Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Passat GTE sedan. Click to enlarge. In his remarks before the opening of the Geneva Motora Show in March 2014, Volkswagen Group Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Winterkorn said that a plug-in hybrid version of the Volkswagen Passat would join the Group’s range of low-CO 2 vehicles “soon.” ( Earlier post.). Accordingly, at the Paris Motor Show, Volkswagen will introduce the new Passat GTE plug-in hybrid, the Volkswagen brand’s third plug-in hybrid (after the XL1, earlier post and Go

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'By all indications, there will be an all-electric 2017 Chevrolet Sonic EV for which General Motors is targeting a range of 200 miles. And one of the keys to achieving such a range from a compact car will be a more energy-dense battery than those used today. DON''T MISS: GM''s 200-Mile Electric Sonic EV For 2017: What We Know So Far: UPDATED One.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'BMW’s autonomous driving research prototypes have already driven thousands of kilometers in highly automated—i.e. self-driving—mode on German highways. In February 2013, the focus shifted to European motorways when BMW launched a joint project with Continental. Now, BMW is embarking on a research project which will pave the way for highly automated driving in China.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'What technologies will have the most impact on making cars greener and transportation more sustainable--and provide that impact fastest? Suppose that the key isn''t plug-in electric cars, but in fact connecting cars to each other and to the infrastructure around them--making traffic flow vastly more efficiently? That''s the controversial thesis put.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'A decision by Russia to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the European Union and the US over Ukraine by imposing strong Russian sanctions—i.e., an embargo—on car imports from Europe and the US could undermine a faltering Russian economy even more, according to a new analysis by Germany-based Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Economic downturn and political uncertainty have kept revenues in the Russian automotive market on a downward trend for months now.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Caveat emptor. Or, for those less conversant in Latin, buyer beware. That''s the lesson that should always apply when buying a used car. Especially one with obvious damage. Especially a used electric car that''s been so badly damaged that it''s been declared a total writeoff by an insurance company, meaning that it''s now designated a "salvage.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Now that German carmakers have started to work in earnest on plug-in hybrids, expect to see a whole lot more of them in the coming years--though not always in North America. Following the Volkswagen Golf GTE plug-in hybrid it unveiled last year, which is now on sale in Europe, the second VW to carry that powertrain has been unveiled ahead of its.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Rosneft announced a major oil discovery at the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license area in the Kara Sea, following the successful completion of the drilling of the northernmost well in the world—the Universitetskaya-1 well. The Kara Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean north of West Siberia. The drilling was completed in record time: one and a half months, the company said.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'We''ve got two Tesla stories--one in which a car-dealer rep says something really dumb--plus a debate over green transport, VW''s second plug-in hybrid, and the emergence of a secretive battery startup with ties to GM. All this and more today on Green Car Reports. On Saturday, we covered the prior week''s new in our Week In Reverse video. While Iowa.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have, for the first time, been able to use laser measurement techniques and microphones to make highly precise, simultaneous measurements of the sources of noise in the air stream behind an aircraft engine. Aircraft engine noise is a socially pressing issue with a wide range of causes.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'The 2015 Jeep Renegade, a subcompact crossover from Jeep''s owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, won''t go on sale for a few more months--although it''s now in dealerships in Europe. The littlest Jeep will add incremental sales in North America, although its main markets are likely to be Asia and Europe. But while it shares its underpinnings with the.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new tool for analyzing the economic impacts of building new compressed natural gas fueling stations. Called JOBS NG , the tool is freely available to the public. JOBS NG is designed to help states and local governments evaluate possible economic benefits related to natural gas stations when they are setting new policies.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Volkswagen’s eighth generation Passat will be offered as a plug-in hybrid when it arrives in the UK from October 2015. Available in saloon and estate bodystyles, the Passat GTE combines the power of a 156PS 1.4 TSI petrol engine and an 85kW electric motor for a 218PS power output. This is enough [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Pennsylvania’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board has approved a project seeking a private partner to develop compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations at public transit agencies around the state that would also provide public access to the facilities. Through the project, the private partner will design, build, finance, operate and maintain CNG filling stations at up to 37 transit facilities.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Kia has announced that it will debut the new Optima diesel-electric mild hybrid at next week’s Paris Motor Show. The Optima T-Hybrid is powered by the existing 1.7-litre CRDi diesel engine and a small electric motor powered by a 48V lead-carbon battery, allowing the car to be driven in electric onl[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Passat GTE sedan. Click to enlarge. In his remarks before the opening of the Geneva Motora Show in March 2014, Volkswagen Group Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Winterkorn said that a plug-in hybrid version of the Volkswagen Passat would join the Group’s range of low-CO 2 vehicles “soon.” ( Earlier post.). Accordingly, at the Paris Motor Show, Volkswagen will introduce the new Passat GTE plug-in hybrid, the Volkswagen brand’s third plug-in hybrid (after the XL1, earlier post and Go

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Magna International Inc. is leveraging its advanced composites and exteriors systems expertise to produce an innovative, lightweight composite liftgate assembly on the BMW i3. Magna’s collaboratively-designed liftgate achieves the BMW i brand appearance and vehicle mass requirements through the use of a lightweight composite structure which integrates the liftgate’s functional systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a chemistry-adaptive battery fuel gauge based on a probabilistic data association (PDA) algorithm. Their paper, available online in the Journal of Power Sources , addresses the problem of tracking the state-of-charge (SOC) in Li-ion batteries when the battery chemistry is unknown. It is desirable for a battery fuel gauge (BFG) to be able to perform without any offline characterization or calibration on sample batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

'A new method developed for studying battery failures points to a potential next step in extending lithium-ion battery lifetime and capacity. Using a novel X-ray technique—coherent X-ray diffractive imaging (CXDI)—at the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory, researchers have revealed surprising dynamics in the nanomechanics of operating batteries.

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