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DENSO to test wireless charging system using refrigerated truck

Green Car Congress

'DENSO Corporation will begin a ten-month field test of its wireless inductive battery charging system in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The field test is intended to identify any potential operational issues and also look at ways to enhance the convenience of wireless charging. The field test will begin on 24Feb. and end in December 2014. Power transmission and power receiver pads.

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Dumb Laws From States Banning Tesla Sales

Green Car Reports

'You''ve probably heard of electric-car maker Tesla Motors. What you may not know is that several states ban the company from opening its Tesla Stores and selling you its Model S electric luxury sedan. More specifically, auto-dealer lobbyists in those states have made it illegal for Tesla to open its own showrooms and/or sell you a car online--which.

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VW unveils Golf GTE, plug-in hybrid with 31 miles electric range, 157 MPG

National Green Transportation

'On Thursday, Volkswagen unveiled the Plug-in Hybrid Golf GTE, making this the first automobile model line (the Golf GT) with a full range of drive train alternatives. Offering a 31 mile electric-only driving range, a total of.

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Fuel cell car runs on sewage-derived hydrogen

Green Cars News

'A new project to produce hydrogen from human waste and food scraps is under way, which will enable new hydrogen fuel cars to run on a truly renewable source of fuel. Using a technique devised by scientists at the University of California at Irvine, the Orange County Sanitation District’s Fountain V[.].

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

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Nissan and Bhutan partner on national EV strategy

Green Car Congress

'Nissan has entered into an agreement with the Royal Government of Bhutan with the shared goal of achieving the nation’s transition to an electric vehicle fleet. The agreement follows talks between the Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn in Thimphu last year. Ghosn returned to the capital of Bhutan to make the announcement alongside the Prime Minister.

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Nissan To Work With Bhutan Toward 'Electric-Car Nation' Goal

Green Car Reports

'The small Asian nation of Bhutan has a very big goal: It hopes to convert the country''s vehicles to almost all electric power. Today, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced an agreement between the nation and the carmaker to work together toward that goal. Nissan Leaf electric cars are to become both Bhutanese.

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EV interest is growing, says Renault

Green Cars News

'Electric cars are starting to get more and more people talking as more models join the market, including recent additions from BMW and Volkswagen. That’s the view of Renault’s product manager for EVs, Ben Fletcher. "We still have a job to do educating people but the perception is definitely [.].

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MHI to supply 2 electric buses featuring MLIX Li-ion batteries for Kitakyushu City

Green Car Congress

'Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will supply two electric buses to serve in a transportation system being planned by the city of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The buses—full-size, low-floor models for the city’s regular route network—will operate on MHI’s high-performance “ MLIX ” lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. In combination with a lighter body enabled by the partial adoption of carbon fiber construction, the new buses will be able to operate continuously over

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Chevy Volt Charging Cord Cut: Angry Neighbor, Electric-Car Hater?

Green Car Reports

'Owning a plug-in electric car, as buyers learn, is a process of educating the public at large. Mostly, people are curious when they see a car plugged in to recharge. But occasionally, uglier emotions come into play. That''s apparently what happened to Matthew Cummings and Jennifer Brown. The couple live in a high-rise condominium apartment in a.

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Tesla shipped 6,892 Model S units in Q4 2013, 22,477 full year; battery Gigafactory announcement next week

Green Car Congress

'Tesla Motors announced record deliveries of 6,892 Model S vehicles worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2013, with 22,477 vehicles in the full year. For the quarter, non-GAAP revenue was $761 million, up 26% from Q3. GAAP revenue for Q4 was $615 million, up 43% from Q3. Q4 non-GAAP net income was $46 million, or $0.33 per share, while Q4 GAAP net loss was $16 million or $(0.13) per share.

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

Brief

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Oregon governor directs DEQ to move ahead with Clean Fuels Program

Green Car Congress

'Oregon Governor Kitzhaber recently announced a new initiative to maximize the economic development potential of clean fuels in Oregon, directing the Department of Environmental Quality to move forward with full implementation of Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program and announcing a new Clean Fuels Work Advisory Committee. Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program currently is in a state of suspended animation, the governor’s office said.

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Mazda to introduce new small displacement diesel SKYACTIV-D 1.5 at Geneva

Green Car Congress

'At the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, Mazda Motor Corporation will introduce the SKYACTIV-D 1.5, a newly developed small displacement diesel engine. The 1.5-liter diesel will join the SKYACTIV-D 2.2 diesel and SKYACTIV-G 2.0 gasoline engine already in the product lineup. Introduced in 2011 ( earlier post ), the 2.2L SKYACTIV-D engine reduces fuel consumption compared to the older 2.2L MZR-CD diesel by 20% due to a low 14:1 compression ratio and subsequently greater expansion phase after combustion

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Opel introducing ADAM with new 1.0L, 3-cylinder engine and 6-speed manual at Geneva

Green Car Congress

'The new 1.0 ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo from Opel. Click to enlarge. At the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in March, Opel will introduce an ADAM will an all-new, three-cylinder turbo gasoline mated with a 6-speed manual transmission that is also from a new generation. ( Earlier post.) Opel introduced the ADAM small car last year. ADAM is the first car in the Opel range to receive this new, all-aluminum 1.0 ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo gasoline engine that has been developed at the manufacturer’s

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Peugeot showing new 108, new engines, new HYbrid Air implementation at Geneva Show

Green Car Congress

'Peugeot will unveil two all-new models—the 108, successor to the popular 107; and the 308 SW—and two new engine technologies—the 1.2-liter PureTech e-THP three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engines and new BlueHDi diesel emissions technology, to appear on several versions of PEUGEOT 308, 308 SW and 508—at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show.

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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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United becomes first airline to fly with Split Scimitar Winglets; up to 2% reduction in fuel consumption

Green Car Congress

'A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft freshly retrofitted with new Split Scimitar Winglets became the first commercial flight worldwide to operate with the advanced winglet technology. United flight 1273 on Tuesday took off from the airline’s Houston hub and flew to Los Angeles. The airline installed the innovative winglets on the Boeing 737-800 after the FAA approved the technology made by Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) earlier this month.

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Babcock & Wilcox and TerraPower to partner on development of Gen IV traveling wave reactor

Green Car Congress

'The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) and TerraPower have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the development of TerraPower’s Generation IV traveling wave reactor (TWR). Unlike B&W’s Generation III++ small modular reactor (SMR) mPower which is based on PWR technology and standard fuel enriched to 5% ( earlier post ), TerraPower’s TWR is a larger reactor based on Generation IV technology and designed to use depleted uranium as fuel.

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DOE to award $3M to lower cost of geothermal energy and boost US supply of rare earth elements

Green Car Congress

'The Energy Department will award up to $3 million for research and development to help grow US low-to-moderate-temperature geothermal resources and support a domestic supply of critical materials, such as lithium carbonate and rare earth elements. ( DE-FOA-0001016 ). While geothermal power is an attractive potential source for sustainable energy creation, the high heat temperature requirements (typically >150°C) of most geothermal capture systems constrain the geographic distribution and econom

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Renault introduces 1.6-liter Twin Turbo diesel engine; leveraging F1 learnings

Green Car Congress

'Energy dCi 160 Twin Turbo will be applied in D- and E- segment models. Click to enlarge. Leveraging work done for its F1 engine program ( earlier post ), Renault has introduced the Energy dCi 160 Twin Turbo, its first 1.6-liter diesel engine with twin-turbocharging. The 1,598cc block delivers 160 hp (119 kW) and 380 N·m (280 lb-ft) of torque, putting it into the realm of 2-liter engines in terms of performance; fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions savings are approximately 25%.

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Volkswagen to introduce Golf plug-in hybrid at Geneva; first deliveries in autumn

Green Car Congress

'Golf GTE plug-in hybrid. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen will formally unveil the Golf GTE—a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Golf hatchback combining electric mobility with the dynamics of a Golf GTI—at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The GTE marks the fifth drive type for the Golf, which is already available with gasoline, diesel, natural gas, and battery-electric drives, varying with markets.

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DOE to award up to $15M for projects to improve reliability of solid oxide fuel cells

Green Car Congress

'The Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will award up to $15 million for projects to improve the reliability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) ( DE-FOA-0001058 ). The purpose of the FOA is to advance the reliability, robustness and endurance of low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology suitable for ultimate deployment in equal to or greater than (?

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Schlumberger introduces new fracturing technique for enhanced productivity

Green Car Congress

'Schlumberger has introduced its BroadBand Sequence fracturing technique, which enables sequential stimulation of perforation clusters in wells drilled in unconventional reservoirs. This new technique sequentially isolates fractures at the wellbore to ensure every cluster in each zone is fractured, resulting in greater production and completion efficiency compared to conventional methods.

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BMW provides initial look at X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid prototype

Green Car Congress

'BMW X5 plug-in hybrid prototype at Efficient Dynamics Innovation Days 2014. Click to enlarge. At BMW’s Efficient Dynamics Innovation Days 2014 in Germany, the company provided the first opportunities for test-driving the BMW X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid (PHEV) prototype ( earlier post ). BMW also presented the first four-cylinder member of its new EfficientDyanamics engine family—the 2.0-liter unit would serve as the engine component in a future production X5 eDrive PHEV—as well as idea

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ARB staff posts five more LCFS fuel pathways: biodiesel, RD, ethanol

Green Car Congress

'California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted five new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: two for biodiesel, one for renewable diesel, and two for ethanol. The baseline CI value for gasoline is 95.86 g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, it is 94.71 g CO 2 e/MJ. Biodiesel. Methes Energies Canada produces biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and Corn Oil (CO) in a biodiesel plant in Sombra, Ontario, Canada.

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Ford unveils 2015 Expedition full-size utility; 3.5L V6 EcoBoost displaces 5.4L V8

Green Car Congress

'2015 Expedition. Click to enlarge. Ford unveiled the 2015 Expedition—Ford’s largest utility vehicle—in Dallas ahead of the 2014 DFW Auto Show. Texas is Ford’s largest market by sales volume, and home to the top two cities for Expedition sales: Dallas and Houston. The 2015 Ford Expedition will feature the 3.5-liter, direct-injected twin-turbocharged V6 EcoBoost engine popular in the Ford F-Series as the only engine offered in the vehicle in North America.

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ASU and Argonne researchers report progress on artificial leaf for solar conversion of water to H2 and O2

Green Car Congress

'Researchers at Arizona State University and Argonne National Laboratory reported advances toward perfecting a functional artificial leaf in a paper in Nature Chemistry. Designing an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen and oxygen is one of the goals of BISfuel (Bio-inspired Solar fuel production)—the Energy Frontier Research Center, funded by the Department of Energy, in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State

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Dongfeng Motor Group deepens partnership with Peugeot with $1.1B stake, new industrial plan

Green Car Congress

'China’s Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) will invest at least €800 (US$1.1 billion) in France-based PSA Peugeot Citroën as part of a €3-billion (US$4.13-billion) capital increase newly approved by PSA’s board. The French government is making an equal investment at the same time. The investment also marks a strengthening and deepening of the existing industrial and commercial partnership between PSA and DFG, China’s second largest carmaker.

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Volkswagen Group France and SNAM partner on recycling hybrid and EV batteries

Green Car Congress

'Volkswagen Group France et la Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux (SNAM) signed a partnership agreement through which the hybrid and EV batteries from group brands—Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA and Volkswagen Utilities—will be recycled in the two French factories owned by SNAM, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) and Viviez (Aveyron). Through this agreement, SNAM (a subsidiary of Floridienne Group) will be responsible not only for dismantling and recycling, but also the collection of

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

'Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will deliver two technical papers at SAE World Congress in April on its SpeedStart torque assist and kinetic energy recovery system ( earlier post ) and TIGERS turbine integrated gas energy recovery system ( earlier post ) for 48V mild hybrid vehicles. The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. ( Earlier post.

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Nissan to show production e-NV200, BladeGlider EV concept at Geneva

Green Car Congress

'Among the highlights on the Nissan stand at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show will be the production version of the e-NV200 electric van and the BladeGlider EV concept. The e-NV200’s electric drivetrain, based on that used in the LEAF, is allied to the class-leading cargo volume of theNV200 to create a practical and versatile vehicle capable of carrying people or goods.

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Volvo Cars pilots “Roam Delivery” service; deliveries direct to connected cars enabled with one-time digital keys

Green Car Congress

'Volvo Cars will showcase a new service for direct delivery to a connected vehicle at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Using Volvo’s new digital keys technology, car owners will be able to select their car as a delivery option when ordering goods online. Via a smartphone or a tablet, the owner will be informed when a delivery company wants to drop off or pick up something from the car.

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California Senate President pro tem proposes carbon tax on transportation fuels

Green Car Congress

'California Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg proposed a carbon tax on fossil transportation fuels to replace the coming cap and trade mandate on that sector in 2015. Under Steinberg’s proposal, the price of carbon fuel would rise steadily, starting at an estimated 15¢/gallon in the first year. In 2020, the tax is estimated at 24¢/gallon—lower than the upward price risk under cap and trade at 40¢/gallon.

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New Na-ion battery combining intercalation and conversion could be promising low-cost energy storage system

Green Car Congress

'Scheme of the new full sodium-ion battery, which combines an intercalation cathode and a conversion anode. Credit: ACS, Oh et al. Click to enlarge. A team led by Yang-Kook Sun at Hanyang University (South Korea), Bruno Scrosati at University of Rome Sapienza, and Khalil Amine at Argonne National Laboratory reports the development of a sodium-ion battery based on a carbon-coated Fe 3 O 4 anode, Na[Ni 0.25 Fe 0.5 Mn 0.25 ]O 2 layered cathode (NFM), and NaClO 4 in fluoroethylene carbonate and ethy

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Clean Air Power receives about $1.3M in orders for dual-fuel trucks, natural gas components

Green Car Congress

'Clean Air Power, the UK-based developer and manufacturer of Dual-Fuel (natural gas and diesel) engine management systems for heavy duty vehicles, has received an order for 19 Genesis-EDGE, Dual-Fuel trucks from a major distribution company in the UK. The order has a value to Clean Air Power of around £0.5 million (US$0.83 million). The trucks will be fitted with Clean Air Power’s Genesis-EDGE system at its facility in Leyland, UK and delivered during Q1 2014.

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DENSO develops EGR valve unit with integrated air intake throttle valve

Green Car Congress

'Global automotive supplier DENSO has developed a new exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve unit that is the first to integrate an air intake throttle valve and an EGR valve; the new unit is half the size of conventional models and requires fewer components, thus reducing costs. The unit will be installed in a diesel passenger vehicle to be sold in Europe from later this year.

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