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JUNE 18, 2019

For every year except 2011, the United States has produced the majority of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold in the United States, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). In 2018, the United States produced 75%, Japan 9%, and Germany 5%, while the remaining eight countries listed produced a combined 11%. In 2011, 55% of the PEVs sold in the United States were produced in Japan, 43% in the United States, and 2% in France.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2019

Since even before the first market deliveries of its Leaf electric car in late 2010, Nissan has made frequent mention about the need to create second-use demand for the Leaf's battery packs. It turns out, they may need to see many of those ideas put into place. According to comments made last month by a Nissan-Renault executive, citing charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Emissions Analytics, a leading independent specialist for the scientific measurement of real-world emissions, suggests that mass adoption of hybrid vehicles, rather than low-volume take-up of full BEVs, is the most effective solution to cutting CO 2 now and also in meeting 2030 emission targets. Of all electrification strategies, full BEVs currently offer the least effective CO 2 reduction per kWh of battery size, according to the analysis by the firm: 21 times worse than mild hybrids and 14 tim

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2019

The Volkswagen Group has made one of the largest investments in electric-car building, infrastructure, and development for any automaker on the planet. In the next decade, Volkswagen and its subsidiaries including Audi, Porsche, and others, plan on building millions of EVs and will invest billions more into charging infrastructure. In an Op-Ed.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline for seven consecutive years, has signed an offtake agreement with LanzaTech, Inc. for the purchase of alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) beginning in 2021. ANA has always been guided by our values, and our decision to transition to sustainable aviation fuel reflects how seriously we take our commitment to the environment.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2019

General Motors’ Hummer brand was officially retired in 2010, at a time when a new GM was emerging from bankruptcy, the recession pulled ostentatious guzzlers out of vogue, and there was more awareness about fuel efficiency. And without getting into details, gas mileage was abhorrent for pretty much the entire Hummer lineup. The Hummer brand.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2018 shows that an estimated 36,750 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This represents a slight decrease of about 1.0% as compared to the 37,133 fatalities that were reported to have occurred in 2017. Preliminary data reported by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2018 increased by about 12.2 billion miles, or about a 0.4% increa

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2019

Nissan Leaf batteries are lasting a long time. Porsche lays out its vision for going electric. And we ask you if Hummer should come back electric. All this and more on Green Car Reports Porsche’s U.S. CEO used an Op-Ed in Monday’s USA Today to lay out a pragmatic position—that the future of performance cars is electrified but.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Volkswagen AG intends to group more than 5,000 digital experts together in its new “Car.Software” unit with Group responsibility for software in the vehicle by 2025. The company plans to develop significantly more software in the car and for vehicle-related services itself and to boost the in-house share of software development from the current figure of less than 10% to at least 60% by 2025.

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JUNE 18, 2019

China is currently the largest proponent of electric vehicles on the entire planet. The nation has even incorporated BEVs as a significant part of its complex strategy to overtake the United States the dominant global superpower. However a sudden influx of battery related fires has caused it some trepidation, even though there hasn’t been much […].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Together with telecommunications company Telefónica Deutschland and network supplier Ericsson, Mercedes-Benz Cars is putting in place the world’s first 5G mobile network for automobile production in its “Factory 56” in Sindelfingen. The 5G network is being installed by telecommunications company Telefónica Deutschland in collaboration with network supplier Ericsson.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Honda has broken cover with details of its new e Platform upon which it will base its new generation of small city cars, starting off with the Honda E which made its debut in near-production form at the Geneva Motor Show back in March.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) has agreed to purchase five 35-foot Proterra Catalyst E2 electric buses and five 125 kW Proterra plug-in charging systems. CLT, which serves approximately 46 million passengers each year, becomes the ninth airport to purchase Proterra electric buses for ground transportation and joins a growing list of major airports across the US that are electrifying their fleets.

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JUNE 18, 2019

BMW's seventh-generation 3 Series, codenamed the G20, has gained a PHEV version and while the saloon version is already available, from mid-2020 it will also be on offer in touring guise.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2019

The British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) believe the government is slightly behind schedule on its electric vehicle strategy, and that the market is seeing a mixed response to its current policy approach.

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JUNE 18, 2019

In a recent interview with Automotive News Europe Mazda President and CEO, Akira Marumoto, confirmed that the first production EV based on Mazda architecture will go on sale in 2020.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Jeep's plug-in hybrid versions of its Renegade and Compass models have made their public on-road debut at the President's Parade, Parco Del Valentino, Turin.

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JUNE 18, 2019

After the recent launch of the Vauxhall Corsa-e, Peugeot has joined the EV scrum taking place in the B-segment with the electric version of its all-new 208.

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JUNE 18, 2019

A longer term review of the Tesla Model S

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JUNE 18, 2019

Discover EV reviews the Tesla Model X

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