Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The carmaker is currently developing a new LMP1 chassis in Germany, while over in Japan work has started on a new hybrid petrol powertrain. Toyota has confirmed it intends to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in 2012. Le Mans isn’t the only endurance race Toyota is looking to participate in next [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

Though it has made no secret of the fact that it believes the future of green cars lies with pure electric vehicles, Nissan plans to sell hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan from 2011. The company has already outlined plans to introduce an electric car in Japan and the US by the end of 2010.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 19, 2009

The Japan-GTL consortium opened the plant just days ago. The group consists of oil developers Japan Petrol Exploration and INPEX Corp; engineering firms Chiyoda and Nippon Steel Engineering; refiners Nippon Oil and Cosmo Oil; as well as state-run energy researcher Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2013

As well as efficient diesel and petrol versions and a hybrid model (for Japan onl[.]. Newly unveiled and set to benefit from its maker’s fuel efficient Skyactiv technology for the first time, the third generation Mazda3 will showcase a whole range of engine types at the forthcoming Tokyo Motor Show.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Sales have begun of the new Mazda Axela (also known as the Mazda3) in Japan– which is the second model to feature the company’s SKYACTIV technology. direct injection petrol engine and the SKYACTIV-DRIVE six-speed automatic transmission. The new Axela will come with the SKYACTIV-G 2.0 The engine delivers fuel economy of 47mpg.

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Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2011

At the Automotive Engineering Exposition, from May 18-20 at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Centre near Tokyo, Japan, the company will introduce the SKYACTIV-G 1.3 direct injection petrol engine. Among the features [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2009

Leave it to the automotive experts in Japan to come up with yet another way to drive down fuel consumption. Nissan has developed a dual injector system which uses port fuel injection (PFI) to improve the fuel efficiency of small displacement petrol engines.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Suzuki is set to exhibit two new exciting green car concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, a Swift with Plug-in Hybrid system and an SX4 Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV). The type of petrol engine used for the Hybrid is similar to the 3-cylinder 658 cc fitted to the compact and low tax ‘Kei’ cars in Japan. .

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Japanese manufacturer will unveil two new concept cars at the event: the Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV plug-in hybrid and the i-MiEV CARGO. There will also be 10 Mitsubishi current production vehicles on display that qualify for eco-car tax incentives in Japan.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2010

The US is still lagging behind Japan and Europe when it comes to reducing vehicle emissions, a leading provider of automotive data reveals. According to Jato Dynamics, despite recent efforts to encourage the US market to catch up on the race to slash emissions, a study of the US car market for the first quarter [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Over longer distances the Prius Plug-in becomes a conventional petrol-electric hybrid and with this extended range, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are reduced to around 60g/km according to Toyota. The unveiling of the vehicle occurs ahead of a test programme that will see 500 cars leased to customers worldwide for real-world evaluation.

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2012

It is the second passenger mini-vehicle that the company has released on its home turf – and now Toyota is hoping the new Pixis Epoch (pictured) can gain a lion’s share of the Japanese mini-car market. The petrol powered vehicle boasts fuel economy of 70.6mpg and CO2 emissions at a meagre 77g/km and is set [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Car maker, Toyota is set to lease over 150 units of its next generation Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as part of a three-year programme. Toyota is preparing to deploy a total of over 500 new generation PHVs in Europe, Japan and the US by 2010. To find out more, read our Prius PHV guide.

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Green Cars News

MAY 12, 2009

Mazda also leases this environmental, four-seat sports coupe in Japan, but for the HyNor project it has been developed to meet Norwegian and European specifications with left hand drive and a manual transmission.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Those were the words of Henry Li, head of Build Your Dreams (BYD) Auto’s export and trade division, as he spoke about the staggering growth of his company which launched one of China’s first electric saloon cars earlier this year. How China plans to dominate the electric car race. Now, BYD is set to conquer America.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Home Business Industry Sectors Engineering MY PROFILE SHOP JOBS PROPERTY CLASSIFIEDS From The Sunday Times April 19, 2009 Slow start for charge of the electric cars Ray Hutton Electric cars need a boost. Car buyers were less enthusiastic. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming. Renault – the fab four.

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