Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The RAV4 EV demonstrator. Click to enlarge. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, unveiled the second-generation Toyota RAV4 EV demonstrator vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Toyota will build 35 of these Phase Zero vehicles—essentially converted RAV4s—for a demonstration and evaluation program through 2011. Tesla Motors is supplying the battery and other related components.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As you know my pals at 350.org have a certain flare for the dramatic. The Global Work Party on 10/10/10, which your South Bay 350 Climate Action Group was proud to be part of, was the largest day of carbon-cutting action in the planet’s history. And there’s no way we’re stopping there. The acceleration of climate change in 2010 won’t let us.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Coulomb Technologies unveiled San Francisco's first ChargePoint America charge stations yesterday in a Priority Parking lot along the Embarcadero. The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. Mayor Newsom and many city employees were there, along with large signs and representatives of MasterCard.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It’s been a long time coming. More than 80 years, in fact, since viable electric cars were offered to U.S. car buyers. Now, finally, at long last, it’s happened. The 2011 Nissan Leaf is the first practical, five-seat electric car—a full plug-in, running solely off grid electricity—that you have been able to buy since the.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The Fit EV concept. Click to enlarge. Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Ito said both vehicles are integral to what Honda is calling its Electric Mobility Network, an approach to reducing CO 2 emissions through a range of products, energy-management and energy-production technologies.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Who killed the electric car? Chances are that if you've watched the film that poses this question, you'll have some idea of how the electric car fizzled out and died before its 21st-Century re-birth. 2011 will bring a sequel to the original documentary titled "Revenge Of The Electric Car". As with the original the title gives a clue to the.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As they say, everything old is new again. Fourteen years after it launched its very first RAV4 crossover at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota returned to LA to launch an all-electric version of its latest RAV4. And this one is, as the logos in a teaser photo released earlier said, "powered by Tesla." The launch of the second version of the RAV4 EV.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Zytek won the award for Most Economical & Environmentally Friendly Multi-Purpose electric vehicle with a 7-seat electric Mercedes Vito taxi ( earlier post ) in the first RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge. The class-winning Zytek Mercedes Vito taxi pictured with another Challenge competitor that uses a Zytek integrated drivetrain: the production smart fortwo ev.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford's first all-electric passenger vehicle, the 2012 Focus Electric, has just received its list of initial launch markets. Totaling 19 cities in all, the vehicle will roll out across the country with Nissan LEAF-like targets for range and performance. Ford says the Focus Electric will be shooting for "up to 100 miles of zero C02 emissions, gas.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

An electric sports car has completed an epic journey from the outskirts Arctic Circle to the southern most tip of South America. The British team behind the Racing Green Endurance challenge finished their 26,000km journey yesterday after just 70 days. The 400bhp twin-motor SRZero sportscar is a fully electric car with a driving range of [.]. Tags: Electric cars Alaska Racing Green Endurance South America SRZero.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

d This afternoon, Honda unveiled its plans for an all-electric version of the Honda Fit subcompact hatchback to be launched globally in 2012. The announcement came at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. The announcement represented a full circle of sorts, since Los Angeles was the home of many of the 300 Honda EV-Plus electric cars that the company.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Gas chromatograph traces of conventional 87 octane gasoline (top) and CoolPlanetBioFuels drop-in gasoline produced from corn cobs. Source: CoolPlanetBioFuels. Click to enlarge. GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has joined an $8-million funding round for CoolPlanetBioFuels , a start-up company developing a technology that converts low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels, including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

A team of intrepid engineers turned explorers have just finished an epic road-trip from Chena Hot Springs Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina. Built in 9 months by a team of graduates from Imperial College London, the two-seat modified racing car drove over the finish line 135 days after it began its odyssey, powered by nothing but electricity High hopes.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Honda is to unveil an all-new electric vehicle concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show which opens its doors to the world’s media on Wednesday (November 17, 2010). The world debut of the new vehicle will be displayed alongside a plug-in hybrid platform to show the Japanese firm’s next-generation of hybrid technology. Both vehicles, together [.]. Tags: Honda electric car FCX Clarity fuel cell Los Angeles Auto Show plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Kia has been on a roll lately. The younger, lower-priced sibling of Korean car colossus Hyundai has received rave reviews for the styling, features, and general competence of its its new 2011 Optima midsize sedan. Now Kia has iced the cake by adding a hybrid-electric model of the Optima to the lineup, along with a turbocharged and direct-injected.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Overall in-use emissions based on individual tug. operating mode weighing factors. Click to enlarge. A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 by about by 73%, NO x by 51%, and CO 2 by 27%.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

We often get asked by readers just how much it will cost to run an EV. And while we’re able to say that an EV costs less to run once purchased than a gasoline car we’ve had to guess refer them to their local utility company for exact pricing. So what if you could enter into a monthly service contract with an energy provider to provide.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Tuesday 16 November 2010. The Green Piece Column. The first mainstream electric cars to hit US shores in nearly a century (don’t despair GM EV1 fans, we said ‘mainstream’) have arrived in the form of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt. However, given America’s propensity for large SUVs and pick-up trucks can we really [.]. Tags: Electric cars The Green Piece electric car leaf U.S.A volt.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The 2011 Nissan Leaf looks like a conventional compact hatchback with unconventionally sinuous styling. It seats five, has all the usual safety features, and we particularly like the way the navigation system is integrated into the rest of the car’s information systems. But the significance of the Leaf is in what it’s missing: a.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The Tata Indica Vista EVX, developed by Tata Motors’ UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) engineers, won the Most Economic Small Passenger EV and the Most Economical & Environment Friendly Small Passenger EV under the Small Passenger EV Category at the inaugural RAC (Royal Automobile Club) Brighton to London Future Car Challenge.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

You’ve read the reports, drooled over the spy shots and saved your pennies for an all-electric or plug-in hybrid electric car. But do you know how you’re going to charge your new car at home, the office or at your parents’ place? Before you pick any charger, do your research. Make sure you know how quickly your EV can charge, and.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Increasing European legislation governing the safety and environmental impact of cars is having a negative effect on the car industry, Ford of Europe boss, Steven Odell claims, speaking in an exclusive interview with news agency Headlineauto. According to Odell, the cost of such legislation, much of it unused or even unnecessary is is a staggering [.].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

By all accounts, the initial public offering of General Motors stock yesterday was a huge success. Demand for the shares was five times the initial allocation, prompting the company both to raise the amount it sold and raise the price. At the end of the day, GM stock [NYSE:GM] closed higher than the initial price. Everyone's happy, including.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. Featuring CleanFUEL’s new 8L liquid propane injection (LPI) system, the medium-duty engine will offer fleet managers a high-performance, propane-powered alternative.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

One week after our sister site GreenCarReports announced the contenders for the 2011 Best Car To Buy Green award, the judges have crowned an all-electric car the winner. Beating the other nominees, including the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, 2011 Honda CR-Z, 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and 2011 Lexus CT200h, the all-electric 2011 Nissan Leaf came out top.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The Volkswagen Group will pour around €51.6billion into its automotive division over the next five years as it puts its focus firmly on a greener future. The German car maker will spend most of the money – around €27.7billion – on property, plant and equipment aimed at modernising and extending the product range of its [.]. Tags: Green cars Latest news Volkswagen Dr Professor Martin Winterkorn Volkswagen green cars Volkswagen investment.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

We love it when people send us photos. Especially photos of things that manufacturers aren't necessarily keeping front and center for the cameras. The photo here is a "range extender" that Nissan uses to keep its 2011 Leaf electric cars fully charged for media events. The picture was taken (by a journalist who doesn't work for High Gear Media) at.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and its distributor in Singapore Cycle & Carriage Automotive PTE Limited (CCA) signed a Cooperation Agreement to collaborate on activities to popularize electric vehicles (EV) with the Singapore government. The Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore, including Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Land Transport Authority (LTA), as part of a multi government agency EV task force will set up an EV charging infrastructure network and evaluat

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Earlier this month, a warehouse containing memorabilia owned by rocker Neil Young was involved in a three-alarm fire that destroyed many priceless possessions. Among the charred remains in the San Carlos fire was a classic ’59 Lincoln Continental. Converted to a hybrid power train by Young’s own electric vehicle company LincVolt, the.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A UK leader in hybrid vehicle technologies has been named as Europe’s fastest growing cleantech company. Ashwoods Automotive Ltd grew turnover by almost 1,000 per cent in just three years, as it developed the market for its hybrid van system, the Ashwoods Hybrid Drive. This stellar growth was recognised in the Cleantech Connect 2010 awards, [.]. Tags: Green credentials Ashwoods award CleanTech Awards GP Bullhound hyrbid retro-fit.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The 2011 Fiat 500 minicar is the first all-new car to be sold as part of Fiat's takeover of Chrysler. It's also a very cool and stylish little vehicle that won numerous awards in its first year on the market. and it's the kind of car conventional wisdom says will never, ever sell in the U.S. Nonetheless, a newly confident Fiat USA launched the.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Total PEV sales in Asia-Pacific. Click to enlarge. According to a new report from Pike Research, the various national-level initiatives and programs to promote the awareness of electric vehicles (EVs) in the Asia-Pacific region will help make the region the largest market worldwide for electrified vehicles, led by strong demand in China, Japan, and Korea.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

With all the talk of purchase price, charging costs, tax incentives, congestion charging exemptions and maintenance costs for EVs, there's one financial area which often gets overlooked - insuring them. With so few EVs on the road it's been difficult to gauge whether they'll cost more or less than the equivalent internal combustion vehicle, since.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The price of batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles will ‘tumble’ over the next decade to the point where alternative powertrains will be as cheap as internal combustion engines, a leading battery maker said at the Reuters Auto Summit this week. According to Reuters, Prabhakar Patil, the chief executive of LG Chem unit Compact Power [.]. Tags: Electric cars Hybrid cars batteries Compact Battery LG Chem Lithium Ion Opel powertrains Reuters Vauxhall.

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