia and Continental are striving to balance cost-cutting with supplier demands amid a slower-than-expected shift to EVs. Valeo now anticipates net 2025 sales in a range of 24.5 billion to 25.5 billion euros (USD 26.49 billion-USD 27.57 billion euros. million to be exact by 2025.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

10BASE-T1S E²B is a great new addition to our automotive connectivity and networking portfolio, innovated to drive success across different use cases, with the flexibility and scalability to support zonal, domain and hybrid architectures,” Yasmine King, Vice President, Automotive Cabin Experience at ADI, said.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

The Dholera unit will be powered by a 30,000 MW hybrid power project, which will be the largest continuous renewable plant at one place in the world, he said. On February 29, the cabinet approved Tata-PSMC’s INR 91,000 crore commercial foundry, INR 27,000 crore- Tata OSAT unit and INR 7,600 crore CG Power-Renesas joint venture OSAT unit.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Changan Auto and Chery Auto – both of which have partnered with Huawei in developing their premium electric vehicle (EV) brands – have lodged complaints and are in talks to resolve the issue, two of the people said. Changan Auto has said it plans to own up to 40% of the new company.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2018

Today, we've got new hybrids at the New York auto show, more than 100 electric vans plus battery storage, and EPA plans to permit more emissions from future cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Over the weekend, as we do every seven days, we ran down last week's most important green-car stories.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 1, 2023

Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited. While the looks are what catches the eye in the 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited, it is the efficiency that raises an eyebrow. Hyundai has electrification figured out, with the Sonata Hybrid reaping the benefits in what may be the best hybrid sedan you can buy.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2018

Which plug-in hybrid concepts and production electric cars debuted at the New York auto show? What words were EPA staff told to use to sow doubt about climate change and its effects? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, March 30, 2018.

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