Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Volvo Group spinout PowerCell SEK7 million (US$965,000) for the MoRE Zero project to develop a fuel cell system for use in a modular range extender system for electric vehicles in the European ERA-NET project. The kick-off meeting of the MoRE Zero project took place on June 2014. PowerCell will develop a modular and scalable fuel cell system in the order of 20-25 kW.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'As expected, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder yesterday signed a bill that bans Tesla Motors from selling its electric cars directly to buyers online in the state. The bill removes one word--"its"--from existing state franchise law, which had originally been enacted to prevent franchised dealers from competition by the automakers whose cars they.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. The grant, one of the largest ever awarded to the university, will allow researchers to advance the scientific understanding of naturally occurring methane hydrate so that its resource potential and environmental implications can be fully understood.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Lithium-ion batteries help make modern electric cars possible, but they''re also responsible for those vehicles'' limitations. That''s why so much attention is given to improving lithium-ion chemistry, which can help electric cars overcome current limits of range, charging times, and battery lifespan. ALSO SEE: Nissan Leaf New Battery Cost: $5,500.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has completed tire builds using rubber derived from guayule plants and new guayule related materials. The tires are being evaluated by Cooper’s technical team using wheel, road and track tests, which are ongoing, but to date suggest tire performance that is at least equal to tires made of components derived from the Hevea rubber plant.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'With extensive electrical infrastructure already in place in built-up areas, plug-in electric cars are never too far from a potential recharging source. But retrofitting existing structures with the necessary wiring to install 240-Volt Level 2 charging stations can be complicated. Now, California has ensured that new buildings at least will have.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'The growing number of DC fast-charging stations is making life a little more convenient for electric-car drivers--provided they can match their vehicles to the right plug. There are currently three major DC fast-charging standards in use--CHAdeMO, Combined Charging Standard (CCS), and Tesla Motors'' Supercharger--but only one charging site has them.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Nissan has delivered its first electric taxis to Madrid and Barcelona—the Nissan LEAF to Madrid’s taxi fleet, and the e-NV200 taxi for Barcelona. The Barcelona deliveries served as an important step in the execution of an agreement between Nissan, the City of Barcelona, and the Barcelona Metropolitan area which brings the Barcelona-built e-NV200 to the streets of the city where the electric van is produced.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'The cost of fuel and environmental concerns have made gas mileage a more important factor for new-car buyers, but how much more important? There are plenty of things to evaluate when buying a new car, from how pleasing it is to drive and look at, to its crash-test ratings and price, but where does fuel economy rank among them? MORE: Electric Car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Ballard Power Systems and partner Van Hool N.V., announced that a dedicated joint European Service and Parts Center for fuel cell buses (to be called ESPACE) will be operational in November 2014. The key objective of ESPACE is to support Van Hool fuel cell buses in Europe that are powered by Ballard fuel cell modules. With a growing number of Van Hool buses on European roads powered by Ballard fuel cell modules, maintenance and repair activities related to fuel cells and hybrid drive line compo

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'We''ve got lots of electric-car news today. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signs an anti-Tesla bill, researchers claim a new titanium-dioxide battery can charge faster and last longer, and an Italian site covers all of the DC fast-charging bases. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signs a bill banning Tesla Motors.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Researchers in Korea have developed a spinel NiCo 2 O 4 material with a sea-urchin-like structure as an effective electrocatalyst for rechargeable non-aqueous Li-O 2 batteries. A Li-O 2 battery containing the catalyst exhibited a high specific capacity of about 7,309 mAh g ?1 at 0.2 mA cm ?2. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Electric taxis are the order of the day in Madrid and Barcelona; where a fleet of Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 electric vehicles are set to go to work. In Madrid a new Nissan LEAF fully electric supermini is set to start work under the stewardship of Antonio Berzal Prieto; the city’s first electric tax[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). In 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the final standard governing new-vehicle Corporat

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Hyundai’s first ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles intended for customers have arrived in the UK, as the carmaker continues its roll-out of the world’s first series-production hydrogen fuel car. The arrival of the first hydrogen cars comes just days after the government announced an £11 million fund to suppo[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Capped by last week’s announcement that Qualcomm Inc. would buy CSR PLC, the automotive semiconductor industry recently has been undergoing a wave of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that has shaken up the competitive order of the market, according to IHS Technology. In two major deals announced in August, Germany’s Infineon Technologies AG said it would acquire US-based International Rectifier Corp., while On Semiconductor Corp. sealed a deal to acquire fellow US firm Aptina Imaging Corp.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'It is that time of the year again, when the US-based Green Car Journal names its shortlist for the annual Green Car of the Year award. Last year’s list proved quite a surprise as there was not an electric car to be seen on the shortlist and only one available as a plug-in hybrid model, which thank[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'A new techno-economic analysis by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and MIT has found that economies of scale for manufacturing current Li-ion batteries for light-duty EV applications (in this case, prismatic pouch NMC333-G batteries and packs) are reached quickly at around 200-300 MWh annual production. Increased volume beyond that does little to reduce unit costs, except potentially indirectly through factors such as experience, learning, and innovation, they determined. “ That’

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Running your car on table scraps and leftovers; it sounds like something which is still the reserve of films like the classic Back to the Future and the time-travelling DeLorean car. But now for Chevrolet Impala CNG that dream is a reality. Chevrolet’s new bi-fuel model which can run on compressed [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'Daimler has announced that it has sold its stake in US electric car maker Tesla. The car giant, which owns the Mercedes-Benz badge among others, has sold off its 4 per cent stake in the Silicon Valley based firm but says its co-operation with the company remains unaffected. The firm has been w[.].

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