Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'Fuel cycle analysis (FCA)—or “well-to-wheels analysis”—is a type lifecycle analysis (LCA) that examines fuel products and their supply chains, and that has greatly influenced climate-related research priorities and public policies for transportation fuels. However, in a major review of methods for evaluating the net CO 2 impacts of liquid transportation fuels, Professor John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute (UMEI) compared FCA to other methods of analysis, and

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'While unveiling its fuel-cell vehicle last month–priced to undercut the Tesla Model S ever so slightly–Toyota''s Global R&D Chief Mitsuhisa Kato offered some dismissive thoughts on battery-electric vehicles. As quoted in Automotive News, the 39-year veteran of the Toyota Motor Company said: "The cruising distance is so short for.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 kW/L) in an enclosure of less than 40 in 3 in volume (0.66L). The winning inverter, which will receive a $1-million prize, will be the unit which achieves the highest power density while meeting the required specifications under testing for 100 hours.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'BMW has launched a new range of DC fast chargers aimed at providing a convenient charging standard for drivers of its i3 electric cars. Developed in conjunction with Bosch, the BMW i DC fast chargers will allow i3 owners to charge their cars'' batteries up to 80 percent in 30 minutes. MUST SEE: Decoding Toyota''s Electric-Car Disdain: A Role For.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'In a new report ( Transportation Forecast: Global Fuel Consumption ), Navigant Research forecasts total road transportation energy consumption will grow from 81.1 quadrillion Btu in 2014 to 101.7 quadrillion Btu in 2035—an increase of 25.4%. Approximately 84% of that will be provided by conventional fuels. The United States is currently the largest consumer of energy in the road transportation sector, with nearly 23.1 quadrillion Btu projected to be consumed in 2014.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'Efficiency-minded carmakers are turning to turbocharging in droves, but Audi may be about to do them one better. The German automaker will put an electric turbocharger into production, and now it has revealed more about its plans for that technology. According to a new report form Autocar, electric turbocharging will debut on the SQ7, a.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'Right-hand drive Tesla Model S electric cars have already begun to trickle out in the United Kingdom, but now they''re hitting the Asian markets too. The first Asian right-hand drive Model S have now been delivered to the first eight customers in Hong Kong. Coinciding with a large launch event at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in the city, Jerome Guillen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'Dr. Yi Cui and colleagues at Stanford University—including Dr. Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate and the former Secretary of Energy, now a professor in the Physics department at Stanford— report progress toward a stable lithium metal anode for use in high-energy-density batteries such as Li-sulfur or Li-air systems. Lithium metal is a very promising anode material for rechargeable batteries due to its theoretical high capacity (3,860?

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'If you own a plug-in electric car, what''s the best (and cheapest) way to get a second charging cable to supplement the one that came with your vehicle? Turns out there are several options--as electric-car owners and advocates suggested when we asked the question. MUST SEE: Decoding Toyota''s Electric-Car Disdain: A Role For Fuel Cells It all.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'BMW of North America launched its BMW i DC Fast Chargers, which can charge the BMW i3 all-electric vehicle’s battery up to 80% in 30 minutes, at the Plug-In 2014 conference. The fast chargers are a joint development between BMW and Bosch Automotive Service Solutions. BMW also announced its new ChargeNow DC Fast program in cooperation with NRG eVgo, in which BMW i3 drivers in California can enjoy no-cost unlimited 30 minute DC fast charging, at NRG eVgo Freedom Station sites equipped with DC Com

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'61 mpg. That''s the figure everyone will want to know, so that''s the one I''m starting with. 61 mpg is what I''ve managed so far from the 2001 Honda Insight I bought back in March, over a distance of more than 5,000 miles. That, for the record, is eight miles per gallon better than the figure buyers would have seen on the car''s window sticker back in.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'NineSigma, representing the General Electric Company, is inviting participation in a GE GHG Ecomagination Innovation Challenge to create value from excess low grade heat resulting from Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) oil sands production and/or related surface facility operations. The challenge is one of two that will seek to address two of the biggest opportunities to reduce GHG emissions in Canada’s oil sands: higher value use of low grade heat and improved efficiency of steam generati

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2014

'Today on Green Car Reports: Decoding Toyota''s disdain for electric cars, writer Antony Ingram updates us on his used 2001 Honda Insight, and how to buy a second charging cable for your plug-in electric car. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week''s big stories with our Week in Reverse feature and video. A new lithium-ion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

'Ceres, Inc. , an agricultural biotechnology and seed company, will enhance its product development programs in Brazil and expand its development activities in biotech traits for sorghum and sugarcane over the next four years. The programs will now be funded in part under the Brazilian government’s PAISS Agricola initiative, which promotes agricultural innovations in sugarcane as well as other energy crops.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2014

'Tuesday 29 July, 2014. The Green Piece Column. It’s hot, it’s sticky as you head home from work in your trusty car, so what do you do? Open the windows or turn on the air con? It’s a question that many drivers have pondered over the years and as many of you may already be aware there is a magic [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2014

'Bentley may not be the first name you associate with environmental consideration, but the British brand has become the first car manufacturer to be awarded the triple Carbon Trust Standard for carbon, water and waste reduction at its headquarters in Cheshire. The certification has verified Bentle[.].

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