The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 9, 2024

Chinese car buyers are among the most prolific EV and PHEV buyers in the world, and the country recently saw their sales numbers eclipse those of gas vehicles for the first time. The Chinese government’s propping up of EV production and sales aims to help reduce air pollution and the country’s appetite for imported oil.

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EV Adoption

MAY 8, 2021

To complete the analysis required identifying or forecasting several data points and models, including: Forecasting EV (BEV and PHEV) sales out to 2030. After 11 years (starting in 2010) of the modern/contemporary EV period, combined US sales of EVs (BEV and PHEV) reached 318,798 in 2020.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 8, 2024

BYD Yuan Up electric SUV (Source: BYD) EVs and PHEVs made up a record half of car sales in China in July, the first time this milestone was achieved in the world’s largest auto market. Sales of EVs and PHEVs – what China calls new energy vehicles (NEVs) – jumped 37% year-over-year in July, achieving a record 50.7%

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

3-Row Premium Midsize Plug-In Hybrid The 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is the largest of the three Volvo plug-in hybrids (the XC40 is the smallest and the XC60 is in the middle), aging gracefully and remaining a solid choice for a premium midsize SUV with a plug. It remains attractive and contemporary versus other three-row SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

In the analysis the ICCT used $140/kWh for BEV battery cost and $200/kWh for 40-mile range PHEVs for 2025. Electrically boosted turbocharging—not considered by EPA—can increase turbocharging benefits by 5% at an additional cost of $338. EPA pegged the CO 2 reduction benefits of mild hybrid vehicles from 7.0-9.5%; Lightweighting.

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Push EVs

JULY 28, 2022

In 2021, BYD successfully launched its Tang SUV to Norwegian customers and has since received positive feedback from consumers. BYD is committed to developing and evolving sustainable technology to reduce global carbon emissions, providing non-polluting viable alternatives to ICE vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Restyling a Best-Selling Premium Compact SUV. The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. The “SH” stands for Super Handling, a big promise from a 4,059-pound compact SUV. Road Test: 2020 BMW X3 xDrive30e PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The Advanced Clean Cars program combines the control of soot, smog-causing pollutants (LEV III) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into a single coordinated package of requirements for model years 2017 through 2025. ACC also incorporates the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation as the “ technology-forcing piece ” of the package.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. We can achieve that -- today -- with a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). A PHEV is essentially a regular hybrid with an extension cord. But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. What Are Plug-In Hybrids?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. What Are Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs)? What do car companies say about PHEVs? Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2024

That’s down significantly from the 4% annual increase originally proposed for trucks and SUVs, which are already held to a lower standard and have become the dominant portion of U.S. As the International Energy Agency last week underscored, SUVs emit about 20% more CO2 than cars , whether they’re electric or not. vehicle sales.

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Practically every automaker on the planet is being forced to make cars and trucks that pollute less and go farther on a tank of fuel. And by the end of the decade two more hybrids will join the Escape SUV in Ford's gasoline-electric lineup. PHEV 's may not have arrived , but they are definitely on the horizon.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

Plug-in-hybrid While the aforementioned hybrids only charge their batteries internally, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) charge their batteries both internally and externally. PHEVs can run as electric vehicles in cities, significantly reducing tailpipe pollution.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

Reducing carbon omissions and pollution from the transportation sector are clearly important to the health of the planet and humans. BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen have all not shipped certain electric models to the US and Toyota is shipping the majority of their RAV4 Prime PHEVs to Europe and Asia. Chart: EVAdoption / Loren McDonald.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2024

data sources, found that plug-in hybrids are traveling 25-65% fewer miles than suggested by the EPA numbers on window stickers, and a European Commission study determined they were polluting more than assumed in real-world use. A 2022 study from the International Council on Clean Transportation, tapping into U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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China EV

JUNE 29, 2018

Some 700,000 BEVs and PHEVs, plus a few hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, were sold in the Middle Kingdom in 2017. Drobnak figures Chinese consumers concerned about pollution will warm to electric vehicles. Magna contracts to produce one other all-electric vehicle, the just-launched Jaguar I-PACE SUV. The large market, that is.

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EV Life

APRIL 7, 2023

That’s why it’s no surprise that the high sticker price of many electric vehicles, particularly Tesla models, has long been one of the main deterrents for people looking to buy a new car, truck, or SUV.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

At the start of 2023, PHEV subsidies were phased out, resulting in lower PHEV sales compared to 2022, and in December 2023, all EV subsidies ended after a ruling on the Climate and Transformation Fund. In FY2024, electric car and SUV sales in India jumped 90% to over 90,000 units.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

EVs will/will not create more pollution than they eliminate. percent of new light-duty vehicle sales, with 66,416 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and 14,143 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) sold. And so goes the litany of contradictory statements about the transition to EVs: EVs will/will not collapse the electric grid. Join the crowd.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 30, 2024

Which automaker outlined an all-of-the-above electrified approach for the near future, including hybrids, PHEVs, and a 3-row electric SUV? Which luxury brand teased radiant cabin heat for a future electric SUV? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 29, 2024.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

VW’s next electric SUV, the ID.5 VW’s next electric SUV, the ID.5 4 compact SUV, which went on sale in Europe and China in late 2020. Karma also teased a GX-1 Series, an SUV to be built on a new global platform, in both battery electric and extended-range EV versions and with deliveries expected in 2022. –

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. Glad to see the variety & availability of electic commuter cars (vs hybrids & PHEV) is rising. Oh, but theres that nasty carbon based fuel again.

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Drive Electric NZ

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In New Zealand air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of 27 deaths per 100,000 people. Globally, 500 EV models are now on the market, ranging from compact cars and two-seaters through to large sedans, SUVs, and sportscars. They estimate that this could result in $1.6 billion of annual economic benefits and 6.1

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

However, Lee Vinsel , a Virginia Polytechnic Institute technology historian and expert on how regulatory policy has improved auto safety and lowered pollution warns, “Policy reflected in EVs must be crafted to reduce the risks to hundreds of millions of individuals that feel they’re not giving anything up.” Volkswagen’s ID.4

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

According to a statement from California Governor Gavin Newsom , Stellantis has signed a landmark deal to curb emissions through 2026 model year under the agreement, which will prevent some 10 to 12 million additional metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from polluting the air.

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