Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

In the coming years, GM plans to offer an EV for every customer, from crossovers and SUVs to trucks and sedans. To address emissions from its own operations, GM will source 100% renewable energy to power its US sites by 2030 and global sites by 2035, which represents a five-year acceleration of the company’s previously announced global goal.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

He went on to point out that that EVs were “powered, in many cases, by electricity generated from coal” and that they remained “impractical” for drivers. Did I mention that he made these comments while Toyota was unveiling its first EV, due to launch, finally, in Australia, the much delayed bZ4X SUV?

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EV Central

OCTOBER 17, 2022

GWM, which is already represented in Australia by the GWM Ute and Haval SUV brands will also soon add the Ora EV specialist and Tank off-road brands to its local line-up. Currently, we are already testing our first hydrogen vehicles, powered by fuel cells. Because climate change is something we all must work to stop.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

The report also highlights the large consumer shift towards sport utility vehicles (SUV). SUVs continue to gain market share—reaching a record high 46% market share in MY 2019.

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My Energi

APRIL 2, 2021

Extreme E is a high intensity off-road racing championship consisting of specially designed fully electric, battery powered SUV’s. Jordan states; The aim is two-fold – to highlight the climate challenges faced by different ecosystems across the globe whilst at the same time demonstrating the performance of all-electric SUVs.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

The hybrid vehicles — dual powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor — are gathering strong traction amongst SUV buyers versus all electric battery-operated passenger vehicles. Already, about a fifth of the Grand Vitaras sold by Maruti Suzuki are powered by a hybrid powertrain. lakh in the case of an EV SUV.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. Finally, technology is also making EVs more eco-friendly, and as our energy grid switches to use more renewable sources like wind and solar power, EVs become even better for the environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Even taking into account the emissions generated from the electricity used to power the i-MIEV, it still handily outscores other vehicles on the market today. This “Greener Choices” list includes trucks and SUVs such as the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Canyon, Honda Odyssey, and the Ford F-150 (FFV). Honda CR-Z. 4, auto CVT. Toyota Yaris.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

For the transportation sector, electrification means replacing fossil fuels with electricity as the means of powering light-duty vehicles, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and buses. The primary goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, ultimately, contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change on the planet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

Kilometers per crop hectare for switchgrass feedstock with a small SUV. This is largely due to fact that the small SUV BEV has an electric motor that is 3.1 times as efficient as the internal combustion engine of the small SUV ICV for highway driving. Campbell et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Campbell et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

An analysis by a team from the University of California, Davis, MIT and Yale suggests that households that buy a fuel-efficient vehicle tend to compensate for that purchase by buying a bigger, more powerful second vehicle. For example, households may prefer to have one SUV and one sedan, or one powerful vehicle and one fuel-efficient vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

This will be followed by the series-produced versions of the sports car Audi e-tron GT concept, to be produced by Audi Sport GmbH, and the compact SUV Audi Q4 e-tron concept, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. mpg US); electric power consumption in kWh/100 km: 19.1 – 17.5; Earlier post.). 97.9 - 111.9

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

Proliferation aside, many EVs require ever-larger batteries to meet consumer demands for driving range, zippy performance, and now SUV size and utility. But growth and government signals over a climate-change crisis suggest the boomtimes in batteries (see "Boomtimes in Batteries" [above or below TK]) are just beginning.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The number of plug-in electric cars nearly doubled from 40 to more than 70 vehicles this year, including attractive SUV crossovers in the $40,000 range like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID4. However, one customer still isn’t benefiting from EVs: the American middle class. Rebates & Tax Credits Don’t Help Most Americans.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

2023 Hummer EV pickup and SUV versions (Source: GM) Hummer EV had an impressive quarter, particularly considering how ridiculously excessive it is, with 2,028 in Q4 ’23, almost doubling last quarter’s sales of 1,167 units, and up from just 72 in Q4 of last year. Previously, the Bolt’s best year sold 38,122 units in 2022.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2022

They are known for power and sleekness, but can guzzle gallons of gas. In recent years, classic muscle cars have received modifications and design evolutions to help them compete in the world market of climate-conscious vehicles. While it brought many positives to the table, the most appealing was its power and performance.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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My Energi

MAY 18, 2021

The Hispano Suiza Xite Team (powered by myenergi) is currently sitting in fifth position, just 15 points from the top of the leaderboard. We will see less elevation changes experienced in Saudi, more like 4 to 5 metres here across a series of dunes but with more short drops and sharp rises.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 6, 2021

In 2025, the automaker will debut three electric platforms: one for passenger cars and SUVs, one for vans, and one for high-performance vehicles. Mercedes was heavily investing in the development of ICE-powered vehicles. Not only Merc but most of the automakers was doing the same until Tesla showed up in the game and things changed.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Mullen FIVE crossover SUV is FAST – with a max speed of up to 200 mph – and will be available in mid-2024. In addition to being fueled electrically, these dynamic vehicles are also solar-powered and boast distance ranges of up to 450 miles. Photo courtesty of dot.LA. We are very excited to see what this company does next.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 1, 2021

The idea of running out of power and getting stranded on the side of the road can be terrifying to women for safety reasons. Automakers must change perspective “It’s important to consider that women tend to have the final say on family car decisions and electric cars have not been family oriented enough,” Sinclair said.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

With the promise of a future in the EV business, M&M had been making rapid strides in the mainstream SUV market. A strong bounce back in the volume market share — led by the XUV 700, Scorpio N and Thar — and claiming the top spot in revenue share in the SUV segment earned M&M a second marque investor from Singapore, Temasek, in 2023.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. She lives in a solar powered house and drives an electric car. People use them every day in every way to do what they need a small SUV to do. Only the car company’s are still waiting and still making and selling cars that contribute to global warming. Save your money.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

For the study, the team reconstructed the vehicle technology portfolios from two national vehicle studies (the 2007 Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles by the Electric Power Research Institute and Natural Resources Defense Council; and the 2009 Multi-Path Transportation Futures study by Argonne National Laboratory).

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

During a presentation of Volkswagen's new electric car program entitled "Fleet Test: Electric Drive Vehicles," Winterkorn explained that TwinDrive can power a vehicle solely on electricity for up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) and can be plugged into to existing power outlets for recharging. But, there's also a 2.0-liter

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. Scaling is hard Let me be very clear: Transitioning to electric vehicles and renewable energy to combat climate change are valid goals in themselves. C above preindustrial levels.

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EV Adoption

MAY 8, 2021

With gas-powered cars and trucks accounting for a majority of new vehicles being purchased likely until around 2032-2035, it means that a high percentage of gas-powered vehicles purchased in 2021 will still be on the road in 2033. The average age of vehicles in operation has increased 40.5% since 1995 from 8.4 years to 11.8

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. There needs to be a massive uptake in active and public transport, as well as the provision of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), changes to urban development, and the way we work. International supply .

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

An electric SUV is going to have more aerodynamic drag than an electric sedan like a Tesla Model S or Lucid Air. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. So number one, if you're doing it all at highway speeds, I would knock off maybe a fifth to a quarter.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

An electric SUV is going to have more aerodynamic drag than an electric sedan like a Tesla Model S or Lucid Air. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. So number one, if you're doing it all at highway speeds, I would knock off maybe a fifth to a quarter.

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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. Our electric power trains are not there just to counter regulations but also to improve performance in a way which would not have been possible by using ICE power trains only.”. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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EV Life

JUNE 28, 2023

The negative impact of fossil fuel emissions on climate change and the environment has become an important issue facing the world today, and some of the biggest contributors are the gas-powered vehicles we drive every day. seconds and a top speed of 155 mph. The price for the Model Y Performance is $54,490.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Formula E, the FIA-sanctioned electric racing series, has been a powerful ambassador for the EV revolution—and a damn fine sporting event—since its opening season in 2014. Extreme E features custom electric off-road SUVs tearing through some of the harshest and most vehicle-punishing terrain on the globe. Total torque is 450 Nm.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

There have been and continue to be a number of market drivers forcing this evolution: concerns over health effects, congestion, consumption of petroleum-based fuels, climate change, an ever more rapidly increasing population and what appears to be an inexorable movement toward large-scale urbanization. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 20, 2022

The world is collectively looking for ways to reduce global carbon emissions to prevent a looming climate crisis. According to climate change experts, we need to reduce CO 2 emissions by 50% by 2030, with the ultimate goal being net-zero emissions by 2050. The quest is to find a loan as green as your car. Story by Martin Banks.

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EV Connect

JULY 6, 2021

As it stands , one study found that 58% of prospective drivers fear running out of power before being able to recharge, and another 49% are scared of the low availability of charging stations. As long as people are scared they won’t be able to charge their car, EV sales won’t reach their full potential.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 10, 2022

For example, a family with two EVs, where both adults work from home and prefer “staycations” to long trips, would have a smaller carbon footprint than a family with two large SUVs who drives to Disneyland from Arizona annually and commutes 20 miles per day for work, round trip. Considering that 29% of greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S.

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