Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'A team from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has devised a heterogeneous acid catalyst, silica sulfuric acid, that shows high activity towards releasing hydrogen from sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ), with a hydrolysis rate of 5.5 L min ?1 g ?1. Further, the activation energy of the NaBH 4 hydrolysis reaction in the presence of the catalyst was calculated to be the lowest (17 kJ mol ?

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Last week''s Los Angeles Auto Show brought more news about hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles than we''ve seen in a very long time. The 2016 Toyota Mirai was unveiled--we drove it too--and Honda showed its latest design concept for what it''s calling the FCV sedan. Other makers too showed off experimental fuel-cell cars, including Audi and Volkswagen. DON''T.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Based on an analysis of various cost of ownership scenarios for various drivetrains, including internal combustion engine (ICE) gasoline and diesel; hybrid (HEV); battery-electric (EV); plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV); and fuel cell vehicles, Lux Research concludes that fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are “ solidly in a laggard position. ”. The Lux analysts ran scenarios associated with operation and ownership, broken out into fuel cost alone; fuel cost plus operation, but excluding purchase or lease;

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'The 2016 Toyota Mirai, seen here in its production form, is the first-ever hydrogen fuel-cell car to be offered for sale by a major automaker. It goes on sale in Japan next month, and will arrive in North America in the second half of next year. The four-seat mid-size sedan is effectively an electric car, with a 153-horsepower motor powering its.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Schematic illustration of the designed hybrid-seawater fuel cell and a schematic diagram at the charged–discharged state. Kim et al. Click to enlarge. Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea and Karlsruher Institute of Technology in Germany have developed a novel energy conversion and storage system using seawater as a cathode.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'To help electric cars go mainstream, new battery technology will be needed to escape the shackles of short ranges, long charging times, and relatively high cost. Among the possibilities is a solid-state battery--which replaces the liquid electrolyte of a conventional battery with solid material. Now, solid-state batteries are starting to get.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Perhaps no gas-mileage ratings have been as eagerly awaited this fall as those for the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 pickup. The redesigned full-size truck with an aluminum body and pickup bed was expected to get better gas-mileage numbers than earlier F-150s. And it has, with a top rating of 22 mpg combined (19 mpg city, 26 mpg highway) for the most.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Researchers at A*STAR in Singapore have developed a model that uses smartcard ticket data to provide valuable predictive data on potential train overloading for Singapore’s public transport system. This will enable system planners to address critical bottlenecks as the system stretches to accommodate an expanding population. More than one million commuters—roughly 20% of Singapore’s population—use the mass rapid transit (MRT) system every day.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'They may both be luxury vehicles, but the BMW i3 and Tesla Model S electric cars are quite different. The two models don''t quite directly compete, but rather approach the market from different angles. RELATED: How Audi, BMW & Mercedes Plan To Compete With Tesla--And Why That doesn''t mean the two makers won''t compete head to head eventually.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'A team from the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai reports in a paper accepted for publication in the RSC journal Chemical Communications that platinum (Pt) supported on graphene sheets showed excellent durability as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Further, they found that their GNS, when used as a metal-free catalyst for ORR, showed a performance even better than a commercial Pt/C catalyst from Johnson Matthey.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'To start off the week, we''re recapping last week''s Los Angeles Auto Show news in our Week in Reverse feature. We''ve also got a video preview of the 2016 Toyota Mirai fuel-cell sedan, and gas-mileage figures for the 2015 Ford F-150. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on all of last week''s Los Angeles Auto Show news with our Week in.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'A study by University of California, Riverside researchers found that the use of higher ethanol blends and a 55% butanol blend in port-fueled and direct injection flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) could lead to emission changes of GHGs, CO, aldehydes, BTEX (monoaromatic hydrocarbons of benzene, ethylbenzene, toluene, m/p-xylene, and o-xylene), and particulates.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'Pelamis Wave Power, the leading wave energy technology and company, has entered bankruptcy administration in the UK. The directors said they had been unable to secure the additional funding required for further development. The board moved to appoint an administrator to assess the options for securing the future for the business and employees of Pelamis.

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