Toyota Wants its Batteries Back, All of Them
Feb 7, 2015
Toyota extending hybrid battery collection programme from its own retail network to independent end-of-life vehicle treatment operators Target to increase current recovery rate of 91 per cent to 100 per cent of used Toyota and Lexus hybrid batteries across Europe Strategy includes an extension of recycling agreements w ... Continue reading
Feb 6, 2015
F-150 with 2.7L EcoBoost named greenest standard pickup Focus Electric named one of 12 greenest vehicles overall DEARBORN, MI -- February 6, 2015: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) named the F-150 and Focus Electric among the most environmentally-friendly vehicles for consumers in 2015. The F ... Continue reading
Nissan LEAF Only Plug-In Vehicle to Receive 2014 IHS Automotive Loyalty Award
Feb 5, 2015
Following a record-breaking sales year in 2014, the Nissan LEAF continues to earn praise and was named the best Non-Luxury Traditional Compact Car in the annual IHS Automotive Loyalty Awards. The all-electric LEAF â the only plug-in vehicle to be included in the IHS Awards â received this honor during the Aut ... Continue reading
ZAP and Jonway Auto's EV Minivan will be OEM by Dong Feng Motor Corporation
Feb 5, 2015
ZAP (ZAAP: OTC), an Electric Vehicle (EV) automotive company incorporated in California Bay Area, and Jonway Auto just signed an OEM contract on February 2, 2015 for 5000 units of ZAP Jonway's EV Minivans that will be sold under the brand of Dong Feng Motor Corporation (www.dfmc.com.cn), one of the top Auto enterprise ... Continue reading
Speakers Announced for 2015 Electric Drive Congress
Feb 5, 2015
The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) today announced the list of speakers for the 2015 Electric Drive Congress, set for February 10 and 11 in Washington, DC. The event will assemble electric drive industry executives, policymakers and other stakeholders to discuss the outlook for the market and what rol ... Continue reading
Bus Melodrama Creates $100B Market by 2025 for Hybrid and Pure Electric Buses Say IDTechEx
Jan 30, 2015
Buses are boring right? Not any more. Faced with 200,000 people dying of air pollution yearly and rocketing oil imports, China will make 10 million school buses and 1.6 million large buses electric. The resulting ultra-low cost base will let its bus makers flood the world. Nonetheless, the emerging global market for hy ... Continue reading
Driving Impression: Volkswagen Passat HyMotion and Audi A7 h-tron Fuel Cell Prototypes
Jan 29, 2015
By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor December 31, 2014 The Fuel Cell Vehicle is well set into our automotive future. The large car manufacturers are all in the process of developing such cars and especially during the past year, they have shown concepts, production ready models and prototypes LINK http://www.theautoc ... Continue reading
Sales of Electric Trucks and Buses Are Expected to Reach Nearly 160,000 Annually by 2023
Jan 29, 2015
A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for commercial vehicles that use electric drive vehicle technology, including global market forecasts for sales and the number of vehicles in use, segmented by country, drivetrain, and liquid fuel, through 2023. âOverall, we expect diesel hybrid drive ... Continue reading
Jan 23, 2015
A goal of nearly 100 DC Fast chargers will be installed to support long distance and metropolitan electric vehicle travel with the BMW i3, Volkswagen e-Golf and other electric cars, along heavily trafficked corridors on both coasts, supported by Level 2 chargers. These publicly available charging stations will be added ... Continue reading
2015 Luxury Green Car of the Year, Green SUV of the Year and Green Car Technology Winners Announced
Jan 23, 2015
Green Car Journal has named the Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel its 2015 Green SUV of the Year⢠and the BMW i8 its 2015 Luxury Green Car of the Yearâ¢, with the aluminum-bodied Ford F-150 earning the magazine's 2015 Green Car Technology Awardâ¢. Winners were determined by a jury of Green Car Journal editors ... Continue reading
Nissan e-NV200 Wins Best Green Van at the Business Van of the Year wards in London
Jan 23, 2015
The all-electric Nissan e-NV200 today scooped its sixth prestigious industry award in as many months, winning the Best Green Van honour at the Business Van of the Year awards in London. The pioneering model triumphed at the independent awards after being put through its paces by an outside panel of expert judges, speci ... Continue reading
Expanded NRG eVgo Network Takes Electric Vehicle Drivers Further Than Ever Before
Jan 22, 2015
NRG eVgo, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. , continues to make life easier for electric vehicle (EV) drivers on a national scale, with its ambitious expansion of the largest Fast Charger network in the nation. With NRG eVgoâs Fast Charger network, drivers have better access to more charging choices, enabling them ... Continue reading
Nutson's News Blast - Automotive World Week January 12-18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015
* Press Days at the North American International Auto Show and the Automotive News World Congress, both in Detroit, dominated the news this week as journalists and industry execs from around the world swarmed the Motor City for this dead-of-winter tradition. The bitter cold of a Michigan winter was no surprise but plen ... Continue reading
2015 Detroit Auto Show Summary and Refreshingly Honest and Knowledgeable Opinion
Jan 16, 2015
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