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& While the EU does tend to lump plug-in hybrids into EV sales tabulations, the region is still outpacing the United States and Canada in terms of both PHEV and BEV volumes. That number was presumed to be around 5.9 percent in the United States, according to data accumulated from Kelly Blue Book.&

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AUGUST 2, 2010

sales volume increase in July thanks in part to the hot-selling Prius hybrid. s sales volume 25.3%. Tags: Brief. 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. Toyota Motor Corp.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Projected shift in volume and segment mix. Micro through mid-size vehicles will increase from 45% to 58% of volume, while large and full-size segments will decline from 55% to 42% of volume, said Joe Veltri, Vice President - Product Planning, Chrysler Group. Tags: Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Determining the applicable standards under RFS2 requires EPA to conduct an in-depth evaluation of the volume of qualifying cellulosic biofuel that can be made available the following year. EPA must also determine whether the advanced biofuel and/or total renewable fuel volumes should be reduced by the same or a lesser amount.

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Still, other than changing the used EV market’s average price tag, which has continued to cool to just $38,000 in the second quarter of the year, it has also likely rapidly changed the Tesla ownership experience overall. Credit: Recurrent Auto What do you think of the article?

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Earlier work by Durrett and colleagues at the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center had resulted in approximately a 60 mol% accumulation of ac-TAGs.). As one example, the viscosity of acetyl-TAG falls within or slightly above the specifications of diesel #4 fuel. —Liu et al.

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APRIL 16, 2023

Tesla’s compact electric vehicle is expected to have a competitive price tag between $25,000 to $30,000. Tesla also revealed the compact vehicle’s battery pack size and estimated production/delivery volumes in Master Plan, Part 3. The first next-generation vehicle listed was a compact battery electric vehicle.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

kWh) and a shorter range (251 km), but it sports a lower price tag: RMB 58,800 ($8,300) compared to RMB 62,800-66,800. The compact JMEV EV3 comes in several variants—lithium-ion versions have a battery pack capacity of 31.15 kWh and a range of 301 km (CLTC). The model’s sodium battery version has a smaller battery pack (21.4

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AUGUST 18, 2010

The Ecotec is GM’s highest volume, most-advanced four-cylinder engine program and powers products such as the Chevrolet Malibu and Equinox, the Buick LaCrosse and new Regal, and the GMC Terrain. Tags: Brief. Powertrain operations to produce camshafts for the next generation Ecotec engine, bringing new investment at the plant to $62.5

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APRIL 9, 2010

The High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC) is a thermodynamic cycle which borrows elements of Diesel, Otto and Atkinson cycles, including: Air compression to a high ratio, followed by fuel injection and compression ignition (Diesel); Constant volume combustion (Otto); Over-expansion (Atkinson); and. Tags: Engines. Stephen Nabours et al.

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First, though, I suggest that you begin playing The Who's best album at top— and I mean eardrum-slaughtering— volume before starting to read this, because when in Leeds … Sherburn Motor Spares specialises in Italian and French cars, with a focus on Alfa Romeos. This one isn't just any Brera, however.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Remy will continue supplying current volume levels and will increase volume with demand. Tags: Brief. Remy will continue to supply Allison with the stator housing assembly and two rotor assemblies for the EP40 and EP50 systems.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

According to the annual report on prevention and control of vehicle pollution, the volume of pollutants generated by motor vehicles across China in 2009 amounted to 51.4 Tags: Brief. million tons, with cars contributing most of it. increase year on year, and 25 times car ownership figures in 1980.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Panasonic will begin volume production of its new 4.0Ah Li-ion secondary batteries featuring an enhanced nickel (Ni) cathode and silicon (Si) alloy anode ( earlier post ) in fiscal 2012. At its announcement of the cells in December 2009, Panasonic had said volume production would begin in fiscal 2013 (ending March 2013).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Tags: Brief. ASTM Subcommittee D02.A0 A0 has begun work on a new specification (ASTM WK30211) for butanol for blending with gasolines for use as a fuel in automotive spark-ignition engines. This specification covers butanol intended to be blended with unleaded gasolines at 1 to 12.5

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

billion vehicle miles) for September 2009 as compared with September 2008, according to the latest Traffic Volume Trends report from the US Federal Highway Administration. Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data. Tags: Brief. US VMT moving 12-month total through Sep 09. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The firm has been working toward realizing the processes needed for volume production. Tags: Brief. Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co. has developed an electric vehicle prototype based on Toyota’s Vios subcompact. The car will not be sold as a Toyota, but under a local brand of the Chinese joint venture.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

The Honda Fit is still the volume leader from January-July, with 82,592 units total. Tags: Brief. This marks the third month in a row that Prius was the top-selling car in Japan. For the first seven months of the year, Prius sales in Japan total 79,122 units. Almost 10% of these were placed through the scrappage scheme.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

LiteOn will support Epyon’s market development in parts of Greater China, Asia, Europe and the US, based on its strength in volume production, marketing and logistics and its regional connections. Epyon will continue to produce lower-volume and modular products through its existing partnerships in Europe. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Volume production of lithium ion batteries, the most expensive component in an electric vehicle, will lower costs sharply. Mitsubishi Motors will also work with the suppliers of motors, rechargers and other parts to reduce component numbers, making volume production easier. Tags: Brief. million yen.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Under the release, Quantum, with affiliate Asola of Germany, will initiate volume production of the solar roofs for the Fisker Karma in early 2011. Tags: Brief. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. has received a $9.4-million million production release for the first production series of solar roofs for the Fisker Karma.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Th system offers four major benefits in terms of volume, weight, safety and optimized wiping, according to Valeo. Tags: Brief. Valeo has developed a dual direct drive windshield wiper system, which is currently applied in the Mercedes SLS AMG.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Initial production volumes will be 100 thousand vehicles per year, rising to 250 thousand per year. Tags: Brief. The new vehicle is slated for launched in 2010, and will be built in a RMB 6.8 billion (US$996 million) purpose-built facility in Panyu district of Guangzhou.

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MAY 3, 2010

Continental has begun production of the first prototypes for electric motors that will soon be going into volume production at its plant in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. Electric motors in volume production at the Gifhorn plant are the next milestone in Continental’s e-mobility components initiative. Tags: Brief.

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JUNE 3, 2012

CAR cites Audi's concerns that the projected 40,000 Euro price tag--just under $50,000--would make the project unviable for the low sales volumes it would likely attract.

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This collaboration speaks volumes about our ongoing commitment to innovate and our capabilities to meet the demands of the EV industry. ” The new US business will help broaden Ramkrishna Forgings’ global footprint for EV components.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

The volume of natural gas the company produced in Brazil was 50,343,000 cubic meters/day, remaining the same as in 2008 on account of domestic demand. Figuring-in the volume produced in the fields in countries where Petrobras has operations abroad, the total daily average rose to 2,525,260 barrels of oil equivalent (boe), 5.2%

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JANUARY 13, 2024

crore (ex-showroom) price tag. I think post-Covid, 2021 was kind of a startup year (from the volume’s perspective) and then 2022 was a good year,” he added. McLaren has just launched the 750S in India at a whopping ₹ 5.91 “Last year there was a small blip in sales.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Preliminary estimates suggest the accumulation is of light, good-quality oil, but further drilling will be required to assess not only the volumes, extent, and productivity of these reservoirs, but also the possibility of using the existing production and offloading infrastructure in the area. Tags: Brief.

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JULY 27, 2010

For the first six months of 2010, US sales of the LaCrosse reached 30,409 units, a 206% change by volume from the first 6 months of 2009. Tags: Brief. direct injected V-6 is available on the CXL and CXS models provide 17 city/27 highway fuel economy ratings.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Song Choong-sup, an LG spokesperson, said the deal would be the largest that LG Chem has signed with automakers so far, considering Renault’s expected production volumes. Tags: Brief. Adding another major automaker to its customer list, LG Chem announced that it will supply Li-ion batteries to Renault for EVs.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In turn, the graphene sheets with good electrical conductivity serve as a conducting network for fast electron transfer between the active materials and charge collector, as well as buffered spaces to accommodate the volume expansion/contraction during discharge/charge process. Tags: Brief. mAh g -1 with 75.5% Xiang, Y.Q. Zhang, C.D.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Ioxus says its ultracapacitors are particularly suited for applications where weight or volume of systems is important because of their high-power densities. The new 1,000F unit offers the same maximum power as competitive 1,200F products with 24% less volume. Tags: Batteries. New Ioxus EDLCs. 1,000F 3,000F 5,000F. kW/kg. . -40

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

By the end of 2012, Audi will have a small volume of R8 e-tron electric sports cars ready to hit the road. Tags: Brief. Some 840 employees will now work here to further advance electric drive systems, batteries and power electronics. The Audi Q5 Hybrid will be introduced to the market as early as next year.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Lotus’ consultancy division, Lotus Engineering, has been applying its light weight principles behind the scenes for other car makers for years on many types of vehicles, both low volume and mass production. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). This study will be led by Lotus Engineering’s Michigan, USA office with completion in April 2011.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

A team of researchers from the US and France report the development of micro-supercapacitors with powers per volume that are comparable to electrolytic capacitors, capacitances that are four orders of magnitude higher, and energies per volume that are an order of magnitude higher. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

To be located at Cecil Commerce Center, Saft’s new facility will be a high-volume manufacturing plant building advanced Li-ion cells and systems for military hybrid vehicles, aviation, smart grid support, broadband back-up power and energy storage for renewable energy. Tags: Brief.

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