Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The Edison2 Very Light Car on the track. The $5 Million Mainstream Class Winner was the Edison2 Very Light Car, running on an E85 blend, and achieving 102.5 Its low weight of 830 pounds (376 kg) resulted from its use of light weight materials, reduced engine displacement and a host of other weight-saving innovations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

The EPA 2009 Light-Duty Automotive Technology and Fuel Economy Trends Report indicates that Hyundai has the highest MY 2009 laboratory 55/45 (55% city 45% highway weighted metric) fuel economy with 30.1 Tags: Brief. miles per gallon (mpg). MY 2009 EPA Lab 55/45 ( projected ). Manufacturer Cars/Trucks mpg US. Volkswagen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

For the fifth consecutive year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting an increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide emissions for new US cars and light duty trucks. Characteristics of light-duty vehicles for four select model years. mpg US (11.2 Source: EPA.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

GSA director of Motor Vehicle Management Bill Toth noted, however, that each Fusion hybrid costs $11,214 more than the fleet’s “non-hybrid alternative” sedan, a 2010 Chrysler Avenger. Tags: Fleets Hybrids Policy. The Army will lease the van, which costs more than $100,000 for use at Joint Base Lewis- McChord.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Since 1975, the report notes, overall new light-duty vehicle CO 2. The annual report provides data on the CO 2 emissions, fuel economy and technology characteristics of new light-duty vehicles (cars, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks). Tags: Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Market Background. mpg (10.45

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Based on detailed model-level data for US light-duty vehicles from 1980 to 2006, a recent analysis by a UC Davis researcher found that if weight, horsepower and torque had been held at their 1980 levels, fuel economy for both passenger cars and light trucks could have increased by nearly 50% from 1980 to 2006. Knittel, 2009.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Reported US sales of light-duty vehicles in April dropped 34.4% to 432,939 units, while sales of light trucks dropped 34.5% Passenger cars continued to expand their market share against light trucks in April, with a 52.8% Year-on-year percentage change in car and light trucks sales for April 2009 for the top six OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Sales of light-duty vehicles in the US dropped 36.8% to 444,892 units, while sales of light-duty trucks dropped 39.0% Jim Press, Vice Chairman and President, Chrysler LLC. GM dealers in the United States delivered 155,334 light-duty vehicles in March, down 44.7% to 66,877 units; light truck sales were down 47.1%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

to 554, 527 units, while light truck sales dropped 14.1% Light truck sales were down 10.1% Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 compact SUV with best-ever July sales of 15,912 units, up 32.5% to 76,724; total light truck sales were down 20.6% Chrysler PT Cruiser sales were up 24% (2,377 units) compared with July 2008.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Current production applications for E-Drive range from the smart fourtwo electric city car, through a number of C-segment family sedans and light duty vans, to several categories of heavier commercial vehicle. Tags: Electric (Battery) Motors. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Advanced Technology Powertrains for Light-Duty Vehicles (ATP-LD). Chrysler Group LLC. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Heavy-duty. Develop and demonstrate technologies to improve truck and trailer aerodynamics, combustion efficiency, waste heat recovery, hybridization, idle reduction, and reduced rolling resistance tires.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Chryslers first electric car, set to be introduced late next year around the same time as General Motors Chevrolet Volt, will be a sports car with a zero-to-60 time of under five seconds and a top speed of 120 miles per hour. "This vehicle is so light it doesnt even require power steering," said Chrysler spokesman Nick Cappa.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

Overall, light duty vehicle sales rose 15.1% December sales of all light-duty vehicles reached 187,860 units, an increase of 32.3% Reported hybrid sales as a percentage of OEM light vehicle sales. 1 ] The CY 2009 total includes 42 hybrids posted by Chrysler in January 2009. Tags: Hybrids Sales. Click to enlarge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

A little googling revealed that the local Chrysler plant had recently closed, and these folks were hoping to see it re-opened and used to build a new generation of electric cars. And if what appears to be light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be the oncoming train, we’ll have no one to blame but ourselves.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The US EPA is currently reviewing a waiver for E15 use in light duty motor vehicles; the agency has stated that an approval of E15 may be limited to 2001 or 2007 model year (MY) and newer vehicles. million vehicles or approximately 25% of the current overall US light duty vehicle fleet. Tags: Ethanol Fuels Policy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers is a trade association of 11 car and light truck manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota and Volkswagen. Tags: Policy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The research projects will contribute to the development of high efficiency internal combustion engines with the goals of improving fuel economies by 20-40% in light-duty vehicles and attaining 55% brake thermal efficiency in heavy-duty engine systems. Michigan State is partnering with Chrysler LLC for this effort.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

residential; public parking; on-site static such as stop lights or bus stops) but not on-road dynamic charging: Concept only types of charging, locations and efficiencies. The general principle of RFID positioning is to use signal strength by multiple RFID readers and tags to triangulate vehicle position. Source: J2954.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2009

The end of the slump in the automotive sector appears far from over as total sales of light duty vehicles in the USA during May 2009 were revealed to have decreased by 33.7 per cent to 488,045 units; while sales of light trucks fell by 27.2 However, there is some light at the end of the tunnel. per cent to 437,779.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

The annual report, entitled Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2009 , showed that for 2008, the last year for which the EPA has final data from car manufacturers, the average fuel economy value was 21.0mpg with a small improvement expected in 2009 to 21.1mpg.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2009

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership (the Partnership) as it currently exists, is a focused research and technology development program that emphasizes high-risk, high-payoff technologies believed to be essential for a transition to vastly different light-duty passenger vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2009

Total light vehicle sales are expected to fall by around 10million - six million less than two years ago. His tenure marked the company’s largest every profit, putting the car maker ahead of the likes of Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. For Watanabe it marks the end of a turbulent reign.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2009

USCAR is governed by the three-member USCAR Council, whose membership includes the R&D vice presidents from GM, Ford and Chrysler. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Hydrogen Storage Infrastructure Policy. Hydrogen Research for Transportation: The USCAR Perspective.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2009

Cummins’ Light Duty Efficient Combustion technology is designed to scale down across smaller light-duty engines. Cummins is progressing in the development of Light Duty Efficient Clean Combustion (LDECC) technology for light-duty diesel engines. Project partners include Chrysler and BP. Source: Cummins.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

Total sales of light-duty vehicles in the US decreased 33.7% to 488,045 units; sales of light trucks declined 27.2% Despite the public speculation on a bankruptcy outcome for GM during the month of May, GM outpaced the performance of the overall market by posting 190,881 light-duty vehicle sales, a decrease of 29% by volume.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The two-mode hybrid technology in the ML 450 HYBRID is derived from the fundamental work undertaken by the Global Hybrid Cooperation, which brought together research and development work undertaken by Daimler AG, BMW Group, General Motors and Chrysler. Tags: Hybrids. L/100km) and highway consumption of 24 mpg (9.8

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Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2009

For example, it has held the ISO14001 green standard for environmental management since 1996; it meets half of its electricity requirements through solar panels; it uses energy saving lighting; and the building even utilises photocatalytic paint that reacts to the sunlight and breaks down harmful nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Fill er right up - with electricity, please Chrysler developing electric sports car for 2010 Fords fuel efficient future Featured Yahoos taskmaster Carol Bartz is shrewd, strong-minded, blunt, and disciplined. More Two very different drivers The leaders charged with saving GM and Chrysler are known for wielding a sharp pencil.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

vehicles splattered all over YouTube videos  most of which are retrofitted Toyota Prius cars  this baby is actually what we in the auto industry like to call a light truck, a category that includes big pickups, vans and SUVs. Tags: evdriven. • BRIGHT AUTOMOTIVE: Unwrapping the 100 m.p.g. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 For a car that’s long been about light weight it’ll be a big change. 5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

More Two very different drivers The leaders charged with saving GM and Chrysler are known for wielding a sharp pencil. Of all the frauds that have come to light, none can match the brazen theatricality of the scam allegedly pulled off by superlawyer Marc Dreier. Tags: evdriven. More More brazen than Madoff? 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. Related Articles Chrysler May Dodge the Banking Bullet Quick Read Apr 28, 2009 Group 1 Automotive Inc. Re performance- with proper engineering, a small light car can protect a driver well.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Chrysler alone, for instance, may have 3 different battery pack shapes in its upcoming models. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Some critics also point out the possible dangers of electrocution from a malfunctioning robot swap arm. Finally, there are charging stations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Electric cars are part of the electrification of the citys transit system -- along with trackless trolleys, streetcars and light rail -- helping lessen dependence on foreign oil and reduce pollution, Mayor Greg Nickels said. Tags: evdriven.

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