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SAIC demonstrating autonomous electric shuttle at UC Davis; data collection on behavioral response

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San Jose-based Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation’s (SAIC) Innovation Center is demonstrating its automated, all-electric shuttle around a defined loop of the solar-panel-lined West Village community as part of an agreement between the auto company and UC Davis. —Maxwell Huang, president of SAIC USA and SAIC IC/VC.

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Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

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Current EV business models are doomed unless manufacturers that have bet their futures on them, such as General Motors and VW, invest in or coordinate on a robust supercharger network. These are the observations in an in-depth study of the industry by management professors at the University of California, Davis, and Dartmouth College.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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University of California, Davis (Davis, CA). Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) / Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH). University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL). University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA). University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada).

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32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

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As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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EPRI, 8 automakers and 15 utilities to create an open grid integration platform for plug-in electric vehicles

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Some examples of recent work by automakers on this include: General Motors is developing OnStar-enabled Smart Grid solutions, and in 2012 announced it would open up its APIs to third-party developers. Participating auto manufacturers are American Honda Motor Co.; Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Federal Bankruptcy Court Approves GM Asset Sale to New GM

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Judge Robert Gerber of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the sale of substantially all of General Motors Corporation’s assets to NGMCO, Inc., will change its name to General Motors Company and continue to operate under GM’s historic corporate and sub brands.

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CRC study finds some adverse results from use of mid-level ethanol blends in MY 2001-2009 engines; DOE and ethanol industry say study significantly flawed

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The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). —Pat Davis. DOE response.

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