News By Topic: Vehicles and the Environment: Alternative Powered Vehicles

Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid earns Top Safety Pick award

Jun 1, 2023

The redesigned 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid, a small SUV, earns a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The requirements are tougher for both the lower-tier Top Safety Pick and higher-tier Top Safety Pick+ award in 2023. ... Continue reading

Microcars Are the Smaller, Greener Future of Urban Commuting, Reports IDTechEx

Jun 1, 2023

A great "old" idea is reemerging ... Continue reading

Akio Toyoda's "Choice" Vision Seems To Have Been Bought-off As Toyota Joins Other Offshore Car Makers And Spends $Billions To Qualify For Potential $Trillions Of "Made In USA" Green New Deal "EV Buyer Subsidies" A Deal They Can't Refuse, Will Build US Infrastructure For Toyota BEV and Battery Production

May 31, 2023

Toyota will assemble an all-new, three-row, battery electric SUV at Toyota Kentucky starting in 2025. The company’s first U.S.-assembled BEV will be powered by batteries from Toyota North Carolina. ... Continue reading

Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino and Toyota Motor Corporation conclude an MoU on accelerating development of Advanced Technologies and merging Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors

May 30, 2023

Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corporation conclude MoU on accelerating development of advanced technologies MFTBC and Hino to be merged on equal footing Aiming for transaction by end of 2024 Tokyo/Japan and Leinfelden/Germany―Daimler Truck Holding AG ( ... Continue reading

2023 China New Energy Vehicle–Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (NEV-APEAL) JD Power Study

May 29, 2023

SHANGHAI: 25 May 2023 – New energy vehicles (NEVs) have made significant progress in the past year, according to the J.D. Power 2023 China New Energy Vehicle–Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (NEV-APEAL) Study,SM released today. The average NEV-APEAL score for Chinese NEVs is 776 (on a 1,000-point scale) ... Continue reading

BIG DEAL: Stationary Storage Battery System Using Electric Vehicle Storage Batteries

May 29, 2023

Toyota City, Japan, May 29, 2023; Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO HD) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have developed a stationary storage battery system (1 MW output, 3 MWh capacity) that combines TEPCO's operating technology and safety standards for stationary storage batteries and Toyota's sy ... Continue reading

It's About Hydrogen: Liquid Hydrogen-Powered Toyota Corolla to Participate in the Super Taikyu Fuji 24 Hours Race

May 29, 2023

Toyota City, Japan, May 29, 2023 - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) will enter the ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2023 Round 2 NAPAC Fuji SUPER TEC 24 Hours Race, to be held from May 26 to 28, with the #32 ORC ROOKIE GR Corolla H2 Concept (hydrogen-powered Corolla) running on liquid hydrogen. It is the first time in the wo ... Continue reading

BEV: Nothing Can Kill a Bad Product Faster than Good Advertising.

May 29, 2023

As someone that thinks Battery Electric Vehicles are Bullshit and just a Chinese Plot to take over the Auto Industry I am thrilled with the increased sales EV's are having. The more the merrier I say... And so it will be going for EV's I believe...for years the EV advocates were able to tout their belief in a Fairy-tal ... Continue reading

GM Could Miss EV Build Target

May 28, 2023

May 18 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) has said it will have the capacity to build 1 million electric vehicles in North America by 2025, but a slow ramp-up of its three U.S. battery plants could limit actual EV production to less than 600,000 at mid-decade, according to a forecast and analysis prepared for Reuters.Bu ... Continue reading

Nutson' s Auto News Weeky Wrap-up May 21-27, 2023

May 28, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Ford EV Customers To Gain Access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers;Ford to Add North American Charging Standard Port in Future EVs

May 26, 2023

Starting early next year, Ford EV customers will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, in addition to the over 10,000 DC fast-chargers that are already part of the BlueOval Charge Network. This will give Ford EV customers unprecedented access to fast-charging Mustang Mach-E, F- ... Continue reading

LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Group to Establish Battery Cell Manufacturing Joint Venture in the U.S.*

May 26, 2023

LG Energy Solution (LGES) and Hyundai Motor Group announced an EV battery cell manufacturing joint venture in the U.S. today. LGES and Hyundai Motor Group signed a memorandum of understanding to produce EV batteries in the U.S. and further accelerate the Group's electrification efforts in North America. ... Continue reading

Deloitte: Consumer's Next Car Power Choice Is Gasoline Or Hybrid But Definitely NOT Full Battery Electrics (BEV)

May 23, 2023

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2022 -- Key takeaways Continue Reading As global auto manufacturers continue to invest in electrified vehicle (EV) production, internal combustion engine (ICE) powertrains dominate future U.S. intentions, with 69% of U.S. consumers looking to retain the technology for their next vehicle. ... Continue reading

EV Motoring - KBB Says Shopper Interest In Mega-Promoted EV Trails Interest In Hybrids - <i>You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.</i> A.Lincoln, PT Barnum

May 23, 2023

Whats New At BMW?

May 22, 2023

Successful i4 lineup expands with the all-wheel drive, 396-horsepower i4 xDrive40. The 7 Series adds new electrified models: 750e xDrive PHEV and i7 eDrive50. ... Continue reading