Remove tag Trends
article thumbnail

J.D. Power forecasts hybrid- and battery-electric vehicles will represent 7.3% of global auto sales in 2020

Green Car Congress

These factors include market trends, regulatory environment, consumer sentiment and technology development in these markets. Power said, more important are the personal financial implications of deciding to purchase an alternative-energy vehicle. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Market Background Plug-ins. Click to enlarge.

2020 250
article thumbnail

Daimler Extending car2go Car-Sharing Program to Austin, Texas; Ramping Up in Germany

Green Car Congress

The US introduction coincides with the expansion of the pilot in Ulm, Germany, where the company opens the service to the public on 26 March after the internal test which started last October. Once a person registers, he or she can open any car2go by means of a card reader placed behind the windshield.

Austin 186
article thumbnail

Green Friday | Black Friday

My Energi

US shopping trend Black Friday has well and truly cemented itself into UK festive traditions. Many larger companies are generating this hysteria and stirring up this sense of urgency, for which customers feel the urge to go on wild shopping sprees, often regretting the outcome. Follow, Like, Tag, Share… HOW TO ENTER .

Green 52
article thumbnail

Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Plug-ins are trending in key markets around the country, although much of the action remains focused in California and other West Coast states. Tesla found the volume (after some initial stumbles) that has moved the company toward fiscal stability.

article thumbnail

Greentech Media | Japan Accounts for 70% of Electric Vehicle Patents

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 24, 2009 The Japan Patent Office conducted a survey on trends in global patent applications related to electric vehicles (EVs) and other "electric propulsion vehicles" and announced that about 70 percent of the applications were filed by Japanese applicants. All rights reserved. " ); Tags: evdriven. by: Tech-On! by: Tech-On!

Japan 30
article thumbnail

50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

Cars That Think

PARC, a Xerox company Rather, it’s half-century-old hardware running software of the same vintage, meticulously restored and in operation at the Computer History Museum’s archive center. The riches that resulted made it easy for the company to bankroll this new R&D laboratory focused on forward-looking projects. billion U.S.

Personal 145
article thumbnail

Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

Other product attributes like reliability and safety, strongly influence consumer perceptions, as do employee enthusiasm and the company’s impact on the economy. Other product attributes like reliability and safety, strongly influence consumer perceptions, as do employee enthusiasm and the company’s impact on the economy.”

Market 170