Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Customers will be able to make reservations for a launch edition of the new BEV immediately after the press conference on 17 October. The Jeep Avenger will join an already fully electrified European line-up which include 4xe plug-in hybrid versions of the Jeep Wrangler, Compass, and Renegade.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

During its press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, BMW announced that the new BMW 530e plug-in hybrid iPerformance ( earlier post ) will be available starting at $51,400; the all-wheel drive BMW 530e xDrive iPerformance Sedan will start at $53,700, plus $995 Destination and Handling.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Once they arrive at the Supercharger station, all they need to do is plug in and charge up. With the convenience of GPS location integrated into the touchscreen navigation system, their vehicle’s navigation guides them directly to the nearest Supercharger. It’s as simple as […]

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars. I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2016

At the VDI Transmission Conference in Friedrichshafen, Schaeffler will be presenting a plug-in hybrid concept based on a CVT (continuously variable transmission). The electric motor used in the plug-in hybrid concept provides 80 kW of power, while a turbocharged 1.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2015

Audi will have a plug-in hybrid in every model series in the coming years as part of its efforts in efficiency and sustainability, said Prof. Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Management at Audi AG for Technical Development, during his speech at Audi’s Annual Press Conference in Ingolstadt. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Volvo Cars will unveil the V60 diesel Plug-in Hybrid—a virtually production-ready car with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km, which translates into fuel consumption of some 1.9 The front wheels of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid will be driven by a five-cylinder 2.4-liter L/100 km (124 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

A few weeks before its world premiere and during the BMW Group Annual Conference, Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for Development, presented a few details about the coming new BMW 7 Series, including the new all-electric BMW i7. In April, BMW will unveil the BMW i7, featuring combined power consumption of19.7 – 18.9

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2014

A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. In some cases, dealers outright discouraged PEV purchases.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Volkswagen’s innovative XL1 plug-in hybrid made its US debut last week, appearing at the 23rd Annual Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. With a plant based in the city- where the firm has been making its Passat model since 2011- Volkswagen put on impr[.]. Volkswagen'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Rendering of the Gen 2 series plug-in hybrid powertrain under development. A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Source: ALTe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. “I’m very encouraged that carmakers now see as allies the utilities, plug-in advocates, community and regional efforts like ProjectGetReady.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2010

Toyota wants to begin trials of its plug-in hybrid vehicles in China as soon as possible, according to Takeshi Uchiyamada, a Toyota executive vice president, speaking at a press conference at Auto China 2010 in Beijing. The Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid is making its China debut at Auto China 2010.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Ford Motor Company is publicly demonstrating smart electrification technology that uses cloud-based computing and data to optimize a plug-in hybrid’s powertrain efficiency at the Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Orlando. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

will debut NS4, an advanced plug-in hybrid concept vehicle, at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. 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. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Additionally, Honda will reveal a plug-in hybrid platform showcasing the next-generation of Honda hybrid technology. President and CEO Takanobu Ito will attend the press conference, marking the first time Honda’s global Honda CEO has introduced a worldwide vehicle debut during the Los Angeles Auto Show press days. Honda Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2014

A plug-in hybrid variant—to be Hyundai Motor’s first PHEV—will join the lineup next year. The all-new Sonata Hybrid will make its North American debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month; detailed information of the Plug-in Hybrid version will be also released at the show. l/100 km).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 12, 2009

Here’s a few shots from yesterday first full day of the Plug-In 2009 conference in Long Beach, California. The Greenius checking out the J1772 connector plug for the BMW Mini-E with Mini-E driver and EV advocate Stefano Paris. I’ll be back there today for more Greenius coverage to be published later this week.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Flanked by the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post ) on one side and the Audi concept e-tron quattro ( earlier post ) on the other, Audi of America president Scott Keogh used his press conference speech at the Los Angeles Auto Show yesterday to declare that the brand is targeting at least 25% of its US sales to be e-tron—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2020

An author partnership from MAHLE Powertrain in the US has been recognized for its work on pre-chamber ignition, presented at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers’ Internal Combustion Engines and Powertrain Systems conference in December 2019. We are grateful to have our work on pre-chamber ignition recognised in this way. —Mike Bunce.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

Odyne’s plug-in hybrid system. Waukesha based Odyne Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty work trucks, introduced its new advanced hybrid propulsion system at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (EUFMC) in Williamsburg. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). – 39.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2013

That was one sobering question that came up during the Plug-In 2013 conference, held in San Diego last Monday through Thursday. Suppose there''s no way for businesses to make money on public electric-car charging stations--even with DC quick-charging?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

City Council Member, held a press conference demanding General Motors apologize to the American people for destroying the automaker’s EV1 plug-in electric vehicle. This press conference was held at the very same GM facility where the EV1 Vigil took place during February and March 2005. said Holden. Nate Holden.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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Teslarati

MARCH 21, 2024

However, it now plans to continue offering at least some plug-in hybrids past 2030. CEO Adrian Hallmark commented on Bentley’s plans during a recent press conference (via CNBC ): “Whether we deliver all the BEVs by 2031 or not, we still may have some hybrids that we wouldn’t have had post-2030. Bentley still plans to invest $3.4

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2019

Following news in late November that General Motors would kill off the Chevrolet Volt, one of the pioneers of modern plug-in cars, a senior GM executive has hinted—strongly—that it won't be back. On Friday, in the Q&A session after the company's investor conference, incoming company president Mark Reuss doused those hopes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

Enova brought its Ze (zero emissions) commercialized all-electric step-van to the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach. Engineered specifically for urban delivery routes and service/maintenance operations, the Enova Ze plug-in step van drive system offers a range of up to 150 miles per charge and can reach a top speed of 65 mph.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

In June, Plug In Carolina selected AeroVironment to supply, install and support a network of public electric vehicle stations in seven South Carolina cities. Plug-ins such as the Volt and LEAF will be able to use the Evatran system with an adapter. Among those exhibiting were: Aerovironment. Aerovironment’s home charging dock.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2018

Which big oil company ExxonMobil left the ALEC political conference? How well did the Model 3 Performance perform in its first batch of reviews? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, July 27, 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

BMW’s upcoming eigth generation of the 5 Series will offer all-electric and plug-in hybrid variants as well efficient gasoline and diesel engines with 48V mild hybrid technology. It was the best-selling BMW M model worldwide in 2022. The BMW 5 Series Touring is very popular, particularly in Europe.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. Sacramento Municipal Util. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

They collected data using a multi-part online survey, and elicited driving patterns and recharge potential using a plug-in potential diary of driving and parking for a vehicle purchased new (model year 2002 or later) that is driven several times per week by the respondent’s household. Plug and play. Off-peak only.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

Speaking at the organizations’s annual press conference at the Detroit Auto Show, Wissman observed that the 16% share of the electric car market is roughly double the German OEM’s share of the total light vehicle market. Most of the German models are plug-in hybrids.). German share of the passenger car market rose from 11.8%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hyundai Motor Group outlined its future powertrain development strategy at its International Powertrain Conference in Korea. At the conference, Hyundai Motor Group is displaying the first four engines and two transmissions from its forthcoming line-up of new Smart Stream powertrains. Beginning with the introduction of 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

Plug-in electric vehicles (i.e., plug-in hybrids, extended range electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles) are smart loads, and so fall into the third element. GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2009

At the recent Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 (AABC 2009), Korea-based EIG Ltd. described a prototype lithium-ion battery system targeted at a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) application. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins. Rendering of the pack. Click to enlarge. kWh useable energy. Burke, Andrew F. Burke, Andrew F.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2011

BMW revealed two new electric, hybrid, and range-extended models--the BMW i3 electric car and the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid--at a special press conference in Frankfurt earlier today.

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