Green Cars News

APRIL 4, 2012

The New York International Auto Show was the setting for BMW to reveal is X1 (pictured) – the smallest BMW X model to ever go on sale in the USA. Packed with technology, the BMW X1 includes twinpower turbo petrol engines: either the award-winning six-cylinder inline engine that is featured in the BMW X1 xDrive35i [.].

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

Tanya Gazdik, USA “Kia has developed a large SUV with an electric motor that stands out for its good aerodynamics, innovative design, high levels of technology – with up to level 3 autonomous driving. It was hard to believe this large, comfortable and versatile vehicle did not need a tank of petrol or diesel.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Founded in 2002, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is an international cooperation that includes BMW Group; Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG; Daimler; Ford; GM/Opel; Hamburger Hochbahn; Linde; Shell; StatoilHydro; TOTAL; Vattenfall Europe; and Volkswagen. Toyota aims at the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles around 2015.

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EV Sales

JANUARY 18, 2021

The German automotive market has opened the flood gates to plugin vehicles, with December setting yet another record month, with a little less than 83,000 units, PEVs scored an amazing 27% share (14% BEV) in December, making Germany the largest PEV market outside China, beating even the USA by a wide margin (394k vs 330k).

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Plug In Partners

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

H ere's the Mazda story thanks to Autocar: Mazda plans Volt rival Autocar August 28, 2008 Autocar has learned that Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt – a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery pack which powers the wheels via an electric motor.

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Last year’s winner, BMW, renowned for its Efficient Dynamics technology and for its range of class-leading green cars, has a fight on its hands to achieve a record-breaking fifth consecutive International Engine of the Year title. Green car technology is expected to take the ‘International Engine of the Year’ awards by storm this year.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In most cases, if you’re driving an EV in the USA, you connect to the home or public charging station using a Type 1 plug. However, only one manufacturer in the US (BMW) currently offers a vehicle with wireless charging capability. It’s a 5-pin plug that can draw power up to 19.2kW. kW) WPT2 (max 7.7

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