Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2009

Considered by many to be the ultimate eco-car, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation finally unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV as part of World Environment Day in Tokyo. The company will then start sales of the i-MiEV to individuals starting in April 2010 with orders to be taken on the Mitsubishi website starting in late July.

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

Though it has made no secret of the fact that it believes the future of green cars lies with pure electric vehicles, Nissan plans to sell hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan from 2011. The company has already outlined plans to introduce an electric car in Japan and the US by the end of 2010.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2009

After enjoying a successful launch of the revised Grand Vitara SZ model range in October 2008, Suzuki has announced the addition of both a 1.6litre petrol engine and a 1.9 The three-door is seen as an important model in the Suzuki range as it represents around 50 per cent of all Grand Vitara sales in the UK.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2009

The Korean company will debut its new Venga at the show, which is based on the number three concept shown at Geneva in March. The car will be marketed exclusively in Europe and there will be a choice of two 1.4 litre petrol and diesel engines, generating between 74 and 113hp. litre and 1.6

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

This has not come at the sacrifice of improving internal combustion technology however, as the company is due to invest €3billion in research and development over the course of the year. Dr Bernd Bohr predicts that the electric car will come, but in small numbers at first occupying a niche.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

This time it is the turn of the Mazda Motor Corporation, which will exhibit freshened versions of the CX-7 at the event including a version powered by the company’s MZR-CD 2.2 Despite this the CX-7 offers the same 455 litres of luggage space as the petrol models. about a planned debut at the 63 rd Frankfurt Motor Show.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The C-MAX is seen as the first of a new generation of Ford global C-cars that are scheduled for introduction over the next few years including a new generation Ford Focus. In the USA it will be one of up to 10 unique models that the company will create from an all-new global C-car platform under its so-called One Ford Strategy.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2009

Its partnership with Fiat failed to get off to a rousing start as June sales plummeted by 42 per cent - but now the company is hitting back. Of course Multi-Air technology comes at a price but it is still roughly the same as a diesel engine, which typically cost around 10-20 per cent more to build than petrol engines.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

The development of electric cars is a marathon not a sprint - that’s the verdict of Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Professor Dr Martin Winterkorn as he announced the introduction of the company’s first electric vehicles based on the Up! new small family in 2013.

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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. Which results in this car being a category A car for VED, with a tax rate of zero.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

A new UK car manufacturer, Axon Automotive has previewed its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The vehicle combines full electric mode for short distance travel and uses a petrol or bioethanol powered engine for long distance or motorway travel. Axon Automotive Ltd.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Riversimple shot to fame in June 2009 when they unveiled arguably the most exciting development for British green car technology yet; the two-seater Riversimple hydrogen prototype. A: We certainly will look at other fuels and prime movers; we are not a fuel cell or a hydrogen company.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

Central to the policy of investment into electric cars, was the announcement of subsidies worth up to £5,000 to be given to buyers of electric cars. It creates a sales vacuum for EVs already on the market and endangers existing EV companies that are already stressed as a result of the recession.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

O’Brien highlighted the case of the RAV4 EV, on which Toyota pitched a huge marketing and sales effort equivalent to $9,000 per unit including an attractive lease payment. However, sales did not exceed several hundred units in total. Toyota isn’t alone in its criticism of plug-in technology.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Batteries not ready.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

According to the company, the pickup will be open for pre-orders in the second quarter of 2021, with deliveries starting “as early as 2023.” – March 10, via Green Car Reports. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Related Links Government to offer £5,000 to boost green cars Electric shock as sales of green cars reverse With or without incentives, these are still likely to be a specialisedpurchase. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries. to charge overnight.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But GM says it wont get the money until the Obama administration is satisfied the company is financially viable. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? But companies can not sell engineering prototypes. Way to go morons.

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