Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. However, looking ahead, about 80% of the growth in the global fleet will come from non-OECD countries. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. Source: ExxonMobil.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. With fleet mileage, ALTe projects ROI on a conversion in less than two years. Gen1 System installed in a Crown Vic. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Worse (adoption of CO 2 as a refrigerant in Europe alone would result in annual consumption increase of 3 billion liters of fuel at a cost of more than €4 billion to European car drivers). Earlier this year, Honeywell announced the launch of packaging operations for HFO-1234yf in Japan to better serve the market in Asia.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Toyota Crown has been around since 1955 in Japan, and was the first Toyota model exported to the United States in 1957, where it was sold until 1960. Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to be among the first to drive the all-new 2023 Crown crossover, reported here in this Flash Drive story. A country cruiser.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 13, 2023

Aero enhanced This Flash Drive review highlights the RZ 450e; Clean Fleet Report will write a more detailed Road Test review in the coming months when we can spend more time with the vehicle. The flat nose curves at the corners where the narrow multi-LED projector headlights and daytime running lights reside.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. Sales of all light duty vehicles are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of just 1% annually in Western Europe and 1.3%

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Cars That Think

JULY 16, 2022

Submarines can now be detected by the tiny amounts of radiation and chemicals they emit, by slight disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic fields, and by reflected light from laser or LED pulses. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft, equipped to detect submarines, awaits refueling in Okinawa, Japan, in 2020. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

While the cost of making these improvements would be passed on to vehicle purchasers, the report notes that many of these suites of technologies would pay for themselves even at today’s energy prices, under the committee’s assumptions. Tags: Fleets Fuel Efficiency Heavy-duty Policy. This is called load-specific fuel consumption (LSFC).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The growing momentum pushing a rapid transition to zero-emission vehicles, combined with a genuine need for range comparable to diesel powertrains and quick refueling, means massive automotive players like Toyota, Hyundai, GM, and Daimler are continuing to pump millions into improving fuel cell system technology and bringing down costs.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Those objections added to the concerns environmentalists were raising about the ozone layer—a scenario seemingly justified a few years later by MIT researchers, who concluded that a future fleet of 500 supersonic airliners would deplete the ozone layer by 16 percent. Senate ceased funding the development of a supersonic airliner in 1971.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

While moderate in terms of volume, the growth rate for NEVs will double that of the light-duty vehicle market during the same period, Pike notes. In Europe, NEVs are categorized as a quadricycle, but are limited to a 4 kW motor for light NEVs or 15 kW for heavier quadricycles. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Toyota Crown Hybrid Max AWD Platinum Vintage Name Returns to the United States The Toyota Crown has been around since 1955 in Japan, and was the first Toyota model exported in 1957 to the United States, where it was sold until 1960. The new Toyota flagship Hybrid Options The 2023 Crown comes with two hybrid engine choices.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. Narrow headlights leading to a longer hood, new vertical tail lights and 10-spoke 18-inch black wheels differentiate the e:FCEV. Versus an electric car, the cost of fueling difference is substantial.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7 Passenger light-duty vehicles (PLDVs) remain the single largest component of transport oil consumption, although shrinking from about 45% share today to 39% by 2035. Passenger light-duty vehicles. billion in 2035. Oil demand for road freight grows fastest, by 1.7%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. When we spoke to customers interesting in driving a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, many wondered what the cost of hydrogen would be. HYUNDAI TUCSON FUEL CELL.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Many leading markets and car manufacturers have committed to effectively phasing out fossil fuel powered light vehicles. Do you support the target to reduce VKT by cars and light vehicles by 20 per cent by 2035 through providing better travel options, particularly in our largest cities, and associated actions? . Transport .

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

It’ll be mostly driven by the cost of gas. YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. The vehicles will be made in the United States, Japan and Europe. government will cover some of the costs. maker of Subaru cars, began leasing electric cars in Japan. I’m guessing close to 50/50. That’s a given.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

According to the report, “On the Road Toward 2050: Potential for Substantial Reductions in Light-Duty Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” each element is separately important, but must collectively be pursued aggressively to achieve necessary emissions reductions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. "Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says. "If we put our staff in Japan or the U.S., This attention to costs is one reason that BYD has made money consistently even as it has expanded into new businesses.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s ’s power generation, he said. — t_F 10.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix. Considering the cost of batteries, these are disposable cars. Re performance- with proper engineering, a small light car can protect a driver well. We have those…they are readily available in our own domestic fleet. aren’t there yet.

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