Green Car Reports

JULY 7, 2021

Electric vehicle SPACs remain the favorite way to scale up startups in the EV sector. And how long will it take for new EVs to break even on carbon footprint? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. VW looks for an Electrify America investor. Solid-state batteries are powering buses, and we check how that’s going.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

The UK government announced plans to invest £500 million (US$841 million) between 2015 and 2020 to boost the ultra low emission vehicle (ULEV) industry and help drivers both afford and feel confident using electric cars. The production of ultra low emissions vehicles is a major part of growth both now and for the future.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Which EV maker bought a whole lot of carbon-intensive bitcoin? Which country became far better known as a hub for electric vehicles this past week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 12, 2021.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Michelin Uptis airless tire on French postal van There, executives confirmed to Green Car Reports that the company is pushing ahead on airless tire technology that may be smarter for robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 4, 2011

Sweden has, for several years, led the world in per-capita green-car ownership. And it's managed to strengthen economically without increasing industrial carbon emissions. Swedes are driving more—enough to wipe away any the gains from greener cars—and overall vehicle emissions have risen in.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Mazda is readying its first electric car for multiple markets. And Honda is greening its manufacturing in the U.S. This and more today at Green Car Reports. Mazda has announced that it will reveal its first mass-produced electric vehicle this.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Audi will unveil an electric crossover concept at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, large companies prepare to pay for carbon emissions, and a new all-in-one wheel for e-bicycles hits the market. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

As the take-up of electric and low carbon vehicles remains sluggish, the motor industry and governments alike are desperately seeking ways to stoke demand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city car uses existing engine technology and carbon fibre material advances to offer 100 mpg UK (83.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

The latest annual survey of the UK Automobile Association (AA) has found that of the respondents who may be replacing their car within 12 months only 1% will be looking to buy an electric or hybrid vehicle. Our AA/Populus panel reflects the views of motorists.The cost of fuel is top of drivers’ concerns.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Hyundai will run pilot tests with its electric vehicles (EVs) and hydrogen fuel cell cars to boost ultraluxury tourism in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia aims to spread the adoption of green cars by partnering with the South Korean automaker reported the Korea Herald.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

If you own a company in the UK looking to turn prototype low carbon vehicle technologies into commercial products, then you could be in line for a massive boost: thanks to a huge investment in facilities. That’s because a new £21.8million initiative has been established aimed at boosting component manufacturing.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 12, 2011

A new company has been established by Gateshead College aiming to make the North East a leader in the production of green cars. Known as Zero Carbon Futures, the company will take over some of the responsibility of driving the North East’s low carbon vehicle agenda following the closure of the development agency One North [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Despite living in the shadow of electric cars, it seems the future is bright for fuel cell vehicles: at least if the UK’s Carbon Trust is to be believed. According to a new report it suggests that fuel cell electric vehicles could account for as much as 30 per cent of the mid-sized car market [.].

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2016

A new campaign urging North American drivers to make their next car an electric vehicle inadvertently highlights the challenge. DON'T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys. Creating marketing campaigns that address all of them has bedeviled highly-paid professionals for five years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

The strategy builds on the existing 2007 strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light-duty commercial vehicles, and complements ongoing and planned activities to decarbonize transport and to reduce their environmental impacts. Electric vehicle technology. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2012

We’re used to seeing carbon fibre being used on vehicle interiors – but now Johnson Controls (logo, pictured) wants to extend the material to vehicle exteriors too.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 15, 2013

The North East of England is determined to establish itself as the central hub for electric vehicle technology and generating low carbon jobs in the UK: and now it has received a financial boost to support its cause. Five new initiatives will develop low carbon technologies thanks to a boost of ?90[.].

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 5, 2024. The Kia EV9 is Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. Does choosing leather in an EV lower its carbon footprint? Which company faced a $1.7 billion fine for diesel emissions cheating?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Ricardo (logo, pictured) has received a massive boost as it bids to launch a new low carbon vehicle research and training facility in the UK. It has won a bid for funding under round three of the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund and will now use the funding to support the £10million facility that will [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 9, 2012

The UK’s largest business-to-business low carbon vehicle event is to return this September with the promise of more than 50 of the industry’s leading personalities set to take to the stand.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

A new one day event exploring the challenges and opportunities for the low carbon vehicle industry is to take place at the end of the month at the The University of Sunderland’s Institute for Automotive & Manufacturing Advanced Practice (AMAP).

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 30, 2009

California has been the hub for the implementation of green cars in the USA, but what impact will these new technologies have on electricity demand in the state? Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news California electricity demand Low Carbon Fuel Standard UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

Policies could have a large impact through reducing the need to travel and promoting walking, cycling, public transport and efficient driving, as well as encouraging low carbon cars. The report reviews policies that bear upon two categories of choice: travel choices such as how and how far to travel and vehicle purchase choices.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 16, 2011

Yesterday we told you how three projects aimed at addressing fundamental research questions in the development of low carbon vehicles have received a huge financial boost from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (see article).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

By Green Car Reports’ calculations, that’s enough to keep several million fuel-cell-powered light vehicles fueled. But as Hyundai details, not all of that will go to cars, trucks, and buses. Don’t write off cars and SUVs altogether. Hyundai is already testing Waste-to-Hydrogen in Indonesia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The critical need for government leadership in the emergence of electric vehicles dominated a recent Green Fleet Management discussion in Toronto, hosted by Fleet Challenge Ontario. That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2010

Government support and incentives will be needed if Japan is to meet its targets in boosting the sales of hybrid and other low carbon vehicles. That’s the verdict of Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association chairman Satoshi Aoki on the goal of increasing sales to 20-50 per cent of the overall domestic total by 2020.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Today we''ve got stories on how gas prices could affect electric-car sales, how hybrids could be better for cutting carbon emissions than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and how Tesla Motors is influencing Lexus. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Diesel engines will continue to appear in pickup trucks, European luxury SUVs, and at least a few mass-market crossover utility vehicles. passenger cars remains far more up in the air, due to a confluence of. Two of those are the Chevrolet Equinox and Mazda CX-5 crossovers that will launch for the 2018 model year.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 23, 2014

A new low carbon transport research centre has been opened at the Imperial College London has been opened today by the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Green credentials' Built as part of a collaboration between the London college and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)—one of Malaysia’s lea[.].

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

“We are convinced at Michelin that airless is the future technology that is necessary for many reasons,” Cyrille Roget, the company’s director of scientific and technical communications, said to Green Car Reports at a recent event that emphasized sustainability and EVs.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2011

Fourteen British companies are to share £1 million in government support to carry out feasibility studies into the development of low carbon vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Exploring Ways to Green Your Current & Future Vehicles. If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. Green Vehicles. Electric Cars.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2010

A new joint development agreement indicates that Mercedes-Benz may soon boast more carbon fibre reinforced plastics in its vehicles. Tags: Green cars Latest news Mercedes carbon fibre carbon fibre car parts carbon fibre reinforced plastics Daimler Mercedes-Benz Toray Industries.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

Staff at Indiana University in the USA can benefit from making green car choices thanks to the introduction of employee discounts for those who own zero emission vehicles or a car that meets the US Green Building Council’s LEED criteria.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2014

Green credentials Editor Pick' From turning London cabs electric (see Cabbies test London’s new electric range extended taxi) to establishing bio-LNG refuelling stations (see Whitbread joins growing fleet of bio-LNG trucks), sometimes at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk we’re just plain proud to be British. While there is plenty of work[.].

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