Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2014
In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge.
Plug In Partners
JUNE 11, 2008
Japan's top automaker, which leads the industry in gas-electric hybrids, has said it will rev up hybrid sales to 1 million a year sometime after 2010. Toyota also said it's setting up a battery research department later this month to develop an innovative battery that can outperform even that lithium-ion battery.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
At a media dinner at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford made some observations on the prospects for electric vehicles: “ Here we are today now, embarking upon something which is very different for our industry. The focus is primarily near term (i.e.,
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
US President Joe Biden speaks at the Detroit Auto show on September 14, 2022. This again shows that EVs have become not just a means to combat climate change, but also a geopolitical weapon. And if climate change targets are not being reached, will policy makers resort to something like geoengineering ?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 19, 2009
More Climate crusader "Were very reasonable people," says White House energy czar Carol Browner. More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. and we must do it quickly to save Detroit. The business world hopes shes right.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 18, 2022
This objective is more than 20-percent greater than the enthusiastic projected sales of the June 2022 Edison Electric Institute’s analysis. California has mandated that by 2035 only sales of zero-emission (ZEV) new cars and light trucks will be allowed. As of the first half of 2022, California ZEV sales reached more than 16 percent.
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
Call it Peak ICE—the last hurrah of a technology that governments are ushering off the stage to combat climate change. They surely see that EVs still make up fewer than 4 percent of new-car sales in the United States. For all the media clamor, it seems clear that many buyers are perfectly content with their ICE cars.
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