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APRIL 6, 2016

Since 2013, the share of premium gasoline in total motor gasoline sales in the US has steadily increased to 11.3% in August and September 2015—the highest share in more than a decade, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). This trend of increasing demand for higher octane gasoline is likely driven by changes in fuel requirements for light-duty vehicles (LDV) in response to increasing fuel economy standards, which will have widespread implications for future

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2016

Lately there have been more and more stories of people riding electric motorcycles long distances. As one of the few people who have gone on a 1,000-plus-mile ride on an electric motorcycle, I wanted to find out who else had joined this select group of adventurers. It turns out that more than a handful of people have taken on this challenge and.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Audi is refreshing the A3 with new engines—including the A3’s first 3-cylinder unit and a new 2.0L TFSI—new driver assistance systems and the Audi virtual cockpit. The new A3 is available in a three-door version and as a Sportback, a sedan and a Cabriolet. The engine lineup for the new Audi A3 comprises six engines (three gasoline and three diesel units).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2016

At the Tesla Model 3 launch event in California this week, Green Car Reports got a quick ride in a prototype of the $35,000, 215-mile electric car. That provided an opportunity to glimpse the interior of the Model 3, scheduled to go into production late next year if Tesla stays on time. With nothing but a centrally-mounted screen for.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Global Bioenergies has purified its bio‐isobutene to 99.77%, a polymer‐grade level. Global Bioenergies routinely produces isobutene batches using its industrial pilot located in Pomacle‐Bazancourt, eastern France. Up to now, 95% purity was reached, a level sufficient for several applications, such as fuels and paints. For the first time, with the help of Processium, a chemical engineering company headquartered in Lyon, France, Global Bioenergies was able to purify batches to a much higher level,

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2016

The Tesla Model X boasts towing capability beyond that of any other electric car. As with other crossover SUVs, it's expected that at least some Model X owners will use their vehicles to tow things like boats, jet skis, and other recreational toys. During the Model X launch event last September, in fact, Tesla had one Model X entering pulling a.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2016

Today, how towing impacts range in the Tesla Model X, why the Tesla Model 3 interiors shown to journalists last week may not be real, and how riders cover long distances on electric motorcycles. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Tesla Model S has defeated a number of performance cars in drag races, but now watch it take on a Boeing 737.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (Polytechnic University of Valencia, UPV) have devised and configured a new 5G radio access system for inter-vehicular communication. The system is intended to improve road safety in a future scenario where 5G technologies are the norm. A continuation of the METIS project, METIS-II is an international project funded by the European Commission under Horizon2020 to research the efficient integration and use of various 5G technologies and com

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2016

It seems like the current-generation Audi A3 went on sale only yesterday but we already have our first look at the car’s mid-cycle update. That’s because the current A3 went on sale overseas back in 2012, only appearing in the United States two years later. The updates are significant and include revised styling for the exterior as.

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APRIL 6, 2016

BMW i Ventures made a strategic investment in RideCell , a provider of software to power mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), including car-sharing, ride sharing, fixed-route, and dynamic transit services. RideCell has developed a mobility software platform that enables multi-city mobility providers, cities, and campuses to launch new mobility services in weeks and to scale them to tens of millions of users, with minimal operational expenses.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Air Canada will participate in Canada’s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative (CBSCI), a three-year collaborative project with 14 stakeholder organizations to introduce 400,000 liters (106,000 gallons US) of sustainable aviation biofuel (biojet) into a shared fuel system at a yet-to-be-determined Canadian airport. Previous Air Canada biofuel flights used biojet that was segregated and loaded separately into an aircraft via tanker truck.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Hyundai’s Ship Building Division (HHI-SBD) has finalized a contract for 2 × Suezmax tankers for Turkish shipowner, Ditas Shipping. The 158,000-m 3 crude-oil tankers will each be powered by individual MAN B&W 6G70ME-C9.5 two-stroke main-engines that feature integrated Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) systems. While there are already IMO Tier III-compliant vessels with EGR systems in service, the Suezmax newbuilds will be the first vessels with keel-laying after 1 January 2016 to be officially cert

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APRIL 6, 2016

Versalis (Eni), a European producer in the polymers and elastomers industry, and Genomatica, a leader in bioengineering solutions, recently successfully advanced to pilot-scale production of bio-butadiene (bio-BDE) from fully renewable feedstock. Versalis used this bio-BDE to make bio-rubber, specifically, bio-polybutadiene (bio-BR). ( Earlier post.).

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APRIL 6, 2016

Norway-based aluminum company Sapa is opening an automotive-focused R&D laboratory—Sapa Technology Americas—in Michigan, dedicated to the research and development of extruded aluminum solutions for the automotive industry. Sapa Technology is Sapa’s corporate research and development hub. Established in 1963 and with its base in Sweden, the R&D unit has expertise in material, physics, chemistry and mechanical engineering.

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At CES 2016 in January, NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2—its new generation high-performance computing platform for in-vehicle artificial intelligence applied to the complexities inherent in autonomous driving. ( Earlier post.) This week, at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, the company announced that the DRIVE PX 2 platform will be used in the cars that will compete in the Roborace Championship , the first global autonomous motor sports competition.

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APRIL 6, 2016

At the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference 2016, the company introduced the NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPU, the most advanced hyperscale data center accelerator ever built. The latest addition to the NVIDIA Tesla Accelerated Computing Platform, the Tesla P100 enables a new class of servers that can deliver the performance of hundreds of CPU server nodes. NVIDIA also unveiled the NVIDIA DGX-1, the world’s first deep learning supercomputer to meet the unlimited computing demands of artificial intelligence, bu

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