Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Comparison of global passenger vehicle fuel consumption standards normalized to NEDC L/100km. In absolute terms, the new regulations would put China third behind the EU and Japan for fuel consumption and GHG regulations. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. This works out to an overall reduction of about 28%—6.2% Source: ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

The 3-row, 7-seat SUV weighs 5,059 lbs (2,295 kg) in its PHEV version (4,627 lbs/2,099 kg conventional), yet delivers the performance, handling and feel of a smaller luxury sporty sedan, even up and down twisty canyon roads. This version of the Q7 PHEV will also use a 2.0-liter Fuel consumption for the XC90 T8 Twin Engine PHEV is 2.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The FSV Program is midway through its second phase, designing optimized AHSS body structures for four proposed 2015-2020 year vehicles: battery electric (BEV); plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), with both PHEV-20 and PHEV-40 powertrains; and fuel cell (FCV), with variants among the different powertrain types for four and five passengers vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2018

A team at Toshiba’s Corporate Research & Development Center in Kawasaki, Japan, has developed a high-density TiNb 2 O 7 (HD-TNO) composite electrode consisting of micro-size spherical TNO secondary particles coated with carbon. By comparison, a comparable LTO/NCM cell showed an energy density of 177 Wh L -1.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

However, for plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs), the threshold power savings needs to be a higher 5%. The US, Japan and the United Kingdom, among others, are funding research and development in power electronics. SiC ahead in road to commercialization. Based on the TRL road map, SiC diodes will be adopted in vehicles by 2020.

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Power Powered Future DC 218

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The closest comparisons for hydrogen-only cars are the Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo. To provide a basis for comparison, Honda let us first drive a 2024 CR-V Hybrid that weighed 500 pounds less than the e:FCEV. Projections are to introduce a production model in the Japan market in 2027.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Since the 2012 global survey, respondents from both the US and Russia have become more optimistic about the potential for e-mobility in their countries, whereas those from Brazil and Japan have reduced their expectations, which is surprising given that Japan has traditionally been seen as a pioneering force in electric vehicles.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Globally, over 750,000 plug-in EVs are in right-hand drive countries’ vehicle fleets (mostly in the UK and Japan), with that number growing by over 200,000 in 2020 (including 175,000 in the UK, and 29,000 in Japan). It is expected that EVs will account for more than half of all US passenger car sales by 2030. Commentary on the Bill .

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

For the first nine months of 2017, electric passenger car and LCV sales were up 21% in North America to 67,000 units; up 24% in Japan and Korea to 19,000 units; up 42% in Europe to 100,000 units, and up 126% in China to 227,000 units, according to JATO.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 29, 2021

FCEVs, unlike BEVs and PHEVs, do not require charging because their fuel cells are refilled by filling up with hydrogen, which may be done in as little as 5 minutes at a filling station. In comparison, an FCEV with a battery pack of less than 2 kWh can drive up to 650 kilometers. How Fuel Cells Work.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Probably the most needed and least controversial proposed change is the elimination of the phaseout of the tax cap that begins in the quarter after a manufacturer sells 200,000 BEVs or PHEVs in the US. But all of these PHEVs have batteries of around 9 kWh and so they could easily be upgraded to 10 kWh to qualify for the tax credit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

DC quick charging will be available for VW’s battery electric vehicles, but not for their plug-in hybrids: PHEV usage patterns, in the company’s opinion, renders DC charging “unnecessary”. Three-phase AC is readily available in many parts of Europe, and is used in those areas to power high-demand appliances. Mitsubishi i-MiEV).

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

Some numbers and percentages in Europe may look different from what you see elsewhere, because I’ve added light-commercial vehicle sales to numerator and denominator, to make the comparison with other regions equitable. Ok, if you dare read, go over the fold… I won’t give the punch line away, and there’s more than one surprise this year!

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