Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Nissan Serena e-POWER goes on sale in JapanThe Nissan Serena e-POWER will go on sale in Japan on 1 March, combining the exceptional driving performance of the e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ) with the family-friendly features of the popular Serena minivan. e-Power vehicles do not use grid charging.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

Chrysler unveiled the all-new 2017 Pacifica minivan in both conventional and plug-in hybrid versions at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The PHEV is the minivan segment’s first. The Pacifica Hybrid will deliver an estimated all-electric range of 30 miles from a 16-kWh lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

The all-new Note Aura comes exclusively with Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ), a key part of the company’s electrification strategy under the Nissan NEXT global business transformation plan. Nissan launched the all-new Note Aura premium compact car in Japan, with sales planned to start in autumn.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

NLM is part of the Fujian Motors Group, owned by the Fujian provincial government. NLM’s product portfolio includes an electric commercial distribution minivan which is a part of the agreement. NLM’s product portfolio includes an electric commercial distribution minivan which is a part of the agreement.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ), available in the Serena minivan ( earlier post ), has been named Technology of the Year for 2019 by the Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC). liter engine. km/L (62 mpg US, 3.8 l/100 km), Nº 1 in its class.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The PHEV Ram 1500 pickups are part of a national demonstration fleet of 140 vehicles that will be used during the next three years to evaluate customer usage, drive cycles, charging, thermal management, fuel economy, emissions and impact on the region’s electric grid. Earlier post.). The grant, totaling $48 million from DOE and $49.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

No other minivan has ever come close to this rating. (As In addition, the EPA gave the all-new minivan a rating of 10 in its Green Vehicle Guide. This marks the first time a minivan has achieved a 10—the highest possible rating—in this category. Click to enlarge. The vehicle also benefits from regenerative braking.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

sales volume increase in July thanks in part to the hot-selling Prius hybrid. jump partly on the popularity of the Fit subcompact and the Step WGN minivan. Toyota Motor Corp. enjoyed a 19.1% Honda Motor Co. The Demio subcompact helped boost Mazda Motor Corp.’s s sales volume 25.3%.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

No similar issues have occurred with 23 plug-in hybrid minivans deployed as part of a parallel project (also with Electrovaya batteries, ( earlier post ). mpg, while the minivans delivered 55.0 Three of the fleet’s 109 pickups equipped with plug-in hybrid powertrains sustained damage when their prototype 12.9-kWh

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. Several mild hybrid applications will come to market shortly thereafter.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The automaker recently notified parts suppliers that it intends to roll out about 800,000 hybrids domestically in 2010, with the figure to be raised to around 900,000 in 2011 and roughly 1.1 The Nikkei reported that Toyota Motor Corp. plans to double its global production of hybrid vehicles from the 2009 level to 1 million units in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

NA aluminum sheet demand for auto body and closure parts. As the material mix for body and closure parts continues to change in the years to come, use of aluminum sheet for vehicle bodies will increase to 4 billion pounds by 2025, from 200 million pounds in 2012. lbs (186 kg) and minivans at 396.5 Click to enlarge. lbs (180 kg).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. From 1990 to 2017, transportation emissions from fossil fuel combustion rose by 19% due, in large part, to increased demand for travel. In 2017, total gross U.S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Drawing on experience gained in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of eastern Japan, Toyota will introduce a 1.5kW power supply option for the Japan-market Prius within about half a year, and will expand the option to other hybrids in the near future.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Also offered on the Nissan Serena minivan, the e-POWER system is a key part of Nissan’s electrification strategy. Popular with customers for its exciting acceleration and quietness, the innovative e-POWER system helped make the Nissan Note the best-selling registered car in Japan in the first six months of 2018, excluding minivehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2014

Phase II will have experimental facilities for parts, materials and structures for electrical devices. The Wuling Rong Guang created China’s large-size minivan segment. SAIC-GM-Wuling manufactures a range of Wuling brand mini-trucks and minivans as well as a growing family of Baojun brand passenger cars. million units delivered.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Those dimensions create unique proportions that depart from conventional minivan, SUV or crossover designs, GM says. turbocharged engine that is part of GM’s new family of small-displacement four-cylinder engines. The Granite’s comparatively short body length is complemented by a wide, 70.3-inch inch (1,536 mm) height.

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APRIL 6, 2021

In March 2018 an e-POWER version of the popular Serena minivan was launched, which was followed by the all-new Kicks SUV e-POWER in June 2020. As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets will be electrified. Since then, the Note e-POWER model has been very well received by customers.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Ford reports that sales of its full-size Transit passenger vans are up 30% year-on-year through June, partly driven by growing numbers of large families are turning to the Transit instead of minivans. According to Ford, Transit vans outsold every other van in the United States over the first half of 2016, including minivans.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

It is part electric luxury sports sedan, part four-wheel-drive off-roader and trailer hauler, and most importantly, part minivan. Volvo flew us to Newport Beach, California, to test its new EX90 7-seat AWD SUV. For many people, including my family, this is the holy grail of EVs. How well do these come together?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Waymo (formerly the Google self-driving car project, earlier post ) and FCA announced that production of 100 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans ( earlier post ) uniquely built to enable fully self-driving operations has been completed. They’ve been great partners, and we look forward to continued teamwork with them as we move into 2017.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Industry data supplied by Ford Motor Company and Del Webb, part of the multi-brand homebuilder PulteGroup, show that the baby boomer segment (ages 55 to 64), which comprised the growing market for large homes and made minivans and big SUVs vogue are now shifting to still lavish, but smaller homes and utility vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

As part of the discussion on technical collaboration, Honda could initially provide Waymo with vehicles modified to accommodate Waymo’s self-driving technology. Waymo will also receive 100 Chrysler Pacifica PHEV minivans from FCA built uniquely to support self-driving operation. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2025

The A-Class sedan, which is currently on sale in India and the hatchback version, as well as the B-Class minivan, will be phased out as part of this restructuring. They are likely to stay in production until 2026.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

The RVR is the second fender from the Mitsubishi/SABIC Innovative Plastics relationship, which first gave consumers the Delica D:5 minivan in 2007, also sporting front fenders molded from Noryl GTX resin. To optimize on-line painting of the plastic fenders along with the steel body, careful part design and processing were essential.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 31, 2024

As per the all-electric pickup truck’s driver, he was on his way to get his EMT/OET recertification when a Dodge minivan crashed into a Ford sedan at high speed. Footage of the accident showed that the Ford sedan came very close to hitting the Cybertruck after it was rear-ended by the Dodge minivan.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

EPA suggests that the reduction in MY 2011 car and car parts production in Japan in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters “almost certainly” contributed to both the apparent slight worsening in MY 2011 and the large projected improvement in MY 2012. l/100km) or more.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

As part of its 2010 estimates, EPA is projecting an increase in hybrid share to 4.3%, up from 2.3% The annual report provides data on the CO 2 emissions, fuel economy and technology characteristics of new light-duty vehicles (cars, minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks). mpg (10.45 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Honda says that the VEZEL fuses the dynamic qualities of an SUV, the elegance of a coupe, the functionality of a minivan and excellent fuel economy. Honda Motor Co., began sales of the VEZEL in Japan today. The conventional VEZEL is equipped with a 1.5L The City-Brake Active System is also available on selected models.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 30, 2023

One of my favorite parts of perusing Alibaba for fun and outlandish electric vehicles is seeing just how creative the designers can become. In this case, I’ve found what looks like a mini-minivan that took an extra spin or two around the window factory before emerging complete.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2011

The new technology was inaugurated on 21 August and is initially being used to make rear bumpers for the Mazda Biante minivan. Currently, approximately 20 percent by weight of ELVs (parts made of plastics, rubber and other materials) is incinerated as ASR.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Continental’s experience of air suspension systems goes back more than 30 years; its chassis technology has been installed in luxury and other high-end vehicles as well as in minivans, pick-ups and vans. Only the relevant communication and diagnostic parts were developed project-specifically and then the software functions were applied.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2012

Only 25 of the plug-in minivans have been produced, as part of a two-year test suitability and public reaction to the vehicles. Chrysler has completed the roll-out of its small fleet of Town & Country plug-in hybrids, after delivering the first vehicles at the beginning of April.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

The introduction of Baojun is part of GM’s multi-brand strategy in China. SAIC-GM-Wuling manufactures a range of Wuling brand mini-trucks and minivans as well as the Chevrolet Le Chi mini-car. SGMW will begin building the new network for passenger vehicles following the official launch of the Baojun brand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

billion in federal grant monies awarded to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of hybrid electric vehicles and new-generation batteries for a project to develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. In August, Chrysler was announced as being selected for $70 million in funding from the $2.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Honda launched global production of a new, state-of-the-art 10-speed automatic transmission at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia, LLC (HPPG) in Tallapoosa, Georgia. It will appear first in upper grades of the all-new 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan, launching this spring, and will be applied to additional light-truck and car models in the future.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The media drive in mid-October was held in the San Francisco Bay Area, already home to more EVs per capita than any other part of the U.S. VW stays strictly away from the word minivan, saying only 3 percent of hand-raisers for the Buzz are minivan owners. Look up “chicken tax” for the reason why.) save Los Angeles.

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