EV Central

MARCH 13, 2024

Toyota has continued the electrification of its Australian model line-up, announcing it will now only take orders for petrol-electric versions of its popular Corolla and Yaris hatchbacks. READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel! And the dominant Australia new vehicle sales leader has predicted its entire line-up could go hybrid.

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

Australia finally gets a petrol-electric hybrid 4×4 dual-cab ute mid-year when the GWM Cannon Alpha launches. LDV has had the 4×2 battery electric eT60 on-sale since 2022 but it is super-expensive and low on range. litre diesel engine offers 135kW and 480Nm, the hybrid turbocharged 2.0-litre’ While the 2.4-litre

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EV Central

MARCH 20, 2024

There’s up to 500kW of power, up to 725km range, 0-100km/h in under five seconds, towing up to 4500kg and payload of 650kg. And tow them very long distances, where diesel fuel pumps are far more ubiquitous (and quicker filling) than electric charge points. Ample, surely, for lots of Aussie needs. Trucks included.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

OME1 is made from methanol on a commercial scale and has a cetane number of 38; it can be mixed with additives to produce OME1a diesel fuel (CN 48).). The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.). DME burns in the diesel engine without producing soot and offers the basis for extensive NO x reduction inside the engine.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Emission measurements conducted by Institute of Transport Economics in Norway, in collaboration with VTT in Finland, show that new Euro 6 cars with diesel engines are struggling with NO x emissions well in excess of regulatory type limits when in real traffic. Figure credit: Institute of Transport Economics. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

It is far too early to dismiss the conventional diesel and petrol power trains. In the last two years Volvo has brought CO 2 emissions from our diesel and petrol model ranges down by 13 percent. We continuously improve their efficiency. —Stefan Jacoby.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

Sample consumer and societal break-even curves for BEVs, with data points for a compact diesel for comparison. finds that the societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7k to €12k (US$8,889 to $15,238) more than fossil-fueled equivalents. generate fewer lifecycle CO2 emissions than comparable fossil-fueled.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2010

Ford has dropped the ECOnetic brand from its Mondeo range. The US carmaker continues to use the low CO2 sub brand on its greenest Fiesta and Focus models but its lowest emitting Mondeo models will not be labelled under the ECOnetic badge. Oddly, the carmaker has however introduced a new powerful and low emitting petrol [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine. “With the 2.0-litre

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2012

Using its range of EcoBoost petrol engines, TDCi diesel engines and low CO2 ECOnetic Technologies, Ford is to lead an assault on excessive CO2 with its new range of Focus, C-Max, Grand C-Max, B-Max and Transit [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2013

One new unit has already debuted in the new Cascada convertible and more petrol and diesel engines ranging from [.]. Vauxhall engine'

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Push EVs

MAY 9, 2023

All other powertrains lost volume YoY, with petrol-only vehicles at their 2nd lowest volume of the modern era (just 112 units), and 3rd lowest share ever, just 1.25% of the auto market. Looking at unit volumes, against the background of a 7.7% overall market drop YoY, BEVs grew volume by 3.7% to 7,471 units. Let’s see how it gets on.

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

WLTP Range | 265 miles. ‘Real world’ range | 220 miles. Range (WLTP): 265 miles. DriveElectric’s ‘real-world’ range : 220 miles. The EQA weighs 2040kg, which is more than the petrol model, but ride quality is good on smooth roads. CO2 emissions (WLTP): 0 g/km. Model range.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3 Diesel engines can use biodiesel alone or blended with petroleum fuels. #2 Infrastructure : Methanol infrastructure, such as refueling stations, is currently less common compared to gasoline or diesel. Carbon dioxide emission of Autogas is around 15% less than that of petrol. #9

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 14, 2022

Oft-overlooked in favour of WLTP ranges and tax incentives, the simple joy of driving an EV is rarely spoken about. The RAC Foundation reports it currently costs – on average – around £80 to fill up a vehicle with petrol or diesel (based on a 55 litre fuel tank). Until now, that is. Driving Experience. EVs over ICEs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. As a reduced cost concept, it aims to make more intelligent use of electrical energy to achieve the desired reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

Following its worldwide launch at the New York International Auto Show, the new 2010 Range Rover, including the 2010 Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4, will head to the UK as part of the London Motorexpo event. Tags: Green cars Latest news Freelander land rover Land Rover Discovery Range Rover Range Rover Sport.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 1, 2021

The Audi e-Tron is a large premium electric SUV with space for five adults, a big boot, all-wheel drive and a 249-mile driving range. DriveElectric offers a range of options for those looking for an Audi e-Tron lease with alternative leasing choices for those interested in an Audi e-Tron business lease. Range (WLTP): 249 miles.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2009

Vauxhall will debut an all-new Astra at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 15, with a highly competitive line-up of petrol and diesel engines, alll boasting reductions in CO2 over almost all equivalent models in the current Astra range. Completing the petrol line-up for the new Astra is a normally aspirated 1.4-litre

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 19, 2023

It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases. New Zealand currently has 4 million passenger cars in its fleet, the vast majority of which are fuelled by petrol and diesel. In this way emissions pricing on petrol is being used to encourage EV uptake.)

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

French carmaker Citroen has lifted the lid on its latest generation supermini the C3 and in a first for the manufacturer the car will be available in a variant which produces less than 100g/km of CO2. The company is hoping to launch two diesel versions which emit 90g/km and 95g/km of CO2.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

A: Our philosophy is simple: whether you choose petrol, diesel or hybrid, each new vehicle should squeeze the best possible performance out of the least possible fuel. For the next few decades, petrol and diesel will continue to be the mainstream automotive fuels. But what about hydrogen fuel cells?

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EV Central

AUGUST 7, 2022

The Electric Vehicle Council is calling for EV incentives to be linked to fuel efficiency standards as it ramps up its pressure on the Federal Government to introduce CO2 emissions standards. CO2 standards are key to that, according to Jafari. “We The key to any CO2 standards lies with the Federal Government.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Manufacturers continue to make efforts to slash carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and now Citroen has introduced two new greener power plants to its C5 range. 16V THP 155hp petrol engine that replaces the out-going 2.0i 16V 143hp unit; and a new 2.0HDi 16V 160hp diesel that replaces the 2.2HDi 16V 173hp engine.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

All-electric cars with the range of modern day petrol or diesel-equipped engines are still 20 years away, says Mercedes-Benz research and development boss Thomas Weber. Pure electric vehicles are still constrained by range and there many issues still to address in terms of weight and cost.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

An electric vehicle is a type of vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion instead of an internal combustion engine that runs on fossil fuels like gasoline or diesel. Electricity is usually cheaper than gasoline or diesel on a per-mile basis. The all-electric range of BEV would be higher than HEV and PHEV.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

With the revision of its Corsa range, the Vauxhall hopes the supermini will sell more sub-125g CO2 cars than any other model range in the UK. litre petrol has also dropped a VED band and gained 5PS in power, while the 1.4-litre The Corsa’s 85PS 1.2-litre

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

The diesel powerplant in the new E200 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY will have a displacement of 2143cc, and achieve around 42.8mpg with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions ranging from 137-145g/km. In addition, the diesel engine is boosted by the latest generation common-rail direct injection. seconds and reach a top speed of 130mph.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

In fact, there is a choice of three fuels - petrol, diesel and E85 bioethanol, with the four-cylinder, 2.0litre diesel with six speed transmission offering CO2 emissions of just 139g/km with fuel consumption at 44.4mpg. litre petrol turbo engine that develops 220hp and a top of the line 2.8 The 9-5 offers a 2.0

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 31, 2009

The company will also offer methane and LPG units of the vehicle as well as a range of Euro 5 engines including a 1.3litre second-generation Multijet diesel and a 1.4litre petrol engine with MultiAir electro-hydraulic valve-timing. Similar results have been achieved where the system has been adopted with diesel engines.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 29, 2021

According to BloombergNEF estimates, larger vehicles such as hybrid sedans and SUVs would be as inexpensive to manufacture as petrol and diesel models by 2026, with compact cars crossing the threshold the following year. The study conducted by BloombergNEF is specific to Europe where the CO2 regulations are and going to very stringent.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Answer: Ford’s broad general direction is less and less CO2 emissions, with the ultimate goal of zero emission vehicles. Ecoboost is a petrol engine technology that gets more out of the same engine. We will start to see electrification begin to creep into vehicles and ranges. Q: How efficient can diesel engines become?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

Valvematic petrol and 2.2 D-CAT 150 diesel to its range as well as increasing the availability of the popular 1.8 Valvematic meanwhile has been extended to the T2, TR and T4 grade saloon and tourer models, furthering the number of Avensis models that can achieve sub-160g/km CO2 emissions. The company has added both a 1.6

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

  After understanding the advantages and witnessing the growth tesla had, throughout the following decade, global automakers have been lining up with bold new promises to fully electrify their line range of cars. As we have quoted several times electric cars are great but battery-operated electric cars have a few disadvantages as well.

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Drive Electric

OCTOBER 26, 2022

BEVs are better for the planet , emitting 80% less Co2 than an equivalent petrol vehicle in New Zealand. BEVs also have a meagre running cost compared to ICE cars, and the range of BEV batteries has increased (and will continue to do so). . Range anxiety is essentially the fear of running out of charge while on the road.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

First is the ix-Metro, a new hybrid electric CUV concept for the sub-B segment that promises carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at a meagre 80g/km. The ix-Metro will be powered by an inline three-cylinder, 1.0litre petrol engine with direct injection, dual CVVT and turbocharging. version of the all-new R diesel.

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