Green Car Reports

JULY 16, 2021

Electric cars mostly do without multi-speed transmissions, but automotive supplier Bosch believes the gear-less continuously-variable transmission (CVT) could help optimize EV performance and range. The CVT, which uses belts instead of gears, is commonly paired with internal-combustion engines to boost fuel economy.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

If you needed a more definitive marker for the imminent end of the internal combustion engine, look no further than Wards 27 th annual 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems. The list of powertrains (note we can’t say engines anymore) was fairly exhaustive—39 vehicles were evaluated with 18 of those electrified models.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2021

Right now, Tesla is at the vanguard of an all-electric future. On Wall Street, the company’s market value has outpaced its auto industry counterparts who specialize in internal combustion engine (ICE) technology. Are things changing, though? To that end, are Tesla’s competitors still investing in ICE development anymore?

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Once a leader in electric cars, BMW now says it expects 85 percent of its cars still to have internal combustion engines by 2030.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2012

You may have noticed we feature the late Mazda RX-8 rather less often than the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. Considering the final iteration of the four-seat, four-door sports car delivered just 23 mpg highway from its 1.3-liter liter Renesis rotary engine, it really wasn’t a green car.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2018

Here at Green Car Reports we hear—even attract—a lot of controversy when we report on fuel-cell vehicles. Many our readers argue vociferously that the only green cars run on batteries alone—no, thank you, to range-extending gas engines, either.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf earned the highest safety ratings from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the first US crash test evaluations of plug-in electric cars. IIHS says that the result demonstrates that automakers are using the same safety engineering in new electric cars as they do in gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 15, 2021

We have been telling you the benefits and advantages of electric vehicles and the positive impact they are going to make on our economy and environment. points in the direction that we are in the ‘Era Of Electric Vehicles.’ The transition from gasoline-powered vehicles to electric vehicles is not an easy one.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2012

trillion over the same period, according to the recently published paper, “ How Vehicle Standards and Fuel Fees Can Cut CO 2 Emissions and Boost the Economy ” The study is the second installment of the ClimateWorks “Policies That Work” series. Standards and fees should be based on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2017

Automakers may gradually be putting more emphasis on plug-in electric cars and conventional hybrids, but they are far from done with plain old internal combustion. Over the past few years, automakers have applied more technology to a wider array of cars in order to boost their efficiency to meet stricter fuel-economy standards.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

The Continental Mobility Study 2020 shows that enthusiasm for electric cars is strong in China, while reservations still need to be overcome in Germany, France, the US and Japan. The study also shows that acceptance of electric mobility has increased in all five countries surveyed in recent years. Source: Continental.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency will accuse Fiat Chrysler Automobiles of using an illegal "defeat device" to cheat on emissions tests, plug-in electric car sales were strong in December 2016, and the Ford GT supercar returns low fuel economy, despite its EcoBoost engine. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

The analysis, “Electric Cars: Ready for prime time?”, finds that the societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7k to €12k (US$8,889 to $15,238) more than fossil-fueled equivalents. The current generation of electric cars represents a significant improvement over previous ones.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

This is the only way we can get people excited about climate-friendly mobility and switch them from an internal combustion engine to an electric car. The upper price limit of 44 cents per kWh was chosen taking into account both market economy and climate policy aspects.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

You read a lot about hybrids and electric cars these days, but fuel-efficient diesel engines will be coming in certain classes of cars this year and in the future The most recent crop of diesel launches has been in the crossover utility vehicle class, of which we''ve now driven three different models.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

The main driver for the electrification trend over the next 20 years will be further sharp reductions in EV battery costs, making electric cars cheaper than internal combustion engine (ICE) alternatives by the mid-to-late 2020s in almost every market, on the basis of both lifetime costs and upfront costs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

Despite the boom in electric cars, Japan’s automakers have long banked on hybrid vehicles that combine internal combustion engines and batteries. Also Read : Hybrids vs EVs: where should government put its money “Another important step in the Brazilian economy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 27, 2022

The automobile assembly and motor vehicle component manufacturing industry is a critical pillar of the South African economy. Before the Covid19 pandemic, South Africa’s assembly plants produced 610,854 vehicles in 2018, all of which were internal combustion engine vehicles. 58% of these vehicles were for the export market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2020

In Germany, the DeMoBat collaborative project is developing a robot-assisted dismantling factory for traction batteries and electric motors for EVs. These processes would constitute and important element of a resource-efficient and sustainable circular economy for electromobility. photo: Irina Westermann, KIT).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2018

Automakers and electric utilities have been incentivized to build electric vehicles and install vast numbers of public charging stations to.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Electric cars are normally considered to be pretty efficient when compared to gasoline-engined cars, but if you want to buy the most efficient electric car on the market today you’ll have to buy a 2012 Mitsubishi i.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 22, 2016

Increasingly stiff limits on carbon emission and minimum fuel economy in most of the world's car markets mean that more plug-in electric cars must be sold.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2015

When I traded in my 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car for a 2014 Chevrolet Volt, I wrote an article with the bold prediction that I would now use less gasoline even though my new car has a gasoline engine. Fuel Economy Range-Extended Electric Vehicle'

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 21, 2023

Electric cars are not just greener, they are better technology than internal combustion engine vehicles, just as the Ford Model T was better than a […] In this time of rapid change, that which was new, different, not normal, is now the new normal. Can we drop the title “green” energy and just call it energy?

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EV Central

MARCH 30, 2024

Instead of being diesel like virtually all its rivals, the Tank 500 is electrified via a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. READ MORE: 2024 GWM Ora Extended Range review: One of Australia’s cheapest electric cars tested READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: It’s got the Poer! It’s a combination of a 2.0-litre

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

VinFast’s factory will create a major manufacturing center in Chatham County’s Triangle Innovation Point megasite, covering an area of 800-hectares, with 3 main areas: electric car and bus production and assembly, EV battery production and ancillary industries for suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

The relative shift away from motor gasoline to diesel is driven by improving light-duty vehicle fuel economy and the growth in commercial transportation activity. Full hybrid vehicles will make up about 40% of the fleet in 2040—more than 50% of new car sales in 2040. Sources for fuel economy gains in light-duty vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

While it plans to launch 10 new electric cars by 2025, Mercedes-Benz is far from done trying to improve the efficiency of internal-combustion engines. The German luxury automaker is giving its lineup of engines a major overhaul, in fact.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 12, 2012

Rotary engines aren't known for their green credentials, but if Mazda's latest plans come to fruition, they may be granted another lease of life. Most frequently seen in Mazda's sports cars over the years, Wankel rotary engines are associated variously with ultra-smooth power, poor fuel economy, and intolerance of poor maintenance.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2019

In an era of spreading electric cars and more stringent fuel-economy and emissions standards, some muscle cars are losing their signature V-8 engines. The Ford Mustang, despite the company's announcements that it will be offered as a hybrid, may not be one of them.

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

By: Bloomberg | Updated on: 29 May 2024, 08:33 AM Sports utility vehicles accounted for a record 48 per cent of global car sales in 2023, up from 41.4 With bigger engines, these vehicles have also pushed up fuel demand globally as well as carbon emission. The preference for SUVs is also seen in electric car sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. Even if all cars were to drive electrically one day, aircraft, ships, and even trucks will still run mainly on fuel.

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Teslarati

MAY 3, 2022

We’re building a world-class Canadian auto industry, an innovative economy and a clean, strong future for everyone. This is what a healthy environment and a healthy economy looks like,” Trudeau said at Stellantis’ Automotive Research and Development Center in Windsor.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The last time Ford released a new hybrid or plug-in electric model was for the 2013 model year, and that's a long time ago in electric-car years. Detroit's second-largest automaker continues to work on boosting the fuel-economy ratings of its vehicle lineup, however.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

At the same time, the Volkswagen Group’s core product—the car—and the underlying business model are changing fundamentally. The biggest cost in electric cars is the battery. High economies of scale also reduce costs. The car itself will become a mobile, intelligent power bank.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. The engine never truly powers the wheels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Both projects are part of the overarching plan of Volkswagen Group to reduce battery complexity and costs significantly while boosting range and charging performance in order to make the electric car still more attractive. VCIC) and Hefei Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co.,

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