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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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The company is in much better financial health than it was in 2009 and to me appears to be a perfect candidate for a 136 loan from the DOE. Since then, reported the Detroit News, the amount of the possible loan continued to shrink, while the terms and restrictions grew more restrictive and for a much shorter time period.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Kyodo News reports that Fuji Heavy Industries may suspend production of its electric minivehicle, the Stella EV ( earlier post ). Fuji Heavy began selling the plug-in Stella electric vehicle to corporate customers and local governments in July 2009 with a sales target of 400 units by the end of March 2011.

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Detroit News. In 2009, the company was designated by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation as a Michigan Center of Energy Excellence in partnership with the University of Michigan and received a $3 million award. GM Ventures took a $3.2

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GKN pioneered the highly-efficient CounterTrack principal on fixed joints starting in 2009 and the VL3 joint further builds on this success. The VL3 joint has entered series production and will be on the road in new vehicles from 2016. The technology has recently been named as an Automotive News 2016 PACE Award finalist.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

BorgWarner received a 2009 Automotive News PACE Award for this technology. BorgWarner’s latest advancement in CTA technology is the new mid-position lock system, named a finalist for a 2011 PACE Award.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The Detroit News reported that GM has decided to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended range electric vehicle derived from the Voltec platform. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Cadillac Converj Concept Introduction at 2009 NAIAS. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

In the wake of the news that five alternative energy vehicle (AEV) makers defrauded the Chinese government of about US$150 million in subsidies, the Chinese government adjusted its subsidy policies for alternative energy vehicles. Li-ion batteries with ternary cathode materials such as LMO, NCM/NCA, LFP, etc. Subsidies totaled RMB33.44

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

The PBR also has news of an additional £30 million (US$48.5 Other elements of the PBR to support lower-carbon transportation include: The PBR 2009 confirms that—as announced at Budget 2009—fuel duty will increase by one penny per liter (US$0.06 billion package announced at Budget 2009”. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 16, 2010

Detroit News. Automotive supplier Lear Corp expects sales of components and systems for hybrids and electric vehicles to grow to approximately 7% of its electric systems business by 2012 from 0% in 2009.

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APRIL 25, 2009

At the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2009 World Congress, an update was presented of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle standards that are being revised by the SAE Hybrid Standards Committee.

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APRIL 10, 2009

The Detroit News. A new wind turbine assembly plant opening later this year in Novi, Michigan will create about 250 manufacturing jobs which are being sought by displaced autoworkers.The company received $7.3 Michigan’s unemployment rate in February 2009 was 12.0%. (A This would reduce Michigan’s unemployment rate to 7.5%

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Detroit News. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. The Detroit News previously reported it had received board approval for production. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 27, 2009

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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APRIL 25, 2009

At the SAE 2009 World Congress last week, engineers from Honda R&D Co described the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine that is enabled by a dual piston mechanism. Tags: Green cars Latest news Honda R&D Co SAE World Congress variable compression ratio engine. and back again.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

A new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows strong growth in new geothermal power projects continuing through 2009. While the report shows generally good news, it also shows a decline in projects currently listed as under construction.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Representatives from Aalborg University in Denmark and the Illinois Institute of Technology presented a paper on the work at the SAE 2009 World Congress. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news hybrid battery system ultracapacitor. The ultracapacitors then are used to meet the power demands during transients.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

million vehicles in fiscal 2009, and it has been growing at a rate of about 30% a month so far this fiscal year. Kyodo News reports that the planned expansion will make India the biggest production base for Suzuki, even outstripping Japan. India’s passenger car market surged 25.6% on the year to nearly 1.95

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MARCH 28, 2017

The high-level timeline is: 2017: Adopt new-generation connected systems, promote cloud-based vehicle applications and service, and extend free basic OnStar service to five years. Launched in China in 2009 through GM’s Shanghai OnStar joint venture, OnStar has nearly 1 million subscribers nationwide.

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REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Peter Valdes-Dapena , CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: April 15, 2009: 2:59 PM ET The Dodge Circuit, slated to enter production late next year, is based on a vehicle platform engineered by Britains Lotus.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Quoted in a review of the DICP work in Chemical and Engineering News , Kazunari Domen, a photocatalysis expert at the University of Tokyo, said that the most significant aspect of the work is the novel combination of cocatalysts, which will likely motivate other researchers to explore that strategy in the search for better performing catalysts.

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JUNE 3, 2011

Fiat also has an option to purchase 40% of the VEBA’s interest in Chrysler issued to the VEBA as of 10 June 10 2009, which option may be exercised from 1 July 2012 until 30 June 30, 2016, semi annually, in tranches not exceeding, for each exercise, 20% of the Covered Interest. billion loss on the bailout. Chrysler received $12.5

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

As of 31 August 2009, cumulative sales of TMC hybrid passenger vehicles reached 2,014 thousand units and sales of commercial hybrid vehicles reached 2.7 The news also coincided with Toyota Motor Europe’s (TME) report that cumulative hybrid sales in Europe have topped the 200,000 mark, with 50% of sales recorded in the last 24 months.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

The additional $2billion will keep the programme going, although it has faced criticism in some quarters as it is being transferred from the amount made available for Department of Energy - Energy Programs - Title 17 - Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program in title IV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Since announcing its discussions with GM on 5 June 2009 ( earlier post ), the company has been in the due diligence process to determine the feasibility of developing an independent distribution model for Saturn-branded products and service parts in the United States, including the sourcing of vehicles from GM and other potential suppliers.

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APRIL 6, 2009

In a study published 3 April in the journal Science , they describe a new synthetic route for inexpensive iron-based catalysts that can equal the performance of a platinum-based cathode with a loading of 0.4 Gasteiger and Nenad M Markovic (2009) Just a Dream—or Future Reality? Lefèvre et al. Click to enlarge. Lefèvre et al.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

Engineering News. However, the advent of the electric vehicle has now seen development work at the CSIR pick up again, with the formation of the Battery Research Centre (BRC) in 2009. CSIR terminated its investment in lithium battery research in 1992, and in 1994, Thackeray left CSIR to join Argonne National Laboratory in the US.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. 2009) Click to enlarge. This kind of over demonstration of a commitment to buying environmentally friendly products —known as badging—has long been recognized as a powerful influence on purchases of many different green products, Curtin says. Source: Curtin et al. Source: Curtin et al.

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JULY 5, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. 2009) Click to enlarge. Thus, the bounds on algal production presented in this paper should not be viewed as unpleasant news about physical realities, but as a realistic check that confirms its potential and will serve the industry in its pursuit of maximum algal biofuel production. Weyer et al.

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MAY 10, 2009

At the SAE 2009 World Congress, General Motors took the opportunity to present the first front-wheel-drive version of their two-mode hybrid transaxle which has been dubbed the 2MT70. Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors 2MT70 two-mode hybrid transaxle.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

An American green technology company has developed a hybrid Hummer capable of over 100mpg. Raser Technologies, the company behind the hybrid hummer, claims to have achieved the impossible by greening up one of the cars with the worse environmental record. The Hummer H3E is a plug-in electric vehicle with an onboard range extender.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

A recent cover story in Chemical & Engineering News highlights the efforts of different chemical companies to stretch the “magic triangle of tire technology”—a principle which holds that an improvement to rolling resistance has to come at the expense of wet-road grip and durability. That program is still under development.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Other than the good news on oil consumption, very little was said in regards to transportation fuels. by Bill Cooke.

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JUNE 7, 2012

million of federal support for pilot programs that will examine whether increased police enforcement coupled with paid media and news media coverage can significantly reduce distracted driving over a widespread area. decline in the number of people killed, from 33,883 in 2009, according to NHTSA’s 2010 Fatality Analysis Reporting System.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Daily total Arctic sea ice extent between 1 December 2008 and 12 February 2009 for Special Sensor Microwave/Imager SSM/I compared to the similar NASA Earth Observing System Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (EOS AMSR-E) sensor. Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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JANUARY 29, 2011

The system will access a wide range of information, including public transport timetables, real time public transport information and news on accidents, road works and deviations, among other things. —Bernhard Engleder of the City of Vienna. Sismat, Verkehrsverbund Ost, Universitatea Politehnica din.

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