Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. of total California auto sales in 2021.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Hybrids and other green cars often come with a higher purchase price, meaning their improved efficiency may be offset by a higher cost of ownership. Sometimes, hybrids actually cost less to own than comparable gasoline models. RELATED: Ford Fusion Vs Hyundai Sonata: Mid-Size Sedan Gas Mileage Comparison According to.'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid. From the coming decade on, Hochbahn thus aims to purchase only electrically driven zero-emission buses. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2013

Consumers who purchase an electric vehicle will find that lifetime costs to own the vehicle are competitive with conventional and hybrid vehicles, according to an analysis conducted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The study is based on pricing for the automotive products for the 2013 model year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

Ford plug-in customers can now purchase a Ford-approved 240-volt charger and schedule a turnkey professional installation with a call to AeroVironment. Soon customers will also have a web-based option for ordering their home charging package or purchasing their charging station. Ford Motor Company selected AeroVironment, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Comparison of current federal subsidy to base case assumptions showing lifetime fuel savings (HomeEve charging scenario). An EPA estimate based on the Chevy Volt’s reported efficiency is also included for comparison. Consider temporary larger subsidies. The current subsidy of $2,500 for 4 kWh (~$1.25/gal gal ($0.08–$0.96/gal).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Comparison site confused.com sifted through the United Kingdom’s annual EV registrations for the past 5 years and released its findings in the Rise of EVs Report. As we go through the list, keep in mind that the UK car market considers battery and plug-in hybrid vehicles as EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

According to a new technology briefing paper on hybrid system technologies by John German at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the costs of full-function hybrid systems are likely to drop to half the cost of their 2010 counterparts before 2025. Historical and projected hybrid system direct manufacturing cost.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

2012 and 2013 market share vs. per-vehicle incentive for battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric PHEV (where applicable, only company car market incentives shown here). To do so, it focuses on two representative vehicles, the Renault Zoe battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and the Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

However, the flip side of the survey was that about 44% of respondents stated that they would be “extremely” or “very” interested in purchasing a PEV with a driving range of 40 to 100 miles and an electricity cost equivalent of $0.75 The exception is the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV), which has an electric range of 13 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

However, the technologies would also increase vehicle purchase costs for consumers, sometimes by as much as several thousand dollars. Replacing spark-ignition engines with hybrid engines and components would reduce fuel consumption by 43% at an increase of $6,000 per vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Houston already has the third-largest municipal hybrid fleet in the country. Its efforts to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) into its fleet began in 2002 with an initial purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), mainly the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid. —Loveland Mayor Cecil Gutierrez.

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

The department noted that they started looking into the idea of an all-electric patrol car last year after seeing dismal reviews of available hybrid patrol cars. Over a year ago, a cost comparison already showed that the department’s Ford Explorer patrol SUV would cost about $4,500 per year to run.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. Comparison of electric drive fuel consumption (kWh/100 miles). The hybrid power unit.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

Plug-in hybrid technology has experienced rapid development, the J1711 Task Force noted, and as such, the procedures to address this technology needed to be revisited and modified to accommodate the operational possibilities demonstrated by the diverse set of working prototypes and simulated vehicles in the literature. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

By comparison, Fuel Economy is the top priority for Volt, LEAF and Prius Plug-In owners (97%, 94% and 98%, respectively). Even if they’ve purchased another vehicle, they at least shop the Volt. As a result, they are more likely to be adding a Tesla to their household fleet (51%) rather than replacing a vehicle with its purchase.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

Hybrids and EVs can cost you less. They found that hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles (especially electric cars) easily saved their owners money when looking at the purchase price, fuel costs and regular maintenance. Average Monthly Costs of Hybrid, Electric, and Gas-Powered Cars. How Hybrid Vehicles Save You Money.

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EV Adoption

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Discover these and other trends in the latest Excel spreadsheet from EVAdoption/EVStatistics where you will find vehicle sales (registrations) and share by type of powertrain for each US state and the District of Columbia for Q1 2021 and Q1 2020 for comparison. . See sample screenshots below.

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EV Adoption

DECEMBER 12, 2021

While not quite a majority, in a December 2020 Consumer Reports survey of 3,339 US drivers (see chart below), 49% said that they needed 300 or more miles of range between charges to consider purchasing or leasing an electric vehicle. But 25% wanted 400 or more miles and 35% desired 350 or more miles of range. What have I missed?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Leveraging some 20 years of experience and data reaching back to its early work with hybrids and the Ranger EV, Ford has developed a battery model and life validation protocol it now uses to predict how lithium-ion batteries are likely to perform under 10 years and 150,000 miles of use (40-season equivalent key life tests).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

General Motors 2MT70 FWD two-mode hybrid transaxle, as seen from. GM Developing Additional Full Hybrid System for Smaller Vehicles. To address that, GM is developing a third full hybrid system targeted at those applications, said Larry Nitz, GM Executive Director of Hybrid Powertrains, during an interview at SAE 2009 World Congress.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Market share of reported hybrid sales in the US. Buoyed by the extension of the US Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program, as well as the availability of more hybrid models on the market, reported sales of hybrids in the US jumped 48.6% Reported hybrid sales represented 3.07% of new vehicle sales in August. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Because range is a decisive criterion for purchasing an electric car, automakers are always striving to reduce vehicle weight. VePOINT developed power electronic components and systems, based on Semikron SKiN technology, specifically for the hybrid and electric vehicle market. This was also the aim of the Siemens engineers.

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EV Report

APRIL 30, 2020

There has been a steady increase in electric and hybrid cars over the last decade in the US but still only 2 percent account for new car sales in the US. Some are still not yet sure to make a plunge in purchase. In comparison, in 2018 US and China had a total combined sales of 1.2 million (360,000 of them being plug in hybrids).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Plug-in electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles, have the potential to make up 9% of US auto sales in 2020 and 22% in 2030 (1.6 The second step models the proportion of consumers within the addressable market that might actually purchase such a vehicle. Last week, J.D. Earlier post.) of the market).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The fuel economy rating outperforms some competitors’ diesels and hybrids on the highway driving cycle. Comparison from fueleconomy.gov. liter EcoBoost we’re pushing into fuel economy numbers only seen on hybrids and diesels.” The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated Ford’s 2014 1.0L l/100 km) highway.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

Driver heterogeneity matters, they found, and efforts to encourage adoption of hybrid and plug-in vehicles will have greater impact if targeted to urban drivers vs. highway drivers. With government subsidies, plug-in vehicles are somewhat more attractive purchase options for consumers, they noted. —Karabasoglu and Michalek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2011

study found that German consumer purchase considerations for fully battery-operated electric vehicles (EVs) remain relatively low compared to other powertrain technologies and that most current EV offerings miss consumer’s EV purchase and ownership requirements. A Gartner, Inc. Germany and Electromobility.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

Electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles together still remain a small fraction of total sales, accounting for 1.1% The two countries that in 2015 had the highest share of plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicle sales, the Netherlands and Denmark, both saw significant sales decreases in 2016 of these vehicle types. of registrations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. All comparisons are by volume. Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). Monthly sales of hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

A GM study on bar wound stators—similar to the Remy HVH technology—compared to wire wound stators found a greater than 20 °C temperature difference between the two technologies in an EV application over an aggressive drive cycle (which is substantially more demanding on motors than a hybrid application). Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

FAME Scheme The FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) scheme is an initiative launched by the Government of India to promote the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles in the country. These incentives are intended to make electric vehicles more affordable and encourage their adoption.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

In exploring whether or not Americans will embrace the emergence of electric vehicles, Lee and Lovellette attempt to answer four basic questions: Is the cost of purchasing and operating an electric vehicle more or less expensive than the cost of a comparable conventional gasoline-powered vehicle? —Lee and Lovellette.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

Sample consumer and societal break-even curves for BEVs, with data points for a compact diesel for comparison. In line with strategic decarbonization goals, governments have provided research and development funding and, in many cases, direct and sometimes substantial purchase subsidies. Click to enlarge. environmental costs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The study—“A portfolio of powertrains for Europe: a fact-based analysis”—compares the economics, sustainability and performance of fuel cell, battery-electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in achieving the decarbonization goal.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

THINK developed the EV-Ready Cities Index to measure which markets are most likely to begin and benefit from the transition to electric vehicles, providing an objective comparison of the EV purchase and usage incentives as well as the market fit for EVs. City Purchase/Usage. —Richard Canny. Los Angeles. San Francisco.

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