Green Car Congress
APRIL 13, 2013
Among the findings were: The plug-ins achieved an average 46% reduction in fuel consumption compared to conventional gasoline vehicle of similar size with an average charging frequency of 1.1 A direct correlation between the recharging frequency and fuel consumption: higher charging frequency leads to lower fuel consumption.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
On a standard household 220-volt outlet, the Cruze EV can be fully recharged in 8 to 10 hours. The result of shared development with GM Daewoo, LG Chem and LG Electronics, the electric Cruzes will be part of a demo fleet that will operate in South Korea’s capital, Seoul. The demo project is expected to launch by the end of October.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
The first will see the vehicle converted from its respective conventional powertrain into a simple battery electric vehicle (BEV) incorporating efficiency optimized control strategies within the framework of a simple architecture based on conventional 3kW recharging rate.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
In testing on a BMW demo 3-Series vehicle, a 1.6-liter Downsizing a gasoline engine (e.g., The demo Turbohybrid powertrain. AVL says that its smart recharging concept guarantees the filling of the “torque gap” at low speeds under all circumstances of acceleration even with a small energy storage system. Fischer et al.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Pushing the Sport button provides a 20% boost in acceleration at the beginning and middle of the torque curve compared to pressing the accelerator in a gasoline-powered vehicle. (As a comparison, the new Chevrolet Spark EV uses a 100 kW motor with 542 N·m of torque. Earlier post.). The top speed is 130 km/h (81 mph). and 6:00 a.m.).
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 9, 2021
A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. For more affordable EVs, the Volvo brand has big plans to expand its lineup, and already offers the XC40 Recharge crossover. A rocket ready to hit the road. kilowatt-hours). Story by Steve Schaefer.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
The production plug-in hybrid has a number of key changes from the 125 prototype demo units that were deployed in the field for testing and customer feedback. The demo units defaulted to EV mode. L/100km equivalent and 4.8 L/100km, respectively. EV mode is now user-selectable. Maximum EV speed is up to 62 mph.
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