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What’s the State of Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022?

Clean Fleet Report

Electrified vehicles (hybrid-electrics) have been commercially available since the late 1990s with the Toyota Prius. Today, there are nearly 8,000 fast-charging stations for electric cars in the United States (and many more of the slower Level 2 type. Fast-fueling is hydrogen’s big appeal (compared to battery EVs).

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

United States. Edwards points out that attitudes like being green arise from values that are usually stable, internalized and emotionally charged and as a result they frequently stay constant over one’s lifetime. We’re always looking for ways to achieve risk reduction and we’re looking for a meaningful life.

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Researchers find Nissan LEAF creates less CO2 than Toyota Prius hybrid in west US and Texas, but more in N. Midwest

Green Car Congress

Under some conditions, the battery electric Nissan LEAF can produce higher emissions than a Toyota Prius hybrid. The team characterized the vehicle emissions across the United States under alternative assumptions for regional electricity emission factors, regional boundaries, and charging schemes. Click to enlarge.

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Tesla driving test hell: How DMV examiners’ biases are inhibiting the EV transition

Teslarati

Having extensive driving experience overseas before moving to the United States, the Tesla owner (name witheld as requested) was fairly optimistic that he could pass the Department of Motor Vehicles’ standards. And it’s not just the United States either. Credit: Tesla Inc.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference. If you had been you would have heard the women I’m pegging as a future United States Senator from California. Plug them in, charge them up, drive silent, drive clean.

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NRC report recommends ways to overcome barriers hindering purchases of PEVs; vehicle cost, battery tech and consumer knowledge among others

Green Car Congress

The task of the committee of experts and stakeholders writing the report was (1) to identify market barriers slowing the purchase of PEVs and hindering the deployment of supporting infrastructure in the United States and (2) to recommend ways to mitigate those barriers. Four Classes of Plug-in Electric Vehicles. Description.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

The vehicles will be made in the United States, Japan and Europe. will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. – BMW AG’s Mini brand is testing a plug-in model in the United States. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. follows later this month.

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