Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2009

million in new grants to study the use and impacts of escaped nitrogen from agricultural production. Farm machines burning oil, gasoline and diesel release nitrogen to the air. University of California, Davis researchers will receive $2.8 Wastes from cattle, chickens and other livestock include nitrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

An IntelliChoice.com survey finds that most 2009 US hybrid and clean diesel cars, trucks and SUVs deliver a lower total cost of ownership compared to gasoline versions of the same (or comparable) vehicles. the Ford Escape Hybrid is compared against the conventional, gasoline-fueled Ford Escape. Tax credits matter.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

determined that for the 12-month period beginning January 2009, when both diesel and gasoline engine options were offered as options in a car, about 30% of the registrations had diesel engines. Similarly, the Ford Escape Hybrid introduced in 2004, had a consumer take rate of 10% in 2009. Polk & Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

When diesel buses were standard throughout the industry, LBT was an early adopter of particulate traps to prevent harmful matter from escaping from the exhaust. In the mid-2000s, LBT began to step away from diesel and purchased gasoline-hybrid buses. In 2012, LBT purchased its first CNG buses.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2023

In the gasoline-engined version of the new protection saloon, a latest-generation 4.4-liter The protection saloons also convince with precisely controllable handling, even when they are being driven hard, such as when escaping from an attack. The new BMW i7 Protection sprints to 62 mph from rest in 9.0

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JANUARY 30, 2021

Hydrogen fueling is more complex than that of gasoline and diesel; hydrogen heats up as it expands, causing pressure and temperature changes during fueling that need to be precisely monitored. Hydrogen, helium and neon are the three gases that do not cool upon expansion by the Joule–Thomson process when being throttled through an orifice.).

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2014

If you''ve spent any time looking at Fords recently, one word won''t have escaped your attention: EcoBoost. EcoBoost is Ford-speak for a downsized, turbocharged gasoline engine that aims to either supplement or replace a larger, naturally-aspirated engine in a given vehicle lineup.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The oil fraction broke down into 17-23% gasoline-range product; 35-42% diesel #1; 19-25% diesel #2; and 14-24% vacuum gas oil. The rest of the bags end up in landfills or escape to the wild, blowing across the landscape and entering waterways. The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that only about 13% are recycled.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Hymotion Escape A123Systems. Ford E85 Escape Johnson Controls/Saft. Electrovaya Escape Electrovaya. Hybrids Plus Escape Hybrids Plus. Hybrids Plus Escape K2 Energy Solutions. PHEV Models Under AVTA Testing. Model Battery. Hymotion Prius A123Systems. EnergyCS Prius Valence. EnergyCS Prius Altair Nano.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

The Vertrek concept previews a next-generation product with a sleek design while maintaining the cargo volume offered by the current Ford Escape in North America, a traditional compact SUV with 66.3 liter direct injection turbocharged EcoBoost gasoline engine. The Vertrek concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

They''re just a few drops in an ocean of gasoline EcoBoost engines. liter four-cylinder destined for an Escape crossover utility vehicle. Ford now sells an electric car and some plug-in hybrids, but you don''t hear all that much about them. Meanwhile, Ford recently built its two-millionth EcoBoost engine, a 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2011

In the example featured at the ITS World Congress, researchers will show how a prototype Escape Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) could use a combination of cloud-based and proprietary technology to learn when to switch from being gasoline-powered to all-electric upon entering a lower emissions zone. ( Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2010

When Auto Start-Stop debuts in North America, it will be available on gasoline-powered cars and utilities with either a manual or automatic transmission as well as vehicles that use Ford’s patented dual-clutch six-speed automatic transmission. The fuel-saving system eventually will be offered in all of Ford’s global markets.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2022

Clean Fleet Report will have detailed reviews of the Sportage gasoline, hybrid and eventually the plug-in hybrid in the coming months. Liter Inline 4-cylinder, Gasoline. Liter Inline 4-cylinder, Gasoline. Liter Inline 4-cylinder Turbo+44 kilowatt (kW) motor, Gasoline-Electric. kW motor, Gasoline-Electric.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan hybrid sedans come in second, at 41/36, followed by the Honda Civic Hybrid; Honda Insight; Lexus HS250h; Nissan Altima Hybrid; Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, Mercury Mariner Hybrid; smart fortwo Cabriolet and Coupe; Toyota Camry Hybrid; and Lexus RX450h hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

found that the city’s LEAFs will cost 41% less to own and operate than gasoline-powered vehicles. Its efforts to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) into its fleet began in 2002 with an initial purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), mainly the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid. A similar study examining Loveland, Colo.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Our investments and expanding lineup reflect our view that global offerings of electrified vehicles will exceed gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 15 years. Many Escape Hybrid taxis are still on the road, moving passengers for more than 350,000 miles each and still using their original batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

Since 2010, more than 144,000 units of the five-passenger C-MAX gasoline and diesel versions have been sold in Europe—where the market is growing for vehicles slightly larger than compacts such as Ford Focus and smaller than SUVs such as Ford Escape.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2010

The Department of Energy (DOE) plans to switch to an all-hybrid fleet within three years, and is leasing 753 hybrids from GSA this year: 334 Ford Fusions, 273 Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks, 145 Ford Escape sport utility vehicles and one Honda Insight. DOE paid for the additional cost of leasing hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2009

The top-selling model under C4C program was the Ford Escape, according to an Edmunds.com analysis. Edmunds.com included sales of all Escape models in its calculation. Edmunds.com calculated the Seasonally Adjusted Annualized Rate (SAAR) of auto sales in the last week of July surged to 19.6

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Cash For Clunkers Renewable Energy Escape 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Ford says its EcoBoost engines deliver up to 20% better fuel economy than larger-displacement gasoline engines. The popularity of EcoBoost in North America is reflected in high take rates on key models: 90% of Ford Escape models are equipped with 1.6-liter Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

CNG vehicles are expected to emit approximately 25% less greenhouse gas emissions than those traditionally powered by gasoline. The entire gasoline system is removed and replaced with CNG storage tank(s), HP plumbing, a CNG regulator, and new CNG injectors. No additional control module is required.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 14, 2010

According to estimates late last week, that could be the daily rate of oil escaping from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. To put that number in perspective, we decided to look at what it would take to compensate just for the lost gasoline. One million gallons a day is a lot of oil.

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Prius Oil Escape Mexico 63

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

That money will go toward: Next-Gen Hybrid Electrics: Part of Ford’s new strategy includes going all-in on hybrids to bring more capability to customers of our most popular and high-volume vehicles like F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco. Ford’s new hybrids will offer customers more space than today’s hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

estimates that the new vehicles will save 49 million gallons of gasoline and reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year deployment period. Over the next five years, AT&T will replace about 8,000 gasoline-powered service vehicles with vehicles powered by domestically available CNG.

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Alternative Fuels Fleet Fuel Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2013

2012 was something of a transition year for Ford with its electric drive vehicles; the venerable Escape Hybrid was phasing out, while only the new Fusion Hybrid and the MKZ Hybrid had a full year of sales. For Ford, Tinskey noted, there is also a problem with smaller platforms (e.g., B and below): battery packaging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2010

The new premium midsize sedan hybrid joins the Ford Fusion and Escape Hybrids and Mercury Milan and Mariner Hybrids. The combined gasoline engine and electric motor provide 191 net horsepower (142 kW). SmartGauge with EcoGuide. Click to enlarge. Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 17, 2023

Nevertheless, among traditional gasoline cars, the Honda Civic and Hyundai Elantra (now with a hybrid model) are notable for their remarkable fuel efficiency. Similarly, the Honda CR-V and Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid are distinguished for their fuel-efficient performance among SUVs.

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Cars Connect Connected Prius 66

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2023

liter gasoline engine, running on 87 octane, and two motor generators producing 120 kilowatts for a combined 220 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque. There is no mystery about how to stay away from gasoline stations for the majority of your driving. The charging times to go from discharged to a full charge.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 11, 2021

The all-new 2021 Ford Bronco has two EcoBoost gasoline engine choices. The Bronco Sport shares mechanical parts with the Ford Escape, but the differences between the two are obvious pretty quickly. A throwback but full of modern tech. Two Engines, One Transmission. The Base, Big Ben and Outer Banks trims get a 1.5-liter

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2007

Fuel-saving gasoline-electric hybrid cars don't save as much fuel as thought, according to new government fuel-economy ratings available to the public for the first time. The Ford Escape hybrid, which uses a gasoline-electric drive system similar to Toyota's, goes down about 12 percent. RATINGS GOING DOWN.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

In an interview Monday, Mr. Ghosn said Nissan decided to accelerate development of battery-powered vehicles because of high gasoline prices and environmental concerns, not just because of the need to meet stricter fuel-economy standards. And by the end of the decade two more hybrids will join the Escape SUV in Ford's gasoline-electric lineup.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 16, 2006

A small gasoline engine provides power for the vehicle over longer distances, much like the Toyota Prius. The group plans to rapidly build a small prototype/demonstration fleet of plug-in hybrids using Ford's Escape Hybrid as a platform. Plug-in hybrids can be charged from an outlet and have greater range in all-electric mode.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Even the use of alternative liquid fuel instead of oil-derived gasoline will not allow us to escape this volatility, because as direct substitutes for each other, gasoline and alternative fuels will be similarly priced, just as gasoline sold by different oil companies or at different gas stations is similarly priced today.

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Gasoline-Electric Oil Escape Price 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine and two motor/generators through an electronically controlled planetary-type continuously variable transmission (CVT). liter gasoline engine in the 2016 Prius achieves 40 percent-plus thermal efficiency, due to reduced friction of the rotating assembly and internal parts and improved combustion.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

The Transit Connect BEV will use the same proven cell technology that is currently deployed in the Ford Escape plug-in hybrid fleet that is on the road today. Azure Dynamics and Ford both currently utilize Johnson Controls-Saft battery technology for other products.

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