Sat.Dec 13, 2014

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Renault & partners show research prototypes: 2-cyl. 2-stroke diesel, 48V mild-hybrid diesel, delivery EV

Green Car Congress

'POWERFUL two-cylinder, two-stroke diesel. Click to enlarge. At its recent Innovations@Renault event, the France-based automaker presented three research prototypes developed in tandem with its partners as cooperative projects: a mild-hybrid diesel produced as part of the HYDIVU (Hybrid Diesel for LCVs); a two-cylinder, two-stroke diesel from the POWERFUL (POWERtrain for FUture Light-duty vehicles) project ( earlier post ); and an electric light commercial van developed as part of the du VELUD (

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What's The Best Electric Car To Buy For The Average Consumer?

Green Car Reports

'Automotive journalists often use each other as information sources, or to get reality checks on new material. Recently, a colleague asked, "If auto journalists had the choice of only driving electric, which production electric car would you purchase--and why?" Which seemed like an excellent topic for an article on choosing battery-electric cars.

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DOT and Battelle release findings and lessons learned from V2X Transit Safety Retrofit Package project

Green Car Congress

'The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Battelle have released the latest findings and lessons learned from the Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP). The TRP project aimed to design and develop safety applications for transit buses that can communicate using vehicle-to-vehicle as well as vehicle-to-infrastructure connected vehicle technologies for enhanced transit bus and pedestrian safety.

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Ford introduces SYNC 3, next generation of its communications and entertainment system

Green Car Congress

'Ford introduced SYNC 3, its reworked communications and entertainment system that is faster, more intuitive and easier to use with an improved user interface and enhanced response to driver commands than its predecessor. The next-generation system builds on the capability of SYNC technology already in more than 10 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on the road globally.

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

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