Sat.Oct 11, 2014

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EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

Green Car Congress

'The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual report “Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends” ( earlier post ) has, in its past editions since its inception in 1975, treated alternative fuel vehicles—electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), and compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles—separately from gasoline and diesel vehicles, with the vast majority of its analysis limited to gasoline and diesel vehicles only.

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Tesla 'D', Honda Fit & Subaru Legacy Drives, Electric Motorcycles: The Week In Reverse (Video)

Green Car Reports

'How fuel-efficient is the new 2015 Honda Fit? And what did Tesla''s ''D'' actually stand for? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the five days ending on Friday, October 10, 2014. Yesterday, our Friday story covered what Tesla finally revealed at its Thursday-night event. It followed a week of.

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NEI and PneumatiCoat partner to develop and market new materials for lithium-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

'NEI Corporation (NEI), a nanotech materials company ( earlier post ), and PneumatiCoat Technologies (PCT) recently initiated a collaboration to develop, produce, and market coated Li-ion battery materials: cathodes, anodes, and solid electrolytes. The partnership will help serve the needs of customers interested in enhancing the performance of batteries through the use of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) coatings of active material particles.

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Majority of Brits considering switching to alternative fuel cars

Green Cars News

'The majority of Brits would consider buying or leasing an alternative fuel car in the next two years, according to new research. A study of 2025 British adults, commissioned by our sister website, ContractHireAndLeasing.com, revealed that 65 per cent of responses indicated an interest in at least [.].

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

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3 MIT-led teams win DOE NEUP funding for next-gen nuclear technologies

Green Car Congress

'Three MIT-led research teams have won awards from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Programs ( NEUP ) initiative to support research and development on the next generation of nuclear technologies. Fluoride-salt High-Temperature Reactor. A group of universities led by Charles Forsberg of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) at MIT has been awarded $5 million as part of the NEUP initiative.

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ICCT study finds real-world NOx emissions from Euro 6 diesels ~7x higher than Euro 6 regulatory levels

Green Car Congress

'On-road NO x emission levels of Euro 6 diesel cars in Europe are on average about seven times higher than the NO x limit set by the Euro 6 emission standard, according to a new report published in Berlin by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The study follows another recent ICCT report showing that the gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%. ( Earlier post.).

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