Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2020

Land Rover is launching a new plug-in hybrid powertrain, based around a downsized 3-cylinder engine, that promises greater fuel economy and more electric range than the British automaker's current models. However, Land Rover told Green Car Reports that there are no plans to bring these latest plug-in hybrids to the United States.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Exploring Ways to Green Your Current & Future Vehicles. If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. Green Vehicles. Fuel-Efficient Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2018

Here at Green Car Reports we hear—even attract—a lot of controversy when we report on fuel-cell vehicles. Many our readers argue vociferously that the only green cars run on batteries alone—no, thank you, to range-extending gas engines, either.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2017

Today, Mazda will launch a new and far more fuel-efficient engine even as a supplier says engine development will end in a decade; our readers weigh in on the Tesla Model 3; and we look at lessons learned from educating the public on electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Today, we've got a pair of stories on internal combustion, covering Mazda's innovative and fuel-efficient new SkyActiv-X engine and a dismissive comment on electric cars from a Japanese CEO. plug-in electric car sales. All this and more on Green Car Reports. If you think of the global auto.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today, we envision a diesel-free future in Copenhagen (with many exclusions), ride 4,000 miles across the country on an electric motorcycle, and see that the potential for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles could be in the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 2, 2019

The BMW 745e brings a new 6-cylinder engine, with lower fuel-economy ratings, and slightly more electric range for 2020. Los Angeles launches its own Green New Deal. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla raises cash and introduces a new very short-range version of the Model 3 for Canada.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 6, 2013

With carmakers battling to produce vastly more fuel efficient engines, the title of Green Engine of the Year has become increasingly prestigious as part of the International Engine of the Year awards: and it is Fiat that has scooped the title for 2013. Its innovative 0.9litre TwinAir Turbo bi-fuel [.].

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2024

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Thursday, Green Car Reports rolled out a couple of first-drive impressions and debut material. And as Green Car Reports experienced on the road, in the mud, and on the drag strip, it means impressive gains in performance and comfort.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2024

Here’s what you need to know after Green Car Reports spent a morning driving a 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid prototype around Montreal. One of the electric motors is for propulsion and always connected to the wheels, and it’s connected to the gas engine via a clutch, while the other is connected to the engine primarily as a generator.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda’s roadmap to the ideal internal combustion engine. This corresponds to a 23% reduction in fuel consumption and, therefore, CO 2 output.). the step-by-step introduction of electrification to SKYACTIV internal combustion engines: stop-start, followed by regenerative braking, followed by electric motor drive technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda will introduce the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan by the end of 2016, beginning with retail leasing to customers through its expanded network of 12 approved fuel cell vehicle dealerships located in select California markets. The interior uses rich materials and intuitive, streamlined controls.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 27, 2008

Conventional cars work by exploding fuel and air in a chamber to exert force on the pistons, but what if rather than using an explosion to provide that pressure on the piston, you just stored your ‘fuel’ at a constant high pressure. That’s the concept behind the air car , and it looks like a pretty promising technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ PHEVLERs Provide Value to the Drivers PHEVLERs use the Existing Energy Infrastructure PHEVLERs use Clean Fuels to Reduce Air Pollution. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. Table of Contents.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

GM says that it has tested the compressed natural gas (CNG) tank in the 2015 Bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala ( earlier post ) under normal and extreme conditions, exceeding both federal requirements and CNG industry guidelines. For example: The Bi-fuel Impala is subjected to six crash tests at GM’s Milford Proving Ground. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

AAA conducted primary research to understand the effects of ambient temperature on the range and equivalent fuel economy of five battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sold throughout the United States: the BMW i3, Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan LEAF, Tesla Model S 75D and the Volkswagen e-Golf. Evaluated ambient temperatures included 20°F, 75°F and 95°F.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

Within that, projects for the European Green Cars Inititative are to receive an indicative (i.e., million) for the European Green Cars Initiative topics, and the remaining €12 million for the rest of the topics. Specific topics outside of the Green Cars Initiative are: AAT.2010.7-17. assessments.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 23, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: We drive the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car and Golf TDI diesel back to back, Tesla halts Model S assembly to prepare for the Model X, and Ford details fuel-efficient engines for the 2015 F-150. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Electric or diesel?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

reduction in fuel consumption achieved with XL Hybrids’ aftermarket hybrid electric powertrain ( earlier post ) on a light-duty cargo van on the UDDS cycle (urban conditions). The testing process compares fuel economy performance from the vehicle in its original condition with the performance using XL Hybrids’ charge-sustaining hybrid system.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 2, 2024. Honda revealed the upcoming fuel-cell version of its Honda CR-V and, once again, it will only be available by lease in California. That is, if you can find somewhere along the way to fuel up.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2011

million) from the Green Car Innovation Fund to support fuel efficiency improvements for the next Holden Commodore. Together the innovations, including aluminium body panels to reduce vehicle weight and improved aerodynamic performance, are designed to help reduce fuel consumption by more than 7%. million (US$42.5

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: The 2015 Ford Focus will be offered with a 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost gasoline engine option in the United States, The Hyundai Intrado hydrogen fuel-cell concept is scheduled to debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, and Nissan gathers intelligence for the next Leaf from Tesla owners.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 9, 2013

Innovative technology has become integral in the fight to lower fuel consumption and emissions: and now Volvo can add its own masterpiece to the collection. Its new engine family known as Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) is set to launch this autumn and will boast something called i-ART technology (how it works, pictured).

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 10, 2020

BMW invests in synthetic fuel for internal combustion engines. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Kia and Hyundai keep refining heat-pump technology. And a lease deal already applies to the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2018

To contribute to the realization of next-generation green cars and autonomous vehicles with higher efficiency and higher reliability, the RH850/E2x Series MCU incorporates up to six 400 megahertz (MHz) CPU cores, making it the first on-chip flash memory automotive MCU to achieve the industry’s highest processing performance of 9600 MIPs.

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Baua Electric

MAY 22, 2024

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Civic hybrids, with a larger engine than what’s been used in past versions of this model and a choice of sedan or hatchback layouts, are aiming for 40% of Civic sales. Follow Green Car Reports on Facebook and Twitter The post Honda Civic Hybrid details, VW ID.7

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Infiniti bumps turbo fuel efficiency with a new variable-compression engine. And we detail why the Hyundai Kona Electric is one of our three finalists for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019. All this and more on Green Car. Chrysler recalls Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivans—again.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2012

You may have noticed we feature the late Mazda RX-8 rather less often than the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car. Considering the final iteration of the four-seat, four-door sports car delivered just 23 mpg highway from its 1.3-liter liter Renesis rotary engine, it really wasn’t a green car.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

EcoBoost engine. Ford Australia is investing A$230 million (US$188 million) to improve the fuel efficiency and environmental impact of its Australian-made models, including the first global rear-wheel drive application of Ford’s turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection 2.0L liter turbocharged V6 engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2015

Today we''ve got photos of activity at the Tesla Motors "gigafactory" site in Nevada, California''s goal of cutting petroleum use in half by 2030, and a prediction of the decline of conventional gasoline engines that largely depends on your definition of "conventional." All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Today, we've got news out of Congress in DC, bad news for the Tesla Model 3, some advice on fuel-saving techniques, and a song sung by electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla has been able to build only 260 Model 3 electric cars over the last three months, CEO Elon Musk said yesterday.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Is a century-old and very fuel-efficient two-stroke engine poised for a comeback? And, what questions should you ask about upcoming hydrogen fuel-cell cars? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, October 17, 2014.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2016

Hyundai is aggressively pursuing its goal of becoming the second-biggest seller of green cars worldwide, behind only Toyota. To accomplish that, it is rolling out a diverse array of new models across the main Hyundai brand, as well as Kia.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Few Americans drive diesel cars as yet, Toyota will unveil a new hydrogen fuel-cell concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, and Johnson Controls develops a compact battery pack for engine start-stop systems. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Have you driven a diesel lately?

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Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: A quick preview drive of the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, Audi confirms a diesel engine for the A8 e-tron plug-in hybrid, and a new take on Honda and Toyota''s hydrogen fuel-cell plans. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Does Honda and Toyota''s.'

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