Green Car Reports

MARCH 28, 2012

As carmakers work to satiate consumers' desire to downsize, it's becoming easier than ever to buy a quality car in the subcompact and compact classes. The 2012 Lexus CT 200h illustrates this perfectly.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

Of the 1,006 people surveyed, fuel efficiency (57%) is top of mind for consumers when they go to buy any size automobile, followed closely by cost (55%) and safety (54%). The survey also found, that of those consumers open to buying a start-stop vehicle: 82% would consider start-stop for fuel savings. Joe Walicki.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

So instead of spending so much time trying to earn political support from politicians and governments I think we need to turn our focus to recruiting the best marketing, sales and creative pros – many of whom are currently on the street, jobless, downsized due to cutbacks in consumer spending.

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Teslarati

JULY 9, 2024

The state of Michigan has cut Ford factory incentives by over half, after the company announced plans to significantly downsize its electric vehicle (EV) and battery production plans in the state in recent months. Michigan has cut Ford’s tax incentives to $409.1 million, down from the previous agreement of $1.03 What are your thoughts?

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CN EV Post

APRIL 7, 2024

NIO has no profit, selling few cars, brings the downsized cars to the market too late, against fierce competition. Will these old time investors buy a NIO or do positive marketing ? And must even hope, to make some profit from them, to save the main brand from bankruptcy.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Buying the smallest vehicle possible is often the most direct way to reduce fuel consumption, and the 2015 Ram ProMaster City compact van will allow commercial customers to significantly downsize. For Ram, big things really do come in small packages.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Although it was assumed that future batteries cost less and that there is a time value of money advantage to purchasing the second battery, these advantages did not make up for the total added cost of buying more total battery energy. The nonlinear wear trend balanced out the advantages for little overall gain. —Brooker et al.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 16, 2023

Buy the Right Vehicles Furthermore, buying the right business vehicles for your needs will ensure you have invested your money wisely. If you buy vehicles that will add no purpose or lack functionality, such as vans that are too small to move products, then you will have wasted your money.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

new vehicle technology will add, on average, about $2000 for consumers who buy a new vehicle in MY. downsize), and the agencies say they have included costs of preserving performance, utility and safety. The agencies estimate that fuel savings will far outweigh higher vehicle costs, and that the net. NHTSA and CAFE.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

It allows more consumers to buy some electric driving sooner, and thus to experience and form value for electric driving. Scott Miller He also noted that their research shows that fuel efficiency is the number 12 reason for buying a car and that environmental friendliness ranked 38. It allows us to start with batteries within lithium.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

When presented with a list of technologies analyzed within a National Academies of Science report ( earlier post ) that might be used to meet fuel-efficiency standards, suppliers picked turbocharging and engine downsizing, along with higher-speed automatic transmissions, as the most critical.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 9, 2024

One of these will be named Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2025 on Jan. 2025 Rivian R1S We usually reserve our Best Car To Buy finalists to models that are completely new or extensively redesigned or reengineered. It needs to be the best, but as weve seen in past Best Car To Buy winners , that can take many different forms.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

CAR did not assume any downsizing of the vehicle sales fleet or significant reduction in performance by vehicles in any segment as a means for increasing fuel economy standards by 2025. Requirements to downsize vehicles would only increase these loss estimates, as the consumer value of. use of stop/start technology. The review.

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All Cars Electric

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Gambling on consumers 'downsizing' due to spiralling fuel prices, the initial rush to own the tiny city car has slowed to a trickle. percent of owners would buy. It's fair to say that Smart haven't had quite the success they were probably hoping for in the U.S. with their diminutive Fortwo.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

As part of a consortium over the last several years, the authors worked with industrial partners in developing 2/4-stroke switchable engine technologies through engine downsizing, from which the current research on 2-stroke CAI via poppet valve operation have been initiated and performed.

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EV Central

JULY 4, 2024

Nyobolt says it hopes that its concept of employing smaller batteries capable of supercharging will catch on as smaller lighter power packs means other parts such as e-motors, and inverters can be downsized too, saving yet more mass and boosting efficiency. Nyobolt prototype British sports car with Dr Sai Shivareddy.

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EV Central

MARCH 10, 2024

Whichever LBX you buy all versions come with the same 1.5-litre “The LBX will attract affluent younger customers to the brand as well as provide another option for existing Lexus customers wanting to either downsize or have a second Lexus vehicle for casual weekend fun.”

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

As America downsizes and SUVs go unpurchased, GM’s diehards put inefficient if zero-emission H2/FCV Equinoxes in advertisements and a few dozen driveways to which they remain tethered by unavailable fuel. There’s never been a better time to head down to your local dealership and let them know until they offer a plug-in car, you’re not buying.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 4, 2023

While the performance unit downsized its powertrains in a bid to be more emissions compliant, fans pointed out that AMG had long been synonymous with under-stressed and over-engineered V8s making enough power to burn through a set of tires in a single outing. A Toyota Camry may have served them better.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2024

He buys the neighboring tailor, and she can also make a suit in a week, but they can’t work together. Downsizing Large Language Models As large language models (LLMs) are becoming more popular, the energy costs of using them are starting to overshadow the training costs —potentially by as much as a factor of ten in some estimates.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 10, 2023

I thought about buying this one, but the microphone was missing (and I already have one from a slightly later Cadillac ). For the 1978 model year, the GM A-Bodies got downsized. The AM/FM/8-track without CB was $337 (about $1,823 today), but this unit isn't listed in any of my reference books for 1976.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 7, 2024

Launch editions will come with more standard features because the company knows a subset of over-eager buyers will buy them, padding the price somewhat. People also don’t seem to be gravitating toward them like they used to, with many manufacturers now revisiting hybridization or downsizing engine offerings.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 31, 2024

That was its plan for cleaner, downsized 1.4-liter But some of it is our own fault for listening to out-of-touch bureaucrats, buying into the industry hype, and not realizing that the established timetables were utterly ridiculous. It then griped about the automakers not having provided fresh ideas. liter and 2.0-liter

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Ford sees sales surge in Saudi Arabia with EVs en route More people are buying Ford’s vehicles in The Middle East than ever. Electrek’s Take Although Ford is growing in The Middle East, the company is downsizing in other key regions. Ahead of its EV blitz, Ford is currently the fastest-growing auto brand in Saudi Arabia.

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Green Authority

AUGUST 31, 2022

Modest battery: Lectric slightly downsized the battery from the first XP e-bike from 10.4 Should you buy the Lectric XP 2.0 There are plenty of additional accessories from Lectric that you can buy to upgrade your XP 2.0, What’s not so good? Motor — 500W (850W+ peak) brushless geared rear hub. Top speed — 45 km/h (28 mph).

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

“Ali Baba knew how men buy lime.”. Moreover, unlike some libraries, which have downsized their journal collections in favor of electronic databases, LHL remains committed to preserving its print holdings. The beach is dry and shallow at low tide.”. Few thieves are never sent to the judge.”.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range. But for the time being, you need both batteries and engines, because people will be buying both,” Brinley says. More useable space for passengers and cargo.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

. “The introduction of a vehicle scrappage scheme as announced in the Budget will boost the new car market, encourage consumers to get back into car showrooms, and reduce the likelihood of employee downsizing in this sector,&# he said. However, other industry analysts are less than convinced about the scheme’s merits.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

Instead, Volvo says, the little electric SUV might be the first new car for a young professional or a new couple, or empty-nesters who want to downsize their second or third vehicle now that they’re done hauling kids and their gear. Volvo EX30. Photos courtesy of John Voelcker. The EX30 will be a big part of that.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It would also provide them with more resources to compete with larger peers globally after downsizing long-held partnerships with other carmakers. Such a deal would effectively consolidate the Japanese auto industry into two main camps: One controlled by Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi and another consisting of Toyota group companies.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2022

If you start talking about vehicles that don’t have the power demands that a lot of premium vehicles have, then you can further downsize that traction battery and gain back some of the advantages of a dual chemistry. Charged : So, basically you think it will work well for all the very popular models that Americans buy?

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EV Central

JUNE 15, 2024

In fact, it’s outright one of the cheapest new vehicles you can now buy in Australia. And maybe it’s the logical downsizing limit for Australia. So we’re gonna cover it. If you don’t agree, well you don’t have to read this review. If you really feel outraged you could always cancel your subscription … oh that’s right.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Instead, Volvo says, the little electric SUV might be the first new car for a young professional or a new couple, or empty-nesters who want to downsize their second or third vehicle now that they’re done hauling kids and their gear. Volvo EX30. Photos courtesy of John Voelcker. The EX30 will be a big part of that.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

When the value of those vehicles cratered during a period where nobody was buying vehicles due to lockdowns, the company was basically doomed. However, the bizarre nature of the situation made it appetizing to investors who could now buy up shares for practically nothing. billion Wagner and O’Hara had paid to buy it out of bankruptcy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. ( People wont buy a full car.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2024

The latter part of the Seventies ushered in downsizing subsequent to the 1973 OPEC embargo and emissions regulation. Luxury buyers wanted neither downsizing nor smog-strangled engines.& AMC was arguably the best purveyor of compact domestic cars, but the folks in Kenosha just didn’t have the market share of the other Big Three.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

The changes to the regulation implement legislation signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in February to provide temporary relief to firms that have reduced used of their vehicles due to downsizing or work stoppage. The changes will not repeal or delay general implementation of the rule.

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