Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Researchers at Oregon State University have shown that potassium can work with graphite in a potassium-ion battery (KIB)—a discovery that could offer a challenge and sustainable alternative to the widely-used lithium-ion battery (LIB). Their findings are published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. A patent is pending on the new technology.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 7, 2015
"You have power, you have energy, you have emissions: You get to choose two of them." That's the conundrum facing diesel-engine engineers, as summarized by Don Hillebrand, the director of energy systems research at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. And the VW diesel emission cheating scandal shows just how tough those tradeoffs become in.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
In a speech to be delivered Thursday at a seminar on self-driving cars organized by Volvo Cars and the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC, Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo Cars, will urge the US to adopt a national framework for regulation and testing of autonomous driving (AD). Although the US is currently the most progressive country in the world in AD, this position could be eroded if such national framework is not developed, Samuelsson will suggest.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The Tesla Model X electric luxury vehicle has widely been referred to as an SUV or a crossover utility vehicle by the media, the company, and buyers. And indeed, it's taller and somewhat boxier than the sleek Model S "sedan," which is actually a hatchback. But we've had some energetic discussions internally about what segment the Model X falls.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Bosch Engineering is leveraging its automotive connectivity technology and working with Swiss rail freight operator SBB Cargo to develop rail logistics into a connected transport system. The two companies have concluded a cooperation agreement that will see them jointly develop an asset intelligence system for rail freight traffic. This system enables SBB Cargo freight wagons to transmit data relating to their position and cargo to a central control center.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The ongoing VW diesel emissions scandal is causing considerable stress for owners of the 482,000 affected Volkswagen TDI models in the U.S. But current owners of VWs--diesel or otherwise--could benefit from the situation, to some extent, in one very specific way. That's because Volkswagen is willing to throw cash at them to keep them in the fold.
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Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 7, 2015
The average fuel economy of new cars sold in the United States fell once more in September, although not by much. Average new-car fuel economy continues to hover around 25 mpg, according to recent analysis. The sales-weighted average window sticker fuel economy for new cars in September was 25.2 mpg, according to the University of Michigan.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
At the ITS World Congress and Exhibition, Xerox and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore, globally, on a case-by-case basis, potential joint Intelligent Transport System (ITS) opportunities. The parties will focus on electronic toll collection, highway traffic management, telematics and intelligent urban parking in which Xerox has proficiency in back-end software and operations, predominantly in the Americas and Europe, while MHI has strength in front
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Today, Volkswagen issues a $2,000 loyalty bonus to retain customers, we try to classify the Tesla Model X, and U.S. average new-car fuel economy falls. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Volkswagen is upping incentives on new cars to keep its current customers from leaving in the wake of the diesel emissions cheating scandal. Average new-car.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
At the upcoming 44 th Tokyo Motor Show (30 October to 8 November), BMW will showcase its four plug-in hybrid models: the BMW 3303, BMW 225xe, BMW 740e and BMW X5 xDrive40e. ( Earlier post.) All the vehicles also appeared at the IAA Frankfurt last month. In 2016 the BMW eDrive technology initially developed for BMW i cars will be available for BMW models spanning these four different vehicle segments—from the compact to the luxury class.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
In his prepared testimony for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing tomorrow ( earlier post ), Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, says that in discussions with EPA and the California ARB, Volkswagen said that its emissions control strategy also included a software feature that should be disclosed to and approved by the agencies as an auxiliary emissions control device (“AECD”) in connection with the certificat
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
A team led by researchers from Sandia National Laboratories has shown that molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ), exfoliated with lithiation intercalation to change its physical structure, performs as well as the best state-of-the-art catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) but at a significantly lower cost. An open access paper on their study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
In Düsseldorf, the 31 partners—automobile and electronics manufacturers, suppliers, communication technology and software companies, research institutes and cities—involved in the UR:BAN research initiative (Urban Space: user-friendly assistance systems and network management) presented the results of four years of work in a two-day event.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa signed an approximately $1-billion contract with Airbus for high-tech, multi-material aerospace fastening systems—primarily titanium, steel and nickel-based superalloy systems. The deal is Alcoa’s largest fastener contract ever with the aircraft manufacturer. Alcoa’s fasteners fly on every Airbus platform. Alcoa’s fasteners will be used to assemble some of Airbus’s latest high-growth airplanes, including the A350 XWB, Airbus’ newest commercial airplane, and
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
Following the launch of the Soul EV ( earlier post ) late last year in California, along with sales beginning in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii earlier this year, Kia Motors America (KMA) is expanding availability of its fully charged urban runabout into four new states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland. KMA’s announcement will bring the total number of states selling the Soul EV to 10.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2015
At the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru will unveil the VIZIV (derived from “Vision for Innovation”) Future Concept—an AWD hybrid SUV equipped with next-generation technologies including automatic driving technology resulting from the ongoing evolution of EyeSight. The power unit combines a new downsized direct-injection turbo turbo with a hybrid system.
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