Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Top: Components of well-to-wheels pathway. Middle: WTW efficiency for CNGVs. Bottom: WTW efficiency for EVs. Curran et al. Click to enlarge. A well-to-wheels analysis of the use of natural gas for passenger vehicles by a team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has found that, with a high PTW (pump-to-wheels) efficiency and the potential for high electrical generation efficiency with NGCC (natural gas combined cycle) turbines, natural gas currently is best used in an effici

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Time was, the Toyota Prius hybrid was the unquestioned technology champion and king of the fuel-efficiency battles. No longer, though. Now, as Toyota starts to plan for the launch of its fourth-generation flagship hybrid car, the legendary Prius faces more competition than ever before from newer plug-in electric cars and even some diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Southwest Airlines has signed an agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC ( RRB ) to purchase low carbon renewable jet fuel, made using forest residues that will help reduce the risk of destructive wildfires in the Western United States. The airline’s agreement with RRB covers the purchase of approximately three million gallons per year. The blended product will be used at Southwest’s Bay Area operations with first delivery expected in 2016.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Even if you can''t afford a luxury car, it''s sometimes fun to peruse an online configurator and "build" one to suit your tastes. It''s now possible to play with the options on a 2015 BMW i8 coupe, as that plug-in car''s online configurator is now live. Building your ideal plug-in hybrid coupe won''t take long, as there aren''t many options available on.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. The project would require construction of one of America’s largest wind farms in Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest energy storage facilities (compressed air energy storage, CAES) in Utah, and a 525-mile electric transmission

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Start-stop systems, which switch off a car''s engine while it''s stopped to boost fuel efficiency, are now entering the U.S. market in serious numbers. Many European makers, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and MINI, are fitting them as standard on 2015 models, and there are more to come: By 2022, some forecasts expect start-stop to be included on more.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Jeep''s smallest modern utility vehicle to date is about to arrive in showrooms--but not in the U.S. The 2015 Jeep Renegade will go on sale in Europe October 1, although the first U.S. deliveries aren''t scheduled until the end of this year. However, U.S. dealers won''t begin to stock full inventories of the 2015 Renegade until early in calendar-year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'General Motors for the first time achieved perfect scores on both climate change data disclosure and performance submitted to CDP , the world’s only global environmental disclosure system. The CDP program enables management of greenhouse gas emissions and risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Scores are communicated to investors and other decision makers.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Would you replace your car with a smartphone? With the increased connectivity offered by smartphones, it may be that more people will find car ownership unnecessary where alternative forms of transportation are available. Has last century''s romantic attachment to cars been eroded by a culture fixated on texting and web surfing? That''s what appears.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Audi TT Roadster. Click to enlarge. Audi is presenting the new TT Roadster and the TTS Roadster at the Paris Motor Show; the introduction follows the recent introduction of the 3rd-generation TT Coupé. ( Earlier post.) A particular highlight in the third TT generation is the Audi virtual cockpit. For the first time, the digital instrument cluster provides all information within the driver’s field of vision; the Audi TT’s new display and control system has already received the Car Connectivity A

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'New-car smell is in the air today. Find out why the 2016 Toyota Prius will face its toughest hybrid competition ever, and peruse the specs of the 2015 Jeep Renegade before it goes on sale. Also, see why car ownership is declining in Europe. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2015 Jeep Renegade subcompact crossover goes on sale in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden), the company struggling to bring the Saab brand back to life, said that it intends to lay off up to 200 employees due to lack of work, as the decision to re-start production will be further delayed. NEVS had retained its permanent workforce for production since the production was stopped in the end of May this year to enable a quick re-start of production.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Fast charging electric cars might not be as bad for their lithium ion battery packs as first feared according to a new study. Researchers at Stanford University and the Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Sciences (SIMES) found that the benefits of slow draining and charging compared to r[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Southern California Edison (SCE) opened the largest battery energy storage project in North America—the Tehachapi Energy Storage Project—to modernize the grid to integrate more clean energy. The 32 MWh battery energy storage system features lithium-ion batteries from LG Chem housed inside a 6,300 square-foot facility at SCE’s Monolith substation in Tehachapi, Calif.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'It seems like five minutes ago since Dale Vince, CEO of Ecotricity was collecting the 2014 Eurostar Ashden award for Sustainable Travel, for establishing the UK’s Electric Highway – a network of rapid chargers, located at motorway service stations across the country. Yet it is that time of the yea[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Honda will unveil a new European Jazz prototype at the Paris Motor Show. Due to go on sale in summer 2015, the new European Jazz will offer improved fuel economy and higher performance due to its new Earth Dreams Technology engine. The new 1.3 liter i-VTEC gasoline engine is supported by either a six-speed manual (replacing the previous five-speed unit) or a CVT transmission.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'Mondeo 5-door. Click to enlarge. Ford Motor Company announced that the all-new Ford Mondeo (which is badged as Fusion in the US) in Europe will offer a new high-power diesel engine in addition to a new 1.0L EcoBoost gasoline engine option and a new hybrid option. The new Mondeo goes on sale as a four-door hybrid, five-door or wagon in dealerships across Europe later this year.

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