Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2021
Main arguments against all-electric cars by international comparison. All five countries offer purchase premiums for electric vehicles, for example. The main complaints about EVs cited by respondents are a lack of charging stations and the low range compared to gas or diesel vehicles. Source: Continental.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2010
(CIL) announced that CIL has received purchase orders for 460 natural gas engines to customers outside of Delhi, India. The B Gas Plus and B Gas International engines, powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), are licensed by CWI and manufactured by CIL.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2009
By having a global technology platform in place, the Volvo Group will be able to generate economies of scale in research and development as well as purchasing and production. The focus of the next few years will be directed more toward enhancing internal efficiency, for example, by taking advantage of synergies. Leif Johansson.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2009
The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008).
Green Cars News
JUNE 17, 2009
Placing the focus for his company on internal efficiency, Volvo CEO Leif Johansson announced that the Group has developed its own medium heavy engine that will be used in trucks and buses from 2010. It will concentrate on internal efficiency going forward, such as by developing its own synergies.
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2009
On 18 March, Marketwatch reported that Valero purchased selected assets of corn ethanol suppliers for $477 million. It is believed Valero purchased the plants at 30% of their original construction cost. (In Rob Kurtz, a project manager for BBI International, was another keynote speaker and an authority on biofuels plants.
EV Sales
MARCH 22, 2021
Most of this was driven by Europe, where strict cash penalties levied directly on automakers, for each ICE (internal-combustion engine) sold, came into effect January 2020 — and simply worked! Personally we will likely make our first outright purchase of an EV this year, after serially leasing 4.5 in 2019 to 4% in 2020.
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