The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? Driving a Sprint ER from Los Angeles to New York with three passengers sounds like a nightmare.

Chevrolet 105

Chevrolet Suzuki California Los Angeles 105

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

In his talk, O’Donnell remarked that while “ an enormous amount of buzz and attention has recently been generated due to the introduction of two very good new vehicles in the market ”, it was doubtful that either would prompt a major sales shift in the near term.

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BMW Diesel Engine Li-ion 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai announced plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per month, including unlimited free hydrogen refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell. Click to enlarge. HYUNDAI TUCSON FUEL CELL.

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Tucson Honda Hyundai Concept 324

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 20, 2024

liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline 298 horsepower (hp)/295 pound-feet (lb.-ft.) liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline 288 hp/383 lb.ft liter, turbocharged 4-cylinder gasoline 288 hp/383 lb.ft The LED tail lights, with an illuminated Dodge logo, run the full width of the hands-free power lift gate. The onboard 7.4

Dodge 68

Dodge Plug-in Plug Hybrid 68

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Hyundai presented its new 2019 Kona Electric crossover (introduced in March at the New York Auto Show, earlier post ) and 2019 NEXO fuel cell SUV (showcased at CES in January, earlier post ) to US media at a driving introduction in Los Angeles. NEXO will be available in California before the end of 2018. Kona Electric.

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Hyundai SUV Fuel Tucson 249

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released a summary of its proposed Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) regulation package ( earlier post ), which establishes stringent new emissions standards for light duty vehicles from 2015 through 2025. Further documents will be released on 7 December. Earlier post.)

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Clean Cleaning California Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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Hydrogen Engine Energy Battery 279

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

It will be joined later in the fall of 2014 by the Audi A3 Cabriolet; A3 TDI clean diesel sedan; the high-performance S3 sedan; and in early 2015, the A3 Sportback e-tron gasoline electric plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Volkswagen Group’s alternative powertrain strategy. TFSI, 220 hp (162 kW) 2.0 TFSI, 150 hp (110 kW) 2.0 TFSI powered S3.

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Audi Plug-in America Plug 225

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

However, heavy-duty electric trucks from traditional makers have started to hit the market. Identifying ideal routes is key to success,” says the LIGHTS group’s final report , and the learnings were underscored by the fleet operators taking part. It has now received a Certificate of Conformity for the Semi from the EPA.

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Volvo Fleet Electrical Electric 131

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

liter gasoline engine and a AC synchronous permanent magnet motor producing a total system 139 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque, mated to a smooth shifting 6-speed dual clutch transmission (DCT). Adding together the gasoline and electricity, the EPA estimates 105 MPGe (Miles Per Gallon Equivalent). You had me at 46 MPG.

Kia 93

Kia Plug-in Plug Hybrid 93

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Purveyors of EVs would have a new public-policy rationale backing up their market. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 132

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. Available in seven exterior colors, the sleek front and rear ends have the narrowest of narrow LED lighting treatments, mere slits for most of the design. Swimming with the Big Boys.

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Fisker Aston Martin SUV All-Electric 77

EV Adoption

JUNE 12, 2022

Thigpen at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and published in The Journal of Transport and Land Use (Note: study PDF will automatically download) estimated that 37% of the households in the Sacramento, CA market they studied do not use their garage for parking cars. But an estimated 75.5%

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Charging Store Los Angeles DC 59

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

In the case of the 2500HD bi-fuel, the two main trade-offs are a reduction in power and torque in CNG mode compared to gasoline mode, and the loss of a portion of the bed of the truck to the 3,600 psi CNG tank and its box-like enclosure. (It Emissions reductions (%) of new NGVs compared to new gasoline and diesel vehicles (2012).

Silverado 247

Silverado Chevrolet Fuel Gasoline-Electric 247

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Kia realizes in a booming EV market (check out the competition list at the end of this review), it is not a good idea to have a model with the same design for too many years as consumers are looking for the next newest thing on wheels. So, for a car designed and marketed for general city and highway driving, Kia got it right.

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Kia Miles Tax Credit Charging 86

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

After driving 246 miles through Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego, we had 30 miles of range remaining on the dash gauge. The rear continues the two-line LED tail light design that wraps the lift gate. Technology features include: A light show. EPA at 235 miles. Ready to take you there.

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All-Electric Miles Clean Cleaning 108

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The BMW i3 ( earlier post , earlier post ) will go on sale in the US market in the second quarter of 2014. For those customers requiring a reduction of range anxiety, a rear-mounted 650cc, 34 hp, two-cylinder, gasoline-powered Range Extender generator is available, which roughly doubles the vehicle’s range. Click to enlarge.

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BMW 2014 Range Sale 277

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The fueling process is fast and easy and a FCEV operates exactly like a gasoline-powered car, but with no noise, exhaust fumes or emissions. Note: MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, is a measurement of how efficient a car powered by electricity is, using the same amount of energy as is contained in one gallon of gasoline.

Toyota 84

Toyota Hydrogen Lexus Gasoline-Electric 84

Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Arc is a very new company – it was founded in 2021 in Los Angeles, and is targeting the luxury boat market with high-powered electric boats. The boat is quite quiet at low speeds and some light vibration can be felt through the floor, but it’s a lot less than you’d get from a fossil machine.

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Water Electrical Electric Tahoe 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market.

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Volvo Plug-in PHEV Engine 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

scenarios, and the sensitivity of the model to particular factors, the analysis reveals areas where intervention may be warranted: The capital costs associated with vehicle purchase, in relation to the costs for conventional vehicles; Supply constraints in the Australian market; and. supply constraints into the Australia market.

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PHEV Oil Prices Australia Price 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, BMW unveiled the first i8 Roadster, along with the 2019 i8 Coupe. Sales will commence in spring 2018, price to be announced closer to market launch. The BMW i8 Roadster also benefits from a light-weight construction, complete with low center of gravity and even weight distribution.

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BMW 2019 Power Powered 170

Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

I think we have 22 or 24 buses in the San Diego area, and we have another deployment underway in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where we are initially deploying 24 as well. This is opening the door to resources such as V2G participating in the spot market. On the light-duty side we are working with ABB and Wallbox.

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Charging Grid DC Denmark 133

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Going forward, GM plans to spend proportionally less of its marketing budget on the corporate identity and more on the vehicle brands. Fritz Henderson emphasized: “ the only way we’re going to make GM great again is to win in the market. A pure HCCI mode, during light to medium loads, when no spark event is required for combustion.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline. And he was right.

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EV1 Los Angeles Hydrogen GM 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. light energy. uptake, and optimized light utilization. The plant will incorporate features that. field trials.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

Such a vehicle could reduce gasoline consumption for the average American by 50 percent to 70 percent and reduce automobile emissions well in excess of emissions that might result from the additional use of power plants. This campaign will demonstrate to automakers that the market is also there.”

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Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin 100

Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2024

We believe this is not the right strategy, and electric vehicles will ultimately dominate the market. And I’ll go back to something several years ago: that in the future, gasoline cars that are not autonomous will be like riding a horse and using a flip phone, and that will become very obvious in hindsight. Yeah, we are.

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Tesla Re-Charge Future Price 102

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. We’ll know soon enough when we get the opportunity to see the debut of the all electric plug-in MINI E in November 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Mini E BMW Power Powered 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? Gasoline is burnt up and gone forever into the atmosphere and into our lungs. Not good for large EV’s but great for light ones. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Posted by: Michael | Apr 13, 2009 5:03:10 PM Battery and technology in the EV1 could not have made it in the market. Sorry the market killed the EV1.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41