Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

The turnover of household vehicles has slowed since 2009, based on US Department of Transportation surveys of household vehicle travel, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported. The 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) reported that the average vehicle—including cars, trucks, and vans—has increased from 9.3 years in 2009 to 10.5 years in 2017, suggesting that many households have delayed the purchase of a new vehicle and continuing a trend of US households oper

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2018

Ford announced a recall on Wednesday of the 120-volt charge cords supplied with nearly all of the plug-in hybrid and electric cars it built through 2015. The cars affected include the 2012 to 2015 Focus Electric, the 2013 to 2015 Ford C-Max Energi, and the 2013 to 2015 Ford Fusion Energi. Ford says that if the included charge cords are plugged.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

Geneva Airport announced in September 2017 that it aspired to replace 1% of the conventional jet fuel used for aircrafts with renewable jet fuel in a pilot project with Neste, the leading renewable fuels company. The partners made a case for project facilitation funding to the Swiss authorities. After a period of consultation, the authorities have decided not to commit to the project.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2018

Watching Tesla—and Teslas—has become practically a spectator sport, especially for those who live near the factory. As production of the company's most popular car, the Model 3, has ramped up that sport has become easier—at least for people in the San Francisco Bay Area. It seems all that production has outstripped the company's.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

TomTom (TOM2) announced that, in a single month, it has made 1.5 billion changes to its digital maps which are delivered to TomTom customers on a weekly basis. The milestone is key to the company’s mission to shape the future of mobility in a world that increasingly relies on digital maps as an accurate representation of reality. On average, TomTom’s map is updated more than 570 times a second.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

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AUGUST 22, 2018

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network infrastructure provider, ChargeNet NZ, is delighted to have been recognised in its efforts to secure a low carbon future for New Zealand. The Kiwi company won the newly added Low Carbon Future Award title at the Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards last night (Wednesday, 22 August). […].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

The Alaska North Slope (ANS) Basin—a prolific source of US oil production previously limited by a number of barriers to entry including cost and access—is poised to re-emerge as a major source of US energy production, with crude oil output potentially increasing as much as 40% during the next eight years, according to new energy research from IHS Markit.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 22, 2018

With an official review under way into the current buffer zone policy on speeding – and the UK’s road policing chief advocating a zero-tolerance approach – it’s got a lot of people talking.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Ahead of a busy bank holiday weekend, almost a quarter (23%) of drivers have admitted to feeling anxious on the UK’s motorway network, according to research of 2,000 drivers by Nissan.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2018

Following news that the EPA dropped plans to keep boosting fuel-economy standards, it quietly dropped another bombshell: It's now fine to guzzle gas. Burn as much as you want. According to an AP report carried by the Detroit News, the Energy Department quietly released the news online in a memo in July in support of freezing fuel economy.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 22, 2018

Jaguar Land Rover is the latest manufacturer to launch a car leasing subscription service, with Carpe offering customers all-inclusive and hassle-free access to brand new Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2018

Tesla production has apparently outstripped its delivery system and lots of Teslas flood Northern California. The Trump administration gives a thumbs up to gas-guzzling. Ford recalls charge cords for all 2012-2015 plug-in models. And Workhorse, best known for its plug-in truck conversions, builds a hybrid helicopter. All of this and more on Green.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 22, 2018

Vauxhall has revealed a new concept car – the GT X Experimental – giving us our closest look yet at what the future holds for the brand.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 22, 2018

We’ve been given a sneak peak of the all-new Renault Arkana crossover ahead of its full reveal at the Moscow Motor Show next week.

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