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Former VW boss Herbert Diess elected as chairman of chipmaker Infineon

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Diess was part of Infineon’s supervisory board from 2015 to 2020. Its primary clients come from the auto industry, which Diess is also intimately familiar with, making him a good candidate for chairman. So the ex-VW head has inside knowledge about Infineon. . The Munich-based chipmaker purchased U.S.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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What is Decarbonization?

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Decarbonization efforts focus on replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon or no-carbon energy sources for the transportation, electricity generation, industry, agriculture, commercial (buildings and cooling/heating), and residential sectors. The 2015 Paris Agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5

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CMU study finds that HEVs and PHEVs with small battery packs offer more emissions and oil displacement benefits per dollar spent than large pack PHEVs and BEVs; policy implications

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Conversely, in a pessimistic scenario using low gasoline prices, shorter battery life, coal-powered charging, and ANL 2015 cost estimates, plug-in vehicles could produce more damages at substantially higher cost. average electricity grid mix, hydroelectric is assumed to be a zero emission source, while coal is a higher emission source).

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KPMG Survey: execs say connected car generates 10x revenue than a conventional vehicle; market share based on units “outdated”; BEVs #1 trend

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Auto execs are split between thinking OEMs (31%) and consumers (27%) should own the data, while consumers overwhelmingly believe only they should own it. Good-bye to auto-digital fusion, hello to co-integration. This means that we need to let go of the vision of a complete auto-digital fusion. —KPMG survey.

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

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A powerful roster of key industry players in the rapidly evolving electric vehicle arena will come together at Infocast’s Opportunities in Grid-Connected Mobility in San Francisco, California. A key goal of the Obama administration is to have one million ‘PHEVs’ or a fully electric vehicle on the road by 2015.

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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When biogas is produced and used on-site in a fuel cell, fuel utilization or overall energy efficiency can reach 90% and can reduce emissions by more than 90% by weight as compared to the emissions associated with grid electricity generation. The 2015 cost target was $2-$3/gge.

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