Green Car Reports

MARCH 2, 2021

Nissan hits a 50% thermal efficiency with an engine set for hybrid duty. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. There aren’t any mass-market convertible electric cars. Volvo reveals the first EV for its lineup that won’t get a gasoline equivalent. And VW teases the idea of an electric Cabriolet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2021

for a new electric car? made electric SUV will be built alongside a hybrid version? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 5, 2021. What’s the lowest lease price in the U.S. Which upcoming U.S.-made This week, we published two drive reviews.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2021

We bring you a drive of the XC90 Recharge plug-in hybrid and think about its connection to a future all-electric XC90. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With Volvo’s plan to embrace EVs in place, the 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge serves as a. Volvo announces a big battery factory for Europe.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 22, 2021. The 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge is the first electric model from the Swedish automaker. Which company revealed plans for three future EVs this past week?

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Baua Electric

JUNE 17, 2024

The Volvo S60 sedan—which in Recharge form is currently the Swedish automaker’s most efficient plug-in hybrid—is being discontinued in the U.S. production left open the possibility that the S60 would continue here as an import, but Volvo has now confirmed to Green Car Reports that this won’t be the case.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

We revisit the XC90 plug-in hybrid. And could the Rivian R3 help EV revive small cars in America? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Could the R3 and R3X revive a stagnant small-car market? Big-box retailers could be doing more to support EV charging.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2021

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 25, 2021. Firsthand experience with the latest EVs, plug-in hybrids, and other. Which upcoming EV got a power boost, and which one got a battery boost?

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 10, 2020

What does Audi’s upcoming E-Tron GT performance car sound like? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending October 9, 2020. The Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid took a lot of fine-tuning attention to make sure its complex.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 29, 2015

We update our look at plug-in hybrid sales, discuss an article claiming Tesla Motors isn't a disruptor, and tell you all about a hybrid VW Beetle we drove yesterday. All this and more today on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

The Nikkei reports that Sanyo Electric plans to launch mass production of lithium ion batteries for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles by fiscal 2012 as part of a ¥200-billion investment (US$2.126 billion) over the next three years in rechargeable batteries and solar cells.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Driving range and equivalent fuel economy reductions slightly differ due to the temperature dependency of both the recharge allocation factor (RAF) and battery discharge capacity. Key findings included: In isolation, hot and cold ambient temperatures resulted in modest reductions of driving range and equivalent fuel economy.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2017

More proof that plugging in cuts carbon emissions, news on the batteries of the new 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid, and discouraging news on the calculated fuel economy of new vehicles sold last year: all this and more in today's car news on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 21, 2017

What company teased us with the possibility of 6-minute electric-car recharging? Which vehicles made it into the finalists for our Best Car To Buy 2018 award, and which didn't? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, October 20, 2017.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2014

Today on Green CarReports: Tesla''s doing well on reservations for its next model, Audi offers renewable energy to recharge its first plug-in hybrid (in Germany, anyway), and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are (still) coming soon. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Today, we've got some far-out stories, from the hydrogen-powered Tesla to the flying drone that recharges your electric car while it's in motion. There's also a death notice for a plug-in hybrid, stiff new rules from the EU, and possible good news from the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Volvo’s head of engineering and R&D Anders Bell also confirmed that while it might be making a small number of mild hybrids without a charge port into the start of the next decade, this announcement brings no change to Volvo’s end of internal combustion engine work. 2025 Volvo EX90 propulsion system Evolving Volvo plug-in hybrid tech?

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 28, 2014

Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new trial of plug-in hybrid buses which will see them wirelessly recharged while they wait at bus stands. Four range-extended diesel electric buses are set to take part in the trial which will launch next year in east London. The specially-built double-[.]. Latest News Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Canadians can have their very own green driving plate to go with their green car from next year. The Canadian province of Ontario is set to introduce the green licence plate to encourage consumers to buy electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

With the launch of the first plug-in diesel hybrid car soon to arrive in the UK, its maker, Volvo reveals plans to ramp up production after the first 1,000 models were quickly snapped up. The new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid isn’t only the first rechargeable diesel hybrid, Volvo also claim that it is the first [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 30, 2020

Volvo promised that all of its cars would be electrified in some way by 2020, and it completed that task recently by adding a plug-in hybrid powertrain to the popular XC40 SUV.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: An updated version of the Audi Sport quattro plug-in hybrid concept will debut at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, the Ford C-Max Solar Energi can recharge at least partly with sunlight, and Kelly Blue Book isn''t optimistic about electric-car residual values. Renewable "pedal.'

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In last week’s edition of The Green Piece Column, we looked at the leaders in the green car race including the likes of Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen and Nissan. Here we offer some insight into these newcomers and their potential impact on the future of green motoring. Tesla Motors.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

The UK has been an epicentre for drivers with a green conscience for many years. So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader? Many of the manufacturers with bases in the UK are already investing in new technologies and focusing on the development of green cars. The argument for the UK….

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2013

OpEneR is a European research project under the Seventh Framework Programme designed to increase the range of future hybrid and electric vehicles by optimizing energy management. OpEneR responds to the European Commission’s Green Cars initiative, which brings together partners from industry and the academic community.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. The entire hybrid unit is housed between the driven rear wheels. The hybrid power unit.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2014

Volkswagen has made the first delivery of its ground-breaking XL1 rechargeable diesel hybrid. Thomas Zahn, Director of Sales and Marketing of Volkswagen, Germany handed over the first of these space-age looking cars to the lucky first owner, Dr Christian Malorny at VW’s Transparent factory in Dresde[.]. Hybrid cars Volkswagen'

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 15, 2013

Manufacturer of the world’s first plug-in diesel hybrid, Volvo, is to team with British Gas to ensure that buyers of its new V60 D6 AWD hybrid have home recharging facilities. Until March 2015, customers who buy the new sportswagon plug-in model will be eligible for a free car charging package f[.]. Hybrid cars Volvo'

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news electric bus recharging electric buses hybrid buses Opbrid Opbrid Busbaar.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Ovshinsky, credited with developing the first commercially successful hybrid battery technology, as used in Toyota’s Prius, has died aged 89.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

In an online blog , calls have been made for Pontiac to be scaled back to one model to build an unprecedented “green muscle car&# - an advanced plug-in hybrid or green diesel that is capable of 100mpg. Due to its reputation for building super cars, the Pontiac name would be ideal as the model for green car power.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Drivers opting for plug-in hybrid cars or ‘range-extended’ models are recharging their cars more frequently than drivers of fully electric cars as they try appear to be maximising their cheaper, electric range, new data suggests.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2010

Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news ACEA electric vehicle charging electric vehicle inlets electric vehicles Europe European Automobile Manufacturers Association home charging plug-in hybrid electric vehicles plug-in vehicle specifications public charging public charging infrastructure recharging.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Search Results for Google April 29, 2009 09:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle FRANKFORT, Ky.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Green Star Products, Inc. OTC: GSPI) announced today that within the next four weeks it plans to publicly test its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Volvo has revealed the pricing and production details of its long-awaited V60 Plug-in hybrid model-its very first hybrid model. The Swedish brand’s rechargeable diesel hybrid will cost between £45,000 and £50,000, minus the Government plug-in car grant, when it goes on sale next early next year.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2010

Known as the Battery Systems Company, it will incorporate Hitachi Maxwell Ltd and Hitachi Vehicle Energy, both of which were set up to develop, manufacture and market rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles and [.].

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