Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil the Volvo XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept. In today’s model range the Volvo S60, V60 and XC60 form one vehicle cluster. The buttons give the car three distinct temperaments: Pure, Hybrid or Power. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline-Electric Plug-in Volvo Gasoline 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. The fifth annual report on China’s auto industry—2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report—says that the next 20-30 years will be a “critical period” that will see the formation of a global new-energy vehicle industry. Electric drive system power density of 2.5

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Auto Industry Industry Industrial 2015 334

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

It builds on the powersplit architecture Ford uses in its current hybrids, allowing it to operate in fuel-saving electric mode beyond 47 mph (76 km/h). Both the C-MAX Energi and C-MAX Hybrid models will be built alongside the all-new 2012 Ford Focus and Focus Electric at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.

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Plug-in Hybrid Ford Plug 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The primary goal of the project, which runs until June 2012, is consistently to utilize renewable energy sources for electrically powered vehicles. kWh battery pack—Volkswagen is testing packs from two vendors (more on this below). Whenever necessary, the battery can also be charged via the generator. Earlier post.)

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Plug-in Fleet Plug Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The new Kia Ray EV is an electric city car with a range of up to 139 km (86 miles) on a single charge. liter gasoline powered Ray CUV, which went on sale in Korea last month. seconds), while top speed is 130 km/h (81 mph). Earlier post.). The EV’s acceleration is brisker than the gasoline model’s (0-to-100 kph in 15.9

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. The Q7 e-tron quattro features a six-cylinder TDI engine and quattro drive that deliver 275 kW (373 hp) of system power and 700 N·m (516.3 TDI quattro.

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Audi PHEV Fuel Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

With the new fourth-generation smart electric drive, Daimler’s smart brand is applying electrification across all models in the range. smart will be the only car manufacturer worldwide currently to offer its full model range with both combustion engines and all-electric drive. Powered by a 17.6 The battery has capacity of 17.6

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All-Electric Re-Charge Electric Electrical 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

However, Ford was able to compensate for that reduction by increasing battery power with its new Li-ion pack ( earlier post ), and increased electric power through the motor and the generator to recover to nearly the same level of performance as the outgoing model, but with significantly improved fuel economy. Atkinson to a 2.0L

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Hybrid Fusion Li-ion Fuel Economy 275

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

With 62 members of the public and 76 pool users running the battery-powered hatchbacks over two six-month periods, the Government-supported trial is the most in-depth of its kind in the UK to publish its findings. The battery was charged by a special home charger supplied by consortium partner Scottish and Southern Energy.

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BMW Mini E Miles Charging 265