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Nissan reports failure rate of LEAF battery pack in Europe of less than 0.01%

Green Car Congress

'Five years and more than 35,000 European sales since the launch of its all-electric LEAF, proprietary data released by Nissan show that 99.99% of its battery units remain entirely fit for purpose. The failure rate of the battery power unit is less than 0.01 percent—three units in total—a fraction of the equivalent industry-wide figure for defects affecting traditional combustion engines.

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Tesla Model X: Video, Spy Shots Of Prototype Testing On CA Roads

Green Car Reports

'The Tesla Model X should be arriving in buyers'' driveways within six months, if the company keeps to its latest schedule and starts delivering the all-electric SUV in the third quarter of this year. But Tesla Motors is being uncharacteristically quiet about its next model line, saying it''ll simply start delivering Model Xes, rather than doing a.

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Audi revamps 2015 R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans diesel hybrid racer; 4MJ class

Green Car Congress

'In the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the Le Mans 24 Hours as the season’s pinnacle event, Audi will compete with a thoroughly revised R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid racer in the 4-megajoule class. ( Earlier post.) A two-fold quantity of hybrid energy, fundamentally revised aerodynamics, the next step in lightweight design and detailed optimization work characterize the fifth generation of the Audi R18.

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Federal Government Will Buy Many More Electric, Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles

Green Car Reports

'Through both regulations and incentive programs, the Federal government is making a concerted effort to lower the emissions of cars on U.S. roads. Every consumer walking into a showroom will notice the effects of these policies in better fuel-economy ratings and a wider selection of electrified models. DON''T MISS: White House Budget Asks For $10K.

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

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Purdue researchers convert packing peanuts into anode materials for Li-ion batteries; outperforming graphite

Green Car Congress

'Purdue researchers have developed a process to manufacture carbon-nanoparticle and microsheet anodes for Li-ion batteries from polystyrene and starch-based packing peanuts, respectively. The work, performed by postdoc Vinodkumar Etacheri, Professor Vilas Pol and undergraduate chemical engineering student Chulgi Nathan Hong, is being presented at the 249 th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Denver.

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Lease Extensions For Honda Fit EV, Two Years At $199 A Month, To Be Offered

Green Car Reports

'With the first three-year leases of Honda Fit EVs now set to end in June, drivers of Honda''s only electric car have been wondering what will happen to their cars now. Many of them would like to hang onto the cars. While Honda won''t let them buy the car, the company has decided to offer those lessees an option for a further two-year lease. DON''T.

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2015 New York Auto Show: Green Car Preview

Green Car Reports

'Auto-show season continues in the Big Apple next week with the 2015 New York Auto Show, and we''re getting ready to bring you all of the latest green concept and production car debuts. Before the doors open at the Javits Center, here''s our list of new mass-market models we''re expecting to be unveiled at the show so far. It includes a handful of.

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Consumer Watchdog petitions Calif. PUC to reject PG&E EV charging proposal

Green Car Congress

'Consumer Watchdog has petitioned the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject a PG&E proposal for a major buildout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure on grounds that it will raise costs for ratepayers while stifling innovation.( Earlier post.). In February, PG&E filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for permission to build an estimated 25,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers at sites across its service area in Northern and Central

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2015 NY Auto Show Green Cars, Tesla Model X Spied, Honda Fit EV Lease Extensions: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

'Today we have a preview of the green-car debuts expected for the 2015 New York Auto Show, video and spy photos of a Tesla Model X prototype on California roads, and information on lease extensions for the Honda Fit EV. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We also apologize for Sunday''s e-mail update, which seems to have been lost in transit.

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DeltaWing to develop GT race car concept; step toward street-legal DeltaWing sports car

Green Car Congress

'DeltaWing Technology Group is beginning development of a DeltaWing GT race car concept. The racer will be designed to demonstrate that with far less horsepower than many of today’s best sports cars, a two-seat performance car based on the DeltaWing architecture would deliver the same performance, yet with previously unattained fuel economy and efficiency.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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EIA: US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports decline 36% in 2014

Green Car Congress

'Imports of biomass-based diesel fuel (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) into the US fell 36% to 333 million gallons in 2014, following record levels of imports in 2013 according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). EIA attributed the decline mainly to uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the absence of a late-year influx of volumes from Argentina.

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New UK Energy & Fuels 2050 transportation roadmap highlights important role of drop-in fuels and power-to-gas

Green Car Congress

'Professor Neville Jackson, Ricardo’s chief technology and innovation officer, presented the results of a research project carried out by the Automotive Council UK to establish a long-term (to 2050) transition from current gasoline and diesel fuels to a majority renewable energy portfolio. Inputs to the new Energy & Fuels Roadmap included recent UK & EU studies on automotive technologies, as well as roadmaps for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and internal combustion engines previously publi

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Clean Air Power awarded 1y extension to funded project with Brunel University for next-gen dual fuel system

Green Car Congress

'Clean Air Power has been awarded an additional one-year extension to its 2-year funded research project with Brunel University London, aimed at developing the next generation of advanced dual-fuel combustion systems. The research grant extension has been awarded by the UK Government’s Innovate UK organisation through its Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme.

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