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Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018: Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivan

Green Car Reports

In 2011, Green Car Reports launched an award for the new car, or family of cars, that represented the best green vehicle introduced for the model year. The Nissan Leaf won that year because it was the sole affordable battery-electric vehicle on the market.

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Battery-electric vehicle versus plug-in hybrid: why having both makes sense

Green Car Reports

Not long ago, green car fans had only one choice: a hybrid vehicle like the Prius that gets all its energy from gasoline.

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OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

Green Car Congress

Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. Today, the OECD has 34 member countries.).

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Green Car People: Who Buys Electric And Plug-In Vehicles?

Green Car Reports

Once upon a time, people who bought (or built) electric vehicles were often science-minded, forward-thinking, eco-conscious drivers who sometimes had a hippie past. Today, there are several motivations for buying a car that plugs into the electric grid to recharge its battery pack. Times have changed.

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Could plug-in electric vehicles solve grid energy imbalances?

Green Cars News

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles don’t just have the potential to reduce emissions – they could also help meet the significant energy imbalances on the power grid that can be created by large amounts of wind generation.

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Plug-in electric vehicle pilot programme announced

Green Cars News

A pilot programme for plug-in electric vehicles will begin in autumn combining the skills of Clipper Creek Inc, a producer of plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and Silver Springs Networks, a provider of smart grid solutions.

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Australian auto manufacturing industry collaborating on electric vehicles; launch of EV Engineering Ltd.

Green Car Congress

Leading companies in the Australian automotive manufacturing industry are collaborating on the design and engineering of electric vehicles with the launch of EV Engineering Ltd. EV Engineering will design and engineer seven proof-of-concept fully-electric versions of. plug-in and battery switching infrastructure.