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Policymakers who want to decarbonize the transportation sector will need to move beyond the hype that has characterized alternative fuels over the past three decades and find better ways to assess and sustain promising technologies and fuels, according to a study from Simon Fraser University, Canadian consulting firm Navius Research, and the University of California, Davis.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Croatian firm Rimac Automobili has steadily developed its Concept One electric supercar over the past few years. And just as it prepared to unveil the Concept One in production trim, Rimac decided to get even more radical. At the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, it unveiled a new variant of the Concept One called the Concept S. DON'T MISS: What Does A.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is launching SuperTruck II, an $80-million funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001447 ), subject to congressional appropriations, for research, development and demonstration of long-haul tractor-trailer truck technology. The project is a follow-on to the successful $240-million SuperTruck I initiative ( earlier post ), the goal of which was to develop tractor-trailers that were 50% more efficient on a ton‐mile‐per-gallon basis than baseline models by 2015.

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The Subaru XV Crosstrek is set to be replaced soon as the entire Impreza compact lineup gets redesigned. And Subaru previewed the new model with a concept car at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The Subaru XV is the third concept hinting at the next-generation Impreza, in fact. DON'T MISS: 2017 Honda Civic hatchback unveiled in Geneva Subaru unveiled.

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Volkswagen Group company Škoda is showcasing its VisionS plug-in hybrid concept SUV at the Geneva Motor Show. The Škoda VisionS incorporates the brand’s new design language, carrying it over into the SUV segment. The plug-in hybrid drive system is a preview of a similar drive system being tested for production cars, said Škoda CEO Bernhard Maier. Based on Volkswagen Group’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB), this is Škoda’s first vehicle to feature six seats across three rows.

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Audi unveiled a new smaller crossover at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show as it continues trying to fill every conceivable niche in the segment. The 2016 Audi Q2 is slightly smaller than the current Q3, and just one of many crossovers the company is planning. At this rate, Audi may run out of numbers. DON'T MISS: VW T-Cross Breeze Concept in Geneva.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Today, we continue our coverage of the 2016 Geneva Motor Show with the Subaru XV concept, Audi Q2 crossover, and Rimac Concept S electric supercar. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Croatian firm Rimac Automobili ups the ante from its previous Concept One electric supercar with the new Concept S at the Geneva show. The Subaru XV concept.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. (ANGP), a pioneer in the commercialization of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) vehicle technology, and United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), the innovation engine of United Technologies Corp., unveiled a full-scale mockup of UTRC’s conformable fuel tank for ANG vehicles. ( Earlier post.). UTRC and ANGP held the unveiling at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit.

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Toho Tenax Europe GmbH (TTE), the German subsidiary of Toho Tenax, itself the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, has developed an integrated production system for carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) that enables manufactured composite parts to be optimized for required shapes and properties. The new production system uses a high-pressure resin transfer molding (HP-RTM) process and TTE’s own one-step carbon fiber to part technology, called Part via Prefor

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Just over six years after the company was formed, McLaren Automotive outlined its Track22 Business Plan, taking it through the next six years through to 2022. McLaren Automotive will continue to focus purely on the development of two-seater sports and supercars. At least 50% of McLaren cars will feature hybrid technology by 2022. Research engineers at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England, are also in the early prototype stages of the development of a fully-electric powertrain to eval

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne and Los Alamos national laboratories have teamed up to support a DOE initiative through the creation of the Electrocatalysis Consortium (ElectroCat), a collaboration devoted to finding an effective but cheaper alternative to platinum in hydrogen fuel cells. ElectroCat is one of four consortia that make up DOE’s new Energy Materials Network (EMN). ( Earlier post.).

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At the Geneva International Motor Show 2016, HARMAN International is demonstrating its LIVS (Life-Enhancing Intelligent Vehicle Solution) Connected Car Compute Platform for advanced, holistic vehicle intelligence with vehicle-to-x capability (V2X) based on RoadLINK technology from NXP Semiconductors. The V2X solution is very reliable and provides real-time performance.

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Mazda North American Operations released EPA-estimated fuel economy figures for its all-new 2016 Mazda CX-9. Certified at an EPA-estimated 22 mpg city/28 mpg highway/25 mpg combined, when equipped with front-wheel drive, the 2016 CX-9 achieves best-in-class (MY 2016 midsize, three-row, non-hybrid crossover SUVs for sale in the US) city and combined fuel economy ratings and class-leading highway fuel economy.

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