Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The Green Piece: September 8, 2009. However, with Japanese rivals such as Toyota and Honda having burst into an early lead in the green car race and Chinese manufacturers challenging the dominance of the traditional ‘big name’ manufacturers, is there room for the new GM to succeed? How GM hopes to recover. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

. “And the Government must increase the difference between vehicle tax bands further to make it financially more attractive to choose smaller, greener cars that use less fuel.&# . Others however are less sympathetic towards the spiralling cost of petrol and diesel. What do you think of the increase?

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

Plus let’s not overlook the excellent fuel economy, helping the fleet run for considerably less than a usual 15-strong company fleet. The new car is one of the ways in which star performers within the business can benefit from our growth and be repaid for their support and effort.”. The Toyota iQ is powered by a 1.0

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This uses a new balanced servo valve that delivers high accuracy in fuel injection quantity control as well as up to three per cent lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and up to 20 per cent fewer nitrogen oxide emissions. - Petrol engines: Chrysler plans to introduce the next generation Pentastar V6 in Q2 2010.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

Think and Ener1 will team with Zero Sports of Japan - Zero Sports has been chosen as one of the conversion partners for delivering electric vehicles as Japan Post aims to electrify its fleet of 22,000 delivery vehicles. The drive-train allows the petrol-powered trucks to run entirely on electric drive.

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Green Cars News

JULY 7, 2009

The Green Piece - Tuesday 7th July 2009. Life has never run smoothly for the electric car. Once envisioned as futuristic, and the ultimate travelling option of the 21st Century, it has been maligned as slow, clunky and arguably not all that green at all. Tags: The Green Piece Volkswagen green piece.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Known as the HyBoost project, this two-year research programme announced recently by the Technology Strategy Board, aims to demonstrate a cost-effective, ultra-efficient petrol engine in a C-segment passenger car. It hopes to produce a car that offers the performance of a 2.0litre model while keeping CO2 emissions below 100g/km.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Toyota has long been one of the leading carmakers in the world of green cars. As the world’s largest passenger car producer, Toyota continues to lead the field in research and testing a number of new technology vehicles. What is it that makes Toyota, a leader in the field of green car technology?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

The US vehicle manufacturer has had its sights set on plug-in vehicles for some time having logged more than 75,000 miles on its test fleet over the last two years. In 2007 it announced a partnership with Southern California Edison, an electric utility with the nation’s largest and most advanced electric vehicle fleet.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

As part of the event, the company presented the capabilities of its Aerodynamic Test Centre and Aerolab, along with a new 3.0litre petrol unit that combines turbo-charging, direct fuel injection and VALVETRONIC fully variable valve management. Tags: BMW Green cars Latest news efficientdynamics VALVETRONIC engine.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The activity looks at plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in real world usage using both fleet and public drivers. The testing looks at vehicle performance by quantifying energy consumption in terms of both petrol and electricity.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

With the price of unleaded petrol now over £1 a litre, Europcar is helping customers focus on both fuel efficiency and eco-friendly driving. Europcar is to give customers information on average CO 2 emissions for each car group as part of its online fleet guide at www.europcar.co.uk.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The green innovations continue to come thick and fast from the leading car manufacturers with Ford announcing the second member of its turbocharged, petrol direct-injection EcoBoost family. Ford is also hoping to improve its average US vehicle fuel economy by approximately 20 per cent fleet-wide through the end of 2010.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2012

A fleet of Nissan LEAF models assumed the role of London taxis last weekend, providing free taxi rides for many London residents and visitors to the capital. The stunt aimed to highlight how the fully-electric ‘taxi’ was six times cheaper to fuel than a conventional petrol-powered car.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

Urban residents in Baltimore, Maryland, have a chance to go green at the city’s Inner Harbour, as manufacturer Electrovaya launched the country’s first electric car sharing programme. Electrovaya has labelled the fleet of emission-free cars a “game changer&# in urban transportation.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 28, 2011

Natural gas vans will soon become more frequent on the roads after AT&T decided to put 2,500 of the vehicles into its customer service fleet. 23 petrol equivalent gallons. The vehicles get the fuel economy equivalent of 11mpg city and 16mpg highway with fuel tank capacities ranging from 15.8-23

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The NREL Fleet Test and Evaluation Team completed a year-long technology evaluation of petrol hybrid electric FedEX Express delivery trucks and compared them with conventional diesel trucks. Are hybrid vehicles truly better for the environment than diesel vehicles? A new study firmly suggests they are.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The study found that while a fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with universal electric range (i.e. 87miles all electric) minimises petrol consumption, [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2011

Japanese manufacturer Toyota has become renowned for its hybrid models after the global success of the Prius – but the latest addition to its fleet has a very different look. The Toyota GRMN Sports Hybrid Concept II is a convertible mid-ship petrol electric hybrid concept that will make its first appearance at the 39th Nurburgring [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The US natural gas vehicle market is expected to remain dominated by fleet sales to government and commercial customers – around 89 per cent by 2015. Tags: Green cars Latest news Argentina Brazil Cleantech india Iran natural gas cars natural gas vehicles Pakistan Pike Research US natural gas vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 7, 2011

Fleets and van drivers have to this Friday (March 11, 2011) to order an Ashwoods LPG Transit after Ford announced it will cease production of the petrol Transit that Ashwoods uses as the base model for its LPG conversions.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The cars’ first placement is with Newcastle City Council, where they are supplementing its vehicle fleet and being allocated to staff making trips around the city, as an alternative to using fleet cars with conventional petrol or diesel engines.

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Green Cars News

MAY 14, 2009

Car maker, Toyota is set to lease over 150 units of its next generation Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) to selected fleet customers across Europe as part of a three-year programme. Alongside France, Toyota is in discussion with three European countries, including the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

litre petrol engine with 148bhp in a small hatch should make for a decently swift driving experience. There’s also the combined economy of 41.5mpg that is reasonable for a petrol but still way off what we’d like to see from a stop-start model. sport i-stop 3 fleet news road test. This improves acceleration to 0-62mph in 10.4

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

The ed also borrows the tried and NCAP tested Tridion safety cell from the petrol driven smart. Kulveer Ranger, Mayor’s director of transport, said: “The Mayor and I are working with manufacturers through the London Electric Vehicle Partnership and urge the entire car industry to invest in this technology.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

Now it has been agreed by West Lothian Council that the Toyota Prius can be licensed as a private hire vehicle, West Lothian/Edinburgh based Calder Cabs have become the first company in Scotland to run a fleet of hybrid Toyota Prius. They chose the Prius because it is a hybrid car and has a 1.5-litre

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2009

He said: “I hope that the Mayor and the London Electric Vehicle Partnership will work with us to put more electric vehicles on the road, both in private ownership and in fleets, right now. A small petrol or diesel-powered car costs in excess of 20p per mile. Tags: Aixam Mega Electric cars Boris Johnson Delivery Plan.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

As a vehicle aimed at families and fleet buyers, it has an air of practicality, but it’s also a bit, dare we say it, sportier, compared to the last iteration, with a roofline that slopes towards the back and a raking rear pillar. litre TCe180 petrol engine to the frugal 62.8mpg and 118g/km of the 84bhp 1.5-litre

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2009

So what better to persuade the driving public that a car that you plug in can actually be fun to drive than an electric Mini, one of the most popular cars on the road today. Mini E consumer car reviews Mini E lease prices Mini E new and nearly new. and there will be no petrol costs for six months, it seems a pretty good deal.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

However, anyone who thinks that this is just another upstart company looking for its big break needs to re-evaluate – because it’s clear that China means business in the green car race. How China plans to dominate the electric car race. Tags: The Green Piece BYD China. There are environmental incentives too.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The business model of the car club is to offer a cost effective and greener alternative to car ownership. Members can hire cars for as little as £3.96 per hour and each booking comes with 50 miles free petrol per day. Membership costs £50 per year for residential members and £30 for business members.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As a ballpark figure only, you can expect to pay $4,600 less in repair and maintenance costs over the lifetime of an EV compared to petrol, or $949 less a year. Our charging management solutions for EV fleets and businesses of all types and sizes are helping to extend the range of charging options and make the cost competitive and affordable.

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APRIL 16, 2009

We should be concentrating on eliminating the hoggiest of the hogs by hybridizing them or reducing their acceleration which BY ITSELF reduces consumption since it leads drivers to unlearn stop and go driving, instead timing arrival at lights to when they are green. GM is making strides increasing their cars fuel economy.

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