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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., The reveal will feature the world premiere of the concept vehicle as well as the North American debut of the Prius c hybrid during Toyota’s news conference on 10 January. Positioned as an entry into the Prius Family, the Prius c is said to offer fuel economy better than 50 mpg US (4.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

liters per 100 km (124 mpg US), according to Volvo. The diesel engine—optimized to run on renewable synthetic diesel and complying with future exhaust emission requirements—can be run separately or in combination with the electric motor for optimal power and energy utilization. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 18, 2017

General Motors is expanding its portfolio of B20-capable vehicles to include cars and crossovers, and will field the industry’s most expansive lineup of diesel-powered vehicles in 2017, John Schwegman, director of commercial product and medium duty for GM Fleet, announced at the National Biodiesel Conference. Coupled with a 1.6L

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Hyundai Motor Company unveiled the all-new Sonata Hybrid in Seoul, Korea. km/l (43 mpg US or 5.5 A plug-in hybrid variant—to be Hyundai Motor’s first PHEV—will join the lineup next year. Hyundai Motor targets to sell a total of 55,000 units (Korea: 18,000 / Overseas: 37,000) next year. 42 mpg US / 5.7

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

Volvo Car Group used the venue of the Geneva Motor Show to introduce new safety technology that detects and automatically brakes for cyclists swerving out in front of the car. l/100 km (69 mpg US). l/100 km (69 mpg US). The technology also covers vehicles driving in the same lane.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

V8: from 14 mpg to up to 43 mpg, depending on vehicle use. Thomas came to ALTe from Tesla Motors, where he was Senior Program Director and General Manager, and was working on “Whitestar”, later revealed as the Model S. Gen1 System installed in a Crown Vic. Click to enlarge. Gen 2 system in a rolling chassis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

During his press conference at the Geneva Motor Show, Toshihiro Suzuki, Board Member and Senior Managing Executive Officer, Global Marketing for Suzuki Motor Corporation, said that the company was working on engine auto stop/start systems and variable valve timing for the Alto and Splash. L/100km (53.5 L/100km (53.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Audi recently revealed the A3 Sportback e-tron at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The TFSI operates in tandem with an electric motor that generates 75 kW and 330 N·m (243 lb-ft) of power. liters fuel per 100 km (50 mpg US); its CO 2 emissions are 109 grams per km (175g/mile). liters per 100 km (34 mpg US) or 7.0 It takes 8.4

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JANUARY 23, 2015

Executives made the announcement about pre-orders at the company’s Annual International Auto Innovator Conference in Shenzhen. For the performance model, the rear motor is rated at 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) instead. The Tang uses BYD Auto’s second-generation DM (Dual-Mode) 2.0 Tang is fitted with a 2.0-liter Tang is fitted with an 18.4

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Data: EDTA, Ford Motor. Ford Motor Company’s C-platform electric drive strategy has driven an increase in Ford’s overall electric drive market share (hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric) from 7.3% Click to enlarge. in calendar year 2012 to 14.7% for the first nine months of 2013. of the industry’s 389,725 units sold.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liters/100km (36 mpg US) and CO 2 emissions of 154g/km—a 20% reduction from the 192 g/km of a series production Passat (MY 2006) fitted with a 2.0L 22 nd International AVL Conference “Engine & Environment”). TGDI engine and close to the 146 g/km of the current Passat 2.0L common rail TDI engine. —Guy Morris.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2009

Riversimple designed the Hyrban ( earier post ) to achieve 300 mpg (energy equivalent); the company calculates that the fuel cell car will have well-to-wheel CO 2 emissions of 31 g/km when fueled with hydrogen produced via steam methane reforming of natural gas. Four in-wheel motors. Almost all braking is done by the electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The report, based on WSD’s independent consultation with steel, aluminum and automotive experts, is formally being presented to steel executives today at the worldsteel Annual Conference in Moscow. Automotive designers using steel may well exceed in the body-in-white the weight savings needed to achieve the MPG targets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

Aymeric Rousseau, program manager at Argonne, presented a small slice of this wide study at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 (AABC) this week in Long Beach. The engine turns on only if the road load exceeds the power capability of either the battery or the motor. Load engine power strategy. L/100km (35.6 L/100km (50.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Hyundai Motor Company unveiled the 2.4 Theta II GDI, its first Gasoline Direct Injection engine before an audience of engineers attending the Ninth Annual Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference in Korea. Theta II GDI. Click to enlarge. With a compression ratio of 11.3:1, Hyundai had shown a 2.0-liter Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

Hummer cars are known to have previously achieved as little as 12mpg, but thanks to Raser Technologies; who are currently exhibiting the new Hummer at the Plug-In Conference 2009, until Wednesday, 12 August at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California; the reputation of the Hummer could be on the mend.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

A study by a team from Ford Motor Company and AVL has concluded that a mid-level ethanol blend—greater than E20 but less than E40—appears to be attractive as a long-term future fuel for the US for use in engines optimized for the higher octane blend. In the face of increased regulatory stringency (e.g., 1 CR offered a 4.8%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Ray Plug-in Hybrid concept compact sedan during a press conference at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. liter engine mated to a permanently-engaged fixed ratio Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), used in combination with a 78 kW electric motor and a lithium-polymer battery pack.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

kW electric motor powered by a 13.6 l/100 km fuel efficiency (87 mpg US) and 60 g/km CO 2 emissions NEDC. The Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid’s front wheels are driven exclusively by a 92.9 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Ford’s multi-award-winning 1.0?liter A net payload of 1,130 kg and unchanged load volume of 6.0 Delivering 3.1

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2016

All three of the new MINI Countryman variants will make their World Premiere at the Los Angeles International Auto Show at a press conference on 16 November. Propulsion is shared between a 134 hp (100 kW) 3-cylinder gasoline engine and a 65 kW synchronous electric motor. The electric motor is housed under the luggage compartment floor.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

In a press conference in Carlsbad, California, Aptera Motors unveiled the pre-production version of the electric three-wheel, 200+ mpg Aptera 2e along with 23 strategic suppliers , including GE; A123Systems for the Li-ion battery pack; Remy International for the drive motor ( earlier post ); and BorgWarner for the single ratio transaxle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Singapore-based TUM CREATE unveiled an electric taxi prototype designed for tropical megacities, codenamed EVA, at the Tokyo Motor Show. EVA is propelled by a 60 kW, 223 N·m (164 lb-ft) motor; top speed is 111 km/h (69 mpg), and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes 10 seconds. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

In conjunction with its annual media and investor conference, Volkswagen is staging a two-week (8 - 21 March) e-mobility event at Berlin-Tempelhof. Like the electric motor and the transmission, the battery pack was also developed in-house at Volkswagen and is made at the company’s facility in Braunschweig, Germany. The e-Golf.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

liter, three-cylinder turbodiesel; two electric motors, one on each axle; and a 10.8 liter, three-cylinder turbodiesel; two electric motors, one on each axle; and a 10.8 A second electric motor acts on the front axle. Earlier post.). kWh lithium-polymer battery pack. kWh lithium-polymer battery pack. Click to enlarge.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

If you’ve been wondering just how real the new Chevy Volt that gets 230 mpg in city driving is , well just take a look for yourself. Here’s what the brainiacs at General Motors sent the premier EV car conference on the West Coast. Their chargers were all over the exhibit floor charging every EV there.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The federal government has also increased mileage standards for new passenger cars and light trucks to a fleet average of 49 mpg in model year 2026 , up from 41 mpg today. South Korean auto companies Hyundai Motors and Kia are already blaming drops in their U.S. Volkswagen’s ID.4 Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. BYD also developed the motors and software for the system. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. 1) XEL (1) XPV Capital (1) YGE (1) YHOO (1) ZENN Motor Company (1) ZNN.V (1) 1) XEL (1) XPV Capital (1) YGE (1) YHOO (1) ZENN Motor Company (1) ZNN.V (1)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. It offers 18 models that deliver 30 mpg or more. General Motors has sought $10.3 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 "The Volt is a case study. And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent.

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