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MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Click to enlarge. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Audi’s newly unveiled e-gas project is a component of achieving its goal of “Audi balanced mobility”—i.e., achieving a neutral CO 2 balance across the entire mobility chain.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2011

With gas prices above $4 a gallon (at least this week), we've entered a familiar cycle. Man-on-the-street interviews feature wailing and moaning about how politicians "should do something" about gas prices. Drivers start to combine their trips, and make sure to use their most fuel-efficient vehicle. And, as carmakers know, car buyers start to opt.

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MAY 11, 2011

When purchasing new batteries, the company installed 6V batteries into our 8V golf cart. We noticed it instantly as it would not charge on our charger.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 10, 2011

It might seem a long while since Ford unveiled its 2012 all-electric Ford Focus at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, but in reality we’ve only known about Ford’s five seat electric hatchback for four months. But with the car due to launch some time before the end of 2011 Ford has brought its Ford Focus Electric.

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MAY 9, 2011

Three Volvo car models will be taking part in the 11 th Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin (18-22 May 2011), the theme of which is Clean-Safe-Connected: the Volvo V60 Plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Volvo C30 Electric; and the Volvo V50 DRIVe. The V60 Plug-in Hybrid, which will be available on the market in 2012, is the result of close cooperation between Volvo Cars and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2011

Like many articles, this one started with a reader question. Casey Krakowiecki wrote: I'm interested in buying a new Toyota Prius hybrid. I hope you can answer a couple of questions that will help me. (1) Are the rechargable batteries guaranteed for 8 years? If they fail at 7 years and 11 months, do you get them replaced free of charge, or are.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 13, 2011

So you bought a 2011 Nissan Leaf, and paid for the optional $700 quick-charge connector. Now you're able to get an 80-percent battery recharge in just 30 minutes, albeit from very few places right now. Promising, right? Not so fast, sonny. It appears that U.S. makers of electric cars are likely to adopt a completely different quick-charge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

The Volkswagen Group is launching a new car sharing concept in Hanover, Germany this fall featuring 200 VW Golf BlueMotion. The name of the concept is “Quicar – Share a Volkswagen”. Volkswagen is cooperating closely with the city on this project. The first model in the fleet will be the VW Golf BlueMotion. Its 1.6 TDI diesel engine has an average fuel consumption of 3.8 liters per 100 kilometers (62 mpg US), corresponding to CO 2 emissions of 99 grams per kilometer.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 10, 2011

Here in the U.S. the government, both at the federal and state level, offers an array of incentives for eco friendly vehicles such as clean diesels, plug-in hybrids and electric cars. However, the U.S. isn’t the only major automotive market with such incentive programs in place. Over in China the local government has drafted its own.

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MAY 11, 2011

Does your company offer lithium batteries? They seem much better for car applications.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 10, 2011

The city of San Francisco, California, will install electric vehicle charging stations in publicly-owned garages and at San Francisco International Airport by the end of the year that drivers can use for free until 2013. The plan involves dropping around 90 charging stations across the city in the hopes that it will encourage more residents to.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

Transit bus deliveries by fuel type, world markets: 2010-2016. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. According to a recent report from Pike Research, the current trend toward cleaner transit buses will continue over the next several years, with alternative fuel vehicles representing more than 50% of the 64,000 total transit buses that will be delivered worldwide during 2015, up from 28% of total bus deliveries in 2010.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2011

As well as the "What kind of car should I buy?" questions, we're suddenly getting a lot of questions about driving techniques to save gas. Shouldn't be surprising; the average cost of a gallon of gasoline passed $4 this week. But one of the most confusing areas of gas saving turns out to be speed, epitomized by a question we received: "If I.

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MAY 10, 2011

Zero Motorcycles, Scotts Valley, CA based electric motorcycle manufacturer, announced today that Mark Blackwell has joined their Board of Directors. He was one of the very first American Motocross Superstars, was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle.

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MAY 12, 2011

You hardly need us to tell you that there’s been an ongoing race to become the king of plug-in vehicles between Nissan and General Motors ever since the two firms launched their 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevrolet Volt. But with both cars battling it out on the forecourt both firms can worry about other things, such as improving the carbon.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

A new study by Ricardo and National Grid examining the market potential for grid balancing services provided by a future fleet of plug-in vehicles (PIVs) found that demand-side management services provide only a modest financial benefit but at zero cost, while more robust vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services offer potentially attractive returns, but with likelihood of high investment and limited market.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2011

Cars that consume less fuel have many benefits, including lower gasoline costs. Now it turns out that they also bring significant public-health benefits, reducing health-care costs and premature deaths from cardiopulmonary causes. The challenge is that the costs and benefits aren't equally spread. The American Lung Association released a report on.

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Green Cars News

MAY 12, 2011

Audi has confirmed it is to make a small production run of the R8 e-tron; the car maker’s first electric car. Renowned for its high performance vehicles, Audi will build the new R8 e-tron at its Neckarsulm site in Heilbronn, Germany, where specially qualified employees will borrow from the series production of the successful R8 [.].

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All Cars Electric

MAY 12, 2011

Uh-Ho. Despite being embroiled in a sworded libel court-case with californian electric car maker Tesla Motors for false representation of its $109,000 sexy all-electric sportscar. the BBC’s Top Gear program has just been spied in Lincoln, England - filming its latest electric car escapade. The U.K.’s number one motoring entertainment.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

The US Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) has awarded A123 Systems a patent covering nanoscale lithium transition metal phosphates with high power capability. This, notes Dr. Andy Chu, A123’s VP, Marketing and Communications, further differentiates A123’s proprietary Nanophosphate technology from ordinary phosphate materials. The materials covered include alkaline transition metal phosphates, such as LiMPO 4 , where M is one or more transition metals, having a specific surface area of at leas

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Green Car Reports

MAY 12, 2011

As we reportedly recently, the next-generation of super sports cars won’t be nitrous-snorting, quad-turbocharged, gas swilling beasts, but rather they will offer ultra-high mileage and in some cases no emissions whatsoever. Yes, they will still be stupendously fast, but almost all will come with a plug. One of these is the R8 e-tron supercar.

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National Green Transportation

MAY 8, 2011

On Thursday the eGrandPrix, organizers of the TTXGP electric motorcycle race series, announced that A123 Systems was a sponsor of the 2011 North American series. A123 Systems is a major lithium battery manufacturer providing cells and battery.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 13, 2011

Have you ever been on those roads in North Dakota where you pass a sign that says “No gas for next 80 miles"? Or perhaps you’ve traveled through the frozen wastelands of Northern Canada or Alaska and learned that the gas station you just passed was the last one for more than 100 miles. You’d be certifiably crazy to not stop and.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2011

A123 Systems announced a production agreement with Smith Electric Vehicles to supply battery modules for Smith’s portfolio of all-electric commercial vehicles. A123 expects to begin shipping its 5 kWh automotive-class prismatic modules to Smith for integration into battery packs in the second half of 2011. According to Smith Electric Vehicles, A123’s battery technology will be first implemented in the Smith Newton truck, an all-electric, 7.5 ton (16,535 GVWR)–15 ton (33,000 GVWR) vehicle that ha

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Green Car Reports

MAY 12, 2011

The 2011 Geneva Motor Show in March brought a number of new models out of the closet. But for the green car fan, two concepts were the gems of the show: the return of the legendary Volkswagen Microbus, and an electric sports car from Nissan that just might be affordable. Bulli for the Microbus The Volkswagen Bulli concept is the second iteration.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2011

Tuesday May 9, 2011. The Green Piece. Last week, luxury car maker Jaguar announced that it would be making one of its newest models a hybrid after confirming that its C-X75 hybrid model would be going into production (see article). Of course Jaguar is not a name that most motoring enthusiasts would traditionally associate with [.].

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All Cars Electric

MAY 11, 2011

It’s a well-known fact that just like humans, electric cars work best in temperate climates. But what is the coldest temperature an electric car needs to be operational in? And just how do you test that? While we’ve proven that cars like the 2011 Tesla Roadster can more than adequately cope with temperatures down to 14 degrees F.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Chrysler will deliver the first 20 units of its coming 140-unit plug-in hybrid RAM pickup test truck fleet ( earlier post )—10 to Clark County, Nevada and 10 to Yuma, Arizona—later this month, said Chrysler’s Abdullah A. Bazzi in his presentation at the US Department of Energy (DOE) 2011 Merit Review in Washington, DC this week. The Chrysler PHEV pickup project is a $97.4-million effort, with DOE contributing $40 million of that through Recovery Act funding.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2011

The 2011 Nissan Leaf and 2011 Chevrolet Volt had better watch out. The Blue Oval’s contender in the zero-emissions segment, the upcoming 2012 Ford Focus Electric, is edging closer to production. This week it gained a new microsite on the official Ford website. We already had a look at the car earlier this year at its official world debut at.

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Green Cars News

MAY 13, 2011

Northampton racing deign specialist Delta Motorsport has tested its Delta E-4 Coupe on the racing circuit at Silverstone for the first time this week. Attended by well-known motoring journalists including Quentin Willson and Robert Llewellyn, the Delta gave the lucky attendees to the test drive the chance to try out its innovative new model. The [.].

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All Cars Electric

MAY 9, 2011

Going on safari to one of the many game parks found in Africa is a once in a lifetime experience for most. But trundling around in a gas-guzzling SUV to shoot some memorable holiday snaps of everything from lions and tigers to gazelles and rhinoceros is hardly very green is it? Enter european battery firm Axeon and the South African arm of U.K.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2011

Nikkei. China’s BYD plans to enter the Japanese market next month with Li-ion storage systems in anticipation of power shortages this summer. BYD Co. will first introduce 2.4kwh and 19.2kwh storage batteries, with the smaller units targeted for homes and offices. At less than 1 million yen [US$12,400], these batteries will be among the cheapest offered domestically.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 10, 2011

The 2012 Honda Civic range, launched at last month's New York Auto Show, includes two models devoted to wringing out as many miles as possible from every last drop of gasoline. The one with the highest gas mileage is the 2012 Civic Hybrid, rated by the EPA at 44 mpg on all three test cycles: city, highway, and combined. Three days, 400 miles We.

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Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2011

Toyota is the name that most consumers think of when considering buying an electric or hybrid car, the latest research shows. A study conducted by research firm Harris Interactive on behalf of car market intelligence firm EurotaxGlass’s, revealed that the Japanese car maker was the name most likely to be mentioned when respondents to the [.].

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