Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Audi introduced its flagship electric SUV e-tron in 2018. Significant changes, especially at the front of the vehicle, lend the new flagship SUV a fresher appearance. It has a storage volume of 569 liters for the SUV and 528 liters for the Sportback. There are also 62 liters available in the frunk. Market launch in spring 2023.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Its new AMP-2 facility is expected to be equipped to build up to 155,000 EVs annually once fully complete. The commitment is part of the nation’s “ Saudi Vision 2030 ,” which includes raising non-oil GDP to 50% from around 16% currently. Lucid announced a deal with the Saudi government in 2022 to sell up to 100,000 EVs over ten years.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

made electric SUV —in Princeton, Indiana, starting in 2026. That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025. Set to ramp up in 2028, the Ontario hub could potentially build up to 240,000 EVs per year, and see that as the demand for Honda EVs builds, they’d be American-made.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

As the US works to reduce dependence on foreign oil, promote clean energy and combat climate change, this report definitively documents why aluminum offers the most promise for cutting total automotive-related carbon emissions and energy use. —Sujit Das. Source: Sujit Das, ORNL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2018

One of the latest is Byton’s electric SUV, confirming that the innovation is also well-positioned to play a role in the next generation of vehicles. NAFILean can be used in traditional injection machines and stands as a unique market solution from Faurecia.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

In October, Toyota and Japanese oil giant Idemitsu Kosan announced they would develop and build solid-state EV batteries. Toyota three-row electric SUV concept (Source: Toyota) Toyota plots solid-state EV battery roadmap The company claims its new tech will offer 10-minute fast charging and significantly more range.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency notes that in recent years, trends in the vehicle market shifted from smaller sedans and wagons to SUVs and pickup trucks, with SUVs making up 45% and pickups making up 15% of the model year 2021 light-duty vehicle market in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. First, it gives the automaker a very competitive offering in the compact SUV segment in the US—a segment which is booming in the US. Select compact SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

Just a quarter (26%) of those with an interest report that this interest in alternative fuel vehicles is tied to their concern for the environment, while others (18%) share that they would like to see a reduction in dependency on foreign oil. Beyond fuel choices, new car selection is also heavily based on opinions about vehicle quality.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

However, building more coal and gas power plants to make miles for transport is counter-productive if the game plan is to reduce carbon output. If you drive an SUV in Southern California those miles cost over 30 cents each.). However, it costs more to build an acre of rooftop PV. This, however, is a fallacy. Source: [link].

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo reveals C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” – Volvo revealed its new C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” which according to the company “has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design.” ” – Volvo Chief Executive Håkan Samuelsson. – February 26, via BusinessInsider.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Overall, the interior build and material quality are at a high level. The engine hums like a sewing machine, and even with all those miles, still gets 30+ mpg and doesn’t burn or leak a drop of oil. The trunk opening is tall and wide, with a low sill, making loading items easy. I am sure you know someone with a similar Civic story.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 16, 2006

Ford May Build a Plug-In Hybrid May 11, 2006 Ford Motor Co. Ford May Build a Plug-In Hybrid May 11, 2006 Ford Motor Co. Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford told shareholders at the automaker's annual meeting that the automotive market is shifting rapidly because of higher oil prices and the company is trying to respond.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 21, 2008

Ø The US House passed a bill that would extend a series of tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency and pay for them by eliminating or scaling back oil and natural gas industry tax breaks. The bill (H.R.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

The target buyers have strong personal convictions on the environment, oil use, and cutting edge technology. “ The RAV4 EV combines a Tesla-designed and produced battery and electric powertrain with Toyota’s most popular SUV model. Cd, RAV4 EV achieves the lowest coefficient of drag of any SUV in the world.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

The Touareg SUV and popular Rabbit hatchback will be available as hybrids, while the Jetta will be a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.The electric car will be a limited edition of the new up! German-language car magazine Auto Motor und Sport reported that VW CEO Martin Winterkorn just recently announced the plan to build the green Vee-Dubs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure. They reinforce the Pacific National Labs January 2007 findings that we wont have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

If everyone could hear Ed talk about the smart grid and how plug-in cars make it possible to inventory electricity then we’d already be building that grid today. People use them every day in every way to do what they need a small SUV to do. That’s EE Solar’s RAV4 and it has gone over 116,000 miles oil free.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The SUV, the plug-in hybrid drive of which combines a three-liter V6 gasoline engine with a powerful electric motor, is available in two power levels. It is equipped with an electric oil pump that ensures lubrication in all operating states. The SUV starts in fully electric “EV” mode.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C. htm Advocates of the Th!

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

If we are serious about not repeating the mistakes of insatiable oil dependency, then resource efficiency has to play a big role. T&E calls for a range of measures including building fewer roads, cutting the space available for private cars and charging for parking.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 17, 2023

The Yom-Kippur War of 1973 and the Iranian Revolution of 1979 resulted in severe oil shortages that primarily impacted the Western world. Meanwhile, Congress prepped the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to force manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles. Though the trend was already to build a bigger model.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2014

Honda has given its 2015 CR-V compact SUV, which launched in US dealerships on 1 October, the most significant mid-model cycle refresh in the 17-year history of the model. The Honda CR-V was the best-selling compact SUV with individual American buyers in 2013, according to new-vehicle registration data compiled by IHS Polk.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This is not much different from diesel and gasoline which are produced from refining and cleaning crude oil (a process which heavily involves the use of hydrogen). Myth #3: FCEVs and their supporting infrastructure are too expensive to build so they will never provide a mass-market alternative solution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Both eAxles build on existing GKN eDrive technology already in series production on leading hybrid electric vehicles, with GKN’s engineers adapting them for use on a heavier, all-wheel drive SUV platform. GKN designed, developed and integrated two eAxles into the BEV powertrain, including a single speed and a two-speed transmission.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Companies Will Have More Affordable EVs Their Lineup As major automakers around the world develop their nascent EV lines, dozens of new EV vehicles including new premium models, middle-market sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks will make their debuts in global markets in 2023 and 2024.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Based on the new Tiguan, it showcased the technical capabilities of the modular transverse matrix (MQB) in an SUV format. However, the rear wheels can be engaged in fractions of a second whenever necessary via the center differential, which is activated by an electro-hydraulic oil pump. Earlier post.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Lucid's Gravity next For Lucid, the next make-or-break step is the Gravity , an SUV whose production is slated for 2023. The company hopes to build 20,000 Airs next year, generating $2.2 The Saudi factory could open by 2024, as the kingdom seeks to reduce dependency on its oil economy and transition to electric cars.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The hundreds of thousands of new cars being added every year to roads in China could further damage already shaky air quality if they are oil-based vehicles. The governments regulations and policies for things like building electric-car charging stations can be changed more easily here than in places like the U.S. Great Wall Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

First, to design and build the “Mach-I” prototype vehicle maintaining donor vehicle architectural space and using commercially available or demonstrated materials and processes while delivering a 22% reduction compared to the baseline vehicle. In some D segment, SUVs and trucks, a lot more aluminum will creep in. —Matt Zaluzec.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

We said, ‘Let’s take a British farm vehicle and turn it into a luxury SUV for the American market,’ ” Wallace recounts during my tour of E.C.D.’s Born Free or “ Daktari ”—a typical SUV buyer might run screaming after five minutes in this crude, jouncy beast. After every beer, it sounded like a better idea.”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ). “EV”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Furia explained, "The SUVs that we just completed that were outfitted with the XHT drive train could have been any SUV made by anyone.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. I am more reminded of Segway, or that GM thing that Segway helped them build.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Then we are done! Email Neal.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

Hyundai, which announced this May that it would build its first-ever dedicated EV plant in the state of Georgia and, to capitalize on the North American final assembly requirement in the newly-passed IRA, just revealed it was mulling moving the groundbreaking on the facility from the original target of 2023 to before the end of this year.

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