Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Such an engine could provide a cost-effective solution for small recreational vehicle- and motorcycle applications. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Oh and Plante. g/kWh with a 3.3% kW) rating.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

Renault is launching electric retrofit kits in France in partnership with R-FIT. The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date. These kits can be installed on the popular Renault 4, Renault 5 and first generation Twingo.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2014

are yet to catch up to ever-popular gasoline vehicles. But little is ever heard of diesel-engined motorcycles. Between gasoline bikes and the new breed of electric models, few seem to have explored the diesel concept. Diesel-engined cars are nothing new these days, even if sales in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

began discussions and signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the development and use of electric motorcycles for postal deliveries; these will serve as an alternative to the current gasoline-powered delivery motorcycles. Japan Post Co., and Honda Motor Co.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Hydrogen is not currently an option for small vehicles such as electric scooters and motorcycles, since the pressure surge during refilling would be too great. This means that POWERPASTE can offers a range comparable to—or even greater than—gasoline. This makes it suited for areas lacking such an infrastructure.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Legacy motorcycle brands are taking bold steps into the electric future, but not all attempts have hit the mark. Can-Am and Kawasaki, both respected for their performance and unique legacies in the gasoline-powered world, have since entered the commuter e-motorcycle market with varying degrees of success, to put it kindly.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

revealed the latest prototype of the EV-neo electric scooter and said it plans to begin lease sales in Japan in December 2010 to businesses and individual business owners who provide mainly delivery services. Honda Motor Co., Earlier post.). Prototype of EV-neo. Click to enlarge. Range per charge at 30 km/h (18.6

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: We look at what could raise fuel efficiency in the next Ford F-150 pickup truck, we run down electric motorcycle options this year, and cheer the passing of Venezuela''s soon-to-vanish gas price: 5 cents per gallon. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 11, 2011

If you read last week’s review of the 2012 Zero S, you’ll know that we’ve recently visited the headquarters of Zero Motorcycles in Scotts Valley, California.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

When the production version goes on sale in 2010, it will be the first series-production sports hybrid car from a major OEM, and the first gasoline-electric vehicle to employ a 6-speed manual transmission. The EV-N is a small, 4-seater battery electric vehicle, inspired by the N360, Honda’s 360cc micro car launched in the 1960s.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In 2016, IEEE Spectrum spotlighted Ohio State University ’s Buckeye Current team, a group of engineering students who dared to test their electric motorcycle’s mettle against professionals in the grueling Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. To put the Buckeye Current team’s motorcycle in perspective, consider the iconic Vespa scooter.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2023

from 2021, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association. Vehicles powered by gasoline, including hybrid vehicles, accounted for most of the new autos sold in India last year. Electric vehicles hardly have a presence. million vehicles sold.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Mission Motors, developer of the high-performance Mission One PLE electric motorcycle, launched Mission Electric Vehicle Technology (MissionEVT), the company’s high-performance EV Powertrain Division, at the 2010 Specialty Equipment Marketing Association Show (SEMA) in Las Vegas. —Jit Bhattacharya. MissionEVT.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A simple example would be a short trip by electric kick scooter. If it replaces a motorcycle or a car trip, the environment and health effects are positive. Gasoline cars are overtaking diesel-fueled cars in sales of new passenger cars, but the total consumption of diesel fuel keeps increasing. g CO 2 per kilometer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

12.50 (US$16.31) for most vehicle types, including cars, motorcycles and vans (up to and including 3.5 The ULEZ standards are: Euro 3 for motorcycles, mopeds, motorized tricycles and quadricycles (L category). Euro 4 (NO x ) for gasoline cars, vans, minibuses and other specialist vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 19, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: Two senators propose increases to the Federal gasoline and diesel taxes, Harley Davidson introduces an electric motorcycle, and the 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell earns zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) credits instead of dollars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

The E-JET concept range extended electric vehicle from GAC. At least two Chinese automakers are bringing some of their new energy vehicles—hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric—to two of the major international auto shows in the first quarter of this year. Click to enlarge. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

To do so, the company plans to expand its powertrain offerings by adding plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models to its current model lineup, which includes conventional hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), diesel engine, and battery electric vehicle (BEV) models. MAZDA SPIRIT RACING Bio concept DEMIO.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The plug-in hybrid electric test vehicle for Japan. announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

ECMS is a global leader in emissions catalysts and produces mobile emission catalysts for gasoline, diesel and off-road vehicles, motorcycles, small engines and other applications. The ECMS business will continue to be reported as part of the Catalysts division in the Surface Technologies segment.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The projects will advance the manufacture of electric vehicles and vehicle batteries; add vehicle charging stations; and encourage the use of biofuels. The eight projects are: Electric Vehicle manufacturing. $1 Each electric truck that replaces a diesel model can save an estimated 75 tons of CO2 a year. Earlier post.)

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Meet the e-bike. A battery and small electric-assist motor on a bike frame allows riders to climb hills and reach higher speeds with each boosted pedal for less effort than a regular bike. million gallons of gasoline or 4.2 Another two-wheeled option for a different type of travel: zero-emission motorcycles. Think again.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

When installed in a gasoline fueled engine it provides a CO 2 savings of more than 1 g per kilometer. If one million motorcycles were equipped with the SKF solution the reduction would be 36,000 tonnes of CO 2 per year. T his SKF new bearing family for the E-powertrain market is an enabler for higher electric motor power density.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This week on Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. more… The post Wheel-E Podcast: Rad’s UL bikes, Talaria xXx, Honda Motocompacto, LiveWire Del Mar & more appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

California is considering an electric-motorcycle mandate that could lead to an eight-fold growth in sales, CalMatters reports. 7, would impose a credit system leading to 10% zero-emission motorcycle sales in 2028 and 50% in 2035, up from about 1% today.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 6, 2025

What they got wrong was assuming that all of those vehicles would run on battery power alone, with gasoline-electric hybrid technology bound for the technological scrap heap. Those numbers are a disappointment to automakers and regulators, who have looked to PHEVs as a bridge technology between gasoline vehicles and pure EVs.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2023

Lightning Motorcycles is already known for record-setting speeds. In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a landspeed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 kilometer-per-hour (215.91 mile-per-hour) average run and a 351 kph (218 mph) peak.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Honda on Tuesday unveiled a performance electric motorcycle concept as part of what the company says will be an ongoing emphasis on two-wheeled electrification. Up until now Honda has suggested that it will electrify mopeds, scooters, and the worker bees of the motorcycle market first.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

The electric fuel pump controls the fuel supply for the Sprinter according to requirements—i.e. When the sensors identify a car or motorcycle in the blind spot while the vehicle is on the move, a red warning signal appears in the exterior mirror on the respective side. with a variable delivery rate.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Vammo, a battery-swapping service for electric motorcycles in Latin America, has just announced that the company has surpassed an impressive 1 million battery swaps in a little over a year. The service was launched just over a year ago and has already saved its customers a combined US $1.3 million in fuel costs.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 27, 2022

IndyCar will make the switch to hybrid gasoline-electric engines with the 2024 race season, joining F1 and IMSA , two race series that already use hybrid systems. Shell says this new race fuel “enables at least 60% greenhouse gas emissions reduction compared to fossil-based gasoline” on a lifecycle basis compared to the current fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance. Lightweight Ultra Low Emissions Delivery Van.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

Target applications for Freescale’s small engine control platform include small-displacement two- and four-stroke engines used in motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and three-wheeled taxis. by 2015, are expected to reduce harmful emissions from small gasoline engines by 95%, compared to 1997 levels.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

LiveWire, the electric motorcycle company spun out of Harley-Davidson, is flexing the versatility of the company’s S2 Arrow powertrain with the unveiling of an electric maxi scooter. LiveWire is likely to lean into all of those opportunities by leveraging its existing electric motorcycle S2 Arrow powertrain for the new design.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

When the driver releases the accelerator, the generator transforms the kinetic energy into electricity to be stored in the 48V battery. The recuperated energy accumulating in the 48V battery is supplied to the 12V electrical system and powers the lights, steering, power windows, ventilation, audio system and seat heating. A 181 hp 2.0-liter

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National Green Transportation

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Over a hundred years ago the motorcycle industry got started when tinkerers added either electric or gasoline motors to bicycles. The gasoline motors of that era proved to be a better fit than the electric systems of that era, leading to the modern obnoxiously loud gasoline powered motorcycles we have today.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

The Shell car is not intended for production, but to inspire thinking about how the efficiency and utility of a car with a relatively simple conventional gasoline engine can be maximized for city use around the globe and also to prove the benefits of ground-up engineering collaborations. Together with the all-electric T.27

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