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SAE publishes SAE J2601 standard to harmonize H2 fueling of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles worldwide

Green Car Congress

'SAE J2601 enables fast refueling for all light-duty fuel cell vehicles. Photo courtesy of Shell. Click to enlarge. SAE has published the J2601 standard, “Fueling Protocols for Light Duty Gaseous Hydrogen Surface Vehicles”, the light duty hydrogen fueling protocol which will serve as a baseline for the first generation of infrastructure for refueling Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEVs). ( Earlier post.).

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White House Responds To Tesla Direct-Sales Petition: Sorry, Talk To Congress

Green Car Reports

'Fully a year ago, a Tesla supporter started a petition on WhiteHouse.gov asking president Barack Obama to let Tesla Motors sell its electric cars directly to consumers in all 50 states. While it got the necessary 100,000 signatures, it has taken the White House a year to respond--and its answer is a polite apology for not being able to intervene.

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Refreshed 2014 Toyota Yaris features revamped 1.0L engine with switching between Atkinson and Otto cycles; new hybrid

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'2014 Yaris Hybrid. Click to enlarge. Toyota’s refreshed 2014 Yaris for Europe offers a choice of four powertrains, including a thoroughly reworked 3-cylinder 1.0 gasoline unit that is the first member of a new family of 14 highly efficient engines to be launched by 2015. With a thermal efficiency of 37%, the engine delivers a combined-cycle fuel consumption of 4.1 l/100 (57.4 mpg US), and CO 2 emissions reduced to 95 g/km in conjunction with a stop/start system.

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New Name For Tesla 'Third-Generation' Electric Sedan: Model III, Musk Says

Green Car Reports

'It''s probably fair to say that model names aren''t that important in the world of Tesla Motors. That''s a good thing of course--the product itself is much more important. But a roadster called Roadster, a sedan called the Model S and a crossover called Model X are not the stuff of naming legend. Any guesses what the third-generation Tesla sedan will.

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

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ProcessBarron retrofits help Severstal steel plant save 25 GWh/y in energy

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'Last year, air, gas and material handling equipment company ProcessBarron retrofitted four 2,750-hp fans that send particulates from an electric arc furnace (EAF) to a baghouse for air pollution control at the Severstal steel plant in Columbus, Miss. These retrofits have helped the Severstal Columbus plant achieve more than 25,251,390 kWh (25 GWh) per year in energy savings and reduced the plant’s EAF energy costs by $0.70 per ton, qualifying it for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Major Indust

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2015 Lexus NX 300h Hybrid: First Drive Of Luxury Compact Utility Vehicle

Green Car Reports

'The 2015 Lexus NX is the first compact crossover from Toyota''s luxury brand, and it''s been a long time coming. Unlike the mid-size Lexus RX, which helped to launch the luxury crossover category 15 years ago, the smaller NX faces established competitors from the German luxury brands. But Lexus will likely sell quite a few NXes anyhow, and it''s.

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2016 Smart ForTwo: What You Should Know About All-New Minicar

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'The new Smart ForTwo and Smart ForFour minicar models have just made their world debuts in Berlin, and we''ve got the details. Thus far, only the two-seat Smart ForTwo has been confirmed for the U.S. It will launch as a 2016 model. While the Smarts will offer buyers in most markets a choice between two three-cylinder engines, the U.S. will receive.

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Shell adds 3rd major discovery to the Norphlet play in the Gulf of Mexico; total potential now above 700M barrels oil equivalent

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'Shell announced its third major discovery in the Norphlet play in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico with the successful Rydberg exploration well. After more than 10 years of exploration activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Shell continues to lead industry in exploring this Jurassic play. The Jurassic-period Norphlet play is characterized by high pressures and well temperatures, where good quality oil can be found in high quality sandstone reservoirs.

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2015 Chevrolet Volt: Bigger Battery, But 38-Mile Electric Range Remains

Green Car Reports

'With widespread expectations that we''ll see a redesigned second-generation model unveiled early next year, the 2015 Chevy Volt was expected to be a carryover model with few changes. And so it is, with one important exception: Without any fanfare, its battery capacity rose to 17.1 kilowatt-hours for the 2015 Volt from 16.5 kWh in 2013 and 2014.

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Navistar ships first vocational vehicles with 9- and 10-liter SCR engines; up to 8% fuel economy improvement

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'Navistar, Inc. has started customer shipments of its first International DuraStar and International WorkStar vehicles with the company’s 9- and 10-liter engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) emissions technology. The company’s internal testing shows these products are delivering up to 8% in fuel economy improvement over the previous generation.

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

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New Kind Of Nurburgring Record: Toyota Prius Plug-In Sets Fuel-Economy Bar

Green Car Reports

'Automakers love to boast about Nürburgring lap times when selling performance cars. Once one of the most dangerous motor racing circuits in the world, it''s now a measuring stick for the capabilities of road-going sports cars, performance sedans and supercars. ALSO READ: White House Responds To Tesla Direct-Sales Petition: Sorry, Talk To.

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Edeniq and Global Bio-chem to develop and commercialize technology to convert corn stover to industrial sugars for fuels

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'Edeniq, Inc., a cellulosic sugar producer ( earlier post ), has signed a letter of intent with China-based Global Bio-chem Technology Group Company Limited to develop and to commercialize processes to convert corn stover to industrial sugars for use in the production of chemicals, fuels, and other bio-based products. Pursuant to the letter of intent, Edeniq and Global Bio-chem intend to integrate their technologies in a commercial demonstration plant to produce 50,000 metric tons per year of in

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Mercedes-Benz C-Class Plug-In Hybrid: More Details Revealed

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'Mercedes-Benz revealed back in May that it would launch a plug-in hybrid version of its all-new C-Class in the fall of 2015. Further details of that car have now emerged, including drivetrain specifics and its efficiency figures in European testing. Mercedes sources have revealed to Autocar that the new car will use a downsized 2.0-liter.

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DRIVE C2X presents results of large-scale connected vehicle field testing in Europe

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'In Berlin, the DRIVE C2X consortium is presenting the results of the field operational tests (FOTs) on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2X or C2X) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I or C2I) technologies (collectively V2X or C2X) in Europe. ( Earlier post.) With 34 partners, 13 support partners and a €18.5-million (US$25 million) budget, the three and one-half year DRIVE 2CX project, coordinated by Daimler, was intended to lay the foundation for the roll-out of vehicle-to-X cooperative systems in Europe.

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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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Tesla Model III Named, More 2015 Chevy Volt Details, Toyota Prius At Nurburgring: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla''s next electric sedan will be called Model III, the next Chevrolet Volt will have the same electric range as the current car, and the Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid laps the Nurburgring. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The new name for Tesla''s "third-generation" electric car is Model III (pronounced "Model.

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World premiere of new smart fortwo and forfour

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'The new smart fortwo: Body panels in white, tridion safety cell in lava orange (metallic). The new smart forfour: Body in white, tridion safety cell in black. Click to enlarge. In a world premiere staged in Berlin, Daimler brand smart unveiled the new versions of its iconic smart fortwo and forfour city cars. The new smart fortwo, developed in partnership with Renault (sharing the third-generation Twingo platform) has undergone improvements in virtually all areas and is markedly more comfortabl

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Robert Llewellyn: Plug-in Prius breaks Nürburgring record (now I want to break mine too)

Green Cars News

'If that isn’t a click bait headline I don’t know what is. A Prius on the Nürburgring, for goodness sake, that just silly. No way could that beat a Porsche 911 GT3 or the McLaren P1. Of course it didn’t, not in speed, but in fuel economy it did rather spectacularly well. This story has resonanc[.].

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Evonik invests in bio-based lubricant company Biosynthetic Technologies

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'Evonik has closed on an equity investment in Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (BT), a specialist in bio-based lubricants headquartered in California. BT has developed and manufactures a new class of bio-based synthetic oils called estolides that are used primarily in the passenger car motor oil and industrial lubricant sectors. Field trials have shown that the technical characteristics of the bio-based synthetic oils made by BT are exceptionally good, and include the ability to combat soot buildu

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Tesla confirms Model III compact executive car for 2017

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'Electric carmaker, Tesla has confirmed that it is to produce a fully electric, small executive car called the Modell III which will rival the likes of the BMW 3 Series. In an interview with Auto Express, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk confirmed that its next model, to follow its Model S EV saloon and Mode[.].

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Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

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'Ford launched its Innovate Mobility Challenge Serie s, inviting the developer and maker communities to come together to find innovative mobility solutions in eight different locations around the world. The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina.

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Hybrids fuel economy hit hardest by air con use

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'Using air con in a hybrid vehicle hits its fuel economy almost twice as hard as a regular petrol vehicles, according to new research by Emissions Analytics. Laboratory tests found that fuel economy drops 6.1 per cent in a hybrid car when the air con is turned fully on, compared to just 3.8 per cen[.].