Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Fiesta—available in four- and five-door bodystyles—will offer North American buyers a new choice of 15 class-exclusive technologies and projected highway fuel economy of 40 mpg, besting the Honda Fit, Nissan Versa and Toyota Yaris and Corolla. Pull-Drift Compensation is designed to be imperceptible to the Fiesta driver.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Here we look at the green cars to be introduced by the three major Japanese manufacturers at the event: Honda – Introducing a world first. When the Honda CR-Z (Compact, Renaissance, Zero) Concept (see article ) made its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2007 it was described as the “world’s first hybrid sports car”. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The 2011 Honda CR-Z EX. Honda introduced the 2011 Honda CR-Z sport hybrid coupe at the North American International Auto Show. The CR-Z is now Honda’s third hybrid currently in the market, along with the Civic Hybrid and new Insight. Tags: Hybrids Vehicle Manufacturers. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Honda Dual Clutch Transmission for motorcycles. Honda has developed two new transmissions for its motorcycle product lines. This first motorcycle dual clutch transmission features a light, compact design that allows it to be combined with existing engines without substantial layout modification. Click to enlarge.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Its 42-mile EV range, its 600-mile total range and relatively low price tag have made the PHEV an instant smash hit. Toyota has designed the PHEV to be VERY inexpensive to maintain. Now, Toyota is introducing a plug-in version of the RAV4, one that’s more powerful, more fuel efficient, and delivers impressive electric range.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

That picture changes considerably in California, with the PHEV model tagged with 150 g/mile, while the electric carries a burden of 90 g/mile. The Ioniq line-up—similar to Honda’s Clarity—offers three electrified versions based on a single, dedicated vehicle platform. The Ioniq Electric: 180 g/mile.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Responsible for designing the transportation system for the Citadel of Masdar. He believes “ monolithic vehicle design ”—where people buy one car to fit all of their needs—is outdated. Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

However, with Japanese rivals such as Toyota and Honda having burst into an early lead in the green car race and Chinese manufacturers challenging the dominance of the traditional ‘big name’ manufacturers, is there room for the new GM to succeed? diesel engine for light trucks. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, General Motors engineers presented the first front-wheel-drive (FWD) iteration of their two-mode hybrid transaxle, termed the 2MT70 ( earlier post ), scheduled for its first application in the Saturn 2009 VUE 2-Mode Hybrid light sport-utility vehicle later this year ( earlier post ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Honda Civic :Mike Chanceys conversion. Honda EV+ :Life with the new Honda EV. MazdaB-2600 : a nice pickup conversion MazdaMiata : Bill Theeringer project Manx Dunebuggy : Scottsbuggy, bike, and Comutacars Maxion: Max HallsCommutamatic II leaning 3 wheeler MercuryCapri : Uve has a great EV design calculator on his page. (No

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2009

The Smart earns the highest IIHS rating of “good”; IIHS rated the Honda Fit, Hyundai Accent, Mini Cooper, and Toyota Yaris as “acceptable”, and the Chevy Aveo as “marginal”. The roof test is designed to help consumers pick vehicles that will help protect them in rollover crashes. Tags: Safety. They also help hold up the roof.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Honda Accord V6. Twin-scroll turbocharger designs have two exhaust gas inlets divided by split walls inside the turbine housing, with both gas passages controlled by a waste-gate. In addition, during cold starts, the waste-gate remains open which results in faster catalyst light-off for reduced exhaust emissions. Sonata 2.0T.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Alpha Wolf – cool compact American ute looks to the rough stuff with retro-infused design. For a car that’s long been about light weight it’ll be a big change.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. Design: unmistakably MINI, undoubtedly new. BMW Manufacturing Co., Source: BMW Group ].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power. SA (2) FDX (2) FSLR (2) FedEx (2) First Solar (2) Ford (2) Ford Escape Hybrid (2) Ford Fusion Hybrid (2) GE (2) Global Solar (2) Government (2) HEV (2) Honda FCX Clarity (2) IBM (2) ITM.l (2) Smart meters and substations will be integral. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration. Tags: evdriven. market b y the end of 2009. safety requirements.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Forcing companies to conform to standardized batteries prevents them from designing better cars. A rectangular pack design could be installed horizontally for "under-floor" mounting, or installed vertically for "tank" mounting in the trunk or under the hood. Think of a battery in laptops. not an issue. Follow us on Twitter!

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 30, 2009

I especially enjoyed writing Lillian Light’s remarks for the Audubon award she presented to my friend Dency Nelson last Saturday at Madronna Marsh. Tags: Yes We Can! I was glad I wore my new hip Vanns skateboard shoes. So go ahead - choose those guys or the Greenius.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do you see that?

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