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People like pointing out how dirty the electricity grid mix is after charging electric vehicles. Many love talking about plug-in cars that as they say contribute to pollution. This map from Carnegie Mellon University helps on finding out the cleanest cars based on their location. Researchers have compiled information about the gas emissions of different EVs considering their charge, they compared gasoline-powered vehicles to electric ones. In the research were tested Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, Prius Plug-In Hybrid versus Toyota Prius hybrid and Mazda 3. By driving a Nissan Leaf in ...
Honda Motor Co. plans to broaden the Clarity nameplate to two more alternative-fuel vehicles, considering that green cars building is a priority direction in its future activity.The Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell hatchback set to go on sale late this year will be followed by an all-electric Clarity next year. A third model, a Clarity plug-in hybrid, will be launched later in 2017. The three Clarity models will all share the same front-wheel-drive platform and five-seat, hatchback layout. Styling between the versions will vary slightly. Honda expects the Clarity plug-in hyb...
Tesla Motors announced it faces a shortage of U.S. tax credits for the Model 3, its first mass-market electric vehicle. It was said that, in the first week of orders, 325,000 people had placed refundable $1,000 deposits on the Model 3, a sedan starting at $35,000 with a range of 215 miles and up.As the company has struggled in the past to deliver products on time, some say that the announced crisis is an apparent one, seeing in this announcement a clever production strategy to squeeze more money out of the program for its buyers. Because of a limit on the number of Tesla cu...
China became the biggest automobile market by sales in the world, and it has not stopped growing since. What may be even more astonishing is that it is, still in many aspects, a market in its infancy with huge growth potential. Last year, BYD more than doubled its global plug-in vehicle sales to almost 62,000 vehicles.This is the brand new BYD Yuan SUV. It will be launched on the Chinese car market next month, and the first cars have arrived at BYD dealers in China. BYD has decided to call the entire range ‘Yuan’, including the petrol and plug-in hybrid versions, just like they did...
Daimler makes its managers drive hybrid and electric cars. Plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles will become actually its company cars. The German automaker established a new policy this week that will require top managers to drive electrified company cars—as opposed to gas-powered vehicles—to set an example and provide a clear role model.The company believes that electric cars have much more responses than usual models. Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz, announced it would invest another 30 million euros ($33 million) to expand its own charging infrastructure across its o...
