Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2025

Cargo space on petrol models ranges from 570-1700 litres while the PHEV ranges from 460-1600 litres. For starters, there is a choice of two petrol (with 48-volt mild-hybrid assistance) and one plug-in hybrid drivelines, all with standard all-wheel drive. litre four-cylinder unit producing 140kW of power and 310Nm of torque.

BMW

EV Central

MAY 19, 2025

The Blue Mountain, also known as the Lanshan in China and 07 in some export markets, is a 5156mm long SUV (longer than the Toyota LandCruiser) powered by a 1.5-litre litre turbo-petrol plug-in hybrid powertrain. The H9 has previously been sold in Australia bit is only available with orthodox petrol and diesel powertrains.

SUV

EV Central

MAY 20, 2025

New Toyota Hilux REVO heads for production READ MORE: Toyotas electric future just got sexier But its not all good news for the new RAV4, with regular hybrid models going backwards on power. litre petrol engine. A new PHEV system for the 2026 Toyota RAV4 makes up to 227kW, but regular hybrids have gone backwards on power.

PHEV

EV Central

MARCH 12, 2025

Sales of battery electric vehicles are down, but Aussies have never embraced so many electric motors to power their vehicles. EVs still lead in medium passenger cars Were still buying more electric mid-sized passenger cars than ones powered by petrol and diesel (hybrid included). READ MORE: Confirmed!

PHEV

EV Central

APRIL 25, 2025

litre V8 turbocharged petrol engine with a PHEV backup will propel GWM into an exclusive prestige club. READ MORE: 2025 GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV review on Australian soil READ MORE: GWM Tank 700 V6 turbo PHEV review – ultra powerful, but is it green? petrol engine. petrol engine. twin-turbo petrol V8 PHEV powertrain.

PHEV

EV Central

JULY 25, 2025

A CO2-emitting petrol-electric hybrid that some will reject out of hand and others will regard as moving in the right direction. The power output and fuel economy claims are better than either the current orthodox Forester or the old mild hybrid. And for those of us not interested in CO2-emitting hybrids? SCORE: 3.75/5

Hybrid

EV Central

JULY 25, 2025

A CO2-emitting petrol-electric hybrid that some will reject out of hand and others will regard as moving in the right direction. The power output and fuel economy claims are better than either the current orthodox Forester or the old mild hybrid. And for those of us not interested in CO2-emitting hybrids? SCORE: 3.75/5

Hybrid

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

Sandia has been working on “Sunshine to Petrol” technologies for a number of years. and demonstrations will continue both at Sandia’s facilities in New Mexico and at a power plant project site in Bakersfield, Calif. Source: Sandia. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Waste

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Ford Motor Company is leading a €3.5-million million (US$3.9-million) OME1 can be stored in a conventional tank system.

Fuel

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is delivering the first new third-generation plug-in hybrids—labelled EQ Power—to customers now and over the coming months. l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 42 g/km, combined electrical consumption 19.1-18.7 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 45 g/km, combined electrical consumption 14.5 kWh/100 km).

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process). The Audi e-gas plant can convert 6MW of input power. Earlier post.) Global Bioenergies: e-gasoline. Earlier post.).

Audi

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.

Volvo

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

However, if the electrical power sector decarbonisation by 2050 is less than 100 per cent, CO 2 emissions from road and rail transport will be substantially higher than projected for the MI Scenario. for fuel consumption applied annually results in a 40 per cent reduction in CO 2 emissions for all fossil fuel powered road vehicles by 2050. (An

Transportation

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2009

Our work is unique in that we are creating highly controlled reaction environments and using advanced spectroscopic techniques that could, in the needle-in-haystack analogy, provide us an extremely powerful metal detector. Scott Shaw. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

Conversion

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Benefitting from Toyota’s motorsport experience, the small-bore, long-stroke unit is lightweight and compact, improving the vehicle’s power-to-weight ratio. This allows air to travel via a shorter route, maximizing the volume of air entering the combustion chamber and, hence, engine power output. Fuel consumption is 5.4 l/100 km (43.6

Gasoline

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. liter EcoBoost that will be the first non-hybrid gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO2 emissions. Earlier post.)

Ford

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The ACEA said that this target should be conditional on the real market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles and the availability of charging infrastructure for alternatively-powered vehicles which are crucial to achieve any significant CO 2 reductions beyond 2020 levels. —Dieter Zetsche.

Auto Industry

Green Cars News

OCTOBER 3, 2012

These combine salt or waste water with waste CO2, sunlight and special genetically modified microorganisms suspended in pipes. Audi says its e-ethanol can power petrol vehicles with only minor [.]. The German manufacturer has buddied up with US-based fuels specialist Joule to produce e-ethanol and e-diesel.

Waste

DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

There is also an excellent network of overground trains and if we think of it all of these are powered by massive electric drives. These were on the streets of London for the past 10 years however they were running only on the pedal power. All of them runs on diesel engines making even more pollution than the ordinary petrol engines.

London

Green Cars News

DECEMBER 23, 2011

In designing a new fuel-efficient sleigh for Santa using the firm’s EcoBoost engine technology, Ford calculates that its new petrol-powered sleigh would be greener than running nine carrot-powered reindeer on Christmas [.].

Petrol

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

intractably linked to fuel efficiency improvements in petrol and diesel cars—at least to around 2020. generate fewer lifecycle CO2 emissions than comparable fossil-fueled. emissions (including production) of comparable electric and fossil-fuel powered. Other findings included: The uptake of electric vehicles is.

Electric Cars

EV Central

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Fortunately plenty of reputable organisations have examined the issues surrounding CO2 emissions for EVs. But for each country the result is the same: the production of the EV emits more CO2 than the equivalent petrol-powered alternative. It assumes those vehicles will cover 250,000km over their life.

CO2

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

Petrol

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. However, several car companies, including Volkswagen, have already committed to stop manufacturing gas-powered engines before the 2035 goal. VW is planning to phase out ICE cars in Europe by 2033.

Engine

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will deliver two technical papers at SAE World Congress in April on its SpeedStart torque assist and kinetic energy recovery system ( earlier post ) and TIGERS turbine integrated gas energy recovery system ( earlier post ) for 48V mild hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.)

Congress

EV Central

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

But more recently it has struggled to gain access to EVs because of the absence of a federally mandated CO2 emissions reduction structure and purchase subsidies. Globally, Nissan has committed billions to EV development , but here its sales volume is driven by diesel utes and petrol SUVs.

Nissan

EV Central

MAY 15, 2024

The Sealion 6 is the first ICE -powered and CO2-emitting vehicle to be sold by the Chinese brand in Australia and is expected to be its top seller. Nissan X-Trail e-Power: Award winner with three range-extender hybrid AWD models priced from $49,990 to $58,490 plus ORCs. litre four-cylinder petrol engine.

BYD

Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The EU law will require automakers to cut CO2 emissions of new cars sold by 100% by 2035. It would eliminate any possibility of gas or petrol-fueled cars being sold in at least 27 EU countries. The European Parliament has already approved a law banning the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035.

Canada

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The primary goal of the project, which runs until June 2012, is consistently to utilize renewable energy sources for electrically powered vehicles. In parallel, more and more electricity is being generated from solar and water power. L/100 km (112 mpg US) is attained (equivalent to 49 g/km CO2). Earlier post.)

Plug-in

EV Central

MAY 18, 2024

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. litre four-cylinder petrol engine and an 18.3kWh BYD ‘Blade’ LFP battery.

BYD

EV Central

DECEMBER 13, 2024

While sales of pure electric vehicles have been increasingly slowly and steadily in Australia in 2024, petrol-electric hybrids have become the next big thing. Which helps explain why the Chinese brand GWM Haval has doubled down on hybrids in its compact Jolion SUV line-up by adding petrol-electric models and cutting prices.

Hybrid

Teslarati

JULY 8, 2024

NASCAR has made itself a rich legacy through the use of petrol-powered internal combustion engines for decades. Not only are people buying EVs for environmental reasons, but they’re also high-powered and high-performance, something that race fans across the globe want.

Electric Vehicles

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

While the small yet mighty Alto may seem quite dull when surrounded by solar powered cars, electric sports car and alcohol fuelled motorbikes, there is nothing that can take away the staggering miles to the gallon figure the little Alto clocked up. Tags: Suzuki Alto diesel fuel efficiency Green Car Challenge petrol. per cent and 12.2

Petrol

EV Central

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Buzz GTX hot MPV locked in for Australia Its biggest negative has been the petrol 3.5-litre litre four-cylinder turbo-diesels has been the less thirsty but pricier alternative, but now, finally, a petrol-electric hybrids here. Thats $3300 above the GT-Line diesel, and $5530 over the GT-Line non-hybrid petrol. The petrols a 1.6-litre

Kia

EV Central

MARCH 30, 2024

Instead of being diesel like virtually all its rivals, the Tank 500 is electrified via a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. The second row seats are ventilated and slide and the third row seats are power-folding. litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine tuned to run on the more efficient Miller cycle. inch instrument panel.

Diesel

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Power is delivered to the rear wheels either via a standard-fitted six-speed manual transmission or, optionally, via an eight-speed automatic. The combination of a high power output and a simultaneous reduction in emissions is achieved by VALVETRONIC variable valve timing and Double-Vanos variable camshaft timing.

BMW

EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. Having an EV you learn about the basics of electric power, charge rates and kilowatt-hours or KWh. . So much for power.

Solar