Fri.Jul 18, 2014

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First high-heat plastic air intake manifold with integrated charge air cooler in production on hybrid sports car

Green Car Congress

'Plastic air intake manifold with integrated CAC for 3-cylinder 1.5-liter engine. The world’s first high-heat plastic air intake manifold (AIM) with integrated charge air cooler (CAC) in Stanyl Diablo, Royal DSM’s high-temperature-resistant polyamide 46, recently went into production on a recently introduced hybrid sports car—by its description (although not by confirmation from DSM) the BMW i8 ( earlier post ).

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Quant Limousine With Flow-Cell Battery Tech Begins German Road Trials

Green Car Reports

'At the Geneva Motor Show in March, German firm Quant revealed a car powered by what it called ''nanoFLOWCELL'' technology. Now, the flow-cell vehicle will make its road-going debut, as the car has been approved for real-world testing by the TÜV or Technischer Überwachungsverein, Germany''s road safety monitoring agency. The first thing most.

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DOE to award up to $4.5M to increase acceptance and deployment of alt fuel vehicles

Green Car Congress

'The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $4.5 million ( DE-FOA-0000951 ) to create and implement high impact and highly innovative approaches to increase the acceptance and deployment of Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs). DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) anticipates that many different projects will be proposed and encourages new and innovative approaches that are projected to have a high impact.

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Airbus Electric Aircraft Makes Public Flight In UK, We Still Want One

Green Car Reports

'Aircraft--larger ones, at least--are surprisingly fuel-efficient ways of moving people around. They are however quite noisy, and aren''t subject to nearly as many pollution controls as road vehicles, so there''s still plenty room for improvement. The E-Fan light aircraft, designed by Airbus, looks like a suitable alternative for light aviation use.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Japan to offer ~$20K in subsidies per fuel cell vehicle

Green Car Congress

'The Nikkei reports that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed plans to provide at least ¥2 million (US$19,722) in subsidies for every purchase of a fuel cell vehicle. In a 2013 speech at Japan Akademeia on his “Abenomics”, shortly after his inauguration, the Prime Minster had emphasized the importance of regulatory and institutional reform to lead to commercial viability of new technologies, and specifically referenced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

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August 'Largest Electric Vehicle Gathering' Events And Rally Canceled

Green Car Reports

'Just three weeks before the anticipated kickoff, an electric-car rally billed as the largest ever has been cancelled. The third annual BC2BC all-electric vehicle rally was supposed to run up the West Coast from Mexico to Canada. Organizers had planned a number of events along the way, including a potentially record-setting gathering of electric.

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SUVs And Crossover Utility Vehicles Now Outsell Sedans In U.S.

Green Car Reports

'For years, SUVs and crossovers have been growing in popularity in the U.S.--entirely displacing the station wagon and reducing the population of minivans in family garages. And now they''ve reached a significant milestone. ALSO SEE: White House Responds To Tesla Direct-Sales Petition: Sorry, Talk To Congress This year, sales of crossover utilities.

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Researchers synthesize diesel- and jet-range cycloalkanes from lignocellulosic platform compounds

Green Car Congress

'Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have synthesized, for the first time, a mixture of C 9 ?C 15 branched alkanes and cycloalkanes with relatively higher density from 2-Methylfuran (2-MF) and cyclopentanone (CPO)—selective hydrogenation products of furfural, which can be produced in industrial scale with lignocellulose.

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GM Full-Size SUVs To Get Diesel Engine Option For Fuel Efficiency?

Green Car Reports

'With stricter global emissions standards taking effect, carmakers are looking to improve the efficiency of their entire fleets, including the biggest gas guzzlers. Diesel engines are making their way from heavy-duty full-size pickup trucks to half-ton models, but could they also work in full-size SUVs? Based on a sticker under the hood of a 2015.

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BASF opens its largest European production plant for mobile emissions catalysts; LD gasoline and diesel and HD diesel

Green Car Congress

'BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for mobile emissions catalysts in ?roda ?l?ska, a Special Economic Zone near Wroc?aw, Poland. The emissions catalysts produced there will be used by manufacturers of light duty gasoline vehicles and light and heavy duty diesel vehicles to meet more stringent Euro 6/VI emissions regulations. Among the advanced technologies that will be produced at the ?

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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GM Diesel SUVs, Electric-Car Gathering Cancelled, Airbus E-Fan Flies: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'Today on Green Car Reports: GM may offer diesel engines in its full-size SUVs, a huge electric-car gathering in California is cancelled, and the Airbus E-Fan electric aircraft wows crowds in the U.K. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Airbus E-Fan electric aircraft makes a very quiet public flight in the U.K. Will General Motors full-size.

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Argonne VERIFI researchers applying GSA to investigate combustion engine parameters; seeking cleaner and more efficient engines

Green Car Congress

'Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the new Virtual Engine Research Institute and Fuels Initiative ( VERIFI ) ( earlier post ), are using global sensitivity analysis (GSA)—a specific form of uncertainty analysis which breaks down the uncertainty into constitute parts—to investigate a number of parameters in the internal combustion process.

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Keeping cool: how to keep your electric car happy this heat wave

Green Cars News

'I don’t know about you, but this weather is just too hot. While I’m happy at a balmy twenty two degrees Celsius — and will even tolerate warmer temperatures on holiday or for a few days — the oppressive, humid weather we’ve been having lately just makes me want to hide inside with the air conditioni[.].

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2015 Chevrolet and GMC pickups, SUVs to offer eight-speed transmission with EcoTec3 V-8

Green Car Congress

'Chevrolet and GMC have confirmed a new eight-speed automatic transmission will be standard on 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and GMC Yukon Denali/Yukon XL Denali models equipped with the 6.2L EcoTec3 V-8 (L86) ( earlier post ). The GM-developed Hydra-Matic 8L90 eight-speed is approximately the same size and weight as the Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed automatic.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Government fleets to go electric with new £5 million fund

Green Cars News

'At last the Government is to practice what it preaches, after Transport Minister, Baroness Kramer announced a new £5 million fund to buy plug in vehicles for Whitehall departments. The money will fund the purchase of over 300 plug-in vehicles including fully electric models, with half of that numb[.].

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DOE awards $3.5M to Cellana to develop cost-competitive algal biofuels; hybrid production system

Green Car Congress

'The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $3.5 million to Cellana for an algae project aimed at accelerating the development of sustainable, affordable algal biofuels. This research project supports the goal of producing 2,500 gallons of algal biofuel feedstock per acre per year by 2018, an important milestone toward reducing the cost of algal biofuels to cost-competitive levels of 5,000 gallons per acre per year by 2022.

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Eberspächer introducing diesel fuel-cell APU at IAA; planned market introduction in US in 2017

Green Car Congress

'Basic elements and operating principle of the diesel fuel-cell APU. Click to enlarge. At the upcoming IAA in Hanover, automotive supplier Eberspächer is presenting a fuel-cell APU (auxiliary power unit) for commercial trucks that converts diesel efficiently to electricity and thereby supplies the required power to all on-board consumer components such as the air-conditioning system or the refrigerator units.

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