Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2017

Today, we have good news on electric-car buyers, a grim EPA budget, an apparently failed new battery, and production of the first plug-in hybrid minivan to hit the market. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Four out of 10 drivers globally would consider buying an electric car today, but the numbers vary a lot by country.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, a plug-in version of the much-lauded new minivan, won our Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2018 award because it brings a partially zero-emission vehicle into an entirely new market segment.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 24, 2015

We know very little about the plug-in hybrid version that Fiat Chrysler will launch sometime after the new 2017 Chrysler Town & Country minivan is unveiled next year. market, only Chrysler will offer a minivan that plugs in and can run. Green Future Cars Plug-In Hybrids plug-in cars'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The automotive market in China is declining faster than expected due to economic uncertainty and government restrictions over vehicle ownership. While minivans and cars continue to struggle, dropping by 40% and 1.4%, respectively, through the first half of the year, SUV and MPV sales improved by 52% and 34%, respectively, year-over-year to 2.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

Nissan introduced the system to market in November 2016 on the Note, followed by a version of the Serena minivan in March 2018, the Kicks SUV e-POWER in June 2020, the new version of the Note in December 2020 featuring the second-generation e-POWER system, and a version of the Qashqai in Europe in February 2021.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2022

The Renault Scénic Vision concept borrows the name of the European-market Scénic compact minivan that first appeared in the 1990s. Renault has imagined one of its staple models as an EV with a hydrogen fuel-cell range extender. It previews a production model scheduled to launch in Europe in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2009

In a panel session entitled “Does Green Matter in a Try-to-Survive Market?” How big is the green market? Strategic Vision shared data that only a small portion of consumers in the US are “ truly green ”, which means the customer is willing to pay significantly more for a green vehicle.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2012

There's likely a huge market demand for higher-mileage minivans and wagons, but so far, the 2012 Toyota Prius V is the sole entry that gets more than 40 mpg in EPA testing.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2012

But Nissan’s latest iteration of the Japanese-market Serena minivan uses regenerative braking technology as a way to eke out extra gas mileage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

In March 2018 an e-POWER version of the popular Serena minivan was launched, which was followed by the all-new Kicks SUV e-POWER in June 2020. The Kicks e-POWER also launched in some Asian markets, expanding the availability of e-POWER technology. The Note claimed the best-selling car in Japan title in 2018.1. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2016

It is in fact a plug-in hybrid, making it the first minivan equipped with that type of powertrain to go into production. It is also the first mass-market plug-in vehicle sold by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in all 50 states of the U.S. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid has a somewhat deceptive—or perhaps incomplete—name.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

By incorporating the Waymo Driver, the world’s leading self-driving technology, into our Pacifica minivans, we became the only partnership actually deploying fully autonomous technology in the real world, on public roads. Our now four-year partnership with Waymo continues to break new ground. —Mike Manley, Chief Executive Officer, FCA.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Except for the 2012 Tesla Model S, there are no seven-seat all-electric vehicles for sale on the market today. Earlier this week, however, Nissan confirmed that it plans to sell a seven-seat minivan variant of the e-NV200 all-electric van in Europe when it enters production next year.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2016

Chrysler’s Town & Country was one of the first minivan on the market when it arrived in 1989 as a spinoff of the original Dodge Caravan, and its mix of practicality and near-premium status did a lot to boost the segment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

Automakers “are stepping up marketing activity, urging customers who are still driving old vehicles to buy new ones before the subsidies expire,” says an official at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. jump partly on the popularity of the Fit subcompact and the Step WGN minivan. Sales of new vehicles in Japan climbed 12.9% Toyota Motor Corp.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In November 2019, the luxury share of the US market was 16.1%. Porsche and Land Rover showed the most price strength in the luxury market, transacting between 2% to 6.4% Honda and Kia showed the most price strength in the non-luxury market, transacting between 6% to 8% over sticker price in November. in October.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2020

However, PEVs are available in size classes ranging from two-seaters to minivans. Half of all plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on the road in the US in 2019 were mid-size cars. Together, compact cars and large cars accounted for nearly 30% of the PEV population.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The drop in pricing was driven by significant price cuts from Tesla, which commands roughly two-thirds of the EV market. High loan rates and continued inflationary pressures appear to be hurting the lower part of the market, so automakers are more focused on luxury and higher-end models. month over month and down 5.5% year over year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

are increasing their presence in the growing market for high-performance batteries for cars with an stop-start function. s recently released Premacy minivan and plans to market batteries that support other makes of cars with the idling-stop function as automakers introduce them. and GS Yuasa Battery Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe is scheduled to arrive in North America early this year and in global markets later in 2022. The Pacifica Hybrid, still the first and only plug-in hybrid minivan, delivers more than 80 MPGe in electric-only mode, an all-electric range of more than 30 miles and a total range of more than 500 miles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2018

Uber) have agreed to expand their collaboration with the aim of advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale. The initial “Autono-MaaS” (autonomous-mobility as a service) fleet will be based on Toyota’s Sienna Minivan platform. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Uber Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Honda and Kia showed the most price strength in the non-luxury market, transacting between 5% and 6% over sticker price in December. Five years prior, in December 2018, luxury market share set a record at 16.5%. Mercedes-Benz and Land Rover showed the most price strength in the luxury market, transacting between 2.6%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The FCA Melfi, Italy plant is beginning preparations to produce the Jeep Renegade Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) scheduled for market launch in early 2020. The Renegade PHEV will be produced alongside the Renegade and 500X full combustion engine products that are currently produced at the Melfi vehicle assembly plant.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 5, 2021

All-New, All-Hybrid Family-Friendly Minivan. To further its electrification commitment, Toyota has released two 2021 hybrid-only models–the Venza crossover and the Sienna minivan. Next up for 2021 is the all-new Sienna Hybrid minivan, which previously was powered only by a gasoline V6. Story and photos by John Faulkner.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Today, China changes the world, a monster markets a minivan, AM radio may vanish, diesels drop for 2018, and we cast a sceptical eye on Tesla's chances of destroying all German luxury brands. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The partnership between the two companies in electrified vehicles dates back to 2014 when LG Energy Solution (then LG Chem) was selected by Stellantis (then Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) to supply the lithium-ion battery pack system and controls for the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, the industry’s first electrified minivan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2018

China-based GAC Motor will feature its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. GAC will also release its first compact new-energy concept SUV designed for the North American market, called the Enverge. year-on-year increase. —Yu Jun, President of GAC Motor.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

The Rogue, including the Rogue Sport, is Nissan’s top-selling nameplate in the US market. Nissan originally introduced ProPilot in 2016 in the Japanese-market Nissan Serena minivan. If traffic restarts, the car will resume driving when the driver touches the switch again or lightly presses the accelerator to activate ProPILOT.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2012

(STM), will from 2015, expand the production capacity of diesel engines used in Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle Project (IMV) series vehicles to meet increasing demand in emerging markets. The series consists of three pickup trucks, a minivan and an SUV. Exports to emerging markets are also being considered.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. With the exception of a relatively small group of early adopters, the market continues to be primarily driven by regulatory requirements.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

The compact minivan will complete the Golf family at the middle of next year. All of the engines available at market launch conform to the Euro-6 emissions standard as well. l/100 km (64 mpg US ), equating to 95 g CO 2 /km—the best value in the field of compact minivans. Golf Sportsvan. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Waymo will also receive 100 Chrysler Pacifica PHEV minivans from FCA built uniquely to support self-driving operation. Waymo CEO John Krafcik will have one of the autonomous PHEV minivans onstage for his keynote at NAIAS in January.). These vehicles would join Waymo’s existing fleet, which are currently being tested in four US cities.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 9, 2016

Today, Tesla adds two new 60-kilowatt-hour Model S variants, the Los Angeles Police Department purchases 100 BMW i3 electric cars, and we drive the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

ft 2 (2.4%); cars increased 1 ft 2 (2.1%); minivans/vans increased 1.0 Since MY 2008, market share has shifted towards car SUVs and truck SUVs, and away from cars, pickups, and minivans/vans. Truck SUVs reached a record market share of 29%, resulting in a record 41% market share for combined SUVs in MY 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2021

Mid-size Car. Mid-size Pickup Truck. Mid-size SUV/Crossover. Sports Car. Subcompact Car. Subcompact SUV/Crossover.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The 2018 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is a one-of-a-kind vehicle, the sole plug-in hybrid minivan offered for sale in North America. Now, the Pacifica Hybrid is back on sale in its second model year, and the minivan with 33 miles of.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Toyota builds Highlander in China for that market only. TMMI currently employs 4,800 and builds the Highlander, Sequoia full-size SUV and Sienna minivan. Annual Highlander production volume is expected to increase by approximately 50,000 units at TMMI.

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