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Transonic Looking at Final Funding Round This Year, Production Deployment of Supercritical Fuel System in 2014; 50-75% Improvement in Engine Fuel Economy

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The use of a supercritical fuel charge enables very fast and complete combustion with minimized thermal losses. Transonic is currently working with four OEMs on evaluating the system, Rocke said: one each in Asia, North America, Europe and the other in the heavy-duty engine sector. The TSCi charge is nearly invisible to the eye.

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SAE technical experts: fuel cell technology has advanced significantly, FC vehicle production has begun, further cost reductions & infrastructure development required

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Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D, re-iterated Honda’s strategic focus on electrification as the main pathway toward reducing greenhouse gases, and shift to renewable sources of energy. Cost, productivity, efficiency and fuel economy now offer the highest focus for technology investment, he said.

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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

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However, black carbon emissions are projected to increase in the next decade as vehicle activity increases, particularly in East and South Asia. Complementary policies to limit growth in travel demand and long-term growth in emissions include fuel taxation, congestion charging, and logistics management, among other strategies.

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Why the UAW is all set to hit primary US automakers this life

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As well as, the UAW has demanded an finish to various tiers of wages for manufacturing facility jobs; a 32-hour life with 40 hours of pay; the recovery of conventional defined-benefit pensions for pristine hires who now obtain handiest 401(okay)-style departure plans; and a go back of cost-of-living pay raises, amongst alternative advantages.

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Bangalore Based Startup to Bringdown The EV Price By 40%

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The startup aims to attain at least 50 MWh (megawatt-hour) of peak cell manufacturing capacity in a year with the plant, which is said to be the biggest in Southeast Asia.  The cell costs around 70% of the cost of a standard battery, whereas the battery costs 40-45% of the cost of an electric vehicle.

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As Detroit of Asia, Thailand goals battery makers to stick forward in EV race

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Our target is to maintain a champion in Southeast Asia, and be among the top 10 in the world in the EV industry.” We’re positioned within the middle of the pocket, related heavy markets like China and Bharat. They’re our goals underneath the battery subsidy bundle.

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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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Because [Ford] can provide the hardware, but ultimately, our country has to decide is this where we really want to go and if so, how are we going to really develop the smart grid in a way that works and allows the utilities to actually speak to each other and trade power, ubiquity of charging and all those things.

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