Tue.Jun 23, 2015

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GreenGT to present H2 fuel cell racer on Paul Ricard Circuit

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On 27 June, during the French leg of the FIA WTCC, GreenGT will present the GreenGT H2, a hydrogen fuel cell racing car, on the Paul Ricard circuit. The GreenGT H2, which runs without a battery, achieves the performance of a GT and has a range comparable with competition cars powered by an internal combustion engine, the company says. GreenGT H2. One of the hydrogen tanks (orange) is visible.

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Tesla Model 3: Revealed Next Year, Production Starts 2017, Company Confirms

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Tesla Motors hasn't been able to meet any initial production deadlines so far, which raises continuing questions about the timeliness of its planned 200-mile Model 3 electric car. But in disputing what turned out to be an erroneous report of a delay, Tesla yesterday confirmed that the car is on track for its planned 2017 launch. The car will be.

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IH2 technology licensed for demonstration plant to convert woody biomass into drop-in hydrocarbon transportation fuels

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SynSel Energi AS has entered into an IH 2 (Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion) process demonstration license agreement with CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company Ltd, a member of the CRI Catalyst group (CRI), a global group of catalyst technology companies. IH 2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermochemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. ( Earlier p

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Elio Motors Offers Shares To Public In 'Crowdfunding' Investment Quest

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When Paul Elio said in April that his startup carmaker, Elio Motors, was pursuing crowdsourced funding, most journalists likely imagined sites like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. In fact, the investment opportunity is slightly more formal than that. Elio needs to raise roughly $230 million to start manufacturing its three-wheeled, two-seat, "84-mpg".

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

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Tesla Model S fleet passes 1-billion mile mark

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Tesla Motors announced that, since the launch of the Model S in 2012, the cumulative vehicle fleet worldwide has driven more than 1 billion miles with just under 75,000 Model S units now on the roads. Tesla’s charging network in North America, Europe and Asia now consists of 445 Supercharger stations and thousands of Destination Charging locations. Tesla will mark this fleet milestone with the launch of the Next Billion Miles Tour which will travel around North America, Europe and Asia.

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GM Invests More In Orion Plant That Will Build 2017 Chevy Bolt EV

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The Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car will be built at General Motors' Orion Assembly plant, but it may not be the only new model rolling out of the plant over the next few years. Located about 30 miles north of Detroit, the plant will receive an investment of $245 million and add 300 new jobs, GM announced yesterday. That will support a new vehicle.

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Tesla Model 3 For 2017, Electric-Car Drag Racing, Elio Motors Seeks Funds: Today's Car News

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Today, Tesla confirms its Model 3 electric car is still on track for a 2017 launch, electric-car drivers head to the drag strip, and Elio Motors looks to the general public for funding. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The Tesla Model 3 will be revealed next year, and start production in 2017, the company says. Neste Oil sends a team of.

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Ford bringing enhanced pre-collision assist to US; autonomous vehicles move one step closer to production

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Ford will offer Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection technology ( earlier post ), already available on Ford Mondeo in Europe, in the United States next year on a Ford-brand vehicle. This continues Ford’s plan to roll out the feature—one of the building blocks for increasingly capable semi-autonomous technology—on most Ford products globally by 2019.

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Electric Cars At Local Dragstrip: 8 Models, One Afternoon, Results Vary

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By this point, many of us have seen videos and articles showing Tesla Model S high-performance versions running against loud and smoky gasoline cars. But these have almost always been a single Tesla taking on the dinosaurs. Last week, the Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association organized an all-comers group gathering to test the absolute.

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Ford introducing new camera technology to enable cars to see around corners

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Ford Motor Company is introducing a new camera technology that can see around blind junction corners even when drivers cannot, reducing stress and potentially helping avert collisions. The innovative Front Split View Camera—now available as an option in the all-new Ford S-MAX and Galaxy in Europe—displays to the driver a 180-degree view from the front of the car, using a video camera in the grille.

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

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U.S. Cross-Country Drive On Single Tank Of Renewable Diesel Fuel

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You never know what you'll encounter on the highway. Green Car Reports contributor and electric-motorcycle roadtripper Ben Rich encountered an unusual vehicle on U.S. Route 12 Sunday, while bypassing New Orleans on a cross-country ride. He wrote us to ask about the identity of the low-slung car he captured on video. DON'T MISS: Electric Motorcycle.

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New entry-level diesel and lower price for Opel Mokka

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The Opel Mokka SUV has a new entry-level diesel option : the 1.6-liter CDTI with 81 kW/110 hp, with prices starting at €24,185—€500 less than so far. The 100 kW/136 hp 1.6 CDTI engine made its debut in the successful SUV (some 400,000 already sold) at the beginning of the year, with combined consumption and CO 2 emissions of 4.3-4.1 l/100 km, 114-109 g/km, with six-speed manual transmission.

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Jaguar Land Rover’s Sixth Sense R&D: monitoring driver heart rate, respiration and brain activity to reduce accidents

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Jaguar Land Rover revealed a set of new road safety technology research projects being developed to reduce the number of accidents caused by drivers who are stressed, distracted and not concentrating on the road ahead. The Jaguar Land Rover “Sixth Sense” research projects utilizes advanced technology from sports, medicine and aerospace, to monitor the driver’s heart rate, respiration and levels of brain activity to identify driver stress, fatigue and lack of concentration.

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Ford assessment of two cylinder deactivation strategies for award-winning 3-cyl. EcoBoost

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A comparison of the benefits of two different cylinder deactivation operating strategies for downsized 3-cylinder engines such as the 1.0L EcoBoost. The largest difference proved to be in cost. Schamel et al. Click to enlarge. Ford’s 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine recently received its eighth award in four years at the 2015 International Engine of the Year Awards.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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ChargePoint introduces new 24 kW express charging station

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ChargePoint has introduced the 24 kW Express 100 compact DC fast charger, designed for businesses including retail locations, restaurants and convenience stores. Earlier this year, ChargePoint announced the Express 200, a 50 kW output DC fast charger with a maximum charging rate of 200 RPH (miles of range per hour); the Express 100 can provide 100 RPH.

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Stanford team develops new low-voltage single-catalyst water splitter for hydrogen production

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Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new low-voltage, single-catalyst water splitter that continuously generates hydrogen and oxygen. An open access paper describing the synthesis and functionality of the bi-functional non-noble metal oxide nanoparticle electrocatalysts appears in the journal Nature Communications. In the reported study, the new catalyst achieved 10 mA cm −2 water-splitting current at only 1.51 V for more than 200 h without degradation in a two-electrode configura

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