Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. The authors note that other leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA or Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.). Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing (2009). Click to enlarge.

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Automobile Manufacturer Automobile BMW Manufacturer 278

Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2023

The Toyota BZ3 uses BYD’s blade-shaped batteries and motor powertrain. It has BYD’s lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells and Fudi Motor’s electric motor. Fudi Motor is a BYD subsidiary. For comparison, the Tesla Model 3 in China is also sold in two variants: the RWD version and the Dual-Motor AWD Performance model.

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BYD Toyota China Power 57

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2015

Earlier this week, member states in the European Commission’s Technical Committee - Motor Vehicles (TCMV) gave support to the EC proposal for Real Driving Emissions (RDE) testing requirements. One-to-one comparison of test results will not be possible; instead it is necessary to handle and evaluate the test data using statistical methods.).

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2009

The automotive market may be struggling worldwide but there’s no stopping the push for motoring in China. This means that sales topped the one million unit mark for the fifth month in a row, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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China Sale Automobile Manufacturer Vehicles 36

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

All comparisons are by volume. General Motors. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% American Honda Motor Co., Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Passenger car sales dropped 10.6%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

Comparison of drive concepts for diesel engines, with reductions in fuel consumption. In addition, automobile manufacturers are using other technologies to further decrease consumption and emissions. The electric motor is the most efficient means of powering a car.” Bernd Bohr. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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