Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Its lines were styled by Chris Reitz, one of Europe’s leading car designers. With a total curb weight of 580 kg (1,279 lbs)—nearly half of a small car—it features a carbon composite chassis and only 18 moving parts in the entire powertrain. Starting later this year, following funding to match a €2-million (US$2.23

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

Volkswagen has introduced a new version of the Golf GTD (“Gran Turismo Diesel”) in Europe, and plans to bring it to the US market, reportedly likely for the 2016 model year. The GTD bodyshell now has 28% of parts in ultra-high-strength, hot-formed steel, up from 6% on the Golf A6. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) inches lower (56.8

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

The way the EPA vehicle standards are structured, the average of each automaker’s fleet (all of the light-duty vehicles manufactured in a given year) must meet targets of grams/mile of specified pollutants each year. The target amount of average tailpipe emissions gets a bit lower each year, resulting in progressively cleaner cars.

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EPA Standards Vehicles Pollution 111