plug-in hybrid vehicle Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:23:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Falling Gas Prices Not Affecting Electric Vehicle and Plug-In Hybrid Sales https://www.greenoptimistic.com/falling-gas-prices-not-affecting-electric-vehicle-and-plug-in-hybrid-sales-20150105/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/falling-gas-prices-not-affecting-electric-vehicle-and-plug-in-hybrid-sales-20150105/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:00:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51113 For the latter half of 2014, gasoline prices have dropped precipitously, some 40% lower than just six months ago, which some feel may suppress the sales of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. Interestingly, this hasn’t turned out to be the case. Last week, I wrote a piece on gasoline prices vs Tesla Motors’ electric vehicles, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/falling-gas-prices-not-affecting-electric-vehicle-and-plug-in-hybrid-sales-20150105/feed/ 2 51113 Hyundai i-Blue Concept to Become Reality in 2012 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hyundai-i-blue-concept-2012-20100902/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hyundai-i-blue-concept-2012-20100902/#respond Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:56:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9891 Hyundai plans to become a leader in the field of electric and hybrid vehicles. So far the company has revealed numerous concepts and production vehicles. Among them is the 2007 Hyundai i-Blue, a zero-emissions concept car powered by hydrogen and by the last generation of fuel cell technology that the automaker has.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hyundai-i-blue-concept-2012-20100902/feed/ 0 9891 New York City Increases EV Sales to 70,000 New Cars by 2015 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-city-increases-ev-sales-to-70000-new-cars-by-2015-20100114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-city-increases-ev-sales-to-70000-new-cars-by-2015-20100114/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:57:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6248 We all know that one of the industries that pollute the most is the automotive industry. With several millions of vehicles on the roads, that consume every day millions of tons of fossil fuels, the air in the megacities becomes more and more unbreathable.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-york-city-increases-ev-sales-to-70000-new-cars-by-2015-20100114/feed/ 0 6248 Toshiba Corp Building SCiB Cell Production Factory by 2011 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toshiba-corp-building-scib-cell-production-factory-by-2011-20091103/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toshiba-corp-building-scib-cell-production-factory-by-2011-20091103/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:17:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5164 Toshiba Corp is anticipating strong demands and sales for their SCiB (super charge ion battery) and started the construction of another production plant in the Kashiwazaki Frontier Park, in Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture.

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