Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
The rise of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have fans professing its technological wonders, while looking down at plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them. The major difference?
Green Car Congress
APRIL 16, 2015
Although electric vehicles have lower tailpipe emissions than gasoline powered vehicles, the changes in emissions associated with vehicle electrification on a life cycle basis will depend on the emissions associated with the operations of the power plants used to charge the battery.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2009
This is because the consumers are not fully aware of the advantages of battery electric vehicles and will slowly accept the technology. Hybrids—especially plug-in hybrids—ill help the public to have confidence to transit from hybrids to completely battery powered cars in the future.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2009
The all-electric range of the Prius Plug-In (23 km) will cover more than 50% of distances driven by single cars each day in Japan, according to Toyota. Approximately 600 units will be introduced in Japan, the United States, and Europe over the first half of 2010, for use by governments and businesses. Click to enlarge.
Plug In Partners
MAY 20, 2008
by ’10 By BILL VLASIC Published: May 13, 2008 DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles. It already has the Prius and five other hybrids selling in the U.S. Toyota ( TM ).
Current EV
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
By John Coulter, CURRENT EV CMO In its new Prime, Toyota offers a RAV4 green version that employs a hybrid drivetrain relying on a gas engine and electric motors that draw power from a plug and regenerative braking. Due to “unforeseen battery supply constraints,” fewer than expected RAV4 Primes have gotten to the USA.
EV Adoption
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
In 2020, GM sold 20,754 Chevrolet Bolt EVs in the US, which while isn’t huge number it actually puts the Bolt in third place after the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y in the US and ahead of the Toyota Prius Prime and Nissan LEAF. Sales are expected to begin in the 2024 model year in Honda’s United States and Canadian markets.
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