Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2011

Earlier this week our Green Piece Column examined the adverse effects of vehicle emissions on human health (see article) and now a new study indicates that exposure to road traffic and air pollution may be prompting several cardiovascular events.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Today, BMW reveals two new plug-in hybrids, diesel fuel made from air proves energy inefficient, and this year's National Drive Electric Week will feature events in 165 cities. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2015 Honda.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

As the Los Angeles Motor Show inches ever closer, more announcements are being made about exciting new vehicles with a distinctly green theme that will debut at the event. It achieves around 30 per cent better fuel economy than a comparable petrol engine and includes an AdBlue SCR system.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The fourth Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Drive ‘n’ Ride takes place today and tomorrow (November 22 and 23) in Brussels. Organised by Daimler, Linde, Honda, Intelligent Energy, Opel and Toyota to demonstrate the real-world environmental benefits that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles can offer.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

As fuel prices continue to spiral, the chance to see and test drive the latest fuel-efficient cars on the market is a must for any organisation running a fleet. As this year’s GreenFleet Arrive ‘N’ Drive event nears, the timing couldn’t be better for those looking to cut CO2 emissions and fuel bills.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Today, the Chevrolet Bolt EV concept and a 2016 Nissan Leaf appear at a National Drive Electric Week event, the LAPD gets a BMW i3 and Tesla Model S, and Japan plans to promote hydrogen fuel cells at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2016.

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Green Cars News

JULY 5, 2009

However, since the onset of the green car race, it appears the gap is closing as many of the country’s emerging automakers aim to steal a march on their rivals. Tags: Green cars Latest news Chinese car manufacturer new energy vehicles SAIC Motor.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The Global Green Challenge ran North-South across the barren interior of Australian, pitting conventional and alternative fuel cars against each other in a 1,900 mile real world test. The winner of the challenge was the vehicle judged to have recorded the biggest improvement over its official fuel consumption figure.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

All of the cars ran on electricity or biofuels in addition to petroleum. The event was organised by Bright Automotive to showcase its IDEA - a 100mpg plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that it hopes to market to both Government and commercial fleets. Many more manufacturers took the opportunity to showcase their cars.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2009

One of the highlights of yesterday’s Green Car Day at City Hall in Central London was the appearance of the Nissan X-Trail Fuel Cell Vehicle. Its fuel cell vehicle work is considered more of a long term project.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

Volkswagen brought the new CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid sporty mid-size SUV show car, introduced in April at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), to a media event in Berlin for its European premiere. seconds, and a top speed of 147 mph (237 km/h), the CrossBlue Coupé has a combined fuel consumption of 79 mpg (3.0

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

Cenex, the UK’s Centre of Excellence in Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, will host a two-day conference on biomethane between the 3rd and 4th of June 2009 at Loughborough University’s Holywell Park. The event will consist of a conference, workshops, exhibitions (both indoor and outdoor) and an event dinner with evening entertainment.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The car bonnet (known elsewhere as the car hood) may not seem like an obvious area of a vehicle to target when looking to reduce fuel consumption. As part of the Composites Europe event, which took place in Dusseldorf, Germany, Ford revealed [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2012

Aberdeen’s car club is to become the first in the UK to trial hydrogen fuel cell cars. The newly-established Commonwheels car club is to take loan of two of Hyundai’s left-hand drive ix35 FCEV, ahead of a renewable energy event arrives in the city.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Fans of fuel cell technology can rejoice – despite being in the shadow of electric cars over the last 12 months, there is still life in this new technology. Nissan North America is now leasing its X-TRAIL Fuel Cell Vehicle to the Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Company. times the power output. times the power output.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

The 2009 World Congress of the Society of Automotive Engineers closed its doors yesterday after a highly publicised event that featured an appearance from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and trumpeted the “race to green mobility&#. Nevertheless, the urge for faster and more powerful vehicles remains strong.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

The success of events such as the GreenFleet Arrive ‘N’ Drive have gone some way to convince fleet managers and those responsible for road transport procurement that a greener fleet doesn’t mean a higher level of investment. Event timetable. 5.00pm Event close. Event timetable. 5.00pm Event close.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

In addition to the Roadster, a whole host of little electric cars will be exhibited at the fair alongside an array of electric scooter and quadricycles: Mega eCity, Mega Multitruck, E-Z-GO RXV (golf cart), Sanifer L7e, Sanifer L6e, Toyota Prius (Plug-in and Flexible-fuel technology models) and ZEV Seven.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The fastest ever European production car from Ford will aim to grab a fuel efficiency record at the UK’s seventh annual MPG Marathon this month. Motoring journalist Jeremy Walton and co-driver Alyson Marlow are aiming to beat the official 30.1mph combined fuel economy of the Ford Focus RS by a 15 per cent margin. “I’m

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

diesel delivering 184 horsepower (137 kW), 280 lb-ft (380 N·m) of torque, CO 2 emissions of 109 g/km, and a NEDC combined fuel economy figure of 56 mpg US (4.2 Additional fuel volume in the form of a mini-rail in the injector body also minimizes pressure waves on the nozzle needles, which stabilizes the injection volumes.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 15, 2010

It’s a double header for this year’s Green Grand Prix, which will offer not only a road rally but also a fuel economy competition for all classes of vehicles. Drivers of alternative fuelled cars, including hybrids and fuel-efficient petrol cars, can participate in the sixth annual event held at Watkins Green, New York.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The French carmaker will unveil the 108 (pictured), which is the successor to the Peugeot 107, and the 308 SW at the event. The forthcoming Geneva Motor Show will mark the arrival of two new models from Peugeot; and a host of new engine technologies. Also debuting will be two new engine technologie[.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

Following its worldwide launch at the New York International Auto Show, the new 2010 Range Rover, including the 2010 Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4, will head to the UK as part of the London Motorexpo event. The Freelander 2 TD4_e will also make its way to the Motorexpo - it is Land Rover’s most fuel efficient vehicle to date.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 7, 2012

The thoughts of many in the automotive world may be fixed on the upcoming North American International Auto Show – but Tata Motors decided to shine the spotlight on the New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 by displaying four concepts at the event. Making their debut were: the Tata Nano CNG (compressed natural gas); the Tata [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2010

The marathon, set to take place at Ettington Chase, near Stratford upon Avon on September 15 and 16, has extra interest in it this year as fuel prices continue to grow, ahead of [.]. Tags: Green credentials Budget coalition event government mileage MPG Marathon.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 23, 2010

As this year’s Paris Motor Show edges closer, another automaker has announced the introduction of several upgraded models at the event. This time it is the turn of Mazda which will put the emphasis on lowering fuel consumption with its three developments.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. The lightweight XL1 (795 kg, 1,753 lbs) delivers NEDC fuel consumption of 261 mpg (0.9 Powertrain.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2009

Following its appearance at T in the Park, several other Scottish police forces are now going to trial the smart car, which offers great fuel efficiency and low carbon emissions. At T in the Park, the smart’s environmental credentials perfectly complemented the green reputation of an event that is now in its 16th year.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

The Global Green Car Challenge is inching ever closer and this year’s event promises a host of environmentally friendly production cars battling for the title of “most eco-friendly&#. The event kicks off in Darwin on October 24 and finishes some 3,000km later in Adelaide on October 31.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 12, 2010

The German manufacturer delivered the New Compact Coupe hybrid concept at the event, a vehicle positioned between the Scirocco and CC that offers fuel consumption of 45mpg [.]. The debuts just keep on coming at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, where this time it is the turn of Volkswagen to unveil a new vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Quallion LLC, a developer of customized lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs for medical, military, aerospace, and vehicle applications, remains on track to develop an advanced lithium-ion anti-idling HVAC system for heavy-duty trucks, Dr. Hisashi Tsukamoto, the company’s co-founder, CEO and CTO, recently told Green Car Congress.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 16, 2012

The INTERMAT 2012 event was the setting for Dana Rexroth Transmission Systems to unveil its R3 hydro-mechanical variable transmission (pictured) – the first powersplit system from the new joint venture. The former offers [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

From the efforts to make F1 green to the Michelin Green X Challenge, more and more green cars and green car innovations are making their way into the sport’s most renowned events. Volkswagen will unleash two cars with natural gas engines at the event - two Scirocco GT24-CNG 2.0

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

The commissioner bought the vehicle after hosting a Buy American, Go Green event on June 30 with the Ford Motor Company in an effort to encourage Americans to look at home-grown car manufacturers and their green vehicles. Ford’s most fuel efficient cars were featured at the event and demonstrations were given.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

CMS SupaTrak will be demonstrating their fuel saving technology – EcoTrak – at this year’s Futuresource show, which is being held at Excel in London between 9th-11th June. The show is a joint event hosted by the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (CIWM) and the Environmental Services Association (ESA). Monitor fuel discrepancies.

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EV Connect

MAY 30, 2023

Deloitte also reported that more than 50% of all cybersecurity-related automotive events — many of which involve remote vehicle access — have taken place in the last two years. These threats only grow as the national EV charging network expands and more EV drivers take the road.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The UK automotive industry’s low carbon motoring event, LCV 2011 opens for the first of two jam packed days at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire today. Run by Cenex, the UK’s centre for excellence in low carbon and fuel cell technologies, the event is now in its fourth year and is set to [.].

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