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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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An advanced biofuel has a carbon footprint that is 50% or less of conventional gasoline and OBE plans to start the certification process by Q4 2010. EPA accepted this logic and instead decided to focus on regional and national statistics and trends to make sure virgin land wasn’t being converted to supply biofuel facilities.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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New LowCVP report highlights need to go “beyond the tailpipe” for CO2 metrics for vehicles

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It clearly shows that there are a range of potential routes to deliver significant carbon reductions, including both increased electrical mobility with battery vehicles and plug-in hybrids but also low carbon liquid and gaseous fuels. The new study is a “streamlined” LCA based largely on secondary data available from published literature.

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Tesla says Model S comes out on top in US-NCAP crash testing with lowest Vehicle Safety Score

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A relative risk score factor (RRS) is calculated as the quotient from combined injury probability and a statistical quantifying parameter. The statistical Relative Risk Score (RSS) of Model S compared with all other vehicles tested since the current NCAP standards went into effect for MY 2011 and following vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

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Statistics gathered by the website GarageLiving.com provide additional data points: Of 1,500 North American respondents to a Garage Living poll, 20% said they were unable to park in their garage. They include Urban Electric , Trojan Energy , and Rolec. Image Source: Urban Electric.