Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Japan has decided to end a government subsidy program to encourage purchases of environmentally friendly cars as funds dwindle. According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the government only has ¥2.5 The subsidy was supposed to be eligible for vehicles registered as new cars between Dec. billion (US$3.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 20, 2022

Electric versions of an Airstream trailer, Winnebago RV, and more show the shift of another industry is starting. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We round up all the new EVs that will be arriving this calendar year. And GM fuel cells won’t be used for passenger vehicles, but they might charge them.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2022

An industry group drops its lawsuit over tighter diesel tailpipe rules. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We look at the lowest-priced U.S. How much better for emissions are electric pickups? And a Chinese automaker claims to have the world’s fastest-charging mass-production EV.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2012

UK automotive industry and green car technology firms take a starring role in the Science Museum’s new Make it in Great Britain exhibition opened this morning by Business Secretary, Vince Cable and Business Minister, Mark Prisk.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Hyundai is widely viewed as one of the most aggressive car companies in the world. In global industry terms, it's relatively young, having designed and sold its first car only in 1975.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Hyundai is known in the auto industry as an aggressive and very capable competitor, and the world's largest makers watch it closely and take it very seriously. The company didn't introduce its first hybrid car in the U.S. until 2011 and, frankly, that year's hybrid Sonata sedan wasn't very good.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2012

With the auto industry continuing to recover slowly from its 2008 meltdown and Chinese sales rising, both U.S. and overseas automakers will launch new models and show off gleaming concept cars. And green cars will be right at the forefront. The largest.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2016

Today, an auto-industry lobbying group takes aim at Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, a new study argues that more electric cars will be needed to meet stricter fuel-economy standards, and fracking advocates use social media to target Millennials. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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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 automotive industry is worth £11.2 billion (US$18.8 billion) to the UK economy, the government said.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The auto industry is making good progress in meeting gas-mileage goals, why dealers are a bottleneck for electric-car sales, and the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks are on their way to showrooms. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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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

JUNE 10, 2020

Although the cheap low-interest or no-interest financing deals for new vehicles have mostly gone away, as the auto industry recalibrates supply to a new coronavirus-recovery norm for demand, many of them are still good through June in the green-car sector—leading to some standout deals for electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and hybrid vehicles. (..)

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 3, 2018

Today, sales reports are coming in for last year—electric cars did well—and we explain why auto-company whining is nothing new. Also, fossil fuels aren't the only source of climate chance, and we look at plug-in car insurance rates. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Frost & Sullivan, a global consultancy and market analysis firm, believes that there will three phases for the development of green cars in China: LPG/CNG and hybrids in the short term; electric vehicles in the middle stage; and fuel cell vehicles in the long run. Electric Cars, the Next Movement. The key Question: When?

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today, Fiat-Chrysler's outspoken CEO casts doubt on electric cars, while Oxford in the U.K. All this and more on Green Car Reports. General Motors' CEO had her own things to say about electric cars. and Los Angeles are betting big on going gas- and diesel-free. Talk about contradictory.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Within that, projects for the European Green Cars Inititative are to receive an indicative (i.e., million) for the European Green Cars Initiative topics, and the remaining €12 million for the rest of the topics. Specific topics outside of the Green Cars Initiative are: AAT.2010.7-17. billion (US$5.8

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Over the past few years, both national and state Chinese governments have heavily subsidized electric cars in an aggressive attempt to promote mass adoption. Electric cars are seen as an important way to combat the country's notorious air pollution, and develop the domestic auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The expiration of a Japanese government subsidy program on 7 September for green vehicles slowed domestic sales in September. drop in new car sales, the first decrease in 14 months. Industry watchers had speculated that the decline would initially manifest itself in October’s numbers. Sales of subcompacts fell 12.2%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Leading companies in the Australian automotive manufacturing industry are collaborating on the design and engineering of electric vehicles with the launch of EV Engineering Ltd. represents the first industry collaboration on large, powerful, zero-emissions vehicles. the future of the Australian car manufacturing industry.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2017

Who posted a video of an important future electric car with more than 200 miles of range? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, March 24, 2017. What alarming bill is quietly advancing in the U.S. House of Representatives?

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Today, we look at the tipping point for electric cars, which executives from VW and ChargePoint say is already here, and whether it has come soon enough to save the planet's climate. We also check in on Mazda's electric-car plans. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The race to dominate the growing market for so-called ‘green cars’ could spark a patents war, similar to the one that has over-run the smartphone industry, according to the Financial Times this week. Green credentials' Quoting an unnamed head of patents and innovation at one of the top ten carmakers, the publication[.].

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla sees another eruption of copyright challenges in China, the natural-gas vehicle industry talks about diesel fuel, and we get the range and efficiency ratings from the EPA for the first Mercedes-Benz electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 27, 2019

Arnold Schwarzenegger comes back with ads for electric cars. And lobbying battles are heating up between automakers and the oil industry. All this and more on Green Car Reports. BMW joins the electric-motorcycle ride. The EPA's architect of clean-air rule rollbacks has resigned.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

The European automotive industry has submitted clear research and development priorities to the European Commission in an effort to shape the European Green Car Initiative. Energy and Environment - Will explore primary energy sources that are renewable, secure, sufficient and environmentally compatible.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

But the industry has been leaking out selected images, teasers, and occasionally full details on the concepts and production cars that will appear this week. We've rounded up all the green cars, from.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says dash cams will become standard in its electric cars. And the electric-car charging industry agrees on carbon credit standards. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Toyota plans to build 10 more hydrogen fuel-cell powered semi trucks. The Tesla Model 3 aces the NHTSA crash tests.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2019

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Amid an industry-wide shortage of batteries and materials to build electric. The Aston Martin Rapide E shows up for hot laps in Monaco. States consider new fees on EVs. And readers weigh in on which classic EVs they'd like to buy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation delivered 15 Volvo C30 Electric cars ( earlier post ) to the Shanghai International Automotive City Group (SIAC) for its open road test-drive project EV100 Days. Separately, the C30 Electric was also awarded “Green Car of the Year” in China at the 4 th China New Energy Mobility Summit.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2015

Today, we have reports on growth in clean energy for electricity generation, and encouraging signs of electric-car adoption. Also, see why Toyota may have to build the electric cars it hates for China. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Japan has extended its tax breaks for ‘green cars’ until 2015, in a effort to support its struggling domestic car industry.

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Green Cars Japan Tax Green 48

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2019

Five years ago, a frequent matter of debate here at Green Car Reports was whether CCS or ChAdeMO would become the electric-car DC fast-charging standard of choice in the U.S. auto industry behind it—and then the Korean industry joining later—was.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, what about our US neighbours where ‘gas’ prices are distinctly lower and so-called muscle cars are seen as almost iconic and part of the culture?

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2010

Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available and [.].

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2017

Today, we've got some auto-industry analysis on BMW's electric cars, two updates on recent stories, a look at Tesla's latest Autopilot, and a takedown of a bizarre Swedish study of the environmental impact of electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today, Tesla and its impact on the German auto industry crop up in two very different reports, you can get $10,000 off an electric car (if you live in San Diego), and we honor Dull and Boring drivers. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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