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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Flanked by the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post ) on one side and the Audi concept e-tron quattro ( earlier post ) on the other, Audi of America president Scott Keogh used his press conference speech at the Los Angeles Auto Show yesterday to declare that the brand is targeting at least 25% of its US sales to be e-tron—i.e., plug-in hybrid or full electric—models by 2025.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Bolt EV concept, an audacious and largely unexpected 200-mile electric car. It quickly followed that up with confirmation of production plans, likely late next year. GM plans to sell the Chevy Bolt EV in all 50 states, at a base price of $37,500--before any Federal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Researchers of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies ( IASS ) in Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved the proof-of-principle for a innovative technique to extract hydrogen (H 2 ) from methane (CH 4 ) without the formation of CO 2 as a byproduct. At this stage, cost estimates are uncertain, since methane cracking is not yet a fully mature technology.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Charging an electric car is already much cheaper than paying for gasoline, but free charging can be even more attractive. Tesla offers its free network of Supercharger DC fast-charging stations and Level 2 AC stations, and Nissan has offered free charging as a promotion to drive showroom traffic. Now, Ford is jumping on the free-charging bandwagon.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Automakers, electric vehicle charging networks and other stakeholders have joined together to create the ROEV Association (ROEV), a neutral collaboration of industry stakeholders designed to support EV adoption by facilitating public charging network interoperability. Initial automaker members include BMW of North America, Nissan, Honda and Audi; the three largest charging networks in the US—CarCharging/Blink, ChargePoint, and NRG EVgo—are also participating.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We're on the ground at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, so stories are a little light today. We'll have a number of news items from the show soon, though. For now, we've got live photos of the Scion C-HR crossover concept, free charging for certain Ford C-Max Energi owners, and a report that the production version of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is installing 90 new charge spots for electric vehicles in and around Paris for the COP21 global summit on climate change. The installation is being done in partnership with French energy provider EDF, Schneider Electric, Aéroports de Paris, Paris City Council and SNCF, France’s national railway company. The charging stations, several of which will be donated by Schneider Electric, will refuel 200 EVs supplied by the Alliance that are serving as VIP shuttles for negot

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Novelis opened a new aluminum automotive heat treatment line in Nachterstedt, Germany, to serve European and global automotive customers. Located adjacent to Novelis’ existing rolling mill and the world’s largest aluminum recycling center, the $85 million investment will increase production capacity by 120,000 metric tons of automotive sheet annually.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Dow Corning Corp. announced that a silicone adhesive technology it recently developed alongside Delphi Automotive PLC has earned one of R&D Magazine ’s 2015 R&D 100 Awards. T. Dow Corning and Delphi received the award for Dow Corning EA-7100 Adhesive, a product initially developed for Delphi, which was grappling with several adhesion challenges. The adhesive is based on novel silicone chemistry that significantly expands design options for automotive electronics and other applications by enablin

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The University of Michigan is working with two US Department of Energy national laboratories to study whether connected and automated vehicles could help people drive more efficiently. U-M, with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, won a three-year, $2.7 million grant from DOE to fund the research. Reuben Sarkar, DOE deputy assistant secretary for transportation, announced the grant Wednesday during a conference at U-M.

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