Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
by Michael Sivak. Gasoline is one of the products refined from crude oil. Thus, the price of crude oil should have a strong influence on the price of gasoline. However, the retail price of gasoline includes other costs as well. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in the United States from 2008 to 2017, crude oil represented only 61% of the retail price of gasoline.
Green Car Reports
MAY 30, 2018
When will charging your electric car be as convenient as charging your phone? This summer, if BMW has its way. The company says it will be the first to lease a wireless inductive charging system in the U.S. for its 530e plug-in hybrid. Customers can order the system now, and BMW says it will be delivered in Europe starting in July and that it.
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
Milk & More, Britain’s largest milk delivery service has purchased 200 electric StreetScooters ( earlier post ). The £6.5-million (US$9.1-million) investment in the StreetScooters makes the business one of the largest operators of electric vehicles in the country. The new electric fleet is the first of its kind in the UK and represents the latest step as the brand continues to transform its operation in 2018.
Green Car Reports
MAY 30, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of people waiting to order their Tesla Model 3s are also anxiously waiting for word of the car's reliability and build quality. Now Edmunds.com has released its second update on the early car that it bought, and the news isn't good. DON'T MISS: Some Tesla Model 3 cars haunted by "phantom touch" and "vampire draw" (updated).
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Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
Audi’s e-tron prototype, the forerunner of its coming series-production battery-electric SUV, features a drag coefficient of 0.28—a top result in the SUV segment. The figure is a decisive factor in the everyday range of more than 400 kilometers (248.5 mi) in the WLTP cycle; a hundredth of the drag coefficient figure represents a range of around five kilometers (3.1 mi) driving under everyday conditions, Audi says.
Green Car Reports
MAY 30, 2018
A week after Consumer Reports announced that it could not recommend the Tesla Model 3 because of poor braking performance, a software update improved its performance sufficiently to earn the magazine's recommendation. Consumer Reports announced the update to the Model 3's ratings Wednesday. In the organization's updated emergency braking tests.
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Green Car Reports
MAY 30, 2018
Bragging rights don't rank high on the priority lists of Green Car Reports readers. At least, they don't if you consider the number of our Twitter respondents who hope to buy a Performance version of the Tesla Model 3. In the results of our latest Twitter poll, which asked the question: "Which Tesla Model 3 would you order or have you ordered,".
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
France-based ARTS Energy, a manufacturer of battery-based energy storage solutions using a variety of chemistries, is entering the hybrid-electric vehicle and very high power application markets via a strategic partnership with Hunan Copower EV Battery Co, a subsidiary of the Corun Group. ARTS Energy currently serves the solar, defense & aviation, medical, professional electronics and emergency lighting markets.
Green Car Reports
MAY 30, 2018
The EPA's Science Advisory Board, tasked with agency oversight, is taking issue with at least three of EPA Administrator Scott Priutt's signature decisions. First, according to a Bloomberg report, is Pruitt's decision to freeze fuel economy standards and eliminate increases that had been approved during the Obama Administration. Second, the Clean.
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
A Northwestern University research team has found ways to stabilize a promising new high capacity cathode material—Li 4 Mn 2 O 5. An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Science Advances. Lithium-ion batteries shuttle lithium ions back and forth between the anode and the cathode. The cathode is made from a compound that comprises lithium ions, a transition metal and oxygen.
Green Car Reports
MAY 30, 2018
BMW says it will be first to lease a wireless inductive charging system in the U.S. Edmunds' Tesla Model 3 is still brought down by various electrical problems. The EPA watchdog says overturning fuel-economy regulations requires a review. And the results are in for our latest Twitter poll asking readers which Model 3 they would order or have.
Greenways Insurance
MAY 30, 2018
They’re a major contributor to axle and suspension failure, causing British motorists £2.8 billion every year and authorities £30 million in compensation; but due to lack of funding, potholes are a common sight on UK roads. The fact is that authorities are underfunded by around £1 billion every year. Even if they had sufficient funding, it would take 12 years to get on top of the backlog.
Green Car Congress
MAY 30, 2018
Hyundai’s model-year 2019 IONIQ lineup—hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric— adds new and broader applications of active safety features, enhanced voice-recognition features and standard remote charge management for Plug-in and Electric models. 2019 Ioniq models will be available at Hyundai dealerships this summer. 2019 Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid.
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