Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

Ford unveiled the new 2013 Ford Fusion midsize sedan, with conventional gasoline engine; hybrid featuring a next-generation of Ford’s hybrid system; and plug-in hybrid versions at the Detroit Auto Show—the first production sedan to offer that trio of options. Mondeo will be introduced next year in Asia and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

meter long Flextreme GT/E concept illustrates the application of GM’s extended-range electric vehicle (E-REV) technology to large or mid-size vehicles, as well as compact cars such as the upcoming Ampera, the European cousin of the Chevrolet Volt. Average gasoline fuel consumption is estimated at 1.6 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The SUV, the plug-in hybrid drive of which combines a three-liter V6 gasoline engine with a powerful electric motor, is available in two power levels. It is certified according to the Euro 6d-TEMP emission standard and is fitted with a gasoline particulate filter as standard. kWh at a voltage of 308 volts. lb-ft) of torque.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Porsche is a front-runner in introducing innovative 800-volt technology for the first time. Doubling the voltage—compared to today’s electric vehicles that operate at 400 volts—offers multiple advantages: shorter charging times and lower weight, because lighter, smaller gage copper cables are sufficient for energy transport.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Targeted to achieve AT-PZEV (Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle) status, C-MAX Energi pairs a high-voltage lithium-ion battery and electric traction motor with a high-efficiency Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine. This allows it to run in electric mode before using the gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 11, 2022

Remove the roof and side panels, then lay the windshield flat, and the 4xe draws a direct line back to 1945 where its earliest ancestor was patrolling the battlefields of Europe. liter turbocharged gasoline engine. With no battery charge the gasoline engine kicks-in resulting in the lower fuel economy number.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2020

The 500 and Panda will be available with a new gasoline mild hybrid engine that combines the latest 3-cylinder FireFly 1.0-liter liter engine family with a 12-volt BSG electric motor and a lithium-ion battery that delivers 70hp (51kW). Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda Hybrid Launch Edition. Compared to the outgoing 1.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The drivetrain of the new plug-in hybrid Audi A7 Sportback 55 TFSI e quattro comprises a turbocharged 2-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine with an output of 185 kW (252 PS) and 370 N·m (272.9 mph) in electric-only mode, making emissions-free highway driving easy. l/100 km (112.0 – 123.8 lb-ft) of torque and an electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

Volkswagen staged two world premieres at the Detroit Auto Show: the new Jetta gasoline-electric Hybrid and the E-Bugster battery-electric concept derived from the Beetle. Acceleration from 0 to 60 mph takes 10.9 liter turbocharged gasoline engine. Acceleration from 0-60 mph takes less than 9 seconds. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

seconds at over 233 km/h (145 mph), and 0-60 mph in less than 2.5 That frugal operation is boosted by a 924-volt architecture (versus 400 volts for Tesla, and 800 for Porsche's Taycan) whose benefits include restoring up to 300 miles of range in 20 minutes on a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger. miles per kilowatt hour.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

TFSI, a four-cylinder, turbocharged gasoline engine producing 185 kW (252 hp) and 370 N·m (272.9 mph) takes 5.3 kWh of energy with a voltage of 381 volts. The proprietary Audi e-tron Charging Service provides access to some 100,000 charging points in Europe. The new drive concept comprises a 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

3 B-Cycle gasoline engine is the first example of Volkswagen’s “Rightsizing” strategy—an engine development strategy that looks to for the optimal balance of displacement, output, torque and efficiency based on vehicle class and real-world operating conditions, rather than just seeking to downsize. Third, the EA888 2.0TSI Gen.3

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The front-wheel drive Passat GTE accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in less than 8.0 seconds and achieves a top speed of more than 220 km/h (137 mph); in E-Mode, 130 km/h (81 mph). Volkswagen uses a turbocharged direct gasoline injection engine (1.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2012

According to the latest AID newsletter , electric vehicle (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) sales reached 20,558 units in Western Europe for the first 10 months of 2012. During the same period, the US registered 38,000 units sold, half of it being Chevrolet’s Volt. for 2012, it is even lower for Europe with 0.21%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The current 12-volt electrical system and, above all, the new 48-volt system offer many ways of making driving even sportier, more comfortable and more efficient. mph) as long as traffic is slow-moving. Installation of CCS charging stations has already begun in Europe and the United States. Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Europe got its hands on the new 500e in 2020 and in the past four years it has accumulated one million owner miles, meaning when it hits North America it will be proven and debugged. Possibly bigger news is the 500 will now only come with electric propulsion, dropping the gasoline engine completely.

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Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

It’s been on sale in Europe for a year, as has the Cargo commercial-van variant. It’s longer than the one sold in Europe, has a genuine third row of seats, a larger battery and a more powerful motor, and available all-wheel drive. 4 compact SUV now built in the company’s plant in Chattanooga, alongside the gasoline Atlas 3-row SUV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In Europe, it was smaller Jeeps—the subcompact Renegade and compact Compass family SUV—that got their plugs first. The Wrangler 4xe (pronounced “four-by-e”) will become Jeep’s third plug-in hybrid for Europe, where far more stringent emission rules encourage plug-in cars of all types. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

During the past couple of years the American driving public has witnessed how dependent they are of gasoline, and vulnerable to rapidly increasing energy prices. Per BMW’s press release the MINI E will be motivated by a 150kW electric drive system with a range of 150 miles per charge and a top speed of 95 mph.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The MiEV runs on a lithium-ion battery pack that can be charged in seven or so hours on a 240-volt line. Now popular in Europe, Think Global meets all European and US federal motor vehicle safety requirements. The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration.

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