Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. Analysts are optimistic that electric vehicle sales will reach the levels necessary to help avert climate disaster.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. By the end of the next decade, Daimler Trucks & Buses will extend its range of vehicles with hydrogen-powered series production vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Encouraging the use of low-carbon alternatives is an essential part of meeting climate change targets as well as improving local air quality and health. Global, economy-wide carbon pricing is assumed as climate policy in both scenarios after 2020 (100 US$ per tCO 2 held constant over time). McCollum et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. °F), according to a new assessment released today in Bonn, Germany, during a meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Measures that improve climate change mitigation and air quality and have a large.

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Push EVs

JUNE 15, 2023

Diesel share dropped from 17.5% With tweaked efficiency over previous Stellantis BEV generations, and being a relatively light “Small SUV” (B-segment), the Avenger has WLTP combined cycle range of upto 404 kilometres, which — in the mild climates of France and southern Europe — can be enough for many families.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

According to Achates, a heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel engine (configured for ultralow NO x ) has peak thermal efficiency of just below 50%, centered around high load areas of the operating map, with broad areas of high efficiency (>45% brake thermal efficiency). Aramco Americas. DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

As we know from GM’s Superbowl advertisement, Norway is crushing the USA in electric vehicle (EV) sales, followed closely by Sweden and Finland. If electric vehicles (EVs) don’t work in the cold, why would they be top sellers in these northern climates? This concept holds true for gas and diesel-powered vehicles too.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sweden’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow strongly in December, reaching a record 74.6%, up from 60.7% Combustion-only powertrains’ (petrol and diesel) share in December fell to a record low of 18.7%, compared to 32.3% Sweden’s Best Selling BEVs. year on year. share of the market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

While the Mercedes GLE 550e will use a 3L twin-turbo V6 and the Audi Q7 e-tron a 3L TDI diesel, the BMW X5 xDrive 40e also features a 2.0L Volvo Car Corporation was founded in Sweden in 1927. Both diesel and gasoline engines use a common, lightweight base engine—i.e., Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The single electric motor, transmission, and axle of the Volta Zero are contained in a lightweight and compact e-Axle unit that’s lighter and more efficient, delivering an increased range as a result. Volta Trucks was formed in Sweden by co-founders, Carl-Magnus Norden and Kjell Walöen.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

DME offers diesel-quality performance with a high cetane number and low auto-ignition temperature, but burns cleanly without producing any soot. Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. It is an excellent compression ignition fuel which, like diesel, requires no separate ignition mechanism. DME and diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

Bus operator Nobina has ordered 13 electric Volvo buses, which will operate in Malmö, Sweden from the end of next year. This is the biggest single order so far for the Volvo 7900 Electric and marks one of the biggest drives for all-electric bus traffic in Sweden. The buses will run on route 7 in the city of Malmö, a distance of 14.7

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Canoo’s 200-Mile Electric Pickup is Compact Truck With A Full-Size Bed – Canoo (GOEV), the California-based EV start-up revealed its electric pickup with an estimated 200-mile range. Alpha estimates 250-275 miles of range, and 0-60 mph acceleration in 6.2 – March 14, via MotorAuthority.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? Even as EVs use larger batteries to allow longer range, these and other improvements will further increase life cycle advantage over ICE vehicles.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? Even as EVs use larger batteries to allow longer range, these and other improvements will further increase life cycle advantage over ICE vehicles.

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