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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

Green Car Congress

A third camera is used to study lunar materials and takes high-definition images. To win the Google Lunar XPRIZE, a privately funded team must successfully place a robot on the moon’s surface that explores at least 500 meters and transmits high‑definition video and images back to Earth. The theoretical maximum speed is 3.6

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Stowing is a “Beautiful Problem” that Amazon is Solving with Robots

Cars That Think

With the stowing problem, that’s definitely true. But then we realized that the end effector actually takes up a lot of space in the bin, and the whole point is that we’re trying to fill these bins up so that we can have a lot of stuff for sale on Amazon.com. My team sponsors research at MIT and at the University of Washington.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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In 1990, California adopted a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) requirement, mandating that the seven largest automotive companies in California “make available for sale” an increasing number of vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions. Definition. California has a much more ambitious long-term policy commitment to EVs. 2012-2104 credit level.

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NRC report finds Federal analysis to set LD CAFE and GHG standards generally of high quality; some technologies and issues should be re-examined

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The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require that vehicles offered for sale in the US attain an average fuel economy of 40.3 to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7 mpg by 2025. These standards will require the US new vehicle fleet to double in fuel economy between 2012 and 2025.

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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Lipshutz, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara. Sigma-Aldrich is currently offering TPGS-750-M for sale, making it broadly available to research laboratories. BioAmber has also signed partnership agreements with several major companies, including Cargill, DuPont, Mitsubishi Chemical, and Mitsui & Co. Academic: Bruce H.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. The GREET 1.6

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. “It very definitely opens a window of opportunity for us,” Lutz said of Toyota’s potential delay. Detroit Free Press ).

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