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DECEMBER 12, 2018

The VNR series has received tremendous industry acceptance since its April 2017 introduction and the addition of an all-electric powertrain provides even greater opportunities to expand its footprint in the regional-haul market. million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS project.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

The automotive industry has identified a future generation of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) materials for lightweighting vehicles across all lines, with an availability target of 2017-2025 for integration into vehicle structural designs and production. Click to enlarge. —Daniel Branagan, Ph.D., CTO and founder of NanoSteel.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The SAE TIR (Technical Information Report) J2954 provides guidance to ensure performance and safety of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) Systems provided from one vendor as well as interoperability when parts of the system are provided from different vendors. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

The emission reduction potential is most significant for light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles, with other contributions coming from shipping, aviation and biofuels. GtCO 2 /year (light duty vehicles) by 2030. In early 2017, an additional 273 GW of coal-fired capacity was under construction and 570 GW in pre-construction.

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JANUARY 9, 2022

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) and Stanford University have made the first clear, detailed images of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer in the wet environment of a working Li-ion battery by using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For this JCAP study, researchers engineered a complete system to work at different times of day, not just at a light energy level of 1-sun illumination, which is equivalent to the peak of brightness at high noon on a sunny day. Notably, the electrodes operated well in water, a neutral pH environment. to 1-sun illumination.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. in emissions from on-road vehicles.

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MAY 12, 2011

The Preferred Alternative will reflect annual stringency increases for both passenger cars and light trucks that fall at levels between the upper and lower bounds identified above. The action is part of a joint rulemaking with EPA, in which EPA plans to issue greenhouse gas standards for the same model year vehicles.

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JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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JULY 26, 2017

In March, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. Earlier post.) mpg in MY 2021.

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JULY 15, 2022

The combustion engine is based on the DTM unit used in the BMW M4 DTM in 2017 and 2018. The normally-aspirated P66/1 eight-cylinder engine used in the 2017 and 2018 seasons in the BMW M4 DTM was the one that got the nod. The BMW M Hybrid V8 is powered by the P66/3 eight-cylinder turbo engine with supplementary electric drive.

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JULY 11, 2012

The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. grams in 2010 (the latest year for which figures are available) and a mandatory target of 175 grams in 2017. grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

The Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) is an improved test procedure which provides CO 2 emission and fuel consumption values that are more representative of real world conditions than values obtained through the test procedure used previously, the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC). Background and next steps.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The project is part of CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation and Fuels Investments and Air Quality Improvement Program. Achates Power, founded in 2004, currently has a number of development projects underway spanning a variety of applications of its opposed-piston engine architecture, from light-to-heavy duty. Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has developed the new Vest EXoskeleton (VEX), a wearable robot created to assist industrial workers who spend long hours working in overhead environments. As part of the Group’s plans to develop a diverse range of robotics technologies, another lightweight wearable device is soon to be commercialized.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

From 2019 onwards, the Volkswagen Group brands will use the WLANp standard (IEEE 802.11p) for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment (V2X). Networking among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment, irrespective of manufacturer, will be a key step in reducing road accidents. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

For applications where robots are moving around environments with other moving objects or people, our method can give the robot an early warning that somebody is coming around the corner, so the vehicle can slow down, adapt its path, and prepare in advance to avoid a collision. Currently, the system has only been tested in indoor settings.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017. Toyota’s newly developed powertrain units are light and compact and have a low center of gravity. Click to enlarge. Technologies used in the new Dynamic Force Engines. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 12, 2017

LEAPS executes seasonal light and temperature scripts accurately; its performance has been validated by repeating three outdoor pond experiments for different strains. DISCOVR Project BETO peer review (March 2017). Biomass productivity in LEAPS was the same as in outdoor ponds. The DISCOVR project workflow.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As part of the new midterm plan, titled DFL TRIPLE ONE, more than 20 electric models (zero-emission and series-hybrid e-POWER, earlier post ) will be introduced across all brands with six models in 2018 and 2019 across the Nissan, Venucia and Dongfeng brands. million vehicle sales in 2017.

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JUNE 10, 2016

million square-foot campus comprising office space and office support, a data center and light industrial and light automotive service facilities. We are dedicated to making sure our new headquarters campus supports—even redefines—Toyota’s commitment to the environment. The five-year deal also supports 7.75

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MARCH 16, 2016

The CNG fueling stations and vehicle purchases totaling $100 million are part of UPS’ ongoing commitment to diversify its fuel sources and reduce its environmental impact. CNG is part of a broad investment in a variety of alternative fuel vehicles. At UPS, we own our fleet and our infrastructure.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

You need 3D vision that accurately measures and generates a billion data points in real time at the speed of light. With the VLS-128 LiDAR, there are billions of data points to analyze a dynamic, changing environment to determine safety —Marta Hall, Velodyne’s President and Chief Business Development Officer.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The company expects to begin construction on the project this fall, with a goal of shipping automotive body sheet material to customers by early 2017. For inner panels and structural parts, Aleris developed different Ecolite grades with different strength levels. Great formability is coupled with cost efficient processing.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Bosch’s 15-inch monitor has two variants, one in landscape mode as a dashboard solution and another in portrait mode as part of a mirror camera system that can replace side mirrors and improve vehicle efficiency by reducing drag. The Bosch Central Gateway (CGW) enables secure connectivity in commercial vehicles. Powertrain concepts.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

The deal has an estimated initial value of $17 million through 2016, with the opportunity for significant recurring royalties starting in 2017. The FCvelocity-HD7 is the 7 th -generation fuel cell module designed for transit bus and light rail applications from Ballard.). 90 kW FCvelocity-HD7.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

billion barrels of oil to date, but in 2017, recoverable reserves increased six-fold in previously ignored shallow Cretaceous formations—Nanushuk and Torok—which total an estimated 5 billion barrels. —Kareemah Mohamed, associate director, plays and basins research at IHS Markit, and lead author of the IHS Markit analysis.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Litster and his collaborators will conduct their research within the Electrocatalysis Consortium (ElectroCat), part of the DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) lab consortia that supports the DOE’s goal of expediting the development of advance materials. —Shawn Litster.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

Sensors traditionally have been used for camera imaging, as well as communicating information about humidity, temperature, motion, speed, proximity, and other aspects of the environment. If the light detection and ranging remote-sensing system lidar fails in semiautonomous vehicles, they will be unable to function properly.

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APRIL 7, 2018

The fleet enhancements are part of a larger series of strategic improvements we will roll out over the next 12-18 months. Destination Signs: New silver LED destination signs are brighter and will be more visible to customers, especially in low-light conditions. —Ed King, Director of Transit Services. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 2, 2022

First, he confirmed that showers were a big part of water usage for a typical household, and that no such device was already on the market. Instead, he focused on expanding a burgeoning small business that he was also passionate about—3-D printing prototypes and various parts for hardware companies.

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JULY 23, 2017

A new study, part of the Atlanta Commuter Exposures (ACE) Study, has assessed on-roadway in-cabin particulate pollution (PM 2.5 ) collected from scripted rush hour commutes on highways and on non-highway side streets. Long-term sampling also misses nuanced variabilities caused by road congestion and environmental conditions. Vreeland et al.

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APRIL 25, 2017

A major part of the consortium’s work will include the use of a fleet of six inter-communicating vehicles equipped with Selenium, Oxbotica’s vehicle manufacturer (OEM) agnostic software. The focus of the study is not the technology but how it functions alongside people in a natural environment.

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OCTOBER 21, 2018

Daimler has already been gaining experience with electric trucks since 2010, and since last year it has had its first series-production, fully electric truck in the market and in customer hands: the Fuso eCanter light-duty truck.

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Parliament’s Environment Committee argues that MEPs should veto plans to relax the limits because this would undermine the enforcement of existing EU standards. 110%) for new models by September 2017 (and for new vehicles by September 2019); As a second step, this discrepancy would be brought down to a factor of 1.5 (50%),

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Becoming an operator of robo-vehicle ride-hailing services is a major part of the new mobility services strategy. In the first half of 2017, volumes increased by seven percent year-on-year to 5.27 2020: Highly autonomous drive vehicle for use in cities – with a human driver’s continuous monitoring of the environment.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Groupe PSA, clean transportation NGO Transport & Environment (T&E); France Nature Environnement (FNE); and Bureau Veritas have collaborated to develop an accurate real-world fuel consumption test protocol. We will add the first figures for NO x emissions by the end of 2017. The development of the test protocol began in late 2015.

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