Sentences with phrase «electric vehicles on the road»

It's particularly discouraging that this is happening in the UK, where the team has led the way on partnerships with local groups to increase the number of wheelchair - accessible and electric vehicles on the road.

He promised that the United States would have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 and would be 80 % reliant on «clean» electricity.

The rising number of electric vehicles on the road is putting grid operators under pressure.

And when you have a million electric vehicles on the road, you start to have issues with accidents and first responders.»

«We can break our dependence on oil... and become the first country to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015,» President Obama said in his January 2011 State of the Union address.

But back in 2008 it was startling and unique — there were no other volume electric vehicles on the road of note.

Volkswagen also has its own plans to put an electric vehicle on the road by 2014.

Volvo has declared that it will have five all - electric vehicles on the road between 2019 and 2021, placing it right in the 2020 wheelhouse.

«In just a few years» time, then, across all brands and regions, we aim to put the world's largest fleet of electric vehicles on the road.»

The Nissan Leaf has been around since 2010, and it's already one of the most popular all - electric vehicles on the road.

Robertson differentiates the i3 from other electric vehicles on the road today because it was developed as an EV from the start (like the Nissan LEAF), instead of being a conversion from a gasoline powered vehicle (like the Ford Focus Electric or Rav4 EV).

As of December, there are very few C - max Energi plug - in hybrid electric vehicles on the road, but it has only been available for around a month.

The government there has stated that it aims to have 1,000,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2015.

We already have hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles on the road (FCEV) which use electricity generated by hydrogen to power an electric motor, including the Toyota Mirai -LSB-...]

«We're very proud that since Nissan LEAF launched in 2010, we've been able to put more than 300,000 zero - emission electric vehicles on the road worldwide, helping to reduce carbon footprints around the globe,» said Daniele Schillaci, Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Sales, Zero Emission Vehicle and Battery Business; Chairman of Management Committee for Japan / A & O (Japan, Asia, Oceania Business); Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.,.

The FIAT 500e is without question one of the more unique looking electric vehicles on the road.

The vehicle will weigh less than 1,500 pounds, which is half the weight of 98 % of most electric vehicles on the road today.

In the same year that Obama promised one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 in his State of the Union Address, China announced its target to put one million EVs on the road each year by the same time.

The lack of decent electric vehicles on the road in 2009 is absolutely ridiculous.

California has a market - based cap and trade program for emissions, developed in partnership with the province of Quebec, and «we want 1.5 million electric vehicles on the road by 2025.»

With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and become the first country to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015, Obama said on Tuesday.

Only through continued support for research and development that brings down prices and increases range — and therefore consumer preference — can governments hope to see more and more electric vehicles on the road, taking them one step closer to fulfilling obligations under the Paris Agreement.

Meanwhile, ride - sharing services like Uber and China's Didi are worth tens of billions of dollars, and there are more than one million electric vehicles on the roads globally.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A study from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs casts doubt on the Obama administration's goal of putting a million plug - in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015.

Stossel writes that even if America reaches Obama's «absurd» pledge to put 1,000,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2015, the impacts of climate change would only be delayed by «one hour,» according to Lomborg, and the mitigation measure was merely a «symbolic act.»

It would mean a large number of electric vehicles on the roads and further electrification of the railway system.

Globally, the number of electric vehicles on the road in 2016 was 2 million, according to the International Energy Agency...

We are proud to support Governor Cuomo's mission of getting more electric vehicles on the road through the Charge NY initiative.»

And, despite former President Obama's desire to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road in 2015, less than half that number was achieved.

The proposed cap - and - invest program covering transportation fuels would help cut emissions while providing significant new resources to invest in clean transportation; the clean fuel standard would ensure that the state continues to invest in clean fuel technologies; and purchase incentives, incentives for public charging stations, curbside EV charging programs and investments in public charging stations on key highway corridors would get more electric vehicles on the road.

That's everything from vehicles — we have 275,000 electric vehicles on the road today (a trend I am happily now participating in as of about a month ago)-- to all - electric homes, electrified rail, etc..

Andy Grove, the former chairman of Intel turned plug - in vehicle advocate, set a goal at a conference on Tuesday that the U.S. should have 10 million plug - in hybrid electric vehicles on the roads in four years.

Many gas powered cars today may even be more quieter than many electric vehicles on the road today.

It's rare that I'll leave the house these days without seeing at least one or two plug - in electric vehicles on the roads.

As part of its battle against air pollution, China is putting hundreds of thousands more electric vehicles on the road each year — and also putting a...

Fuel centers will not really take off until there are sufficient electric vehicles on the road to create a sufficient market.

While there are several brands of electric vehicles on the road today, the majority read more...

Not exact matches

As electric vehicles gain popularity, such technology could become as ubiquitous as stoplights, with chargers embedded at bus stops and in stop signs or even in roads themselves (the U.K. government is testing charging lanes on highways that would offer electric cars virtually unlimited driving range).

A decade ago, there were only a couple thousand electric vehicles (EVs) on the road worldwide.

China's government wants more electric vehicles (EV) on the roads but consumers remain hungry for sports utility vehicles (SUVs), forcing foreign automakers to get innovative with their offerings.

The height of the trailer and its position in the road led to the rare circumstance of such an impact on the electric vehicle that led to the driver's death.

The organization estimates there were 2 million electric vehicles on the world's roads in 2016.

Already the world's largest electric - car market, the nation has ambitions to have 7 million such vehicles on the road by 2025.

China issued on Thursday the first batch of licenses for road tests of driverless vehicles to NIO, a Chinese electric vehicle startup, and the state - ow...

Compact and lightweight, brisk and nimble on the road, electric scooters aren't only toys, they are ecological vehicles, requiring minimal maintenance.

With the standard of electric vehicles becoming more impressive and the release of hybrid and fully - electric road cars on a rapid increase, it makes total sense that manufacturers are keen to associate themselves with a fully - electric racing series.

Essentially they could be passenger electric - drive vehicles, plug - in vehicles, utility work vehicles, off - the - road vehicles, depending on the municipal electric system's needs.»

The first mainstream plug - in hybrids and fully electric vehicles (EVs) are just now hitting the market, and while initial sales have been slow, the Department of Energy predicts there will be 1.2 million of them on the road by 2015.

China has set an ambitious target of putting 5 million electric or plug - in hybrid vehicles on the country's roads by 2020, part of Beijing's efforts to fight pollution and reduce reliance on oil imports.

And EVs overall are certainly not on track to meet goals such as 75 percent of U.S. vehicles being electric by 2040 or the Obama administration's one million electric cars on the road by 2015.