Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2017

It's the sole plug-in hybrid minivan for sale anywhere in North America, and its combination of seven seats and 33 miles of EPA-rated electric range have attracted huge interest. Production of the partially electric minivan began early in April, but over the last several.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The rules are simple: It has to be a car at least one of us drove during the calendar year, even if only for a few minutes. So, in no particular order, here we go: Chris Tonn From what I’ve read, the recent adage of “There are no bad cars anymore” is being tested by a certain Vietnamese automaker, but I’m not lucky (?)

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2017

Today, we have good news on electric-car buyers, a grim EPA budget, an apparently failed new battery, and production of the first plug-in hybrid minivan to hit the market. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A proposed EPA budget.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

A Thursday report from Automotive News suggests that with this vehicle due for Indiana in 2026, the Kentucky plant’s EV due for production in 2025 might be a Toyota bZ5X. billion battery facility in North Carolina, due to start production in 2025 for a range of electrified vehicles. That would help Toyota reach what it called a 1.5-million-EV

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2022

Which company is rethinking the minivan as an EV? Which eagerly anticipated electric pickup went into production this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 29.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 18, 2020

Toyota has introduced new versions of the Venza utility vehicle and Sienna minivan, and they’re hybrid exclusive this time. The Lightyear One is one step closer with a production deal for its solar roof. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We expect the licensing of NMRP to HELLER will result in improved quality of products and services as well as customer satisfaction in the automotive industry as a whole. mm-thick iron spray coating—or molten, low-carbon steel, sprayed onto the inner surface—primarily in high-performance and ultralow-emission cars.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Honda launched global production of a new, state-of-the-art 10-speed automatic transmission at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, LLC (HPPG) in Tallapoosa, Georgia. It will appear first in upper grades of the all-new 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan, launching this spring, and will be applied to additional light-truck and car models in the future.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Stellantis has reaffirmed a claim of 500 miles of range for its STLA dedicated EV platform, set to underpin several future cars, crossovers, and SUVs from the automaker. That could include Dodge’s electric muscle car and the recently teased Jeep Wagoneer S. Stellantis was making the 500-mile range claim then as well.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 9, 2016

At the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, Fiat Chrysler unveiled its first production plug-in electric model, the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan. In fact, the electrical components (if not the minivan's V-6 engine and front-wheel drive) may soon end up in.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2014

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has started production at its new manufacturing base in Chongqing. It also signed an agreement for the second phase of production at the facility. The first phase of production at the Chongqing base represents initial investment of RMB 6.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) by the joint venture. SAIC has a 50.1%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Volkswagen is presenting a concept car of the newly developed Golf Sportsvan in a world premiere at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. The compact minivan will complete the Golf family at the middle of next year. l/100 km (64 mpg US ), equating to 95 g CO 2 /km—the best value in the field of compact minivans.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2018

China-based GAC Motor will feature its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. A new sedan model and a concept car will also make their world debuts during GAC Motor’s press conference. —Yu Jun, President of GAC Motor.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2016

It is in fact a plug-in hybrid, making it the first minivan equipped with that type of powertrain to go into production. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a somewhat deceptive—or perhaps incomplete—name. It is also the first mass-market plug-in vehicle sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in all 50 states of the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

e-POWER made its debut in Japan on the Note compact car in November 2016. The Note claimed the best-selling car in Japan title in 2018.1. In March 2018 an e-POWER version of the popular Serena minivan was launched, which was followed by the all-new Kicks SUV e-POWER in June 2020. e-POWER power train (for New Note).

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

According to Volvo Cars’ chief commercial officer and deputy CEO, the EX30 is helping boost sales. Volvo EX30 (Source: Volvo) Volvo also began production of its first electric minivan, the EM90, for China. Erik Severinson, chief product and strategy officer at Volvo Cars, calls it an “evolution of the Volvo-developed platform.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2016

The Nikkei reports that Honda’s Suzuka factory has begun production of hybrid motors for smaller cars. Honda will mass-produce the motors, which will debut in the redesigned Freed minivan next month, helping to ensure stable output of vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project, earlier post ) and FCA announced that production of 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) uniquely built to enable fully self-driving operations has been completed. The Pacifica Hybrid will be a great addition to our fully self-driving test fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

plans to double its global production of hybrid vehicles from the 2009 level to 1 million units in 2011. Toyota plans to boost production of these existing vehicles in addition to launching new hybrid minivans, subcompacts and luxury cars, according to the report. The Nikkei reported that Toyota Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The largest sources of transportation CO 2 emissions in 2017 were passenger cars (41.4%); medium- and heavy- 5 duty trucks (23.1%); light-duty trucks, which include sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and minivans (17.1%); commercial aircraft (6.7%); other aircraft (3.1%); rail (2.3%); pipelines (2.3%); and ships and boats (2.2%).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

The facilities, which are adjacent to the joint venture’s Baojun passenger car production base, will support the development of new vehicles for China. It has recorded many technological achievements and received several national awards for production. In addition, several of its products have become industry leaders.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Toyota Motor’s production and sales subsidiary in India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private, Ltd. TKM), plans to unveil a concept for a new compact car designed for the Indian market, as well as display 13 other concept and production vehicles, at the 10 th Auto Expo automobile show in New Delhi from 5-11 January 2010.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2023

The era of Stellantis’ auto production footprint in Canada is in the end at stake within the dispute between the automaker and Ottawa over investment for the $5-billion battery-cell plant in Windsor, Ont. The post Stellantis production footprint could be in danger over battery-plant dispute appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Official figures for vehicle production and sales are scheduled for release next Monday. China unveiled a support package for the auto industry early this year, cutting purchase taxes for cars with small engine capacities and providing subsidies to rural purchasers.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2015

Today, Audi confirms production of its all-electric SUV for 2018, Chrysler mulls electric all-wheel drive for its next minivan, and Connecticut unveils electric-car incentives. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Kia’s new modular electric vehicle concept – that goes from micro-car to minivan to small truck to full-sized van – introduced at CES has its first customer: Uber. Together Kia and Uber will create “proofs of concept, prototypes, and the production of PBVs tailored to the needs of drivers that use the Uber platform.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

The average weight for new vehicles produced in MY 2016 was 4,035 pounds (1,830 kg), which was unchanged from MY 2015 although the weight of an average new car fell by 23 pounds (10.4 increase in truck share offset the weight reductions in cars and trucks, so that overall new vehicle weight was relatively unchanged. ft 2 (-0.4%).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. Several mild hybrid applications will come to market shortly thereafter.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

Lee Iacocca 's Chrysler Corporation sold K-Cars in the United States for the 1981 through 1989 model years, saving itself from near-certain bankruptcy in the process. These cars are becoming difficult to find in the Ewe Pullets of the land, and I hadn't written about a true K in the Junkyard Finds series since way back in 2019.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 26, 2023

And as Lincoln sought to clarify its product lineup by separating the Continental sedan and allowing the Mark to stand on its own, the company also attempted to bring in a new, sportier customer. There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For those wondering what happened, The Car Guide had reported Dukec as confirming the M5 Touring as bound for America during a Portuguese test drive of the redesigned 2024 BMW X2. The wait shouldn’t even be that long due to sustained rumors that production is supposed to commence before summer ends. kWh battery needs to be recharged.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) announced the winners of the 5 th annual Altair Enlighten Award, which strives to promote and celebrate innovation in automotive lightweighting. In addition, the all-new Pacifica minivan also makes strategic use of aluminum. pounds per vehicle. Earlier post.). Module category.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

billion (US$173 million), has increased the production capacity of SGMW’s Qingdao plant by 70% to 510,000 vehicles annually. Among the products manufactured in Qingdao are the Wuling Rong Guang, Wuling Xingwang and Wuling PN-Series minivans. The project, which represented investment of RMB 1.1

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

While overall sales growth has been slowing and market share battles are becoming increasingly competitive in the Chinese car and minivan market, the SUV and multipurpose vehicles (MPV) segments show significant strength. —Rick Hanna, Global Automotive Leader, PwC. million and 1.2 million units sold, respectively.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

The electric hypercar company was developing an autonomous taxi based around the Renault Espace minivan. However, Rimac revealed to Autocar that the mysterious machine “is a car but a completely different type”. News of the endeavor broke in 2021, when the media caught wind of a filing with the Croatian Ministry of Transportation.

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Baua Electric

JULY 6, 2023

” In Austin, the corporate will first of all utility short-wheelbase variations of the ID Buzz electrical minivan imported from Europe for the checking out program. “The big aim is that we bring fully autonomous vehicles to the market as a commercial, scalable product,” Senger mentioned. “The U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Saloon looks like a minivan concept from the early 1980s — boasting a wedge shape and tons of glass. A production version of the Saloon (or whatever the name they give the vehicle it’s based on) is said to arrive in 2026, serving as the Zero Series’ first model. We expect a lot about the vehicle to change.

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