Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

In the three-year timeframe comparison, diesel vehicles in the mass-market passenger car segment are estimated to save owners significant money, with the VW Jetta owner saving $3,128, the VW Jetta Sportwagen owner saving $3,389 and the VW Golf owner saving an estimated $5,013. Among their findings:??.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Achieved Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel economy performance has exceeded the anticipated levels for 2012 and 2013 model years—the two years that the current standard has been in effect—according to a new analysis by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Major automotive suppliers see national fuel economy standards as important for long-term planning and investment and don’t want to see them altered by US policymakers, according to a first-of-its-kind industry survey commissioned by CALSTART and conducted by Ricardo Energy & Environment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The comparison is based on a consumption and emissions analysis of 10 typical four-seat small cars ranging from the Audi A1 to the Fiat 500 to the Toyota AYGO, all fitted with the most economical Otto engine variant. —Lutz Deyerling, Vice President of European Operations and Corporate Strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

The report— Total Cost of Ownership: A Diesel Versus Gasoline Comparison (2012-2013) —was underwritten by Robert Bosch LLC. This is particularly important because both gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles must improve their fuel economy as required by Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations for 2020 and 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2017

In a new study, a team from the University of Central Florida and MIT has found that the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards is an effective policy solution that does increase the adoption of EVs, whether it is implemented alone or in conjunction with another policy such as government incentives. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2015

Lightning Hybrids (LH), a provider of hydraulic hybrid drive systems for fleet vehicles such as shuttle buses, delivery vehicles and work trucks ( earlier post ), has released some results from its ongoing emissions testing with SGS Environmental Testing Corporation. Source: Lightning Hybrids. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Alternative fuels from biomass. DOE asks respondents to comment on methodology to ensure a common ground for the various technologies and appropriate levels of success for comparison. The cost of a vehicle includes only factory production costs, not distribution and retail markups (i.e., the cost is less than the retail price).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. Ford vehicles continue to be a major focal point of the company’s efforts to reduce environmental impact.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

—Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development at the Volvo Car Corporation. The electrical architecture will enable all future multimedia and connectivity solutions, and forms the backbone of the Volvo Car Corporation’s drive to reinforce its leading position in active safety. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

While most current port fuel injected gasoline engines utilize one injector per cylinder (furnishing fuel to two intake ports), the new Nissan Dual Injector system uses an injector for each intake port—i.e., Fuel Injection Comparison. Shuichi Nishimura, Corporate Vice President, Nissan Powertrain Engineering Division.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2022

not with a heavy-right foot) they can produce surprising fuel economy. It also sparked the long-standing feud between GM, Ford and Chrysler corporations. Laura Gunn writes and researches for the car insurance comparison site, CarInsurance.org. Driven with care (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2010

This new hybrid system, said Owen Thunes, Senior Project Engineer, Electric, Hybrid & Fuel Cell Vehicles, Nissan Technical Center NA, at the SAE 2010 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium in February, can deliver fuel economy similar to that of a compact car, even with its 3.5-liter liter V6-based engine.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

The only way to solve this chicken-and-the-egg problem was to create our own hydrogen for FCV use, which was realized by joint-development with Iwatani Corporation. Cost, productivity, efficiency and fuel economy now offer the highest focus for technology investment, he said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Petroleum exploration and exploitation, by comparison, has gotten a free pass. This week, the RFA happened to issue two pieces, each touching on the impact of oil sands production. America’s farmers and ethanol producers have been blamed for changes in how land is used all across the globe.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

1 Given that US EPA fuel economy figures for the vehicles are not yet available, we are using the ECE fuel consumption figures from Europe as a means to provide a comparison across vehicles, and are providing the estimated EPA figure where available. Volvo Car Corporation was founded in Sweden in 1927. CO 2 (g/km).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). We are the highest fuel economy of any hybrid, of any gasoline car without a plug sold in the US. Design objectives included: Fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). We are the highest fuel economy of any hybrid, of any gasoline car without a plug sold in the US. Design objectives included: Fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Comparison of fuel consumption of Omnivore, homogeneous Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Spray-Guided GDI engines. The first testing phase of Lotus Engineering’s Omnivore variable compression ratio, flex-fuel direct injection two-stroke engine ( earlier post ) has been successfully completed on gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Carbon neutrality for all Honda products and corporate activities by 2050. Charging nightly and driving less than 29 miles will mean less need for hydrogen fuel, which is currently available at only about 50 stations in California. The closest comparisons for hydrogen-only cars are the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

As a result, they suggested, vehicle window stickers, fuel economy standards, and life cycle studies using average lab-test vehicle efficiency estimates are incomplete. The fuel economy and emissions of vehicles depend on the way they are driven, including daily driving distance and driving conditions. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

The Toyota Highlander Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv) ( earlier post ) achieved an estimated range of 431 miles on a single full tank of compressed hydrogen gas, and an average fuel economy of 68.3 The results were averaged for an estimated range of 431 miles, with an average fuel economy of 68.3

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Accoring to the USPS, the NGDV is larger and has a more fuel-efficient internal combustion engine compared to the currently deployed Long Life Vehicle (LLV). The NGDV’s fuel economy is 14.7 MPG when air conditioning isn’t running compared to the LLV’s fuel economy of 8.4 MPG, which does not have an AC system.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.). mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The ability to carry more energy on-board the fuel cell vehicle in comparison to a battery powered car means that the fuel cell vehicles have greater range. Henri Winand is the CEO and Executive Director of Intelligent Energy , which specializes in the development of modular fuel cell systems.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

EV Technical Files :Some handy info on the EV Album website EPA Fuel Economy :complete list of the EPA fuel economy results for recent years MotorPerformance Data : Graphs and drawings of Baldor, GE, and PrestoliteEV motors. DeepCycle Battery FAQ : Everything you need to know.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2014

For comparison, the human eye has a 150-degree angle of vision, but its focal area is merely a fraction of this. Every vehicle equipped with this in the near future will transmit continuous information to its surroundings, the CAM (Corporate Awareness Message). The vehicle uses this to announce its presence.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The Ioniq Hybrid offers up to the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg / 4.05 —Mike O’Brien, Hyundai vice president of corporate and product planning. Immediately following the drive of the Ioniq Electric, we hopped into a Chevrolet Bolt that the Hyundai team had brought for comparison. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Car manufacturers: BMW AG, Daimler AG, Ford, General Motors LLC, Honda R&D, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Nissan, Renault, Toyota Motor Corporation, Volkswagen. In the study, the economic comparison between powertrains is based on the total cost of ownership (TCO). Total Raffinage Marketing.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

ICEVs have been around for a while, and although they’ve had the time to perfect their manufacturing process and we’ve seen increased pressure on the importance of fuel economy and emissions, the thermal efficiency of the average light vehicle engine remains between 20-35%, and we’re not seeing much improvement beyond this.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

ICEVs have been around for a while, and although they’ve had the time to perfect their manufacturing process and we’ve seen increased pressure on the importance of fuel economy and emissions, the thermal efficiency of the average light vehicle engine remains between 20-35%, and we’re not seeing much improvement beyond this.

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