Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

In an event combining a first-customer ceremony and a media drive, Tustin (California) Hyundai’s Dealer Principal, John Patterson, handed over the keys to Hyundai’s first mass-produced Tucson Fuel Cell crossover ( earlier post ) to Timothy Bush, the first Hyundai Fuel Cell customer, with Hyundai executives in attendance. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

VinFast invited Canadian and American automotive journalists to California to drive the 2023 VF 8, an all-electric midsize two-row SUV. The company has ambitious plans to import the three-row VF 9 by the end of 2023 and the two-row VF 7 in the first part of 2024, both of which are electric SUVs built in Hai Phong, Vietnam.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. However, heavy-duty electric trucks from traditional makers have started to hit the market.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 28, 2022

The world is going electric. . Governments around the world are mandating an end to petroleum-based vehicles, and the sprint towards an all-electric future is on. Now is a great time to go over what is fact versus fiction for electric vehicle charging. auto dealers, . seconds and has an estimated range of 314 miles. .

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The electric car market is experiencing massive growth, exceeding 10 million in sales in 2022. As a result, regulations and guidelines related to electric vehicles are changing frequently, and consumers and charging station hosts must be aware of new developments.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The mild hybrid system consists of a 48-volt electrical system that allows the engine to shut off when not needed, increasing fuel economy. This is the most powerful mass production gasoline engine offered by Mazda, putting out 340 hp and 369 lb.-ft. liter non-turbocharged inline-4 mated to a 100 kilowatt (kW) electric motor.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 24, 2024

Getting better every year Dual Motors, AWD Standard No frunk here The 2024 Solterra has two 80kW electric motors with 228 miles of driving range in the Premium trim and 222 miles in Limited and Touring (last year’s range estimate). The smooth operation is what makes driving an electric vehicle so wonderful. miles per kWh.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Hot EV Hatch Shakes Things Up Hot hatches are a blast to drive, but no one has ever had the opportunity to drive one powered by electricity—until now. All Electric Range (AER): 236 city/203 highway/201combined miles 0-60: 3.4 seconds Top Speed:162 miles per hour Grin button What is N Grin Boost? miles and 11 turns.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

The National Academies has issued a pre-publication version of an interim report on Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment. As a result, the National Research Council (NRC)—a part of the National Academies—appointed the Committee on Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 25, 2022

Subaru’s All-New, All-Electric Compact SUV. The all-new, all-electric 2023 Solterra compact SUV is a major step for Subaru, one that will be a welcome addition for its loyal owners. But the Solterra completely leaves gasoline behind and is all-electrons all-the-time. Two Motors, AWD Standard. No frunk, but plenty of EV hardware.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Southern California Edison (SCE) released a white paper summarizing learnings from its Electric Vehicle (EV) readiness program. Currently, SCE customers lease or own more than 12,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), both battery electric (BEVs, for about 35%) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs, for about 65%)—about 10% of national EV sales.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

That money will go toward: Next-Gen Hybrid Electrics: Part of Ford’s new strategy includes going all-in on hybrids to bring more capability to customers of our most popular and high-volume vehicles like F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco. —Sherif Marakby, vice president, Autonomous and Electric Vehicles.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

LiveWire, the all-electric motorcycle brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, is shaping itself into a force to be reckoned with in the still-evolving electric motorcycle industry. And I got to experience all of it as the proud new owner of a shiny indigo LiveWire S2 Del Mar Launch Edition electric motorcycle.

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Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2024

The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV is one of this year’s most important new electric vehicles. Nominally a compact crossover SUV with 285 to 319 miles of EPA-estimated range, it’s priced competitively, with prices starting at $43,295 (including a mandatory $1,395 delivery fee). 4 trailing behind at 291 to 304 miles.

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Miles Chevrolet GM SUV 52

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

Building a legacy. In 297 miles of mostly freeway driving through Southern California we averaged 22.1 mpg, but did a bit better on a 207-mile freeway run with the smart cruise control set at 65 mph, achieving 25.1 Powertrain – 10 years/100,000 miles. New Vehicle – Five years/60,000 miles.

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Hyundai Fuel Economy SUV Fleet 105

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

formerly Grande West Transportation Group), a supplier of electric, CNG, gasoline and diesel vehicles, released specifications for the new VMC 1200, a fully electric Class 3 medium-duty commercial truck. Danfoss Editron specializes in hybrid and electric drivetrain systems for the marine, off-highway and on-highway markets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, no one believed we could build 30,000 planes and tanks in just one year. Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. That’s as long as many buildings, so they’re also worth a makeover.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

To support growing consumer interest in alternative-fuel vehicles, American Honda is expanding its network of US dealers which are qualified to sell and service the Civic Natural Gas to retail customers—expanding sales to 200 dealers in 35 states. 1 in the Civic Sedan’s gasoline-powered engine. 1, compared to 10.6:1

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And yet, what about recharging? car market.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. So we're going to talk in miles, gallons and even miles per gallon. Is 381 miles by the shortest route and 420 miles if I take the Pennsylvania Turnpike. And yet, what about recharging? car market.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 89

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Availability begins in Spring 2014 at several Southern California Hyundai dealers. To ease those concerns as we build-out the hydrogen refueling network, we thought covering this cost for these early adopters in the monthly payment was the best approach, and consistent with other aspects of our Hyundai Assurance program.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Revolutionary New Honda EV In a first-ever technology pairing for series production, Honda is mating plug-in battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric in the all-new 2025 CR-V—e:FCEV. kW electric motor powered by electricity from its hydrogen fuel cell (fed by up to 4.3 kg of hydrogen).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

3 B-Cycle gasoline engine is the first example of Volkswagen’s “Rightsizing” strategy—an engine development strategy that looks to for the optimal balance of displacement, output, torque and efficiency based on vehicle class and real-world operating conditions, rather than just seeking to downsize. (As type compact electric SUV.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM Right now that is not that big of a deal because most houses don’t have the electrical infrastructure to support a 10 minute fast charge. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 11, 2022

America ’s Best-Selling Truck Is Now All-New and All-Electric. Ford says the all-new, all-electric 2022 F-150 Lighting is “the truck of the future.” It is one thing to build a new vehicle, but developing one offering so many different appealing technologies and features will draw buyers with broad interests and lifestyles.

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F-150 Ford All-Electric Miles 95

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The 2023 Prius Hybrid is available with a single electric motor and front-wheel drive (FWD) or with dual motors for all-wheel drive (AWD). liter gasoline engine, running on 87 octane, with a lithium-ion battery that replaces the nickel-metal battery from the previous generations. Comprehensive – Three years/36,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

Vehicle cost, current battery technology, and inadequate consumer knowledge are some of the barriers preventing widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles, according to a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. Four Classes of Plug-in Electric Vehicles. 2014 Ford Focus Electric (76 mi/141 km).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. With a renewable electricity mix, that increases to about 50%. The crossover point for the i3 vs. the 118d is at about 50,000 km (31,000 miles), Dr. Weber said. (In

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Under this agreement, Renault will import the first electric car equipped with a switchable battery, the Fluence Z.E. earlier post ), into Australia, and Better Place will provide the electric car charging network and services that make the car more convenient and affordable for the mass market. Customers will buy the Fluence Z.E.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

These are all dates that various automakers, electric vehicle organizations, and states have declared when they want to ban the sale of or end their production of vehicles powered by an internal combustion engine. Chart: EVAdoption / Loren McDonald. EV Price Parity With ICE Vehicles Is Fast Approaching. Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

CEO Carlos Ghosn is spending big money to make electric vehicles in high volumes — and soon. 2, Ghosn will unveil the first of three electric models in three vehicle segments that he plans to sell by 2013. Nissan is not alone in going electric. maker of Subaru cars, began leasing electric cars in Japan. .

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. Some immediately - such as the requirement for somewhere between 20-100,000 dollars in testing - but it’s the 10 year 150,000 mile warranty on the batteries themselves that’s the dealbreaker. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The early interest in the Prius v has drawn strong traffic to dealers, with some of those new Prius buyers liking the v but actually deciding that the Liftback fit their needs best. Too, the electrically driven water pump allows coolant flow rate to be controlled with greater precision based on vehicle conditions for better fuel efficiency.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Both recently traded their respective SUVs for electric vehicles (EVs), and happily swore off every buying another internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicle. After moving to a home much further away from their respective workplaces, each would have become part of the gasoline “superusers” club. alone, and eventually the other 1.2

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. How impressive is AC Propulsion electric drive genius?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions. Just the opposite.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Establishing dealer network.

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