Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced in Beijing. The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service said in February that at least 10% of the new mail trucks would be electric.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

Following a successful initial pilot program using nine Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD electric vans in the US late last year, DHL Express plans to deploy the remaining 89 electric vehicles this year in New York and California. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With an electric range of up to 100 kilometers (WLTP) depending on the vehicle’s configuration and an electric-drive output of 110 kW/150 hp, the luxury sedan can travel locally CO₂ emission-free, both in the city and on interurban journeys. We will present our first fully electric model as early as 2023.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

Auto shoppers in America are more likely than ever before to consider buying a fully electric vehicle (EV), and new EV entries are responsible for much of the added consideration. Power 2022 U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study. —Stewart Stropp, senior director of automotive retail at J.D.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The hybrid drive of the Touareg R essentially consists of a 2,995 cm 3 V6 turbocharged gasoline engine (250 kW/340 PS), the electric drive motor (100kW/136 PS) and a lithium-ion battery (energy capacity of 14.1 When the battery is sufficiently charged, the new SUV starts in electric E-MODE for zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

BMW unveiled the iX3 electric SUV ( earlier post ), offering full electric mobility in a BMW X model. Electric power consumption combined in the WLTP test cycle is 19.5 – 18.5 The BMW X3 is the first model to be available with a gasoline or diesel engine, plug-in hybrid drive system or all-electric drive system.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

New data suggests that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs currently travel less than half as much as the US fleet average. They found that the arrival of an EV in a household increases household electricity consumption by 2.9

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ford celebrated the production start of the all-new F-150 at the Ford Rouge Center and confirmed construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022. Rendering of the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2020

With an output of 180 kW (245 PS), the Golf GTE offers sporty performance, combining both power and efficiency. This allows a wider electric range. When the battery is charged, the Golf eHybrid and Golf GTE start electrically and therefore with zero local emissions. Price in Germany starts at €39,781.18 (US$46,900).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

model series is for the fully electric version, with around 20,000 orders received over the first three months of this year. Power consumption in kWh/100 km (NEDC): 12.9–12.7 Power consumption in kWh/100 km (NEDC): 12.9–12.7 Every second order for the up! Passat GTE Variant. New Golf GTE.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

Standard production of the BMW core brand’s first pure electric model will get underway at the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) in China in late summer as planned: BBA Plant Dadong will produce the first Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) with a pure electric drive train for the global market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2017

executives outlined plans to provide a range of power technologies spanning diesel and natural gas engines to fully electric and hybrid powertrains. Cummins will begin electrified powertrain delivery in 2019, including full battery-electric and plug-in hybrid systems. During a teleconference yesterday, Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The Nikkei reports that Nissan will switch all models sold in China to either electric or hybrid vehicles by 2025. Nissan will introduce nine models in China by 2025 that will either be fully electric or hybrid. Nissan will release an e-Power system model in China next year. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. Buzz electric microbus in 2024, and new electric SUVs from 2026.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. The engine never truly powers the wheels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2019

In March, Cummins began delivering eight Cummins-powered all-electric vehicles to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in California. The fully-electric Cummins PowerDrive equipped vans are expected to reduce fuel and maintenance costs as well as eliminate emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

The Touareg R—the first R-Line model to be available as a hybrid—delivers total power output of 340 kW (462 PS) and 700 N·m of torque. The Touareg R can be driven at up to 140 km/h using electric power; above this speed, the turbocharged V6 gasoline engine (TSI) supplements the electric drive motor.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2020

ComEd will replace end-of-life internal combustion vehicles with plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, reducing fuel and maintenance costs and creating savings that will be passed on to customers. More than 200 of its vehicles have electric hybrid or plug-in hybrid electric systems and another 10 are all-electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

In addition to sourcing 100% green power as of this year, the BMW Group will systematically invest in optimizing its energy efficiency and using the possibilities enabled by digitalization. Product strategy: fully-electric models in high-volume series. CO 2 emissions will then be less than 10% of what they were in 2006.

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Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Electric vehicles have historically received a bad reputation for concerns around safety. Issues like thermal runaway, electrocution, and reports of inextinguishable fires plagued the pioneering electric vehicles. Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

Other technologies—such as efficiency improvements in gasoline engines as well as the rollout of hybrid electric power trains—offer more compelling and cost-effective pathways to reducing CO 2 emissions from European passenger cars, the ICCT says. Renault Clio) and lower medium (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will work to lower emissions by leading the expansion of EV charging stations to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Native Sun Community Power Development. Equitable Mobility Powering Opportunities for Workplace Electrification Readiness (EMPOWER). John Deere.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

Volvo Cars announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 on will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business. This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

Blue Bird Corporation will offer a factory-certified electric repower program on select gasoline- and propane-powered Blue Bird school buses. The company is collaborating with Lightning eMotors to develop this repower electric vehicle (EV) powertrain system. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. UPS has ordered 10,000 of them and FedEx plans to be fully electric by 2040. A key point of the study is that both the emissions directly tied to charging the vehicles and emissions that result from manufacturing the batteries must be considered.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Natural Bridge to an EV Escaping the High Price of Fuel The natural bridge from a gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). A 37-mile range EV Electric and Gasoline Power The 2023 Ford Escape PHEV is powered by a 2.5-liter When the 14.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The article provides an assessment of the state of power generation in the world today, and provides analyses of productive directions for the future. The authors assert that “zero emissions” BEVs will not replace IC engines in commercial transport to any significant degree because of the weight, size and cost of the batteries required.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. —Peter Harris, director of sustainability, UPS Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2019

A new body shop with a total area of 75,500 square meters will produce the vehicle bodies for the next generation of the Macan—which will be a fully electric series—from the beginning of the next decade. Porsche is investing more than €600 million (US$677 million) to expand its factory in Leipzig.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

The new BMW 330e plug-in hybrid features the latest generation of BMW eDrive technology paired with a four-cylinder gasoline engine. The all-electric range is more than 50% greater than that of its predecessor—66 kilometers (41 miles) (WLTP) is possible with zero tailpipe emissions. liters per 100km (123.7 – 146.9

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Ford revealed the production version of the new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany. The Transit Custom PHEV targets an all-electric driving range of 50 kilometers (31 miles), and uses the multi-award-winning Ford 1.0-liter Ford’s compact and fuel-efficient 1.0-liter

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2024

And this year, unlike other recent years, all of them were gasoline-fueled. An electric motor can be clutched in with or without the 3.6-liter liter V-6 engine to the 8-speed automatic transmission, providing up to 22 electric miles. Does that still mean multiple electric Jeeps will be trekking to Moab in the future?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

Volkswagen is also highlighting its spectrum of efficiency and electrification solutions all the way to further optimized battery-powered propulsion as in the new e-Golf and the coming new MEB-based electric vehicles exemplified by its series of I.D. High-voltage battery system of the new Volkswagen e-Golf. liters/100 km.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

Three months since the introduction of the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) in London, results of a year-long trial in the capital suggest that plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) commercial vehicles could present the most practical, readily available option for businesses trying to meet clean-air targets in cities. million (US$5.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

Globally, by 2025, Audi is aiming to have 30 electrified models on sale, with 20 of those vehicles fully electric. In the US, Audi has already introduced five production models: the Audi Q5 TFSI e, A7 TFSI e and A8 TFSI e plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) as well as the e-tron all-electric SUV and upcoming e-tron Sportback.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Disneyland will replace gasoline vehicles at its Autopia ride with EVs in 2026, the Los Angeles Times confirmed this week. The groups drawing attention to the disparities in recent weeks and encouraging the shift to electric are planning a Sunday morning (10 a.m.) rally celebrating the decision at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

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