Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Today, we've got not only a first-drive report on the 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid, but some thoughts on an ad for the car, along with a new small EV with a twist, and some surprising news about diesels from VW. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

BMW revealed the next version of its iNext SUV winter testing in Sweden. And GM CEO Mary Barra says the company's electric cars won't be profitable until the early 2020s. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla cut prices on the Model 3—again. Lyft plans to give customers and drivers electric lifts.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Chrysler confirms two future plug-in hybrid models, the new Smart ForTwo slides in Sweden, and the Nissan e-NV200 electric van enters production in Spain. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

Unfortunate news for Ford-owned Volvo cars late last week as it was forced to recall around 8,500 green cars predominantly from Sweden. Around 95 per cent of the models that have been sold so far have gone to customers in Volvo’s native Sweden.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 24, 2011

The streets of Sweden will soon receive an influx of biofuel buses after Scania received an order for 158 buses from public transport company Keolis Sverige. Around 123 urban and suburban buses will be used in the greater Stockholm area, with the rest posted elsewhere.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2016

All this and more on Green Car Reports. A competition for the most efficient all-electric railcar is won by students from Sweden's Dalarna University.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Today, we have the also-rans that didn't make the cut for our 2016 Best Car To Buy Award, a report on a possible Nissan extended-range electric car, and Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden's (NEVS) ambitious plan to launch five electric models by 2018. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

Sweden has long been the envy of Europe in terms of its environmental reputation and now its taxi fleets are getting in on the act. Mikael Anderson, the company’s CEO, has stated that he will only purchase green cars from the end of this year and wants to reduce emissions by 70 per cent by 2012.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 24, 2015

Today, a BMW i6 electric sedan is rumored to be in development, Faraday Future teases its electric car in a new video, and Volkswagen's Canada arm hands out a "goodwill" package to diesel owners. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Swedish city of Gothenburg is about to be inundated with hybrid buses after Volvo Buses received an order for 25 Volvo 7700 hybrid buses from Goteborgs Sparvagar (Gothenburg Tramways), which operates on behalf of Vasttrafik.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

One of the most fashionable capital cities in Europe – Stockholm – welcomed its first refuelling station for liquefied methane gas, LNG/LBG earlier this week. The filling station is part of a BiMe Trucks project that sees Volvo Trucks team up with AGA, with the latter supplying the liquefied gas. Its overall aim is to [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2010

Tax exemptions for biofuels in Sweden are under threat after the Swedish National Audit Office began a review of the scheme with the results to be published in 2011. Originally Sweden had made biofuels in transport and liquid biofuels exempt from energy and carbon tax in an attempt to increase the share of biofuels in transport [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 4, 2012

Plug-in hybrid buses seem like a fantastic idea for the environment – carrying more passengers at once than conventional cars and offering lower emissions than regular buses. However, if it can take around eight hours to charge an electric car, think of the time it would take to power a plug-in hybrid bus for its [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 30, 2010

Helen White was chosen as the UK finalist and will travel to Sweden where she will take on the winners from 19 other countries in the final [.]. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Vauxhall ecoFlex competition extended range electric vehicle fuel saving competition Helen White Vauxhall Ampera Vauxhall ecoFlex.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 15, 2009

The testing will take place in the UK and Sweden and will start with a mixture of up to 70 per cent methane gas. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news Volvo bio-mix diesel green trucks methane-diesel volvo trucks.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

In an effort to accelerate the introduction of fuel cell cars to the market, the parties will make a joint investment of SEK 200million in Powercell Sweden AB. Powercell Sweden AB meanwhile, has two patented components - a fuel converter and a PEM fuel cell - this is the type of fuel cell used most frequently in transport applications.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 2, 2009

An influx of new natural gas vehicles has sparked a sales surge in Sweden, where the monthly sales rate leapt from around 150 to more than 700 units according to NGVA Europe. per cent of all new passenger cars sold in Sweden in June. It is followed by the Mercedes B 170 NGT, which makes up 24 per cent of sales in the country.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 16, 2009

With Sweden already established as one of the most environmentally conscious countries in the world it seems only natural that it should turn its attentions to zero emission vehicles. Now, a Swedish industry-first electric automobile coalition has been established with the intention of advancing zero-emission, high performance vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Green Car Congress spoke with Gustavsson on the phone following Volvo’s affirmation at the Paris Motor Show that it would introduce a series-produced plug-in hybrid diesel as early as 2012. In some markets, they withdraw from earlier promises; some markets increase, like Sweden. Earlier post.). It is a mixed picture.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The deal to give bankrupt Saab a new future as an electric car maker has been finalised. The buyer, National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)- a joint venture between China’s National Modern Energy Holdings and the Japanese fund Sun Investment-has confirmed that the new Saab will start production of electric cars in 2014.

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Green Cars News

MAY 13, 2014

If you venture off to Gothenburg, in Sweden, you might be forgiven for thinking that the future of motoring is already here as a fleet of more than 100 self-driving cars take to the city’s streets. A new ground-breaking project called ‘Drive Me’, run by Gothenburg resident Volvo is now under[.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The Winter Olympics may be in full swing in Sochi, but Kia has turned to northern Sweden to put its innovative new drivetrain through its paces. Its electric car, the Soul EV (pictured), is undergoing comprehensive winter testing with a focus on validation testing within the Arctic Circle that is m[.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Tags: Cars Ford Green cars Latest news Volvo China Lewis Booth sweden Volvo sale Zhejiang Geely Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Ltd.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 23, 2011

March may mark the start of the spring season for most of us – but in Sweden, temperatures are still well below zero with icy road conditions during the day – and e-Traction Europe BV intends to take full advantage of the conditions. The in-wheel direct drive motor company has started a new development projection [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2012

They have already snapped up contracts with local councils across Denmark and Sweden to lease the cars and aim to have 1000 vehicles operating by 2015. [.]. Korean firm Hyundai has this week announced that they will become the world’s first auto company to action the global production of a zero emissions vehicle, the hydrogen ix35.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 17, 2013

Public transport in Sweden is about to get cleaner with the launch of a new fleet of zero-emission buses. Volvo''s home town of Gothenburg will benefit from an ultra-modern bus service from 2015, where the buses don''t just cut out the tailpipe emissions but also pick people up indoors and run on rene[.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2012

The London-based company is now supplying hardware and software to Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Europe’s most advanced electric vehicle markets. Electric vehicle charging specialist POD Point has begun expanding into some of the most EV-friendly countries.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 7, 2011

The world’s first fast-charged hybrid bus, the "Arctic Whisper" has been unveiled in Sweden. The bus, the B?sbaar, sbaar, is said to combine the no-emission benefits of an electric bus with the reliability of a diesel bus. sbaar charging station provided by Spanish firm Opbrid SL will be located at one end of the bus [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 15, 2011

The electric car is now available in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It may have taken its time to reach the marketplace, but the Mitsubishi i-MiEV is now firmly making its mark across Europe.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

The Chinese car manufacturer failed in a bid last month for General Motors’ Opel business in Europe and is now expected to send executives to Volvo’s Gothenburg headquarters in Sweden. Tags: Cars Ford Green cars Latest news Volvo Beijing Automotive.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, will soon welcome three plug-in hybrid buses that can drive long distances silently and exhaust free. The models, from Volvo Buses, will be essentially the same Volvo hybrid bus as today but will be equipped with a large battery pack as on-board charging equipment. The concept is based on placing [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2012

Last month we reported on the rumour that a new company called National Electric Vehicles Sweden (Nevs) was in line to buy the bankrupt carmaker, backed [.]. Swedish carmaker has indeed being sold to a Chinese-Swedish investment group with the intention of turning the firm into a maker of electric vehicles, the BBC confirms this afternoon.

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Green Cars News

MAY 24, 2012

A new company called National Electric Vehicle Sweden is in line to buy the bankrupt carmaker Saab, according to Autocar today. Following the news that Chinese car firm Youngman has pulled out of an attempt to buy the Swedish car brand, it has emerged that a new electric car consortium, believed to involve the former [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Efforts to reduce the emissions of goods transport have proved successful after the results of the joint project KNEG (Climate-Neutral Good Transportation by Road) were presented at the Logistics & Transport fair in Gothenburg, Sweden. The 2008 members managed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 120,000 tonnes.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

The news further cements Britain’s place as a leader in the development of electric vehicle infrastructure technology with Elektromotive already exporting to Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany.

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Green Cars News

JULY 17, 2012

The annual Formula Student competition at the weekend saw conventionally fuelled and alternatively fuelled cars pitted against each other for the first time.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2011

The vehicle is manufactured and delivered to leasing customers throughout Europe, including Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands and Norway. Production is now under way for the Volvo C30 Electric, with initial deliveries taking place this summer and heading to leasing customers, including companies, authorities and governmental bodies.

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