Fri.Sep 19, 2014

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San Francisco orders 175 light rail cars from Siemens for $648M; option for 85 more

Green Car Congress

'San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of US$648 million. Siemens, which beat CAF for the contract, will deliver a newly-developed light rail car based on its Model S200 for the San Francisco order. With an option for an additional 85 cars, this is one of the biggest orders for light rail cars ever placed in the USA.

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World's First Nissan Leaf Electric Pickup Truck, For Shop Use Only

Green Car Reports

'As the world''s best-selling electric car, the Nissan Leaf has become many things to many people. Most of the many roles the Leaf adopts, however, don''t involve cutting its roof off. Now Nissan has built the world''s first Leaf pickup truck, which it uses as a shop vehicle at one of its U.S. test facilities. ALSO SEE: FINAL UPDATE: Plug-In Electric.

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UC Davis, ITDP study suggests global shift to public transport, NMT and away from cars could save $100T through 2050 and cut GHGs

Green Car Congress

'One of the more affordable ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions is to design cities to give people clean options for using public transportation, walking and cycling and to move away from car-centric development, according to a new report released by the University of California, Davis, and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP).

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Fisker Karma Will Be Relaunched With 2012 Design, Updates

Green Car Reports

'The future of the Fisker Karma range-extended luxury electric sedan has been in the hands of new owner Wanxiang America for many months, with little known about its relaunch plans or timing. Now, however, a Reuters article says that the company plans to relaunch the existing vehicle--last sold as the 2012 Fisker Karma--"by next year," presumably.

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

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Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

Green Car Congress

'Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid with overhead conductive charging station and pantograph extended. Click to enlarge. As previously announced ( earlier post ), Volvo Buses will officially launch the new plug-in 7900 Electric Hybrid bus at the International IAA Commercial Vehicles show in September. The plug-in hybrid drive reduces diesel fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 75%, compared to a conventional diesel bus.

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Electric Pickup Truck, New Fiskers, Green-Car Sales, Diesel Hybrid Concept: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'We''ve got a whole host of green-car stories for Friday, including a startling one-off electric pickup truck, news on the latest relaunch plans for the Fisker Karma, and some analysis of green car sales--are they rising or falling? All this and more on Green Car Reports. Imagine, if you will, an all-electric Nissan Leaf that''s also a pickup truck.

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Have Green-Car Sales Dropped This Year? Depends How You Define Them

Green Car Reports

'The rise of modern plug-in electric cars and more-efficient internal-combustion vehicles are two results of legislation aimed at limiting the environmental impact of transportation. More fuel-efficient gasoline cars help lower greenhouse-emissions, but are they also lowering the sales of plug-ins, hybrids, and other alternative-fuel vehicles?

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Cadillac adding new top-end high-tech model to line-up; production in 4Q 2015

Green Car Congress

'Cadillac will expand its line-up with what it described as a “new, top-end, high-technology car”. The as-yet unnamed Cadillac will go into production in the fourth quarter of 2015 at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant. The addition of this new Cadillac is part of a previously announced $384 million investment in the facility on Detroit’s east side.

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Kia Optima Diesel Mild Hybrid Planned, But Not For U.S. Market

Green Car Reports

'The Kia Optima Hybrid has been the Korean brand''s green-car mainstay for four years now, but now Kia is taking its hybrid technology in a new direction--at least for some parts of the world. Kia is preparing a mild-hybrid version of the Optima, fitted with a diesel engine, most likely aimed at the European market. The Kia Optima Mild Hybrid.

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Canadas shale boom: more to come in Montney

Green Car Congress

'by James Burgess of Oilprice.com. In the world of a constantly changing oil and gas environment, the Montney shale basin is the sleeping giant that holds the key to accelerating Canada’s shale oil and gas boom, but the real treasure within this giant is a tight liquids-rich zone (approximately 15-20 miles wide) that has big and small players alike narrowing their focus for the potential of a giant payout.

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

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Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana Natural-Gas Vans Recall: Leak Poses Fire Risk

Green Car Reports

'General Motors will recall 2001 through 2014 model-year Chevrolet Express CNG and GMC Savana CNG natural-gas vans due to a fire risk. The recall will address faulty regulators in roughly 3,200 vans, which could cause the compressed natural gas (CNG) used to power the vehicles to leak out. This is GM''s second recall for leaking natural gas since.

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Gevo shipping bio-isobutanol in railcar volumes; coming equipment to boost volume

Green Car Congress

'Gevo, Inc. has begun to produce and to ship isobutanol in railcar volumes. In the beginning of June, Gevo commenced the co-production of isobutanol and ethanol, with one fermenter dedicated to isobutanol production and three fermenters dedicated to ethanol production (Side-by-Side operational mode (SBS)). In its 2 nd quarter earnings release, Gevo reported that it would be installing distillation equipment at the plant, representing the final phase of capital for the SBS.

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New B-Class to get Leaf-rivalling all-electric powertrain

Green Cars News

'Mercedes-Benz is promising improved fuel efficiency and an all-electric powertrain from the facelifted B-Class when it hits UK roads in November. With 124 miles of range, the B-Class will match the Nissan Leaf in terms of thirst for charge, but it will offer extra badge prestige, a little more prac[.].

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Kia Optima T-Hybrid mild diesel hybrid concept for Paris features 48V system, lead-carbon battery

Green Car Congress

'Among the vehicles Kia brings to the Paris Motor Show will be the Kia Optima T-Hybrid concept, the first demonstration of Kia’s new diesel-electric mild hybrid technology. Kia is targeting a reduction in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by 15-20% with the new powertrain, which is still under development. The current Kia Optima 1.7 CRDi has a combined CO 2 emissions of 128 grams per kilometer (with manual transmission and EcoDynamics equipment).

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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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Lufthansa makes commercial flight with 10% farnesane blend from Amyris/Total; supporting jatropha development for bio-jet production

Green Car Congress

'A recent Lufthansa flight LH 190 from Frankfurt to Berlin Tegel was operated using a 10% blend of the new biofuel component farnesane. This was the first scheduled flight in Europe to run on this fuel mix. Farnesane is a Direct Sugar to Hydrocarbon (DSHC) bio-kerosene developed jointly by Total and the US-based biotech company Amyris, which in April of this year received RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) Certification.

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California and Québec announce first joint cap-and-trade auction

Green Car Congress

'The California Air Resources Board and the Québec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change announced their first joint cap-and-trade auction will take place 19 November 2014. The two jurisdictions have worked together for several years to ensure their cap-and-trade regulations are equally stringent and can be integrated.

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Peugeot showcasing QUARTZ plug-in hybrid crossover concept at Paris

Green Car Congress

'Peugeot QUARTZ Concept. Click to enlarge. Peugeot will showcase the plug-in hybrid QUARTZ Concept for the Crossover segment at the 2014 Paris Motor Show. The QUARTZ is based on the same EMP2 platform that underpins the new 308. The composite structure and bonded panels save weight but bring stiffness, enabling the engineers to remove the central B pillar and create scissor doors.

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