Mon.Dec 15, 2014

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U Alberta team develops hybrid sodium-ion capacitor; intermediate in energy & power between ultracaps and batteries

Green Car Congress

'A team led by researchers from the University of Alberta (Canada) Scientists has developed a hybrid sodium-ion capacitor (NIC) using active materials in both the anode and the cathode derived entirely from peanut shells—a green and highly economical waste globally generated at more than 6 million tons per year. The hybrid NIC stores charge both electrostatically and electrochemically, and sits between ultracapacitors and batteries in terms of power (ultracaps) and energy (batteries) stora

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Lexus Keeping An Eye On Tesla, Calls Mall Stores 'Clever'

Green Car Reports

'Lexus operates with the firm belief that hybrids are better than battery-electric cars, but there''s at least one thing about electric-car maker Tesla Motors it wants to emulate. Even as Toyota''s luxury division has lashed out at electric cars in recent ads, its executives are intrigued by Tesla''s direct-sales model. ALSO SEE: Lexus CT 200h Hybrid.

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BMW to show 360-degree collision avoidance and fully-automated remote parking in multi-story garages at CES

Green Car Congress

'The driver has the i3 park itself in a multi-story garage using a smartwatch. Click to enlarge. BMW will demonstrate new driver assistance and automated control functions including 360-degree collision avoidance and fully-automated parking in multi-story parking garages at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in January. The platform for 360-degree collision avoidance is secure position and environment recognition; the research vehicle is a BMW i3.

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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?

Green Car Reports

'There''s been a lot of conventional wisdom floating around lately. In this case, it''s the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. We''d suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think. DON''T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys Electric And Plug-In.

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

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

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rFpro simulator software for ADAS/autonomous vehicle development features low-latency, high-quality graphics for improved testing

Green Car Congress

'rFpro, a provider of Driver-In-The-Loop simulators for vehicle dynamics engineering, is offering driving simulator software, originally developed for Formula 1, that will enable vehicle manufacturers to test ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) technologies more accurately than before. The company says that many of the challenges faced by ADAS developers can be reduced by validating the control system response more comprehensively with a driver-in-the-loop (DIL) prior to installation on th

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How A Small German Town Became A Renewable Energy Miracle

Green Car Reports

'Renewable energy is attractive to many not just for its environmental benefits, but because it means independence from electrical utilities. Now, one small town in Germany has achieved that dream--and then some. ALSO SEE: World''s First Entirely Renewable-Energy Place: Wind-Swept Scottish Island The town of Wildpoldsried--in southern.

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Electric-Car Charging Station Blocked? Get An Extension Cord!

Green Car Reports

'It''s called "ICE-ing," and sooner or later, every electric-car driver experiences it. The term refers to a non-electric car with an internal combustion engine (or ICE) occupying a parking space where a public charging station is located. The car is thereby blocking electric cars from recharging at that station, whether accidentally or.

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EIA: price of gasoline tends to have little effect on travel demand; price elasticity has fallen

Green Car Congress

'The 28% drop in the US average retail price of gasoline since 23 June may not have much effect on automobile travel, and in turn, gasoline consumption, according to an analysis by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Gasoline is a relatively inelastic product—i.e., changes in prices have little influence on demand—and has become more so over the past few decades.

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Hybrids A Better, More Cost-Effective Way To Cut Carbon Today, Study Says

Green Car Reports

'The hydrogen fuel-cell cars being promoted as the future of zero-emission transport--aggressively by Toyota, slightly less so by Honda and Hyundai--generate quite a lot of controversy. Now a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists suggests that the wells-to-wheels carbon emissions of a fuel-cell vehicle running on hydrogen produced from.

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Nissan licenses autonomous driving technology to Hitachi Construction Machinery Company

Green Car Congress

'Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has licensed its Around View Monitor and Moving Object Detection (MOD) technology ( earlier post ), jointly developed with Clarion Co., Ltd., for use by Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. These two systems are the building blocks of autonomous driving technology that will operate commercially-viable Nissan Autonomous Drive vehicles by 2020.

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

Brief

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Electric-Car Sales, Impact Of Hybrids, Lexus Watches Tesla: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'Today we''ve got stories on how gas prices could affect electric-car sales, how hybrids could be better for cutting carbon emissions than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and how Tesla Motors is influencing Lexus. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See our response to a seemingly simple question: What''s the best electric car to buy for the average.

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Study: conventional traffic pollution modeling may underestimate emissions in congested areas by up to 60%

Green Car Congress

'Traditional methods of modeling traffic pollution could be under-estimating emissions by as much as 60%, particularly in areas where congestion occurs for a large part of the day, according to a study by a team at Newcastle University (UK). Previously, traffic emissions models have used standard factors taking into account details of vehicle fleet composition, average speeds and road type; they took the average speed of traffic as a whole and assumed traffic was traveling at the same speed at t

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SAIC-GM-Wuling starts production at new $1.1B base in Chongqing; initial capacity of 400K vehicles and 400K engines

Green Car Congress

'SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) has started production at its new manufacturing base in Chongqing. It also signed an agreement for the second phase of production at the facility. The first phase of production at the Chongqing base represents initial investment of RMB 6.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) by the joint venture. It has an initial annual manufacturing capacity of 400,000 vehicles and 400,000 engines to serve the Chinese market.

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Airbus forecasts China becoming civil aviation market juggernaut: >5,300 new aircraft over 20 years; Nº 1 in domestic traffic in 10; top international market

Green Car Congress

'Airbus forecasts that China will need more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters from 2014 to 2033, with a total market value of US$820 billion. That represents 17% of the world total demand for over 31,000 new aircraft in the next 20 years. According to Airbus’ 2014-2033 Global Market Forecast , new deliveries of passenger and freight aircraft for China will be 5,363 over the next 20 years, including 3,567 single aisle aircraft, 1,477 twin-aisles and 319 very large aircraft.

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

Oil

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Volkswagen Group: 10-million vehicle sold mark for 2014 within reach; China largest single market

Green Car Congress

'The Volkswagen Group has delivered more than nine million vehicles from January to November for the first time ever this year. 9.08 (January-November 2013: 8.68; +4.6%) million vehicles were handed over to customers worldwide (excluding MAN and Scania). The company delivered 834,800 (November 2013: 828,900; +0.7%) vehicles in November (also excluding MAN and Scania). “ Deliveries by the Volkswagen Group remain on track during the last few weeks of the year.

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