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Fleet fuel efficiency and credits
This was an article about fleet fuel efficiency and credits.
U.S. vehicle fleet fuel efficiency fell in 2019 to 24.9 mpg -- EPA (yahoo.com)
Obviously Tesla is the big winner selling credits followed by Honda then Toyota. The biggest recipients are GM, Ford and Chrysler whose top selling vehicle for all three is their pickup truck.
Fleet fuel efficiency is market driven. With cheap gas, people are buying trucks and bigger SUV's. The efficiency numbers are going to go down despite most new models getting better mileage than their predecessors.
I would like to know a little more about what those credits cost those companies. -
Toyota Motor North America Reports December 2020, Year-End Sales
Myraid sales info in this recent Toyota Press release. Of interest to me is Prius numbers (Toyota does not break down by Prius regular and Prime) and RAV4 Prime numbers.
Toyota Motor North America Reports December 2020, Year-End Sales - Toyota USA Newsroom -
Toyota is the cleanest car!
No one likes driving a dirty car - Toyota has solved that problem!
Toyota Files Patent For Driverless Cars to Know When They're Dirty -
Roof comes off during washing?
Ford strikes out at Tesla!
“While the buyers of some electric vehicles have had to accept certain flaws, Palmer says that this isn’t acceptable for Ford. “The doors fit properly, the plastics and other materials color-match, the bumpers don’t fall off, the roof doesn’t come off when you wash it, the door handles don’t get stuck in cold weather. ...” -
We Will Crush You!
According to the articles, Toyota's going to crush Tesla with its solid state batteries. Ok then.
Toyota's Solid-State Battery Will Crush Tesla Li-Ion Updates | Torque News
Toyota's Solid-State Battery Will Crush Tesla Li-Ion Updates - Online EV -
Lexus Panned in funny/fake SNL Commercial
Maybe it's just me, but yeah that's what I call humor;
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FCEVs still not as hot as Tesla
Glad no one was hurt. Hope this is not a new trend and Tesla figures this one out.
Tesla Model S Self-Ignites In Texas, Owner Wants Response From Tesla - Vehiclesuggest -
What Happens To Your Honda Clarity When The Lease Is Up?
It goes to the crusher. Shades Of the EV1.
I ran across this article on CleanTechnica.
What Happens When Your Honda Clarity Lease Is Up? Honda Destroys It! (cleantechnica.com) -
Solid State Battery 10 Minute Charge Toyota - Lets Go Places
Just when you think Toyota is years behind Tesla - Boom look what Toyota has been working on - amazing a 10 minute charge.
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Plug-In Hybrids Polluting more?
Not sure if this has been posted before, seems familiar? Maybe similar news article. Anyway, this was posted yesterday on Green Car Reports:
Report: Plug-in hybrids are polluting more than claimed
The argument skirted, but worth considering: even if the engines are polluting more, if they're only running say 20% of the time, does it cancel out? -
Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure
The California Energy Commission released its First Revised Notice of Proposed Awards for passenger vehicle hydrogen stations (GFO 19-602). 114 stations are recommended for approval.
Shell - 51, FirstElement - 49 and Iwatani - 14
It’s great to be a Trailblazer! -
Porsche building an e-fuel plant...
...with Siemens in Chile.
"Wind energy will power the electrolyzers to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. CO2 will then be filtered out of the air and processed with the aforementioned hydrogen to create synthetic methanol. A proprietary methanol-to-gasoline process provided under license by Exxon Mobil results in e-gas. Porsche says the liquid fuel will be safe without modification for all of its cars, including classic models."
How Porsche's new e-fuel plant could pave the way for guilt-free classic-car motoring - Roadshow
Chile was chosen for its wind supply. The first phase could be making 34k gallons by 2022. This will go to what Porsche called beacon projects; their race race program and other promotional projects. They plan a fast ramp up though; 14.5 million gallons by... -
About 150 Cadillac dealers would rather leave the brand than sell EVs
Source: About 150 Cadillac dealers would rather leave the brand than sell EVs
Dealerships might hamper GM’s plans to electrify its cars. Wall Street Journal tipsters claim that roughly 150 GM dealerships in the US have decided to drop the Cadillac brand and accept a buyout (ranging from $300,000 to over $1 million) rather than spend about $200,000 to upgrade the dealerships with charging stations, repair hardware and other equipment needed to sell EVs. Many of these brands only sell a few Cadillacs per month versus more for Buick, Chevrolet and GMC, but it’s still a significant blow when GM has 880 Cadillac dealers in the country.
Who would rather sell out than sell EVs.
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Electric Cars Are Not So Clean
Polestar spills the beans:
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Toyota Motor North America: New BEV Coming In 'Short Term'
"We're really clear: The future of this industry is electrification," Carter told Automotive News. "The question on the table is the level of adoption, how quickly the market will move."
Toyota Motor North America: New BEV Coming In 'Short Term'
Pay wall: Toyota, Lexus plan aggressive lineup overhaul; battery-electric vehicle coming to U.S. in 'short term' -
Japan Is Reportedly Aiming to Go All-Electric and Hybrid Around 2035
Is the age of cars powered solely by internal-combustion coming to an end? It certainly seems so, with more governments issuing proclamations about when they're aiming to transition to electrified cars. Nikkei's newswire reports that Japan is targeting the mid 2030s for when its cars are all electrified as part of its aim to become a zero-emission country by 2050. It's not as ambitious as the U.K.'s recently announced goal to ban internal combustion entirely by 2035, but still a big deal, as Japan's is a huge auto market.
Japan Is Reportedly Aiming to Go All-Electric and Hybrid Around 2035...
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