Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. —Jenn et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

EIA’s annual long-term assessment of world energy markets includes a Reference case and four core side cases, which use different assumptions for the projections in each case. OECD electric light-duty vehicle stocks increase from 3.5 —Linda Capuano, EIA Administrator. Transportation.

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Asia Energy 2018 India 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

The EPA report is an authoritative reference for CO 2 emissions, fuel economy, and powertrain technology trends for new personal vehicles in the United States. More are coming to the US market, such as the Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid and Volkswagen e-Golf BEV. Fuel economy average for the US fleet, per the Trends report, is 24.1

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Fuel Economy EPA PHEV Economy 312

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2012

The Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation—one of the three main regulatory packages that constitute ACC—introduces a new regulatory vehicle category: the BEVx, or a battery-electric vehicle with a small “limp-home” range extending engine or APU (auxiliary power unit)—i.e., while using the range extender to find a.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Vehicles 300

Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

Blink Charging recently announced our first battery energy storage system (also referred to as a BES system or BESS) in Pennsylvania that includes four direct current fast chargers (DCFCs). This innovative electric vehicle (EV) charging station will be beneficial to both drivers and businesses that want to host DCFC charging stations.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Grid 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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Wind PHEV Cost Of Power 286

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. The EPA report is the authoritative reference for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, fuel economy, and powertrain technology trends for new personal vehicles in the United States. l/100 km)—a 0.5

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Fuel Economy MPG Economy EPA 230

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.

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Market Electric Vehicles Vehicles Cars 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

Optimized internal combustion engines are the major contributor to the reduction of passenger car GHG emissions with significant improvements until 2020 and the subsequent penetration of more effective alternative technologies into the fleet. PHEVs fueled with advanced biofuels and low carbon, renewable electricity (for PC).

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 13, 2023

Flash Drive: 2023 Lexus RZ 450e EV Breaking Into the EV World Lexus has offered hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric models for many years, but never one that is powered only by electricity. Those days are over with the introduction of the all-new, all-electric 2023 Lexus RZ 450e compact SUV. front and 124.3

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Lexus All-Electric Clean Cleaning 80

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

The same highly electrified scenarios, however, could not satisfy 80% GHG-reduction targets, even assuming 80% decarbonized electricity and no growth in travel demand. The paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. consumer attitudes, fuel prices, battery technology advancement, vehicle costs and subsidies).

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Carbon EPRI Climate Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report summarizing key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and CO 2 - and fuel economy-related technology for gasoline- and diesel-fueled personal vehicles sold in the United States, from model years (MY) 1975 through 2012. Click to enlarge. Source: EPA.

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Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy 284

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ Dr. Bruce R.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Some of these come as hybrids, plug-in hybrids or full electrics, upping the ante even more. Clean Fleet Report tested a XT5 Premium Luxury with the 3.6L Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in the front-wheel drive XT5 Premium Luxury, which the EPA rates at 19 mpg city/26 highway/21 combined mpg.

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Cadillac Land Rover MPG Fuel Economy 75

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 15, 2024

liter 4-cylinder engine that puts out 235 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque (on premium gasoline), driving either the front or all-four wheels through a nine-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in a front-wheel drive XT4 Premium Luxury.

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Cadillac Escalade SUV MPG 54

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

In the study, the Ford team derived regional CO 2 targets for new LDVs while still providing an integrated view of the global LDV fleet—a perspective critical to the planning needs for global automotive firms. They refer to these emission trajectories as the global CO 2 caps.

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Of those surveyed, 28% say they would consider buying a vehicle with an electrified powertrain; though few have first-hand experience of such vehicles (8% have owned or driven a hybrid electric vehicle and 6% have owned or driven a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or pure battery electric vehicle). Earlier post.).

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Environment Ford Cost Of Cars 319

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Automakers are under increasing pressure from both governments and consumers to improve overall fuel efficiency across their fleet and lower polluting emissions. Automakers are under increasing pressure from both governments and consumers to improve overall fuel efficiency across their fleet and lower polluting emissions. Earlier post.)

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

Going bi adds several nifty new benefits to driving electric. It turns an EV into a mobile battery that can be used to provide backup power to a home or business, and to provide services to the electrical grid, generating revenue for the vehicle owner and potentially offsetting a significant part of the purchase price of the vehicle.

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Charging Grid DC Denmark 133

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

Most of these advanced vehicles will be electric or plug-in hybrids. Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these. million annually in 2016 to $36.6 billion by 2025. Lux estimates ADAS revenue growing from $2.4

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Google Cars GM Volvo 104

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) About Dr. Frank.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Electric vehicle (EV) fleets have so many more advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Beghin has been working with a rural municipality in his area to electrify their fleet and estimates the municipality could save up to half a million dollars per year by going electric. Lower Fuel Costs.

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Fleet Building Maintenance Charging 86

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2009

Such measures are essential for near-term abatement because of the potentially shorter time and relatively lower incremental cost associated with their implementation, as well as their applicability to the entire fleet, not just new vehicles. Mixture of hybrid, electric and internal combustion engine technologies.

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Emissions Global 2006 Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

A negative value means the case has a lower TCE than the reference case. For the study, they define EVs as including both battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles. The controlled charging of EVs can reduce electricity costs and improve the integration of wind energy. Click to enlarge.

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Low Cost Georgia Fuel Economy Gasoline-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Click to enlarge. On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. Establishing four core brands.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The LCFS intends to reduce, on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020. Earlier post.). Among the amendements currently under consideration are: Opt-In and Opt-Out Provisions. Regulated party definitions. Credit Trading.

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Carbon Oil California Standards 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

GM’s Britta Gross, Director of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Commercialization will participate in a webchat tomorrow to field questions about the development of the plug-in ecosystem. GM is focused on the first two pillars: leading plug-in technology vehicles and the enabling technologies. Date: Friday, 3 April. Source: EPRI.

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Plug-in Plug San Francisco GM 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The ZEV regulation—along with new LEV III criteria pollutant and GHG standards—can be the catalyst to the process of transforming the California light-duty fleet, ARB staff suggests. Zero-emission or plug-in hybrid vehicles accounting for 1 in 7 new cars sold in California in 2025 (15.4%); A total of 1.4 Earlier post.).

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California Clean Cleaning Fleet 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Although Honda’s presence at the Los Angeles Auto Show was dominated by the debut of the 2013 Civic, the company also announced that the 2014 Accord Plug-In Hybrid, featuring Honda’s new two-motor system ( earlier post ) earned an EPA-certified 115 MPGe rating and will go on sale in New York and California on 15 January with an MSRP of $39,780.

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2014 EPA Honda PHEV 339

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Computer Aided Engineering for Electric Drive Batteries. By supporting improved scientific comprehension in the area of kinetics and diffusion behavior, this AOI will help to identify the development paths towards novel magnesium alloys and greater impact on weight reduction in the US fleet. Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Fuel Vehicles Lithium Ion 240

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2016

Moreover, it indicates that these standards can be achieved by relying primarily on advanced gasoline vehicles. The report projects that only modest penetration of hybrids and only low levels of electric vehicles are needed to meet the standards.

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EPA Standards Gasoline Fuel 150

Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Level 2 charging supports home and work charging, and DCFC supports fleets and road trips. The electric vehicle (EV) market is here and concerns about finding a charging location for your EV are quickly diminishing. Increasing EV charging infrastructure at home, work, and on the go creates range confidence.

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Range Charging Gasoline-Electric United States 71

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is rare when we post a review of a car that is only available in one of the 50 United States, but such is the case with the 2022 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), which is only sold in California. Those lucky enough to live in California have the opportunity to own one of the nicest electric cars on the road.

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Toyota Hydrogen Lexus Gasoline-Electric 81

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 26, 2023

New to the World of Electric Cars? As the world transitions towards a greener and more sustainable future, electric cars have emerged as a promising solution to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. What Is an Electric Car? No plug-ins needed.

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Electric Cars Cars Gasoline-Electric Electric 69

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

In addition, the report found, evidence suggests that the standards will lead the nation’s light-duty vehicle fleet to become lighter but not less safe. These standards will require the US new vehicle fleet to double in fuel economy between 2012 and 2025. Gasoline internal-combustion engines rated second-most preferred at $2.50/gallon,

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Standards Fuel Economy Economy EPA 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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