Sentences with phrase «hybrid vehicle market»

1996 (December): Anticipating the future EV and hybrid vehicle market, Panasonic EV Energy was established as a joint venture between Matsushita and Toyota.

If you've not noticed, Toyota dominates the hybrid vehicle market and its trademark HSD full - hybrid technology significantly helps a given model's fuel economy and emissions with little, if any perceptible downside.

Jaguar Land Rover is planning to enter the electric and hybrid vehicle market following the success of brands like BMW and Tesla.

These differences open up the hybrid vehicle market to a new sector, allowing those who might not be able to afford the regular Prius to enjoy the benefits of its technology.

This unusual move to offer both cars probably indicates the mounting competition the company's management now perceives in the maturing hybrid vehicle market.

Not exact matches

Manufacturers of fully electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles will be the first to benefit, starting this year, followed by makers of commercial vehicles in 2020 and the wider car market by 2022.

Growth in the rapidly expanding hybrid and electric vehicle market will also provide new sales opportunities.

Indeed, A123 struggled to compete in an increasingly crowded battery business, and it didn't offer a radical enough performance improvement over established lithium - ion batteries to immediately win over a fledging hybrid - vehicles market (see «A123's Technology Just Wasn't Good Enough»).

The country will scrap the limits on firms making fully electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in 2018, commercial vehicle firms in 2020 and lift restrictions on the wider passenger vehicle market by 2022, China state planner said in a statement.

The total EV market, including plugins, hybrids and other electric vehicles, is expected to jump from 2.6 million vehicles sold in 2015 to more than six million vehicles by 2024.

Meanwhile, he added, the steady erosion of fuel duty yield is well known, as vehicle fuel efficiency improves and hybrid, electric and other vehicle technologies achieve significant market penetration.

In this case the Mayor of London proposes to continue his current low emissions scheme, but, rather than widen it to penalise smaller vehicles belonging to small businesses, instead to boost the market for innovative alternatives such as electric vehicles, low - emissions taxis and hybrid buses.

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.

During the past decade, Toyota has controlled around three quarters of the U.S. hybrid market, with worldwide sales of the Prius and luxury Lexus hybrids nearing two million vehicles — more than half of them Priuses.

«Whether it's an advanced drive vehicle of any sort — a hybrid, a plug - in hybrid or an electric vehicle (EV)-- the manufacturers are taking it seriously, and they understand it as a growing market,» said Jeremy Acevedo, analyst at the automotive research website Edmunds.com.

Acevedo said the C - MAX's success is a good indication that larger vehicles in the hybrid space can also expect to perform well on the market.

In July a report from MIT, On the Road in 2035, found that if a market for lightweight hybrid and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles were developed, the United States could cut its gas consumption by 68 billion gallons — about half our current fuel use — within 27 years.

That's not happening yet: After a dozen years on the market, gasoline - electric hybrids — like the Toyota Prius or Chevrolet Volt — account for no more than three percent of total vehicle sales, she said.

Hybrid and electric cars, which have very high mileage and very low emissions, can also pull up an automaker's overall average for its fleet, although the effect can be small because the vehicles are still a small part of the market.

It took conventional hybrid vehicles 15 years to claim a solid wedge of the U.S. automotive market.

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In a new report, Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts, Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and battery - electrics) will grow from 2.6 million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... ReadVehicle Market Forecasts, Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and battery - electrics) will grow from 2.6 million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... Readvehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... Read more →

We would not be surprised to see Nissan eventually pull out of the hybrid market entirely, as traditional gas - electric models are losing market share as the industry trends toward plug - in electric vehicles.

The introduction of the Velite 5 is part of the Buick Blue initiative, which will see the introduction of a full range of hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and fully electric vehicles in Buick's Chinese market lineup over the next two years.

The two hybrids are part of Hyundai Motor Group's $ 9.7 billion, five - year investment in new fuel - efficient technologies and vehicles for global markets.

According to Nissan's market research, price is the biggest obstacle preventing mainstream buyers from embracing hybrid vehicles, explaining why the company refers to the new system as an «affordable hybrid» drivetrain.

The company is predicting a tripling of the global hybrid market by 2012, so it will also introduce a hybrid - only vehicle in 2009 with a hybrid Civic to follow.

Ford has revealed that it plans to introduce a range of electrified vehicles for the Chinese market, and that by 2025 it will have a broad range of electric vehicles, plug - in hybrids, and other electrified models.

Due to strong government support and increasing acceptance for electrified vehicles, Ford sees China as the world's largest market for hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and EVs.

Ford has continued to grow its hybrid lineup and next year brings a plug - in hybrid - electric vehicle to market.

While concerns about high voltages in vehicles are understandable, similar questions were raised when hybrids hit the market more than a decade ago, and everything seems to have worked out fine there.

BMW has just reached its first significant milestone for plug - in car sales, with more than 100,000 plug - in hybrid and electric vehicles sold since its first models hit the market in 2013.

All six vehicles will be fully electric and none will feature hybrid technology like Nissan's own e-Power system, which was proven popular in its home market of Japan.

Speck has indicated to Automotive News that the Swedish automaker will have a plug - in hybrid vehicle ready for the European market by 2012.

We are creating a new range of electric vehicles together and preparing the way for their commercial debut with the presentation of the first Hybrid Kinetic produced car for the international market,» said Silvio Pietro Angori, Pininfarina CEO, in a statement.

The digital touchscreen has a tablet - like appearance, which differs from the standard diagonal LCD interface found in other hybrid vehicles on the market.

BYD chairman Wang Chuan Fu told reporters that the company plans to sell its plug - in hybrid cars, the country's first homegrown electric vehicle, in markets outside China starting in 2011.

«Ford's share of the U.S. electrified vehicle market is up 12 share points to nearly 16 percent, while Toyota's share is down 8 share points, and more customers are trading in their Priuses for the new Ford C - Max Hybrid,» the automaker said in a statement.

Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and Crossovers have taken over the market as North America's favorite vehicle type, and we're starting to see more companies turn out hybrid, plug - in hybrid and fully electric versions of their utility vehicles.

In 2013, the year before its arrival, the total plug - in hybrid market across all marques stood at just 989, but Mitsubishi has sold more than 25,000 Outlander PHEVs in the UK since the pioneering 4 × 4's launch here in 2014, making it the nation's favourite plug - in vehicle.

On his mind were consumers» changing buying habits, the strength of the auto market in the coming years and GM's plans for diesel and hybrid powertrains in its vehicles.

«Plug - in hybrids are electric vehicles until you run down the battery,» said Wade Jackson, marketing manager for Ford Fusion, «then they work exactly like a conventional hybrid.

The 2015 Ford Taurus is a full - size, 4 - door family sedan that the automaker claims is the most fuel - efficient vehicle in its market segment aside from hybrid models from competing automakers.

There are many vehicles on the market but if you are looking for a vehicle that will perform as good as it looks then this Ford Fusion Hybrid SE is the one!

Once thought of as an incredibly niche market, demand for hybrid and electric vehicles has risen as the technology improved and driving ranges increased.

For all the hoopla about hybrids, sales of the high - efficiency gas - electric vehicles in the United States are just a small slice — about 1 percent — of the new - car market.

What makes this newfound emphasis on hybrids especially intriguing is that manufacturers are re-introducing vehicles to the Indian market in hybrid configuration — three of five hybrids unveiled at the 2016 Auto Expo fit this bill.

Plug - in hybrids (or extended - range electric vehicles, according to Chevy marketers) command even less market share, and pure electric vehicle sales are struggling, despite incentives.

«When the all - new Lexus CT 200h enters the market, it will be the only hybrid vehicle in the emerging premium compact segment,» said Mark Templin, Lexus division group vice president and general manager.

The newest vehicle designed by Henrik Fisker is the Karma hybrid sports sedan, the Karma sedan is aimed at the sport sedan market dominated by the Maserati Quattroporte, the Mercedes CLS and soon the Aston Martin Rapide and Porsche Panamera.