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Westinghouse and China, Turkey partners negotiating to develop 4-unit nuclear power plant in Turkey

Green Car Congress

'Westinghouse Electric Company; China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC); and Electricity Generation Company (EÜA?), the largest electric power company in Turkey have agreed to enter into exclusive negotiation to develop and construct a four-unit nuclear power plant site in the Republic of Turkey based on Westinghouse AP1000 reactor technology.

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Tesla, BMW Chat Over Possible Partnership, Elon Musk Says

Green Car Reports

'BMW and Tesla Motors are both committed to offering mass-market luxury electric cars, which would seem to make them natural rivals. Yet there''s also the possibility that they could become allies. RELATED: Tesla And BMW: Natural Competitors In Electric Cars, One Day In an interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel published on Sunday (via.

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Honda reaches 300-million mark in cumulative global motorcycle production

Green Car Congress

'Honda Motor’s cumulative worldwide motorcycle production reached the 300 million-unit milestone in September 2014. A Gold Wing 40 th Anniversary Edition produced at Kumamoto Factory, Honda’s primary motorcycle production plant in Japan, became the 300 millionth motorcycle that Honda produced globally. The 300 million-unit milestone was reached in the 66 th year since Honda began motorcycle production in 1949 with the Dream Type D. 1949 Dream D.

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Electric-Car Charging Station At Gas Station In Tar-Sands Land

Green Car Reports

'Electric-car charging stations are still remarkably rare at gas stations, though a handful exist in the Pacific Northwest. But earlier this year, the Petro-Canada station in Crossfield, Alberta, installed a charging station. It''s free to use, too. Perhaps not too remarkable, except that this is the heart of Canada''s tar-sands oil region. The.

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

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IBM Research and ASELSAN to collaborate on metal-air battery technology, focusing on EVs; mm-wave ICs

Green Car Congress

'IBM Research and Turkish defense industry technology company ASELSAN (Askerî Elektronik Sanayii, Military Electronic Industries) have signed collaborative development agreements concerning research and development of metal-air battery technologies and millimeter wave integrated circuits. The companies will work together on these projects, and through these efforts ASELSAN will enhance its in-house research and development activities.

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Strong Demand For BMW i8 Plug-In Hybrid Coupe May Presage Production Rise

Green Car Reports

'The 2015 BMW i8 coupe''s futuristic styling gained our attention when we test drove it earlier this year, and apparently we''re not the only ones. Demand for the sleek plug-in hybrid with the doors that rise above the roof appears strong enough that BMW may ramp up production. DON''T MISS: 2015 BMW i8: Sexy Plug-In Hybrid Sport Coupe, Our First Drive.

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Volkswagen Golf SportWagen HyMotion: Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Concept At LA Auto Show

Green Car Reports

'Very few compact wagons remain on sale in North America, but this year, the car known to U.S. buyers for years as the Jetta SportWagen has a new name: the 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen. To reinforce the new wagon''s new model name, VW showed off two concept Golf wagons at last week''s Los Angeles Auto Show. The greener of the two was the.

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Honda under-reported to NHTSA 1,729 instances of injury or death over last decade

Green Car Congress

'A Honda-commissioned third-party audit of Honda’s reporting under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act has identified 1,729 instances of under-reporting to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) over the past decade due to various errors, including errors related to data entry and computer coding.

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Car Dealers: Innocent, Delicate, Fragile Blossoms, Apparently

Green Car Reports

'"We''re not gonna take it any more!" If you''re of a certain age, that line likely brings back memories of a 30-year-old Twisted Sister song. You might be less likely to think of it as the headline of an article about the hurt feelings of car dealers. DON''T MISS: The Videos Car Dealers Hate: Is It ''Haggling'' Or ''Negotiating''? The article, published.

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car2go offers mobile access to its global fleet

Green Car Congress

'car2go North America LLC launched Mobile Access, an upgraded app feature that allows members not only to search for and to reserve a car2go vehicle, but to begin their car2go trip via their smartphones. Beginning today, Mobile Access will serve as an alternative to the company’s member card, which was, until now, the only way to access a car2go vehicle and end a ride.

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

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Tesla And BMW Talk, VW Golf Hydrogen Concept, Angry Car Dealers: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'Today we''ve got news of talks between BMW and Tesla Motors, details on the Volkswagen Golf SportWagen hydrogen fuel-cell concept, and the latest rumblings from car-dealer groups over criticism of haggling. All this and more on Green Car Reports. BMW considers increasing production of the i8 plug-in hybrid coupe as strong demand draws out customer.

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Lifecycle analysis of Amyris renewable jet from sugar cane finds “substantial potential” to mitigate GHG emissions, but a wide range of potential outcomes

Green Car Congress

'Monte Carlo results for the net life cycle emissions of the renewable jet fuel from sugar cane. Credit: ACS, Moreira et al. Click to enlarge. Brazilian researchers evaluating the lifecycle GHG emissions of a renewable jet fuel produced from sugar cane in Brazil using Amyris’ proprietary technology platform ( earlier post ) found that the farnesane-based renewable fuel presents “ a substantial potential ” to mitigate the GHG emissions of the aviation sector.

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More EPA Gas-Mileage Rating 'Adjustments' To Come In New Year?

Green Car Reports

'First Hyundai and Kia cut fuel-economy ratings on a dozen models, then Ford on the C-Max. Then, Ford cut ratings on the C-Max again, along with those of five more models. Are there more to come? Industry sources have quietly been discussing in recent weeks that more adjustments to EPA gas-mileage ratings could be coming in the New Year. DON''T.

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Neste Jacobs to build SunPine’s Tall Oil Rosin production facility; feedstock for renewable diesel

Green Car Congress

'Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs and SunPine, producing biochemicals and feedstock for second-generation renewable fuels, have signed an agreement for Neste Jacobs to perform EPCM services to construct a Tall Oil Rosin production facility in Piteå, Sweden. When the new rosin plant is up and running, SunPine will be producing three different products: Raw tall diesel, a feedstock used in the production of renewable diesel; rosin, a raw material used in the prod

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

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Porsche entering third 919 Hybrid in 2015 Le Mans

Green Car Congress

'Porsche AG is entering a third Porsche 919 Hybrid for the 24-hour race in Le Mans (France) on 13-14 June in 2015. As a dress rehearsal for the event, the car will be entered in the six-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) on 2 May. There is no final decision yet about the driver line-up for this third car. For the two Porsche 919 Hybrids taking part in the entire championship, the current works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany), Romain Dumas (France), Brendon Hartley (New Zealand), Neel Jani

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Tsinghua team devises in-cycle control method for diesel LTC using detection of Start of Combustion

Green Car Congress

'Low temperature combustion (LTC) refers to a broad range of in-cylinder combustion strategies for the reduction of NO x emissions from diesel combustion; NO x is formed primarily by a thermal mechanism, which production rates increasing exponentially with temperature. LTC strategies reduce combustion temperatures by the dilution of the in-cylinder combustible mixtures, either with excess charge gas to create more fuel-lean mixtures, or with moderate to high levels of EGR.

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BMW i Ventures makes strategic investment in smartphone driving analytics company Zendrive

Green Car Congress

'The BMW Group’s venture capital company, BMW i Ventures, has made an investment in the startup Zendrive , a company that uses data and analytics gathered from smartphones rather than OBD to improve driving through driving analytics. Related BMW mobility services investments currently include JustPark, Chargepoint, Life360, Chargemaster, and MyCityWay.

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