Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has proposed new heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, aligned with current standards in place in the rest of North America and in the European Union. The current limit values in Mexico are equivalent to Euro IV or EPA 2004 standards. The proposed modification of NOM-044-SEMARNAT-20061, published on 17 December in the Diario Oficial de la Federación , establishes maximum permissible emissions limits of total hydrocarbons, no

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Several states have adopted or proposed special taxes and fees for electric-car drivers. which are supposed to make up for lost revenue from taxes on the fuel their drivers don''t buy. Electric-car advocates typically view these policies as discriminatory, and claim they work against efforts to get more people into plug-ins. MORE: Washington.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is preparing to issue (on or before 15 January 2015) a solicitation for a full and open competition to procure services for the Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment program, Phase 1: Concept Development. Accordingly, USDOT has issued the synopsis notice ( DTFH6115R00003 ) for Phase 1. USDOT will conduct the CV Pilot Deployment program will be conducted under three phases: Phase 1: Concept Development Phase; Phase 2: Design/Build/Test; and Phase 3:

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Say what you will about Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk, he''s one of the very few global automaker CEOs who personally responds to owner questions via Twitter. And he''s at it again, promising late Friday afternoon that details will be coming this week on the promised battery upgrade for the Tesla Roadster sold in the U.S. from 2008 through.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'In a post on Google+, Google engineers announced that they have assembled a fully functional prototype for fully autonomous driving; the vehicle unveiled earlier this year was an “early mockup”. Since then, we’ve been working on different prototypes-of-prototypes, each designed to test different systems of a self-driving car—for example, the typical “car” parts like steering and braking, as well as the “self-driving” parts like the computer and sensors.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Since his arrival about five years ago, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda has pushed for more exciting styling and better driving dynamics in the carmaker''s products. So with an entirely redesigned version of Toyota''s halo car--the Prius hybrid--set for the 2016 model year, its designers will emphasize styling like never before. MORE: 2016 Toyota Prius.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Lead is terrible stuff: damaging to humans in even small quantities, and persistent if it''s improperly disposed of. Nonetheless, it''s a central element of technology that has enabled a century of automobiles to be started via ignition keys rather than hand cranks--which occasionally broke the arms of hapless drivers. DON''T MISS: Who Knew? A Car.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Eight-speed transmission housings move down the assembly line at Kokomo Transmission Plant. Click to enlarge. With sales of vehicles equipped with the popular eight-speed transmission growing, FCA US LLC (the new name for Chrysler Group LLC) will invest an additional $266 million in its Kokomo Transmission Plant (Ind.) to increase capacity of the fuel-efficient TorqueFlite transmission.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Tax incentives have proven to be an important way to encourage adoption of new green vehicles, offsetting some of the typically-higher purchase costs compared to conventional costs. Yet just as Toyota prepares to launch its 2016 Mirai fuel-cell car, a tax credit for hydrogen vehicles has expired due to inaction by Congress. SEE ALSO: Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'The Department for Transport (DfT) recently launched a £25-million (US$39-million) competition to support the development of a domestic biofuels industry in the UK. The competition will provide capital funding for three demonstration-scale advanced biofuel plants. The projects will be selected through a competitive process, with funding provided over a three-year period, beginning in 2015.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Today we''ve got a first drive of the 2014 Tesla Model S P85D electric car, news that the Federal income-tax credit for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will be allowed to expire, and a report on sporty styling for the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Want to know what it''s like to drive the 2014 Tesla Model S P85D.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'OriginOil Inc., developer of Electro Water Separation (EWS)—a high-speed, chemical-free process to clean up large quantities of water—will launch a subsidiary in Hong Kong and grant it a master license for the People’s Republic of China. In turn, the subsidiary is expected to license regional joint ventures for frack and waste water treatment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Ultracapacitor company Nesscap Energy Inc. has completed a non-brokered private placement of a US $1,000,000 Convertible Note with I2BF Energy. The proceeds will be used for working capital. The offering constituted the second tranche of the bridge financing previously announced on 8 April 2014. The Note has a maturity date of 1 April 2015; the conversion price is CAD 0.10 per common share; the interest rate is 10% per year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'Hybrid in flight. Click to enlarge. Researchers from the University of Cambridge, in association with Boeing, have successfully tested a light aircraft powered by a parallel hybrid-electric propulsion system, in which an electric motor and gasoline engine work together to drive the propeller. The demonstrator aircraft—based on a single-seat, ultralight Song motor glider—uses up to 30% less fuel than a comparable plane with a gasoline-only engine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

'In a new report analyzing the emerging global market for technologies that improve fuel economy, Navigant Research forecasts that sales of gasoline and diesel stop-start vehicles (SSVs) will reach 63 million annually by 2025, representing 58% of all vehicles sold in that year. SSVs eliminate idling when the vehicle is stopped and restart the engine when the driver moves from brake to accelerator.

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