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Audi survey finds more than half of US drivers would support government initiative to spur diesel vehicle sales

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The study was conducted in September 2013 among 2,041 US adults, among whom 1,629 identified themselves as regular drivers, driving their own personal vehicle at least once a once week or more often. Audi believes there are a variety of viable alternative fuel solutions, including electric, but diesel is readily available today.

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Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

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Tritium’s chargers have been operating in the field since 2013 across an array of conditions from the Nordics to Australia. As a result, the Relay is the most environmentally-friendly, safe and efficient light-duty mining vehicle of its kind available today.

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CEVA partners with iOnRoad for camera-enabled driver-assistance systems

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The companies will demonstrate the technology at CES 2013 in Las Vegas from 8-11 January. Our personal driving assistance software leverages the capabilities of the CEVA-MM3101 platform to enable vision-based personal driving assistance functionalities beyond the levels available today on general purpose SoCs.

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HK Motors, American Public Gas Association and NGVAmerica to Collaborate to Promote Natural Gas Hybrids

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Start-up HK Motors plans to begin producing a family of light-duty natural gas hybrid-electric passenger vehicles at its plant in Alabama beginning in 2013. Natural gas hybrids will use similar electric-drive technology to gasoline-powered hybrid vehicles available today, only natural gas will be the power source rather than gasoline.

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New Linde hydrogen station officially begins operating in Emeryville, CA

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The second, located at the Oakland operating division, is expected to begin operating in 2013. Performance-wise, it meets the Daimler requirement of a three-to-four minute complete fill with a delivered gas temperature of -40 °C, the best available today.

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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The HBLFB rivals the performance of the best membrane-based systems available today without the need for costly ion-exchange membranes, high-pressure reactants or high-temperature operation. —Braff et al. Braff, Martin Z. Bazant, and Cullen R. Membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery. Nature Communications.

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Ford and Microsoft Partnering on EV Smart Charging

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Introducing Hohm to Ford’s electric vehicles supports Ford’s global electrification plan, which will put five new electrified vehicles on the road in North America and Europe by 2013. Microsoft Hohm is available today for free to all US residential energy consumers.

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