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JULY 9, 2012

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. China has made big progress in electric car technologies but still lags behind other countries in certain areas, said the report.

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A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. This generally occurs at slower city speeds.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. The company is working to develop a low-cost CFRP for a high-pressure hydrogen tank.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

DE-FOA-0000821 ) to support research and development efforts for hydrogen delivery technology for fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) refueling. Delivery’s portion of that cost goal is $1-$2/gge hydrogen. on the order of 100 kg/hr) in order to enable cost competitive hydrogen delivery.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the global push towards sustainability, the rise of electric autos in India comes as no surprise. As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution.

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JULY 7, 2017

This projected shift in market share has raised some concerns over the cost of attainting CO 2 emission targets. The average diesel car in Europe typically emits about 17% less CO 2 than a similar conventional gasoline car within the same vehicle segment. Peter Mock, Managing Director of ICCT in Europe.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

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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JANUARY 7, 2015

OPEN 2015 ( DOE-FOA-0001261 ) will support the development of potentially disruptive new technologies in all areas of energy research and development, for both transportation and stationary applications. OPEN 2015 is the third open funding solicitation issued by the agency. E FOA for a focused technology program.

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MAY 29, 2015

Toyota’s 2015 Auris range in Europe features significant improvements in five key areas; design; sensory quality; the hybrid model; safety; and, improving the model’s segment coverage by some 40%, powertrains. liter Turbo with Otto/Atkinson cycle technology. mph); maximum all-electric range is 2 km at speeds of up to 50 km/h (31 mph).

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

CPT and AVL have been working for the past 18 months to develop a value-driven micro/mild HEV solution, utilizing CPT’s production-ready VTES electric supercharger ( earlier post ). In effect, AVL has developed a gasoline engine with diesel-like fuel efficiency. common rail TDI engine.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The first generation fuel cell system (with fourth-generation stack technology) used in the Equinox. The system looks about like a small inline gasoline engine, you could even put it into a sedan. In addition to the system-level work, GM has made advances with its stack technology. Click to enlarge. Charles Freese. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 24, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a $35-million funding opportunity (FOA DE-FOA-0001224) ( earlier post ) covering a broad spectrum of its Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) portfolio with topics ranging from research and development (R&D) to demonstration and deployment projects. 1 to 3 awards between $1M and $3M.

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JULY 1, 2015

At last week’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership conference in the UK—prior to the Battersea Formula E Grand Prix run over the weekend—Edmund King, the UK AA’s (Automobile Association) president argued that millions of second cars in households could relatively easily be electric vehicles. AA also presented estimates that 2.5

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APRIL 8, 2014

DOE will continue to focus on significantly increasing the amount of cost-competitive electric power from renewable resources across the nation by further accelerating the development and commercialization of these technologies. DOE will continue to pursue carbon capture and storage technologies as well as nuclear power.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

The performance of this new generation of powertrains will reflect significant advances in battery, electric motor and gasoline engine technologies. Among the broad technology advances Ogiso outlined during his talk were: “In its three generations, Prius MPG has improved on average by about 10%, each generation.

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MAY 28, 2015

million in the 2015 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Awards. Small businesses that win awards in these programs keep the rights to any technology developed and are encouraged to commercialize the technology. ARC Technology, LLC. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 1, 2015

Among their findings, published in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , are that policies should for the foreseeable future focus on the niche adoption of plug-in vehicles in non-attainment regions, as CNG vehicles are likely more cost-effective at providing overall life cycle air emissions impact benefits.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Aspirational targets among seven countries participating in the Electric Vehicle Initiative would see growth from just under 2 million EV and PHEVs to just under 20 million by 2020. Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. Spain has set a goal of 250,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2014. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2014

By focusing on these aspects of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure, the effort hopes to accelerate and support the widespread deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. H 2 FIRST also will collect and distribute data supporting industry’s efforts to reduce the costs of integrated fueling systems and networks. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 1, 2011

This public-private partnership is intended to help large companies reduce diesel and gasoline use in their fleets by incorporating electric vehicles, alternative fuels, and fuel-saving measures into their daily operations. The partnership is part of the DOE Vehicle Technology Program’s “Clean Cities” initiative.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Planned cellulosic biofuel production by 2015. Additionally, several more plants with proposed aggregate nameplate capacity of around 250 million gallons could begin production by 2015, EIA said. Strategic corporate shifts because of increased availability of low-cost natural gas. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 30, 2016

Transport will also deliver tank-to-wheel emissions savings of 191 Mt CO 2 e between 2015 and 2030 to reduce the total well-to-wheel GHG emission in 2030 to 862 Mt CO 2 e. GHG abatement in road transport sector will cost approx. The additional abatement potential of these technologies is approx. 34 Mton CO 2 e (WTW).

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

The European Union appears to be undergoing a transition from the testing of and experimentation with electric vehicles to full-scale EV commercialization, according to a new report from the EU’s Joint Research Center (JRC). According to the team’s analysis, a total of 153,633 electric cars were registered in the EU from 2010 to 2014.

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APRIL 1, 2011

This public-private partnership is intended to help large companies reduce diesel and gasoline use in their fleets by incorporating electric vehicles, alternative fuels, and fuel-saving measures into their daily operations. The partnership is part of the DOE Vehicle Technology Program’s “Clean Cities” initiative.

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APRIL 16, 2015

A paper describing the work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The question of electricity costs vs. health and environmental cost is important to ask everywhere, Michalek said. Electric vehicle charging may affect these trends. Credit: ACS, Weis et al. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 4, 2015

With the launch of the Auris Hybrid in 2010, Toyota became the first manufacturer to offer a choice of three powertrains (gasoline, gasoline-electric hybrid, and diesel) in the C-segment. 2015 Toyota 1.2T 1.2T: an all-new direct injection turbo gasoline engine. As part of the change, an all-new, 1.2 Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Motor gasoline consumption will be less than previously estimated. Click to enlarge. Overall findings.

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According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019. Many companies have made commitments to transition portions of their delivery fleets to electric over the next five to 10 years.

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JULY 1, 2009

In the long run, the large variety of drivetrain concepts will give way to electric drive. This is due in part to important technological challenges to powertrain electrification that must first be overcome and in part to ongoing efficiency improvements in combustion engine technology. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2015

The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US energy imports and exports will come into balance—a first since the 1950s—because of continued oil and natural gas production growth and slow growth in energy demand. US energy use grows at 0.3%/year

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Strategies to promote adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., We compare externality and oil consumption costs to the costs of owning and operating these vehicles and to subsidies designed to encourage their adoption.

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MAY 11, 2010

TGC plans to tap into its 1,000-mile utility pipeline system at key locations to separate the hydrogen from the stream through Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology for use by local fueling stations for fuel cell vehicles. Electricity costs are the highest in the US. PSA technology. TGC H 2 Production. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 30, 2017

The master collaboration agreement announced in July 2013 established the co-development arrangement for a next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies. GM and Honda are acknowledged leaders in fuel cell technology with more than 2,220 patents between them, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. DOE plans to issue the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on 30 November 2015. Electric drive vehicle batteries.

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MARCH 10, 2011

California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate ( earlier post ) remains an indispensable driver of electric vehicle policies worldwide, unique in its ability to foster technology-neutral research and development, according to a new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Task 1: Technology status.

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

Total transportation fuel use in California broken down by subsector and fuel type for each scenario: business-as-usual (BAU); plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs); and combined PEVs and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). The scenario outlines the introduction of more PEVs in different models and vehicle sizes in the 2015-2030 timeframe.

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