Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2010

Darryl Siry blogs over at Wired's Autopia. Until we get final specs on weight, and drive the car around a bit, we won't know to what extent people will need to handicap official range numbers as they do EPA gasoline mileage ratings. At least with NiMH, Toyota's passive system worked out better in the real world. Buyer beware!

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Nissan NiMH GM Volt 124

Current EV

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

In the SUV market, it ranks second only to the Toyota RAV4. And the vehicle’s torque output of 232 lb-ft with its gas engine and two electric motors working bests the Ford Escape Hybrid and the Toyota RAV 4 Hybrid, its two closest competitors. More than 9 million CR-Vs have been sold worldwide in 150 countries since ’95.

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Honda Hybrid Global Maintenance 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Reply ↓ ↑ report 2 Snoopy 3:47PM (4/17/2009) Its funny, because I was thinking about this over the past couple of days, while walking the streets of my relatively quiet neighbourhood.

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Hybrid i-MiEV 2009 New York 30

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) This was starting to hurt because it was one reason for a sudden surge in Toyotas market share." Never discount Toyota.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 12 months? I’m acting because blogging on these issues, as I have done for over two years now, is just not enough anymore. That’s 18 months away.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 Carbon 186

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. Learn more about simulation apps and find this and other case studies at comsol.com/blog/apps. So what are these ranges in real life? John Voelcker Great question. It has a highway part and a city part. Fourteen seems very low.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 93

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. Learn more about simulation apps and find this and other case studies at comsol.com/blog/apps. So what are these ranges in real life? John Voelcker Great question. It has a highway part and a city part. Fourteen seems very low.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 91

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon.

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009 75

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

VW minivan reportedly not long for this world 2 days ago Chrysler ekes out additional 2 mpg on 2009 minivans 223 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 ~D. Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry.

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Minivan Chrysler Dodge Circuit 2009 46

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Current batteries in new Toyota hybridsare ~$3000 if they need to be replaced. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. E-mail: Password: Enter your AOL or AIM screenname and password. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Follow us on Twitter! gallon Speculawyer on DOE announces $41.9

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Charging Batteries Battery 2009 38

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reports are circulating that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soften vehicle emissions targets against the stringent metrics proposed by the group in 2023. In April of 2023, the EPA proposed requiring a 56 percent reduction in new vehicle emissions by 2032. Stellantis, Toyota Motor Corp.,

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