Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'Networked sensor systems of the S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE research vehicle. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz has demonstrated the feasibility of autonomous driving on both interurban and urban routes with its S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE research vehicle. The company set the vehicle to cover a 100 km (62-mile) route from Mannheim to Pforzheim—retracing that taken by motoring pioneer Bertha Benz exactly 125 years ago when she set off on the first long-distance drive.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Every so often, electric-car skeptics will attack the idea of using grid electricity to power a car by bringing up coal. "Yeah," the argument goes, "but you''re just burning coal instead of gasoline in your electric car--so how''s that any better?" There is, of course, a fair amount of science that shows it actually is better when measured by.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'The Porsche 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car made an impressive debut by setting the street-legal production car lap time record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. This track is frequently used to establish speed records.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Tesla’s new Supercharger network is to expand over the coming months, heading into new European destinations including locations within Germany, the Netherlands and even the UK. Launching its network last month in Norway, the Silicon-valley firm now plans to open more charging stations across Eu[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'The Volkswagen Group is aiming for global market leadership in electric mobility. “We are electrifying all vehicle classes, and therefore have everything we need to make the Volkswagen Group the top automaker in all respects, including electric mobility, by 2018”, said Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen AG on the eve of the 65 th International Motor Show in Frankfurt am Main.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Speculating on what will happen to Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] can be endlessly entertaining, and the discussions have taken up terabytes of server space already. But last week, a Forbes contributor suggested an intriguing notion: Should search giant Google buy Tesla? The conventional wisdom has been that ultimately, Tesla''s backers and board will.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'A new project will explore the possibility of using old electric car batteries for energy storage in both domestic and workplace settings. Commissioned by Gateshead College’s low carbon subsidiary, Zero Carbon Futures, the new 2nd life for EV batteries project will explore using old batterie[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'The BMW i8 goes on sale in the US in 2014. Click to enlarge. BMW unveiled the BMW i8 2+2 plug-in hybrid sports car ( earlier post ) today at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. The i8—the first plug-in hybrid vehicle from the BMW Group—will have a manufacturer’s suggest retail price of $135,925 (including destination and handling) when it arrives in US showrooms in spring of 2014.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'At this morning''s Frankfurt Auto Show, the wraps finally came off the production version of the 2015 BMW i8, the plug-in hybrid coupe that''s the high-performance counterpart to the 2014 BMW i3 electric urban car. Among other details, BMW announced U.S. pricing for the car, which will go on sale next spring. The BMW i8 will start at $135,925.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'The Scion iQ EV exists after all, and is being deployed by City Car Share for a car sharing fleet in Pleasanton CA. On Wednesday, City Car Share and Toyota announced the deal to launch a new car-sharing.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'Land Rover’s new hybrid models have been predominately built with the European market in mind, it has been revealed, as the carmaker explains why it chose to team an electric drivetrain with a diesel-rather than a petrol engine. Even though the leading markets for hybrids are in the US and Far E[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'Scuderi split-cycle engine in power generator/CAES application. Click to enlarge. Scuderi Group, Inc., the developer of the Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine for mobile applications ( earlier post ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Asociación de Miembros de la Policia de Puerto Rico for the first Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine to be utilized as a stationary liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) generator with compressed air energy storage (CAES) capability.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'As a group, German automakers have not been at the front of the move toward plug-in electric cars. Nonetheless, Volkswagen Group will be the world leader in electric and hybrid cars by 2018. It says. The bold claim came not from an offhand comment by an executive at this week''s Frankfurt Auto Show, but in a press release announcing that the VW.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'The FIA Formula E World Championship today unveiled the long-awaited Spark-Renault SRT_01E at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. The Formula E is an electric car racing world championship that's set to launch its first.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'While the BVRLA bemoans the uptake of electric vans and their accompanying grants, oddly at the same time Renault is celebrating the success of its first electric van model, with the 100,000th registration of its Kangoo ZE van-Europe’s best selling electric van. Uptake in the UK of electric vans[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Components of the 48 Volt Eco Drive system and the demonstrator. Click to enlarge. Continental presented its new “48 Volt Eco Drive” system at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The new system supplements the traditional 12V electrical network with a 48V electrical system and components, bridging the gap between low-end hybridization based on present-day 12V start/stop systems and more sophisticated high-voltage hybrid solutions.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'Elio Motors’ tiny three-wheeled, 84-mpg vehicle already has a significant following, but before Elio can turn those fans into buyers, it needs to secure a place to build it. Startup company Elio intends to build cars in a disused General Motor assembly plant in Shreveport, Louisiana, but over the past few weeks, that plant’s future has.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'The Scion iQ EV exists after all, and is being deployed by City Car Share for a car sharing fleet in Pleasanton CA. On Wednesday, City Car Share and Toyota announced the deal to launch a new car-sharing.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Subsidies for new electric cars pose a threat to the future viability of the market for battery cars, by reducing the value of second hand values, according to CAP Consulting. An independent pan-European study led by residual values experts, CAP, reveals that while a cautious market typically ten[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Fred Diaz, President and CEO - Ram Truck Brand and Chrysler de Mexico, introduces the 2014 Ram ProMaster at the Chicago Auto Show. Click to enlarge. The Chrysler Group’s 2014 Ram ProMaster van, developed from the Fiat Ducato, will mark the the North American introduction of the 174 hp (130 kW) 3.0-liter inline 4-cylinder EcoDiesel engine that generates peak torque of 295 lb-ft (400 N·m) as early as 1,400 rpm.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'The fate of Fisker Automotive has been hanging for months, but now an offer for the company has been "signed" and is "on the table." At least that''s the word from Ingo Voigt, who with Fritz Nol is one of a pair of German investors who want to buy the company. "I am proud to tell you that we just sent our detailed offer including a signed LOI and.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'The FIA Formula E World Championship today unveiled the long-awaited Spark-Renault SRT_01E at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. The Formula E is an electric car racing world championship that's set to launch its first.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. Forgive me for saying so, but smart cars are a little bit like Marmite: you generally either love them to bits, or you can’t stand them. Since we once owned a silver smart fortwo cdi with black body panels, I’ve got to come down on the pro smart car side.[.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'The US Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America have launched a collaborative research effort on integrating plug-in electric vehicles into the power grid. Scientists and engineers at the new Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) at NREL and NREL’s Vehicle Testing and Integration Facility will use 20 Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles from Toyota to develop and explore ways to prepare grid operat

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'When it comes to green technology, Volkswagen is hedging its bets. In addition to promoting its line of TDI diesels, the German carmaker is launching hybrids like the Jetta Hybrid and electric cars like the e-Golf. Now, VW is looking as well to another oil alternative: natural gas. The company is considering selling natural-gas-powered cars in the.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

'Panasonic’s lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery division is resurgent, largely due to the shipments of Tesla Motors’ Model S, notes Lux Research. In Q2 2013, Panasonic’s battery division made about $40 million in profits, a turnaround from one year before, when it lost $20 million in Q2 2012. As a result of its automotive results, Panasonic will invest $200 million over the next year to expand its Li-ion production lines in Osaka and Kasai, making batteries destined for automotive applications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'The California State Senate and Assembly approved a measure that would continue the state’s clean vehicle and fuel incentives through 2023. Assembly Bill 8 , authored by Assemblymember Henry T. Perea, with Senator Fran Pavley as principal co-author, would provide more than $2 billion in funding to help fleets and consumers purchase clean and low carbon cars, trucks, buses, and construction equipment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'The new GKN Multi-Mode eTransmission makes its debut on the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV ( earlier post ) being showcased at the Frankfurt Motor show this week. Multi-Mode eTransmission. Click to enlarge. Mitsubishi Motors’ new Twin Motor 4WD Plug-in Hybrid Electric crossover is powered by two 60 kW electric motors, one in the front and the other one in the rear.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'Boulder Electric Vehicle has successfully demonstrated its Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) battery-electric trucks in three separate locations in Michigan, Colorado and California. Royal Oak, Michigan. With 60 kW of power going in and coming out of the vehicles, Boulder EV reached a new milestone and became the first EV truck manufacturer successfully to demonstrate V2G bi-directional charging.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

'The first-generation 48-volt Lithium-ion Micro Hybrid battery has the potential to enable up to 1% fuel savings in vehicles. Click to enlarge. Johnson Controls unveiled its first-generation 48-volt Lithium-ion Micro Hybrid battery ( earlier post ) at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany. The company had shown demonstration modules earlier in the year at the Detroit Auto Show and the Hannover Messe.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

'NOHMs technology portfolio. Source: NOHMs. Click to enlarge. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that start-up lithium-sulfur battery company NOHMs (Nano Organic Hybrid Materials) Technologies Inc. has selected to locate its research, manufacturing and product development facility for military, cell phone and electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries in Lexington.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

'Nissan has begun development of its second electric commercial vehicle, the e-NT400. (The company showed an e-NT400 concept in 2011, earlier post.) Nissan is in the final development phase of the e-NV200 compact van—its second mass production zero emission vehicle and its first electric commercial vehicle—scheduled for launch in 2014. 2011 e-NT400 Atlas Concept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

'Consumption measurements of the dual-fuel natural gas-diesel engine as a function of speed and load. Source: Ott et al. Click to enlarge. Researchers at ETH Zürich have developed a light-duty hybrid electric vehicle featuring a dual-fuel natural gas-diesel engine. In an open access paper in the journal Energies , they report that CO 2 emissions can be reduced to as low as 43g/km in a subcompact car configuration using the dual-fuel hybrid electric powertrain on the New European Driving Cycle (N

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

'The US Department of Energy (DOE) the Energy Department launched a new app to provide more easily best practices and procedures for safely handling and using hydrogen to power fuel cells. “Hydrogen Tools” is available for the iPhone and iPad at no cost from the Apple App Store. Developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with support from the DOE, the app, Hydrogen Tools, incorporates a variety of resources and web-based content focusing on the safe use and handling of hydrogen for t

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