Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). Each of these nine pathways produced a specific fuel economy standard and cost estimate measured at retail price equivalence. The results for each fuel economy scenario are: Scenario I: (47 mpg CAFE standard, 37.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Consumers’ expectations around the performance and purchase price of electric vehicles are so divergent from the actual offerings available today, that no more than 2–4% of consumers worldwide would have their expectations met, according to a new survey from Deloitte. Vehicle range is clearly an issue among consumers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Government has set very rigorous standards for future fuel economy, and we believe that clean diesel is perfectly positioned to help us achieve those goals. Audi believes there are a variety of viable alternative fuel solutions, including electric, but diesel is readily available today. —Scott Keogh, President, Audi of America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2013

The Fiat 500e battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) is entering the California market priced at $32,500 which includes a $700 destination charge. Eligible California residents may be able to purchase the 500e for as low as $20,500, after federal credits, state incentives and FIAT rebates are included.

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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 diesel engines and components would yield fuel savings of about 37% at an added cost of approximately $5,900 per vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. A common theme across the.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019. Many companies have made commitments to transition portions of their delivery fleets to electric over the next five to 10 years.

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EV Connect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Industry experts predict that electric vehicles (EV) will account for 40% of car sales by 2030. Yet for all the optimism around the electric vehicle adoption rate, certain human, structural and environmental factors still dictate the pace. Of the 289 million cars registered on US roads, barely 2 million are electric.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This further reduces the overall cost of leasing a car for your business. Fuel Costs If your business covers fuel costs for leased vehicles, you can also claim tax deductions on fuel expenses. This includes not only the cost of fuel but also other related expenses, such as maintenance and repairs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. At LHW pretreatment of 190 °C for 10 minutes, 69% of the initial sugars were released under a standardized enzyme loading.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Ford’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle on the market offers EPA-rated 108 mpg equivalent city, 92 mpge highway and 100 mpge combined;the all-electric range is up to 21 miles. The EPA estimates that driving C-MAX Energi saves almost $7,000 in fuel costs over the course of five years compared with the average new vehicle. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2015

Empa, ETH Zürich and the road sweeper manufacturer Bucher Municipal have jointly developed a pioneering hybrid-electric powertrain for road sweepers in a CTI (Switzerland’s Commission for Technology and Innovation) project. The concept is based on a natural gas-driven engine, which provides power to the electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

BCG comparison of the CO 2 reduction potential and cost of different technologies. In addition, the cost to the consumer would be about $50 to $60 per percent CO 2 reduction—roughly half the cost of what was expected three years ago. BCG expects pack costs for OEMs will fall to ~$360-440 per kWh by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have agreed on the details of specific financial assistance they will provide to installers of charging stations for electric vehicles (PHVs, PHEVs, and EVs). The management organization will collect membership fees and usage charges from electric vehicle users. Standard chargers.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. Driving style also matters.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The competition between the internal combustion engine and electric vehicles, the disruptive force of “mobility-as-a-service” (MaaS)—such as ride-hailing—and the much-anticipated emergence of autonomous vehicles will lead to more profound changes in personal transportation than experienced over the past century combined, the study says.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

Although the gasoline-fueled F-150 with 2.7L According to ASG, the 2015 F-150 holds the smallest life-cycle carbon footprint and lowest cost of ownership of any full-size truck in the North American market today. The Standard is a working standard, one that will evolve to incorporate additional indicators as data comes available.

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 6, 2021

India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives. The Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore cities are among the top markets for ride-hailing four-wheelers in India and have the highest shares of electric vehicles when compared to the other cities in India. India’s electric four-wheeler. billion, $52.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”. Electric Trucks - 4.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

It also finds that, while relying on subsidies for electric or hybrid vehicles is politically attractive, it is an extremely expensive and ineffective way to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near term. The key to obtaining significant reductions in transportation-related GHG emissions is to increase the cost of driving.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. new appliance standards and CAFE) and changes in the way energy is used in the US economy. quadrillion Btu in 2025, due to incorporation of the model year 2017 to 2025 GHG and CAFE standards for LDVs. Motor gasoline consumption will be less than previously estimated.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2010

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will introduce the European-spec version of its i-MiEV electric vehicle at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. Furthermore, safety—both active and passive—has been improved with the addition of Active Stability Control (ASC), as well as side and curtain airbags, all standard equipment. gasoline vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

The National Academies has issued a pre-publication version of an interim report on Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment. As a result, the National Research Council (NRC)—a part of the National Academies—appointed the Committee on Overcoming Barriers to Electric-Vehicle Deployment.

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EV Life

JUNE 8, 2023

The electric vehicle market has expanded rapidly in the last few years as automakers have introduced a variety of EV models to keep up with demand. These days, all-electric options are available in every type of vehicle, from high-horsepower electric sports cars to stylish electric luxury sedans to torque-heavy electric trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Because of the lower carbon/hydrogen ratio of methane (CH 4 ) relative to gasoline, CO 2 emissions from the combustion of natural gas are approximately 75% of those of gasoline for a given amount of energy production. emissions are reduced by around 25% relative to the use of gasoline for the same engine efficiency. Source: MIT.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Indian government has changed the restrictions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. It now allows owners to use existing electrical connections at their homes or businesses to charge their vehicles. India has 947,876 registered electric cars, according to statistics from the ministry of road transport and roads.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Aspirational targets among seven countries participating in the Electric Vehicle Initiative would see growth from just under 2 million EV and PHEVs to just under 20 million by 2020. Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. Spain has set a goal of 250,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2014. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

The need for bringing down the costs of captured CO 2 and stimulating its potential uses, among them methanol production. Further, open standards could increase the “food or fuel” dilemma associated to the use of first generation biofuels, i.e. biocrops, and the competition for land and water resources. —Methanol report.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

With a vehicle lifecycle of around 15 years, the global electric car population might by then reach about the same total as cumulative production, some of the later EVs sold having replaced older EVs that had been scrapped, the report, “Electric Vehicles: Energy, infrastructure and the mobility market in the real world” , notes.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 13, 2023

Flash Drive: 2023 Lexus RZ 450e EV Breaking Into the EV World Lexus has offered hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric models for many years, but never one that is powered only by electricity. Those days are over with the introduction of the all-new, all-electric 2023 Lexus RZ 450e compact SUV. front and 124.3

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2022

Clean Fleet Report will have detailed reviews of the Sportage gasoline, hybrid and eventually the plug-in hybrid in the coming months. Liter Inline 4-cylinder, Gasoline. Liter Inline 4-cylinder, Gasoline. Liter Inline 4-cylinder Turbo+44 kilowatt (kW) motor, Gasoline-Electric. kW motor, Gasoline-Electric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. The cost to operate an EV, per mile, is already well below the cost to drive a standard ICE-age model, and the advantage is likely to widen.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Several factors are slowing the development of the market, especially of the more radical alternatives such as battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Alternative fuels include biofuels, natural gas, hydrogen and electricity from the grid. Alternative propulsion systems include hybrid and electric engines.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Existing policies contributing to this include: Federal and California light duty vehicle standards (2.6% reduction); Federal emissions and fuel efficiency standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (0.3% reduction); Federal renewable fuel standard and regional low carbon fuel standard (1.6% GHG) models. congestion.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

gasoline in cars) to electricity in order to achieve the GHG reduction target. They conclude that widespread electrification of transportation and other sectors is required, along with decarbonized electricity becoming the dominant form of energy supply. vehicle miles—were powered by electricity in 2050, along.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One of the challenges Clean Fleet Report takes seriously is to test the EPA fuel economy ratings for the cars, crossovers and trucks we review, knowing efficiency is a top priority when looking to purchase a new vehicle. Adding electric miles. A fully charged battery will deliver 26 miles of all-electric driving.

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