Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

million gas-fueled motorcycles and tricycles are currently operating in the Philippines, typically serving as short-distance taxis, with the average tricycle driver earning less than $10 a day. E-Trike drivers will save upwards of $5 a day in fuel costs, and the new E-Trikes have the capacity to carry more passengers.

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Philippines India Gasoline Gasoline-Electric 277

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

This is largely due to China’s strength in batteries and motors. This raw material dominance, along with China’s relative labor cost advantage, has resulted in an emerging extended supply chain in motor technology and production. China’s recently announced plan to invest RMB 100 billion (US$15.3 Integrated Charging Solutions.

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China Global Supplies Vehicles 199

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

All-electric cars, like the upcoming Nissan Leaf, have a range of about 100 miles and are powered by electric motors instead of the gas-powered internal combustion engine found in most current cars. In 2007, the administration announced a plan to replace the city’s 13,000 taxis with conventional hybrid cars by 2012. On the Grid.

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New York City New York Obama Tax Credit 167

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150