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Honda opens new Silicon Valley facility to advance connected mobility; refreshed 2016 Accord; Honda Xcelerator

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Honda’s Silicon Valley operation, which was first established in 2000, is charged with researching and prototyping innovations and harnessing new ideas and technology. As the test vehicle moves, the passenger synchronously glides through the virtual environment.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change. “We

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead and hexavalent chrome) that pose a known threat to health or the environment. Its goal is to be solvent-free, not just to replace a given solvent with a slightly less toxic alternative, said Bob Proctor, Manager, Environment and Cost Planning, Honda North America. SOCs are chemical (e.g.,

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Tour Engine moves its opposed-cylinder split-cycle engine to beta prototype; coupling a compression ratio of 8:1 with expansion ratio of 16:1 for increased efficiency

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we may finally be entering the era where the demand for fuel efficiency will be allowing us to break away from what has become the standard architecture of our engines, and in particular the idea of separating the compression and the combustion (expansion) cylinders, into a dual stage engine. Earlier post.).we Click to enlarge.

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A More Detailed Look at a Prismatic Li-ion Cell and Pack Manufacturing Process

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Green Car Congress appreciates EnerDel’s cooperation in sharing their process with our readers. Like many elements of the cell construction, the design and manufacture of the stack (figure 4) involves proprietary ideas. Range in prices = $2000 - $2500. Sub-Pack prices. 800/kWh system cost; 3 kWh * 800 = $2,400. Cell Price.

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BMW Group launches high performance D3 platform: data-driven development for autonomous driving

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To give an idea of the quantities of data that have to be transferred: 1,500 TB new data is equivalent of 23,000 iPhone X, 230 PB equal the volume of 45 apartments (approx. The DXC solution was developed in an open source environment and is available on-premise and in a hybrid environment, allowing workloads to be shifted easily.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The United States must reduce its global warming pollution emissions at least 80 percent below 2000 levels by 2050 to avoid some of the worst effects of global warming. Supplementarity.

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