Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Metallic lithium, with a high theoretical capacity of ~3,860 mAh g -1 , is one of the most promising materials for anodes in next-generation high energy rechargeable battery systems for long-range electric vehicles. ( Earlier post.) Indeed, in a paper in ACS’ Chemical Reviews , Arumugam Manthiram et al. from the University of Texas suggest that “ it is reasonable to comment that the success of Li?

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'How does a car-company CEO get to be a rock star? It helps, of course, if your company makes a five-passenger luxury sedan that outdrags a Porsche 911, uses half the energy of a Prius, and has the highest crash-safety rating ever recorded. But Elon Musk has done something else to separate himself from the grey-flannel pack: He listens to his.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Audi will upgrade part of its vehicle electrical system from 12 to 48 volts. The move represents another technical building block for facilitating the integration of new automotive technologies while increasing the power and efficiency of its cars. Audi recently showcased the scope of the 48-volt electrical system with the two technology demonstrators Audi A6 TDI concept and RS 5 TDI concept. ( Earlier post.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'While more than a dozen plug-in electric cars are now sold in the United States, only three carmakers--Chevrolet, Nissan, and Tesla--have emerged as volume players, with BMW perhaps intending to become the fourth. The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf still maintain an overall sales lead, but are they losing to BMW and Tesla in the more subjective.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'KRET, part of Rostec, has developed the FORA universal charging stations for the rapid charging of electric vehicles in Russia and abroad. Prototypes will be presented at the KRET pavilion during the 3 rd international forum Engineering Technologies-2014. The State Ryazan Instrument Plant, which is part of KRET, has made three working prototypes of the FORA charging station, one of which operates in MODE-2 (slow charge) and two that deliver an express charge of 20 kW.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'The 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car will be priced from $36,265, VW announced this morning. And the first battery-electric car ever offered in the U.S. by Volkswagen will be offered only in the very top Golf trim level, the SEL Premium model. The 2015 e-Golf goes on sale in November at selected Volkswagen dealerships in launch regions that.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Turn back the clock by one decade, and there were just four hybrid cars on sale in the U.S. One was the first-generation Toyota Prius. The original Honda Insight was still going strong as the most efficient vehicle on sale (and only plug-in cars still better it today). Honda also offered the Civic Hybrid. And Ford''s Escape Hybrid had just made its.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'The human health benefits associated with improvements in air quality related to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions improvements can offset 26–1,050% of the cost of US carbon policies, depending upon the type of policy, according to a new study by a team from MIT. (Air quality co-benefits are additional to climate benefits realized from reduced CO 2 emissions.).

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Today''s news includes a little bit of everything. On the practical side, we''ve got pricing details for the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car; on the more subjective side, we assess the impact of Elon Musk''s personal touch on Tesla''s success. Also, see how Ford and Hyundai apparently plan to challenge the Toyota Prius with their own dedicated.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Volkswagen of America, Inc. has priced the 2015 e-Golf battery-electric vehicle for the US market. ( Earlier post.) The e-Golf starts at $35,445 (plus $820 destination and delivery) for the SEL Premium model. As a comparison, the three trim levels of the 2015 Nissan LEAF are priced at $29,010 for the S; $32,100 for the SV; and $35,120 for the top-end SL.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'American buyers are still enduring what seems like an interminable wait for the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid. Over in Europe however the plug-in crossover has been on sale for a few months now--and Mitsubishi is adding another variant to the range. Unusually, reports Motoring Research, it''s a van--though not in the traditional sense of a.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Specialists at Shvabe Holding, part of Russia’s Rostec, are preparing to test a newly developed ship-mounted laser cannon that can cut through ice. The company developed the ship-mounted laser for exploration and development in the Arctic, said Shvabe Holding CEO Sergey Maksin at the international exhibition Defense Expo. The laser works like glass cutters, Maksin said, snipping away at the ice.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2014

'It''s been a quiet period for hybrid news lately, with the 2016 Toyota Prius launch delayed and still more than a year away. But further down the road, it appears that both Hyundai and Ford now plan to offer dedicated hybrids--vehicles designed specifically around a hybrid powertrain that offer no gasoline-only version. That''s been the model.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'Altech-Eco Corporation has obtained Executive Order (E.O.) certification from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for the compressed natural gas (CNG) Dedicated conversion system for the 2014 Ford 6.2L V8 F-250/350 pickups with Ford-supplied CNG gaseous prepped engine. The dedicated version converts the vehicle to operate 100% on CNG, which allows users to take advantage of using CNG as a cleaner burning and more economical alternative fuel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

'DieselNet reports that. Mercedes-Benz has equipped the S500 with a gasoline particulate filter (GPF), representing the first series production application of the GPF technology. The installation was confirmed in the Auto-Umweltliste 2014/2015 report published by the Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD, German Traffic Club). European regulations mandate a solid particle number (PN) limit of 6.0×10 11 /km, numerically equal to the limit already in place for diesel cars, to be effective for gasoline dir

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