Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'California-based Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based technology solutions for electric vehicle (EV) networks, has partnered with BMW Group Asia to provide Singapore with its first Home and Public Charging network as part of BMWs 360 ELECTRIC program. Designed to cover BMW i owners from an all-round perspective, 360 ELECTRIC comprises four key pillars that will come standard with the purchase of every BMW i model: (1) Public Charging; (2) Home Charging; (3) Flexible Mobil

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'It''s one of the recurring questions asked by electric-car skeptics: Yeah, but what about all those battery packs? Won''t they just end up in landfills? We know already that the 12-Volt lead-acid car battery appears to be the most-recycled consumer good in the world--though that''s largely for safety reasons, as lead is far more toxic than the.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has formed a 12-member advisory group charged with promoting sustainable transport systems to further growth and development while protecting the environment and limiting the impact on climate change. The group will be led by Olof Persson, CEO of the Volvo Group, and Carolina Toh, the mayor of Santiago, Chile.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'The term "hacker" conjures up images of shady individuals stealing your personal details through loop-holes in your internet security, but in the modern world a professional hacker can actually provide a valuable skill. Tesla Motors, for example, recently attended the Def Con security conference in Las Vegas in order to hire hackers to develop.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Power savings in plug-in vehicles versus total savings per car. Source: Lux. Click to enlarge. Using wide bandgap (WBG) materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN)s for power electronics can improve efficiency and thereby reduce the high cost of battery packs, according to a new report from Lux Research. In the new report Silicon vs.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Bullies. We all knew one at school--usually bigger than you, typically loud, obnoxious, and cruel, and often pretty dumb. Often they acted that way to make up for deficiencies in their own lives; today you may meet one who tormented you as a kid pushing shopping carts at your local mall. Karma can be sweet. "Rolling coal" is very similar to.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Corn-based ethanol is, to say the least, a controversial topic. While it''s shown promise as a viable renewable fuel, there are concerns that large-scale ethanol production of corn-based ethanol could affect prices for food and animal feed. So why not use a crop that isn''t tied to the global food supply? Now Reuters reports that Boeing is.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'One of the main limiters to the commercialization of high energy density lithium-sulfur batteries is the dissolution of long-chain lithium polysulfides into the electrolyte, which limits cycling performance. A team from Korea University is addressing this problem by developing a novel Nafion-coated NiCrAl/S cathode and using lithium powder as an anode.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'When Tesla Motors announced the short list of possible locations for its lithium-ion cell "Gigafactory," California wasn''t on it. The Silicon Valley electric-car maker is headquartered in Palo Alto and builds the Model S in Fremont, about 30 miles away. But it chose Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas as the finalists for the Gigafactory site.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'In its new 10-Q report filed with the SEC, struggling cellulosic diesel and gasoline company KiOR reports that it has  substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern. The company had issued a similar warning in its 10-K annual report filed in March. ( Earlier post.) To continue, the company adds, it must secure additional capital for additional liquidity.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Lots of Tesla news today--including hackers, purchase incentives, even environmental rules in California--plus jet fuel from tobacco, and the odious practice of "rolling coal." All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla Motors recently showed up at a hacker conference, looking to hire software hackers to ensure its present and future cars are.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'A new study coming out of Dr. Yi Cuis group at Stanford highlights the role of the separator in the capacity decay of a Li-Sulfur battery—i.e., the separator can accommodate a large amount of polysulfides inside which then precipitates as thick layer of inactive S-related species. Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries are highly attractive for future generations of portable electronics and electric vehicles due to their high energy density and potentially low cost.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 12, 2014

'California buyers of battery-electric cars currently get a major perk: a $2,500 purchase-rebate check from their state government. The rebate, as well as a lower $1,500 check for purchase of a plug-in hybrid, has helped spur the adoption of electric cars in the state. But with funds for the program regularly running low, some state officials are.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Newcastle Universitys events catering service has become the first customer in the UK to buy ePower Trucks newly imported, road-legal, fully electric truck; the Ligier Flex L3. The L3 is a compact electric vehicle designed for city centre deliveries and ideally suited to estate management applic[.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations new Lightweight E-type. Click to enlarge. Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations unveiled its new Lightweight E-type—the first recreation to come from Jaguar Heritage, which operates within the Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations division. Only 6 will be built. Car Zero has been completed and, on 14 August, will be revealed at the opening reception to the Pebble Beach Automotive weekend.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Volkswagens new e-up is almost a step into the unknown for the brand; its first fully electric car based on its warmly received up! city car model. It would be easy to be sceptical about this first attempt at an electric car, seeing as how the e-up! is a low volume EV, based on an existing combust[.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

'The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 3.56 (January-July 2013: 3.43; +3.8%) million vehicles in the first seven months of the year. Deliveries grew by 4.0% in July, with the brand handing over 491,600 (July 2013: 472,800) vehicles to customers in that month. The Asia-Pacific region was the top market, followed by Western Europe. The brand reported a substantial 16.2% increase in deliveries in the Asia-Pacific region from January to July, handing over 1.72 (1.48) million vehicles to cust

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