Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture—TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation—that will develop, manufacture and sell automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. million units in aggregate.

PHEV 170

PHEV DC Automobile Downsizing 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

As a result, automobile manufacturers are able to create packages of technologies that can meet cost and effectiveness targets in small, incremental steps. For example, the report notes the promise of cylinder deactivation, turbocharging and downsizing.

Purchase 210

Purchase Lithium Ion Fuel Fuel Economy 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

This approach allows automobile manufacturers to create packages of technologies that can be tailored to meet specific cost and effectiveness targets, as opposed to developing diesel or full hybrid alternatives that offer a single large benefit, but at a significant cost increase.

Fuel 210

Fuel Downsizing Fuel Economy Diesel 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Individual manufacturers will be required to comply with a single fuel economy level that is based on the distribution of its production among the footprints of its vehicles. In the past, the baseline was the manufacturers’ confidential plans for each model year; in the new analysis, the baseline is each manufacturer’s MY 2008 fleet.

2016 210

2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210