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A team of researchers at Kyushu University’s International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I 2 CNER) reports devising a method for using a new type of catalyst support for highly active gold nanoparticle catalysts for fuel cells. An open access paper on the work is published in Scientific Reports. In the search for non-platinum electrocatalysts for fuel cells, gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) have attracted a great deal of interest due to their very high catalytic activity for the oxyge

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When it comes to thriving markets for electric cars, New Zealand doesn't exactly top the list. So what happens when a bestselling electric car is withdrawn from what is already a low-volume market? The Nissan Leaf is the bestselling electric car worldwide, but now Nissan will stop selling it from New Zealand. DON'T MISS: 2012 Nissan Leaf To Arrive.

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A team at the University of Bristol in the UK has developed an extremely selective (>99%) and productive (>75% conversion) homogeneous ruthenium catalyst for the production of isobutanol from methanol-ethanol mixtures. A paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Chemical Communications. The researchers had earlier developed a new family of homogeneous ruthenium-based catalysts which demonstrated excellent performance in the upgrading of ethanol to n-butanol, with more than 94% selectiv

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MARCH 15, 2016

Today, Toyota announces the refreshed 2017 Highlander Hybrid and a new Prius hybrid variant for the 2016 New York Auto Show, and we look at when electric-car tax credits expire. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Nissan Leaf is withdrawn from New Zealand, and electric-car sales there plummet as a result. The refreshed 2017 Toyota.

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ABI Research forecasts nearly 203 million Software Over-the-Air (SOTA)-enabled cars will ship by 2022. Both SOTA and Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) will see a spike, with nearly 180 million new cars supporting SOTA and 22 million FOTA by 2022. Beyond Tesla, car OEMs will primarily focus the next three to five years on SOTA versus the still nascent FOTA upgrade.

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MARCH 15, 2016

While the new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid has received much attention recently, the Japanese firm's larger hybrid crossover is now getting a mid-cycle update as well. Debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show, the 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid gets some styling and mechanical changes, as well as a reshuffling of trim levels. The hybrid model gets a new.

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MARCH 15, 2016

One week from tomorrow, the 2016 New York Auto Show will open its doors to reporters from around the world for two media-preview days. We know already that there will be a new version of the Toyota Prius unveiled there, but a few other concepts and production models will make their debuts as well. So far, New York is relatively light on green.

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European bus manufacturers Irizar, Solaris, VDL and Volvo have agreed to ensure the interoperability of electric buses with charging infrastructure provided by ABB, Heliox and Siemens. The objective is to ensure an open interface between electric buses and charging infrastructure and to facilitate the introduction of electric bus systems in European cities.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Taillight shapes are a big deal for Toyota these days, as the ornate styling of the 2016 Prius hybrid has demonstrated. Now the company has released a teaser photo of illuminated taillights on what it calls "the next mechanical marvel in the Prius lineup." That car will debut on Wednesday, March 23, at the New York Auto Show. DON'T MISS: Why Next.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Shell and its joint venture announced the start of oil production from the third phase of the deep-water Parque das Conchas (BC-10) development in Brazil’s Campos Basin. Production for this final phase of the project is expected to add up to 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) at peak production, from fields that have already produced more than 100-million barrels since 2009.

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The San Francisco Bay ARea Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced that its 511 Rideshare program is partnering with Lyft to launch a new carpooling option for Bay Area commuters. This partnership will bring together Lyft’s peer-to-peer ridesharing platform and MTC’s established efforts to promote carpooling to make it easier for Bay Area residents to share rides.

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Renesas Electronics announced the availability of six new intelligent power devices (IPDs) for automotive motor and heater control applications. The devices provide an extremely reliable, high-performance solution compared with mechanical relays that switch the current flow on and off in electronic control units (ECUs). An IPD is a power IC device that integrates in a single package control circuits that implement protection functions and self-diagnostic functions, in addition to power MOSFET (m

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MARCH 15, 2016

The European Parliament has release an analysis of the Industry 4.0 Initiative—the digitalization of production processes based on devices autonomously communicating with each other along the value chain. It considers the potential of the initiative and business paradigm changes and impacts of this transformation. The study assesses the rationale for public intervention and outlines measures that could be adopted to increase the gains and limit the threats from Industry 4.0.

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MARCH 15, 2016

In order to make clean vehicles more accessible to a greater number of California drivers, especially in communities that are highly impacted by air pollution, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) is implementing increased incentive levels for low- and moderate-income consumers and high-income eligibility caps. The California Air Resources Board approved the changes in June 2015, as directed by the Charge Ahead California Initiative established by Senate Bill 1275 (De León).

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IEEE announced the approval of IEEE 802.3bw, IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 100 Mb/s Operation over a Single Balanced Twisted Pair Cable (100BASE-T1). The standard is driven primarily by the needs of the global automotive industry and illustrates Ethernet’s expansion into new application areas.

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