Green Cars News

JULY 17, 2012

Ethanol production is not responsible for the decrease in petrol (gasoline) prices – despite recent claims from the US Secretary of Agriculture and the Renewable Fuel Association. Recently it was claimed that ethanol production had helped to lower petrol prices by $0.89 and $1.09 [.].

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Michelin Uptis airless tire on French postal van There, executives confirmed to Green Car Reports that the company is pushing ahead on airless tire technology that may be smarter for robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles. It takes a lot of simulation tools to provide a match for the car, then rounds of final testing with the car.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Though it is established as Japan’s leading green car, production of the Toyota Prius is now heading to China. The Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Company, which is a joint vehicle production company with China FAW Group Corporation, has started production of the vehicle at its Changchun Plant.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2011

Fuel producers in Germany have cut their production of E10 as the country continues to suffer from a consumer backlash against the new fuel. From the beginning of this year, German petrol stations have been required to offer the new Super E10 petrol or face fines. However five months into the compulsory presence of E10 [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2009

According to the American Petroleum Institute, July US oil product deliveries fell three per cent slowing the rate of decline by half compared to the first half of the year. Even with an overall decline in product deliveries, petroleum deliveries rose by 0.8 Refinery output has also declined for all but petroleum, which rose 2.8

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MARCH 18, 2010

It won Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car Vision Award recently, for satisfying all the needs of a modern driver, whilst at the same time producing zero localised emissions and requiring no petrol. When the Leaf begins production in 2013, the company plans to roll out 50,000 vehicles a year.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 29, 2013

Describing it as "no futuristic dream car", Volvo has revealed its new Concept Coupe (pictured): the first model from its Scalable Product Architecture, and also a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The concept car boasts a two-litre Drive-E petrol engine with both turbo and a supercharger. Its petrol engine[.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

Following on from our news story earlier today about Lamborghini making the green switch, it seems an apt time to examine the influx of supercar manufacturers that appear to be leaning towards greener technology. Tags: Green cars Latest news Ferrari green supercars McLaren Ronn Motors Ronn Motors Scorpion supercars.

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Green Cars News

MAY 25, 2009

A team of researchers has received a $620,000 boost to make green car parts from bio-fibres and bio-plastics. The idea is that car part prototypes will be made from a green plastic, as well as from natural and bio-based fibres. The hope is to find ways to develop biofuels from biomass.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The strategic partnership between General Motors (GM) and PSA Peugeot Citroen has been taken in a new direction that sees plans for co-operation on a B-segment platform and a small petrol engine cast aside. The companies will work together on two products for the PSA platforms: namely the C-CUV cro[.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 27, 2010

As the US attempts to reduce its reliance on foreign oil, import levels of crude and products in 2009 slumped 9.2 The figures from the American Petroleum Institute show that domestic crude oil production was up seven per cent over the prior year, averaging 5.3million barrels a day. However, December figures suggest that the demand [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2009

Considered by many to be the ultimate eco-car, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation finally unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV as part of World Environment Day in Tokyo. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Mitsubishi Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2010

Where we stand: May 2010 Through its Alliance with Nissan, French automaker Renault has been one of the leaders in the production of zero emission electric vehicles and has plans to mass market a range of electric cars from 2011 onwards (see article). In recent weeks it has released the final designs of its zero emission [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

How many times have we read about various green car concepts that come to nothing? However, if you were expecting the Fisker Karma to be another example of a green car that got away, then it seems you got one wrong. The petrol engine then generates enough electricity to run for 250 more miles.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2013

Toyota has begun production of its new Auris Touring Sports model at its Burnaston plant in Derbyshire. Featuring a hybrid drivetrain, as well as petrol and diesel models, the car is the first hybrid estate car in its class. The new model was welcomed to the plant by Transport Secretary, Patrick[.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 5, 2009

An increasing number of British motorists are opting out of the volatile petrol car market, according to the latest LPG (liquid petroleum gas) vehicle sales figures from Proton. Proton’s sales figures reflect a growing dissatisfaction amongst motorists towards the over-inflated price of petrol, which is once again on the rise.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2013

Mazda will increase production of its fuel efficient SKYACTIV engines by 25% in response to popular demand. The four-cylinder SKYACTIV-G petrol engines and SKYACTIV-D clean diesel units, which appear in the CX-5 [below] and Mazda6, significantly improve fuel economy and CO2 emissions, compared to [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 29, 2012

The plant will cease production of the Volt for four weeks from mid-September as demand for the electric-petrol car remains soft. It is the second time this year that the plant has halted production of the model. General Motors (GM) is to idle its Michigan assembly that makes its range-extended Volt model.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 12, 2012

BMW is to bring the engine production of its new i8 plug-in hybrid car to the UK, the firm’s sales and marketing manager, Ian Robertson revealed this morning. Speaking at today’s SMMT 2012 International Automotive Summit at Canary Wharf in London, Robertson announced that a new generation 3 cylinder petrol engine for use in the [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Toyota will be boosted by $73million in federal and state taxpayer funded assistance in Australia – despite the fact that its hybrid car sales are underperforming. The money will go towards the production of more than 100,000 hybrid and fuel efficient petrol engines from the company’s Altona plant in Victoria.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2010

Ford’s European engine product range has been revamped with the emphasis placed clearly on offering more efficient petrol and diesel engines. At the top of the list is the introduction of two four-cylinder Ford EcoBoost petrol units that combine high pressure direct injection with advanced turbocharging and twin variable valve timing.

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Green Cars News

MAY 16, 2009

Honda Manufacturing in Indiana has begun production of the 2009 Civic GX, which is the only natural gas vehicle built by a major automaker in the USA. The Civic GX was actually first introduced in 1998 and is the cleanest internal combustion vehicle certified by the EPA - it is around 90 per cent cleaner than the average petrol powered car.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2011

German carmaker Audi has finally confirmed the production of its Hybrid A8 luxury saloon. litre TFSI petrol engine and an electric motor, fuel consumption will be in excess of 44mpg on the combined cycle and CO2 emissions of less than 148g/km. Combining a 2.0 Currently the 3.0 TDI-powered A8 has the lowest CO2 emissions in [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine. litre and 2.0 “With the 2.0-litre

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2011

The month of July marked the first time this in 2011 that total petroleum deliveries in the USA actually fell year-on-year – dropping by half a per cent compared to one year ago. According to figures from the American Petroleum Institute (API), motor gasoline demand reached a low for any July in the past decade; [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 8, 2011

Mazda has started the production of its new look Mazda3 (also known as the Mazda Axela) which comes with SKYACTIV technology. The vehicle will be the first Mazda model to combine the 2.0litre SKYACTIV-G direct injection petrol engine with the SKYACTIV-Drive six-speed automatic transmission.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 31, 2009

They have demonstrated a method that rearranges the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petrol into products, showing that [.]. Tags: Green cars Latest news distillation methods energy efficiency new matrix Purdue University refineries.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2013

Mazda is to step up production of its Skyactiv transmissions in response to rising demand for its new, efficient range of petrol and diesel cars. The Japanese firm, which developed its Skyactiv technologies in the belief that their is more efficiency to be eeked out of the old combustion engine,[.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

That was the question that Green Star Products attempted to address with its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) testing protocols, which it has now completed. Global Green Cars, a strategic alliance partner with Green Star Products, completed its full testing sequence over the last month.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

The Electric Car Corporation Plc (ECC) today announced the launch of the UK’s first 4 seater, ‘all electric’ production car. The Citroën C1 ev’ie is assembled in the UK from the donor car.

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JUNE 28, 2009

The pressure is on car manufacturers to take new emission targets seriously - and it appears that the message is getting across with reports suggesting a hybrid version of the Land Rover LRX concept has been confirmed for production. The Land-e concept form allows its drivers to run in petrol only, electric only, or hybrid modes.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The Green Piece: September 8, 2009. However, with Japanese rivals such as Toyota and Honda having burst into an early lead in the green car race and Chinese manufacturers challenging the dominance of the traditional ‘big name’ manufacturers, is there room for the new GM to succeed? How GM hopes to recover. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 2, 2012

As California leads the push towards green motoring, could it be turning its back on petroleum (gasoline) in favour of diesel power? According to figures from the state Board of Equalisation, petrol consumption decreased by two per cent in the third quarter of 2011 – while diesel fuel consumption increased by 6.6 The [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The price of a litre of unleaded petrol in the UK will currently set drivers back more than £1.05 China lowered both its petrol and diesel prices earlier this week by 190Yuan per tonne. China lowered both its petrol and diesel prices earlier this week by 190Yuan per tonne. Tags: Green cars Latest news.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

What role will green cars play? per cent of the UK’s 26million cars are electric and the sector remains exempt from the carbon trading system. The entry of biofuels into the system will encourage Brazil to increase its sugar production with sugar cane derived ethanol cutting around 90 per cent of carbon emissions of petrol.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The organiser of the $10million contest to develop next-generation green cars or vehicles has trimmed the number of contestants to 43 teams from 10 countries which have passed the vehicle design phase. The prize is awarded to teams that develop viable, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100mpg.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

Hot on the heels of McDonald’s announcing it will install an electric vehicle charging station at one of its North Carolina restaurants (for more see our article ‘ McDonald’s embraces electric cars ‘), Burger King has jumped on the fast food green car bandwagon.

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