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Actual vehicle MPG improvement has stagnated since 2008

Green Car Reports

Though vehicles for sale today are more efficient than they've ever been, the average fuel economy of America's operating fleet has remained relatively stagnant since George W. Researcher Michael Sivak, writing at Green Car Congress, puts the focus on the miles driven by registered vehicles in the United States.

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BMW i8 beats Mercedes S 500 PHEV, Golf GTE to win World Green Car award in New York

Green Car Congress

The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) was named the World Green Car at the World Car Awards in New York. The BMW i8 was also one of the finalists in the category World Luxury Car at the World Car Awards. Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing BMW.

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Automakers play high-stakes CARB game to earn zero emissions vehicle credits

Green Car Reports

Editor's note: Green Car Reports covers a lot of electric cars—and there are a lot more to cover these days, thanks to California's complex requirements that major automakers produce zero emissions vehicles for sale.

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Tesla Model 3 for sale, Norway taxing electric cars, Paris axes gas and diesel: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Bosch showed off its new 48-volt battery ready for us in mild-hybrid vehicles. Today, it's your chance to buy a Tesla Model 3 (for three times its list price), Nissan gets the A-OK to expand its Tennessee battery plant, and Paris is ready to kick internal combustion engines to the curb.

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Tesla price cut: Model Y undercuts Model 3 by $5,000 with tax credit

Baua Electric

The Model Y is currently the top-selling EV —and passenger vehicle, in the world; it’s produced for America at both the Fremont, California, factory and in Austin, Texas, while the Model 3 is only made for the U.S. The first quarter of 2024 was Tesla’s worst for sales since pandemic shutdowns. at Fremont. 2024 Tesla Model Y.

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GM To Forge Ahead With Electric, Plug-In Hybrid, Other Electrified Vehicles

Green Car Reports

When oil prices drop, the knee-jerk response of many analysts is to forecast doom for sales of electric cars, plug-in hybrids, and other green cars. It plans to to forge ahead with an expansion of its electrified-vehicle range, regardless of how low oil prices get. DON''T MISS.

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Daihatsu and Toyota form new cooperative business in Indonesia; new compact Daihatsu and Toyota models

Green Car Congress

Daihatsu Motor and Toyota Motor are forming a new cooperative business in Indonesia, under which the two companies are to respectively market a new Daihatsu-brand and Toyota-brand compact car there. Both the vehicles are planned for display at the Indonesia International Motor Show in September as models planned for sale in Indonesia.

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