Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2019

The 2020 Honda Insight hybrid gets a slight price increase. And we step back and ask if EV conversions matter today. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla's next big software release will bring significant changes to Autopilot. A Canadian company already creates an electric F-150.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

year involvement with NS, which also includes the parallel development of a hybrid system for line-haul locomotives, noted Axion Power Chairman & CEO Thomas Granville. The contract is also a milestone in NS’ quest for a battery/hybrid locomotive, which reaches back a number of years to the Green Goat effort. Micro-hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Most people would consider buying a hybrid car as a green choice for their new car, but that wasn’t good enough for one freelance IT Consultant from Scotland. Hybrid cars Toyota LPG'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Worldwide Prius sales have been buoyed since 2009 by the introduction in Japan of a government subsidy for green cars that propelled Prius to be the top-selling car in Japan for 17 months in a row. Conversely, North America accounted for 65% of worldwide Prius sales in 2007; 57% in 2008; 36% in 2009; and 26% for Jan-Sep 2010.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Extended range electric vehicle powertrain company ALTe ( earlier post ) is tracking to produce a limited number of production-caliber vehicle powertrains by December, and plans to ramp up production in the first quarter of 2013, said CEO John Thomas in a recent interview with Green Car Congress. Earlier post.) —John Thomas.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If you would love to drive a hybrid van but don’t have the money to just go out and buy a new vehicle then UK-based Ashwoods Automotive may have the solution. The company is offering a hybrid drive retrofit kit for panel vans – a proprietary system that can be fitted in less than four [.].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. If youre interested in converting your Prius, see the information at How To Get a Plug-In Hybrid. Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2009

If that’s your theory then you may have to re-evaluate after Ponway, California-based Plug-In Conversions Corp (PICC) completed a software upgrade conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at up to 70mph in a converted Prius.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 18, 2010

Leave it to Toyota, the undisputed hybrid car leader, to take hybrids to a new level with several sports models planned. The company has announced a gradual rollout in Japan of its newly developed G sports conversion car series which is based on the “G” associated with classic Toyota Sports models such as the Toyota 2000GT [.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

2012 Camry Hybrid. Toyota has unveiled the seventh-generation Camry, the best-selling car in the US for nine years running and for 13 of the past 14 years. liter V6; and a highly revised version of the Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain for the Camry Hybrid, including a new 2.5-liter Under the hood of the 2012 Camry Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

A consortium led by Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system that can be used to convert conventional internal combustion engines. By adding an electric drive to the rear wheels, the team transformed the van into a hybrid capable of a range of more than 12 miles on all-electric mode.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. ISB EPA 07 200hp EGR diesel engine and an Eaton hybrid-electric system featuring lithium-ion batteries for energy storage.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Thanks to the Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity at the Idaho National Laboratory, the US Department of Energy has now clocked up one million miles under its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle testing. The activity looks at plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in real world usage using both fleet and public drivers.

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Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2009

Internal combustion engines, hybrid electrics or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles - which would you choose? It tested the performance of two 2007 model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids using a Hymotion 5kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Another favorable option is the emergence of the 48V mild hybrid systems. The 48V system is a valuable alternative especially for cars where it doesn’t make sense to invest a lot of money into hybridization. Earlier post.). The 48V discussion is always interesting.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 12, 2010

A range extended electric conversion of the Ford F-150 has been revealed as part of the 2010 National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show and Green Truck Summit. It includes [.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In About Dr. Frank.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2009

Bright Automotive may only be considered a start-up company, but it is about to have a significant impact on one of the most important car manufacturers in the world - Volkswagen. Bright will begin delivering the Transporter plug-in hybrid electric vehicle in the second quarter of 2010.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Bright Automotive Inc has launched eSolutions in an effort to accelerate worldwide electrification and overall platform efficiency and at the heart of the new programme is a newly announced contract from the US Army TACOM to conduct a demonstration project on a low-cost plug-in hybrid electric solution for non-tactical military vehicles.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2013

Hybrid conversions firm, Ashwood Automotive has gone into production with a new electric motor which it claims provides one of the lowest cost per kilowatt in the industry today. Green credentials' The axial flux magnet motor made its formal debut at the Engine Expo in Stuttgart this week under its Ashwoods Electric [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 25, 2011

Hybrid conversions firm, Ashwoods Automotive is launching its own complete range of high performance components for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids (HEVs) after discovering a gap in the market for parts which were also cost-effective and durable.

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Green Cars News

MAY 16, 2011

One of the largest car manufacturers in the world is working on school buses – but that’s exactly what has happened. Ford Motor Company has teamed with the Georgia Institute of Technology on the US’s first conversion of a traditional school bus into a hydraulic hybrid [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The two companies have worked together already on the CODA Sedan, with EnergyCS having earlier developed one of the first commercial plug-in hybrid conversion kits for the Toyota Prius. [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The company will provide three Mazda Demios (Mazda2s) for conversion to electric vehicles as part of the project in collaboration with Itochu Corporation and other companies in conjunction with Tsukuba City for the Tsukuba Environmental Style Test Project that is scheduled to begin in March, 2010.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

A unique joint project between carmaker Volvo and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall is to see the production of battery-powered Volvos featuring plug-in hybrid technology as early as 2012. “In fact, I would go so far as to say that the plug-in electrical hybrid we will launch in 2012 will be a true dream car.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

A collaboration between the UK’s leading automotive engineering facilities has resulted in the development of the first plug-in retro-fit hybrid conversion of a combustion engine vehicle. This transformed the van into a hybrid vehicle, capable of achieving an all electric range of over 20 km, from one charge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", No announced plans.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

Revolve Technologies has a number of developments in progress including a Hydrogen/Petrol Bi-Fuel ICE conversion on a Ford Transit van, as well as a hybrid-electric system for buses. “However, the electric car is not the single universal panacea. “However, the electric car is not the single universal panacea.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

Though President Barack Obama is planning to increase investment in a number of areas relating to green cars in his fiscal year 2010 $26.4billion budget, he will also scale back in a number of areas including moving away from funding vehicular hydrogen fuel cell technologies.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The eyes of the world may be on developments in electric and hybrid car engineering, but according to Cleantech research firm Pike Research, it is a surge in the number of natural gas vehicles on the road that we should be looking out for. It predicts the increase to reach 17.7

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Paradox 1 - Soot: There's an apparent emissions paradox with plug-in hybrids (PHEV): Driving longer distances on battery power means more cold starts as the internal combustion engine (ICE) stops and starts up again after the batteries deplete. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

See also our EAA-PHEV:General disclaimer talk : Disclaimer edit Please visit the Conversion Interest page to help us gauge DIYers interest! Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

New York to Convert 600 Hybrids to PHEVs New York Governor George E. Bruno today announced a new $10 million State program to convert vehicles in the State fleet to plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art alternative fuel research laboratory at the Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2009

An Indianapolis man has built his own electric car, US television station WRTV reported recently. Patrick Roth adapted his Ford Escort to run on electricity alone after conceiving the idea while running his hybrid Lexus. “Why not just have a second car that’s purely electric? .

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

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