Electric Cars are for Girls

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The Larz Anderson Auto Museum on Sunday October 21, 2012 will be hosting our second annual Green Day: Bringing Technology and People Together through Green Innovations - a family friendly event to promote green driving and living in Massachusetts. We welcome those with any green modes of transportation; grease cars, electric cars, hybrid cars, solar cars, motorized and regular bicycles, Segways, scooters, etc.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The Larz Anderson Auto Museum on Sunday October 21, 2012 will be hosting our second annual Green Day: Bringing Technology and People Together through Green Innovations - a family friendly event to promote green driving and living in Massachusetts. We welcome those with any green modes of transportation; grease cars, electric cars, hybrid cars, solar cars, motorized and regular bicycles, Segways, scooters, etc.

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2012 Green Vehicles Massachusetts Green 181

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Most of the major auto shows, like the Los Angeles auto show, have always had two components: news-making and car-selling. And it’s the second part—the public days—that thrives today. People are attending traditional, consumer-focused auto shows in record numbers. Counterintuitively—in this day when much of new-car research. Los Angeles Auto Show

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

While they had to backpedal on misstated gas-mileage figures over the last couple of years, Hyundai and Kia are moving forward with ambitious green-car plans regardless. The corporately-conjoined Korean carmakers are aiming for the global number two slot in green vehicles by 2020 (after hybrid powerhouse Toyota, presumably).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Kia Motors outlined its mid- to long-term plans for the development of a greatly increased range of environmentally friendly vehicles, with the goal of becoming a leader in the low-emissions car market by 2020. Kia said it intends to expand its green car line-up from four current models to 11 by 2020, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles. It will be engineered from the ground up as a dedicated hybrid vehicle.

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All Cars Electric

JULY 18, 2011

Consider today's collapse of electric car company Green Vehicles an object lesson in why it's a bad idea for cities to invest in the risky business of start-up car companies--perhaps especially start-up electric car companies. The city of Salinas, California learned that lesson today as Green Vehicles shut its doors, costing the city more than

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. The update sets funding priorities for the approximately $100 million in annual state funds under the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Technology (ARFVT) Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. 15 million for medium- and heavy-duty electric truck and hybrid vehicle demonstration projects.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2014

The further development of particularly eco-friendly models along with a joint research project was agreed for Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW), while the development and production of a new, very eco-friendly vehicle in China was agreed with FAW. Volkswagen has set its sights on installing the technical capacity to produce more than four million vehicles per year in China by 2018. In 2013, Volkswagen produced and sold more than 3 million vehicles in China.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 5, 2012

The Canadian Government has emphasised its commitment to green cars by launching the latest phase of its ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles Programme. The programme, costing $38million over five years, is designed to test advanced vehicle technologies and develop both safety and environmental regulations. It is hoped that the tests will help to align vehicle regulations across [.]. Green cars Latest news Canada canadian ecoTECHNOLOGY green cars

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2010

China is once again to play host to the ‘green scene’ as the Green Vehicle Expo heads to Shanghai. The expo which will feature a host of green car technologies including electric, hybrid, fuel cell and solar vehicles opens at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, this Thursday (June 17, 2010) and runs until Saturday (June 19, [.]. Tags: Electric cars Fuel Cells Green credentials Hybrid cars alternative fuel China Expo Green cars Shanghai Show

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The BMW "MegaCity" carbon-fiber all-electric car, scheduled for launch in 2013, may be the most radical BMW in decades. BMW had confirmed that this first production electric car to wear the BMW badge would be the first of a sub-brand within the make, much as its "M" series of performance editions is. Now, in perhaps a slightly "D'oh!" moment, BMW

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The Volkswagen Golf Bluemotion has been named the Green Vehicle of the Year at the 2011 ACFO awards. mpg on a combined cycle, allowing its Bluemotion model to claim the green accolade. [.]. The Golf, a four-time ACFO Car of the Year winner was this year recognised for the excellent fuel economy of up to 74.3 Volkswagen ACFO awards BMW 3 Series Ford Nissan LEAF Vauxhall ecoFlex Volvo V50 DRIVe

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

In a Nov 19 press release revealed a new chapter in the history of electric motorcycle maker Green Vehicles: a new redesign of their Triac, the impending opening of their factory, and a new partnership with battery maker Leyden Energy

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2011

Green car start-up, Green Vehicles has folded as the firm failed to secure further investment. The Salinas, California based firm started in 2007, had two electric vehicle prototypes which were supposed to be going into full production later this year. Electric cars business electric vehicles green vehicles Salinas

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National Green Transportation

JULY 21, 2011

It was with great sadness that Green Vehicles CEO Mike Ryan penned a blog post on July 12 abruptly announcing that Green Vehicles had run out of money and was shutting down. Reports today (July 21) from local news

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a 2012-2013 Investment Plan Update to increase the use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. The update sets funding priorities for the approximately $100 million in annual state funds under the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (AB 118 program). million for charging options for full-electric and plug-in electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2010

A £67million four-year international tender has been issued by Transport for London (TfL) for up to 1,300 electric or low carbon vehicles. The company is hoping to award a framework agreement for the supply and maintenance of EC whole vehicle type approved vehicles and the tender will be divided into five lots.

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Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2010

In an effort to encourage the development and uptake of green vehicles including heavy and light duty vehicles, two- and three-wheelers and quadricycles, the European Commission has released a new strategy. Tags: Green cars Latest news carbon dioxide emissions clean energy vehicles Europe European Commission green car strategy vehicle emissions

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

In a Nov 19 press release revealed a new chapter in the history of electric motorcycle maker Green Vehicles: a new redesign of their Triac, the impending opening of their factory, and a new partnership with battery maker Leyden Energy Do you like this story?

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Green Cars News

MAY 19, 2010

A leading fleet organisation is calling on the new Government to establish talks about its plans for future motoring taxes and incentives for low and zero emission vehicles. The Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) is keen to maintain and establish talks with Whitehall departments to ensure that plans for motoring taxes make sense and [.].

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Makers of green cars can rejoice as the President has signed the 2010 energy budget bill into law giving green car development one of the largest boosts in funding seen in decades. The bill includes $814 million in funding for several alternative propulsion programs. 283 million in funding will go towards fuel cell research and the use

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2020

Which automaker said it no longer has plans for fuel-cell passenger vehicles? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 24, 2020. The biggest series of stories of the week for the green-vehicle sector came out of.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2014

There are two types of green vehicle fans in this world: Those who wish you to know they''ve picked the latest green vehicle, and those that don''t. Anyone who chooses Austrian firm Johammer''s electric motorcycle will peg themselves firmly in the former category. It is, by quite a margin, the weirdest two-wheeler we''ve ever clapped eyes on. And we

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2020

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending TKTKTK, 2018. We drove two important green vehicles this week—both popular-sized crossovers but for. What was Joe Biden saying about an electric Corvette?

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2012

If you drive an electric car, hybrid, diesel or other green vehicle day-to-day, you might like to know that you can rent similar when you go abroad, or even when you fly across country to visit relatives. Luckily, many rental and car-sharing firms offer green vehicles on their fleets, and some even have dedicated green vehicle policies allowing

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2010

Having established various partnerships around the world, Renault has now turned to its home country for its latest green vehicle agreement. The French manufacturer will team with the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) to work on electric vehicles, new energies and cleaner combustion engines.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2011

Electric vehicles may be on the verge of widespread commercial success, but that hasn’t stopped one high profile electric vehicle maker from falling by the wayside. Electric cars Green cars Latest news Modec electric vehicle maker electric vehicles green vehicles Modec administration Navistar

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Niro, which Kia describes as a “multi-function crossover format,” is built on a dedicated green-vehicle platform shared with the. At the LA Auto Show, Kia has provided some long-awaited U.S. market details for the Niro EV. Among the most important ones: With a large 64-kwh battery pack, it will offer an EPA-rated range of 239 miles.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2010

The world’s largest automotive market appears to be losing its faith in vehicles with smaller engine displacements if recent results are anything to go by. During July, the market share of new vehicles sold in the country with engine displacements of 1.6litres or less dropped below last year’s average for the fifth month in succession. [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2010

The idea is not to put the vehicle into production [.]. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news green vehicles hybrid vehicles Schaeffler Schaeffler Group Schaeffler hybrid vehicle of ideas Many upstart car manufacturers have big ambitions to establish themselves among the leaders of the motoring world – but the Schaeffler Group has far more modest goals.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

By Miguel Llanos Reporter MSNBC Austin, Texas, on Tuesday spearheaded a nationwide partnership that will lobby carmakers to build a new green vehicle — plug-in hybrids. The vehicles take gasoline-electric hybrids to another level, allowing drivers to plug them in for a few hours to charge the batteries and then drive solely on electric power for up to 60 miles. MSNBC is carrying the story and it is offering an online vote.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The Kia Niro EV that we drove earlier this week is one of the year’s best new green vehicles, and a great long-range electric car. However, unless you happen to live in one of several specific states and regions, the chances that you’ll see one are quite low. Based on conversations with officials at both Hyundai Motor America and Kia. Kia Niro EV

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 20, 2015

And the company has big plans for expanding its lineup of green vehicles, as we learned in an interview last week with Ki-Sang Lee, a senior vice president who''s head of its R&D Center for The Hyundai Motor Group, encompassing both the Hyundai and Kia brands, is known as one of the most aggressive competitors in the global auto business.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2011, Green Car Reports launched an award for the new car, or family of cars, that represented the best green vehicle introduced for the model year. The Nissan Leaf won that year because it was the sole affordable battery-electric vehicle on the market. Over the next seven years, more than two dozen vehicles that plug in to the grid to recharge.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Financial and other incentives are widely viewed as a good way to kickstart the adoption of new green vehicles, largely to compensate for their higher prices against conventional gasoline cars. But just as Toyota is building up to next fall''s launch of its 2016 Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 20, 2017

The production increase comes amid the combined automaker's goal to become the second largest maker of green vehicles (hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric cars) by 2020. Plug-In Hybrids Future Cars plug-in cars Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Fuel Cell VehiclesKorean siblings Hyundai and Kia will aggressively increase production of electric cars next year, according to a report in the Korean press.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 26, 2007

Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. today announced the RechargeIT initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. G oogle proved it is serious about Plug Ins with its new Recharge IT initiative. Here is part of the story.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2014

Honda has long had the reputation of offering fuel-efficient, relatively green vehicles--but this year, it has lost the "Greenest Automaker" laurels that it''s held since 1998 to an upstart: Hyundai-Kia. The latest award, detailed in a report that''s now been issued six times by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), rates the environmental

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Tax incentives have proven to be an important way to encourage adoption of new green vehicles, offsetting some of the typically-higher purchase costs compared to conventional costs. Yet just as Toyota prepares to launch its 2016 Mirai fuel-cell car, a tax credit for hydrogen vehicles has expired due to inaction by Congress.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2014

Department of Energy''s (DOE) Clean Cities program and the National Park Service (NPS) recently announced nine new projects to deploy green vehicles within nine of the 13 national parks. If you''re planning a summer vacation to a U.S. national park this summer, you may start to see a few changes when you get there. The U.S.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 30, 2011

One such company is Green Vehicles, an electric start-up that folded back in July. Green Vehicles had created a three-wheel electric car known as the It's a sad fact of business that many start-up companies fail within the first few years of trading. Electric car fans are quite used to this and even the most promising new companies can struggle.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2014

Three wheeled vehicles get a lot of attention from hardcore fans of performance cars. They also get plenty of attention from hardcore fans of green vehicles--as they share many of the same desirable characteristics, like an aerodynamic teardrop shape with surprising stability, and light weight.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 2, 2015

Today, read about the California bill that would cut the state sales tax for the newest green vehicles, how a 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car has fared after four years on the road, and why the next generation of car buyers may place particular emphasis on fuel efficiency. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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