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Toyota has sold more than 15 million hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) worldwide since the 1997 launch of the iconic Prius, the first full hybrid mass-produced car. Now offered on 44 individual models across a wide range of size and body types, Toyota’s hybrid electric technology has reduced CO 2 emissions by more than 120 million tonnes worldwide. In Europe, sales of HEVs have passed the 2.8 million mark with a range of 19 different HEV models on offer across the Toyota and Lexus brands, which in

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Although there are plenty of electric trucks in the works, Detroit-based Bollinger Motors is one of the few all-electric efforts aiming to produce what many serious work-truck users need as a foundation: the B2 Chassis Cab. Heavy-duty pickups are commonly offered in tough chassis-cab formats that let companies and specialized upfitters put.

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Green Car Congress

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2020

Electric cars still lack a unified standard for DC fast charging, but the latest version of the CHAdeMO charging standard comes closer to achieving that goal. CHAdeMO 3.0 is being co-developed with the China Electricity Council, and will operate under China's GB/T communications standard, the CHAdeMO Association said last week in a press release.

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APRIL 30, 2020

CHAdeMO Association has released the latest CHAdeMO protocol (CHAdeMO 3.0) to its Regular members, specifying the requirements for designing the next-generation CHAdeMO chargers using the new plug harmonized with China’s GB/T protocol, allowing for maximum current of 600A. CHAdeMO 3.0 is the first publication of the next-generation ultra-high-power charging standard, being co-developed by China Electricity Council (CEC) and CHAdeMO Association with the working name “ChaoJi.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2020

A profitable first quarter, optimism about Model Y, and a 400-mile Model S were among Tesla’s non-rant-related takeaways from its official Q1 update. The CHAdeMO standard for fast charging looks like it has a future after all. And Bollinger shows the specific foundation for some tough work trucks. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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EV Report

APRIL 30, 2020

According to the YouTube channel ‘ Military Power ‘, the U. S. Army is looking for a JLTV-EV (Electric version of it’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle). The benefits are obvious…no need to cross enemy lines or put soldiers in danger to get fuel. Recharging EV’s behind enemy lines could happen via solar panels, portable nuclear reactors as well as other means depending on the location.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

The Volkswagen Group is pushing ahead with the integration of its plants into the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud; the aim is to further improve the efficiency of the plants and reduce production costs. ( Earlier post.) The first three plants were already linked up in 2019. In 2020, the Group will integrate 15 more into the Cloud, said Gerd Walker, Head of Production of the Volkswagen Group. >.

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Above – Electric Car at Norway. There has been a steady increase in electric and hybrid cars over the last decade in the US but still only 2 percent account for new car sales in the US. Americans still love their air-polluting and smog-producing gas guzzlers. Most people do know and feel that if we drive electric cars we could reduce the consumption of oil and could reduce pollution.

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Green Car Congress

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Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. The report analyzes steps California leaders could pursue on state- and privately-owned lands to achieve this reduction. California is the seventh-largest oil-producing state in the US.

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On-the-road peer-to-peer charging depends on steerable booms to make the connection.

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Hyosung and the Linde Group, a leading global provider of industrial gases, will invest 300 billion won (US$246 million) until 2022 in a joint enterprise of creating a value chain that covers everything about the setup and operation of liquid hydrogen production, transport and recharging facilities. Both companies will invest in the construction of a liquid hydrogen plant on an area of about 30,000 square meters within the site of Hyosung Yongyeon plant in Ulsan.

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The new airbag is fitted within the back of the driver’s seat and expands into the space between driver and passenger

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Above – Supercharger by Tesla. Couples of years back, Electric Vehicles were not in demand and there were two categories of people – one set of people who wanted to use electric but did not trust on any such single vehicle and secondly – cars that can do everything – gas powered vehicles being replaced by Electric Vehicles. The former created the early days of Electric Vehicles that we lived.

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EV Report

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Above – Porsche Taycan. Porsche Taycan, being first of the Porsche series of electric cars does impress among its series. The electric car does have 670 horsepower and 626 lb-ft of torque while its competitor Turbo S generates 750 horsepower and has 774 lb-ft of torque, thus making it increase in 2.6 seconds at 062 mph. Performance does come with cost and you cannot expect cost to be less where performance is better.

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