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Opinion: Feet where our heads should be: Are we going about EVs the wrong way round?

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by Roger Bedell, Founder, Opbrid. Are we looking at vehicle electrification upside down? Why are we focusing on electrifying smaller vehicles like cars and delivery trucks when electrifying really big trucks makes the most economic sense? Electricity is about ½ the cost of diesel or gasoline. This means the more fuel you burn, the more money you save.

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Tesla Autopilot crash: what one Model S owner has to say

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The NHTSA has now said it will investigate two separate crashes reportedly involving a Tesla electric car operating with the Autopilot feature engaged. Media coverage on the May 7 death of a Model S driver in Florida continues to debate the merits of electronic driver-assistance technologies, often using remarkably uninformed language. One Tesla.

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Porsche opens new plant for eight-cylinder engines; digitalization and data management; V8s for all VW Group brands

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Porsche has officially dedicated a new engine plant for eight-cylinder engines. The factory at the main site in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen works with state-of-the-art production methods, leveraging digitalization and data management. At full plant utilization produces around 200 eight-cylinder V-engines daily. The sports car manufacturer has invested nearly €80 million in the new production facility.

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Most efficient all-electric railcar competition won by Swedes

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Engineering students who want to set new efficiency records for cars can enter contests like the Shell Eco Marathon or World Solar Challenge. But there's also a competition for those who prefer vehicles that ride on rails, rather than travel on roads. Competitors in the Delsbo Electric contest work toward the goal of building the most efficient.

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

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VW to pay California additional $86M in civil penalties over defeat device

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California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that, in addition to the historic $14.7-billion settlement with Volkswagen announced last week ( earlier post ), the company will also pay California $86 million in civil penalties as part of a second partial settlement over the company’s use of “defeat devices” to evade emissions testing in its diesel vehicles.

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Japan may beat U.S. to allowing camera-based side mirrors

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The first Tesla Model X renderings may have shown unobtrusive camera pods in place of side-view mirrors, but production models have conventional mirrors. That's because Tesla couldn't convince U.S. regulators to allow it to replace door-mounted mirrors with cameras. Japanese regulators have a different view on the matter, it seems. CHECK OUT.

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What do VW dealers get from the diesel-emission settlement?

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Volkswagen diesel owners aren't the only ones affected by the VW's ongoing emissions cheating scandal. The company's dealers have acutely felt the impact of the scandal, in the form of deflating sales figures. The proposed settlement announced last month offers cash payments to owners of 2.0-liter TDI models, who can either sell their cars back to.

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Report: Nippon Steel to bring lighter, stronger automotive steel sheet to market in 2020

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The Nikkei reports that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal has developed an automotive steel sheet that is 20-30% lighter and 25% stronger than the toughest high-tensile steel now on the market. According to the report, the company will start marketing the product around 2020. Improving the heat treatment process and adding alloy elements improved both strength and ease of rolling.

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2017 Hyundai Elantra Eco gas mileage road-trip report

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Road trips are an integral part of the American myth, with writers from de Toqueville to Jack Kerouac setting out to experience the variety and beauty of the huge country. Vehicle launch events, on the other hand, are heavily scripted—with pre-set drive routes often designed to highlight a car's best attributes and camouflage any flaws. But.

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Baker Institute expert suggests assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed

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Assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed, according to a new article from an expert at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Instead of oil buttressing autocracy, the article argues that autocracy among oil exporters buttresses oil by encouraging consumption. “Energy and the State in the Middle East” was authored by Jim Krane, the Wallace S.

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

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Tesla Autopilot crash reaction, VW dealers, camera-based side mirrors: Today's Car News

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Today, a Tesla Model S owner discusses the recent fatal crash involving Autopilot, Volkswagen dealers get left out of the diesel settlement, and Japan moves to approve camera-based side mirrors. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A competition for the most efficient all-electric railcar is won by students from Sweden's Dalarna University. The.

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SAE International announces 2017 symposium to discuss emissions control for light duty vehicles; Tier 3 regs

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SAE International will host the “ SAE 2017 Light Duty Emissions Control Symposium ,” 23-24 January 2017, at the Washington DC Convention Center. The symposium will provide attendees with the opportunity to experience presentations and share in discussions regarding emissions control of both diesel and gasoline light duty vehicles. Topics for the 2017 event will include discussion of and industry reaction to CARB and EC emission regulations as well as CAFE standards and the latest EPA Tier 3 emis

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Weekly round-up: record six months for new cars, cushy crossovers and 2016 Volkswagen Up reviewed

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National news this week has seen yet more resignations in the wake of Brexit, while plucky Wales finally bowed out of the Euros. Not wanting to be out.

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Department of Interior issues final regulations for drilling on Arctic OCS

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The US Department of the Interior has issued final regulations governing future exploratory drilling activities on the US Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Arctic-specific regulations focus solely on OCS exploratory drilling operations from floating vessels within the US Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. These rules require oil companies to ensure proper internal controls and planning for oil spill prevention, containment and responses—all issues identified by previous Interior reports re

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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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NSF grants IU $525,000 to advance research on conversion of CO2 to oxalate as intermediate for materials, plastics and fuel

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Two Indiana University chemists have received $525,000 from the National Science Foundation to advance research with applications to the conversion of CO 2 into oxalate as an intermediate for the ultimate production of carbon-neutral materials, plastics and fuel. IU scientists Steven L. Tait and Kenneth Caulton will combine their expertise in two distinct fields of chemistry—surface chemistry and metal-organic chemistry—to create new catalysts that guide molecular transformations.

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Researchers use ceria to trap platinum atoms, improving catalyst efficiency and enabling reduced loading

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Researchers from the University of New Mexico, Washington State University, and GM Global R&D have developed a novel approach to trap platinum atoms used in catalysts, preventing their agglomeration and the resultant reduction of catalyst efficiency. By trapping the platinum to prevent agglomeration, the process enables the atoms to continue their activity, enabling lower loading and thus lower cost.

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