Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

The maker of Subaru automobiles, Fuji Heavy Industries, has announced that development of its Subaru Plug-in STELLA electric vehicle has been a success. The new prototype Subaru Plug-in STELLA boasts improved driving performance thanks to increases in power compared to its predecessor from 40kW to 47kW.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

As a result, BCG concludes, the electric car faces stiff competition from ICEs (internal combustion engines) and, based solely on total cost of ownership (TCO) economics, will not be the preferred option for most consumers. —“Powering Autos to 2020” (draft). Source: BCG. Click to enlarge. Source: BCG.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Reuters reports that Chrysler has disbanded its ENVI team, formed in 2007 to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market. In April 2009, Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Electric cars barely existed in 2010, when the Tesla Model S was still a glint in Elon Musk’s eye. IEEE Spectrum asked five industry experts to gaze deeply into their own crystal balls and outline what needs to happen in the EV battery space to wean the world off fossil-fueled transportation and onto the plug.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Toyoda positioned EVs for short-distance travel and fuel cell cars for longer ranges.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Next stop, hyperspace: The SF90 bullets toward the next corner at a pace that I simply can’t relate to any other car I’ve driven here. Which brings us to the Ferrari’s secret sauce: electricity. liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Two-thirds (67%) of respondents believe e-vehicles will represent 15% or less of total new car sales by 2025. These results show an increasing realization that the electric vehicle is not quite the savior many had hoped for. Even in the BRICs, ICE downsizing has become a big deal. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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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

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Plug In India

MARCH 24, 2021

Video Interviews : Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup Cellestial (note the double l, as in cell) is a 3 way partnership. . Basically, like we see with Nexon and others from the electric car retrofit design, the engine gets replaced by a motor - and the story from there on remains the same for both ICE and Electric.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The BYD ute will kick off with a plug-in hybrid system that pairs a 1.5-litre litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. Let’s check out the list. Will it come to Australia?

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ).

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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?",

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